Chainsawgrizzly
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I've been a long time lurker of threads on this site short time member. I grew up with these trucks in my family and to this day they are my preferred vehicles. I recently bought a 1998 CCLB from a GMT400 member and after reading all that he had done to the truck on here I realized I should post some threads as well. I've owned 7 of these trucks and have kept 3 so far. I'm starting with my 1998 ECSB aka Big Red.
I bought this truck for 3500$ in 2013. It was a one owner truck and the origanal owner only put 145xxx miles on it.
I gave the truck a full tune up after i bought it and removed the lower trim. I decided red and black would look better so I purchased a gallon of rustoleum bedliner and painted over all the silver. That's all I really wanted done at the time and I drove it this way for over a year.
A little over a year goes by and I take a 90 degree turn on a back road only to meet up with a ram 3500 on the other end. My seat belt did not lock and my head slammed into the wheel. I don't remember what happened after that. The fact of the matter was I had liability insurance and the other driver left the scene. After months of dealing with the insurance company and the sheriff's department I finally got some money together and began fixing it.
With the help of family and friends I scrounged up everything I needed and put it together. New Core support, radiator, A/C condenser, A/C condenser supply lines, power steering pump, steering gear box, drivers side fender and inner fender, brake booster, master cylinder, hood, bumper, and of course the wrong grille. I needed to be somewhere the day I took this picture so I cut the grille with a grinder to fit with the headlights.
Several weeks later a coworker put me in touch with a body shop that painted my fading blue replacement hood and fender. I purchased a black grille and poorly matching turn signal housings from a junkyard. It wasn't perfect but it looked a hell of a lot better.
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I bought this truck for 3500$ in 2013. It was a one owner truck and the origanal owner only put 145xxx miles on it.
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I gave the truck a full tune up after i bought it and removed the lower trim. I decided red and black would look better so I purchased a gallon of rustoleum bedliner and painted over all the silver. That's all I really wanted done at the time and I drove it this way for over a year.
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A little over a year goes by and I take a 90 degree turn on a back road only to meet up with a ram 3500 on the other end. My seat belt did not lock and my head slammed into the wheel. I don't remember what happened after that. The fact of the matter was I had liability insurance and the other driver left the scene. After months of dealing with the insurance company and the sheriff's department I finally got some money together and began fixing it.
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With the help of family and friends I scrounged up everything I needed and put it together. New Core support, radiator, A/C condenser, A/C condenser supply lines, power steering pump, steering gear box, drivers side fender and inner fender, brake booster, master cylinder, hood, bumper, and of course the wrong grille. I needed to be somewhere the day I took this picture so I cut the grille with a grinder to fit with the headlights.
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Several weeks later a coworker put me in touch with a body shop that painted my fading blue replacement hood and fender. I purchased a black grille and poorly matching turn signal housings from a junkyard. It wasn't perfect but it looked a hell of a lot better.