Greetings from New Braunfels

[budzrex]

Well I have been lurking around here for a while now. We inherited my Father in Laws 96 SWB Silverado, a truck he always intended to lower and make a nice driver out of
We had it at the house for a couple of years and last year decided it was time to honor his memory so my wife and I tore it down, stripped the interior and turned it from Tan cloth to Grey leather, did a Ridetech 4/6 street grip kit, and then we sanded it down and I shot a new coat of Black base coat and Clear on it here in my garage. Its not perfect my first paint job on a vehicle in 25 years
but we were not looking for perfection just a nice truck to honor his memory and do what he loved cruise to local shows and saturday drives out to find a cool place to eat.

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

Sweet truck and a cool picture too. I love how good Cragars and Torq Thrusts (and similar wheels) look on 400s.
Welcome to the forum, from Houston, Texas!

 

[Drunkcanuk]

Welcome from Alberta Canada.
That is one sweet ride, I'm sure he's proud of it.
Need to see more pics, especially the interior change. Enjoy the hell out of it!

 

[budzrex]

Here is a few more pics Interior used to be tan cloth and tan carpet, seats are factory 96 a friend redid in grey leather we purchased door panels in grey and matched the door inserts to the fabric we did for the headliner. We dyed all the other trim parts with SEM interior dye

 

[Moparmat2000]

Welcome from Abilene Tx. That truck is Dead Sexy!! Your father in law would be proud.

 

[Jerryred94silvy]

Hey neighbor! I’m down the road in San Antonio. Excellent work on the truck, it is definitely honoring his memory.

 

[xXxPARAGONxXx]

That's a clean truck! Welcome to the forum!

 

[budzrex]

Thank you guys seems to be a great group on here as it answered a lot of questions quickly that I would have had to hunt for during the rebuild.

 

[kennythewelder]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[Stockdale Dave]

Well I have been lurking around here for a while now. We inherited my Father in Laws 96 SWB Silverado, a truck he always intended to lower and make a nice driver out of
We had it at the house for a couple of years and last year decided it was time to honor his memory so my wife and I tore it down, stripped the interior and turned it from Tan cloth to Grey leather, did a Ridetech 4/6 street grip kit, and then we sanded it down and I shot a new coat of Black base coat and Clear on it here in my garage. Its not perfect my first paint job on a vehicle in 25 years
but we were not looking for perfection just a nice truck to honor his memory and do what he loved cruise to local shows and saturday drives out to find a cool place to eat.

Nice pic! Love that truck. Had a few cold beers at Gruene Hall listening to Robert Earl Keen and Jerry Jeff Walker.