Poppop's truck

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So this was originally Poppop's truck. It was given to my dad after Poppop passed away in November 1999. It's a 1995 Chevrolet C1500 Cheyenne 5.0 V8 with a 5 speed manual transmission.
 

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I hope to have it someday and have the money to restore it. For now, I plan to recreate the original window sticker. The window sticker is close to being complete, but I've been trying to figure out a few numbers and codes. This is how far I've gotten.
 

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sewlow

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A diamond in the rough!
I'd love to find one like that.
Those body lines are great. Everything lines up as they should.
Nice rust-free fenders, rockers & cab corners, too.
All in original paint. An 'honest' vehicle. What you see it what it is. It ain't been messed with. That's something with these trucks that's getting harder & harder to find.
First would be to get at those bubbles on the tailgate before they grow.
Another hood. Clean used ones around here are about $100.00. Finding a white one shouldn't all that hard.
...and a grill. Another easy.
Don't see those wheels too often. A spray bomb in the original color & then throw some beauty rings on 'em.
A Hurst/Core shifter & then...
I'd have to go & wreck it (but, in a good way!) by doing something 'stupid' by altering it's altitude.
Like a hot potato.

Cool truck. Lots o'potential.
 
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Dravec

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I hope to have it someday and have the money to restore it. For now, I plan to recreate the original window sticker. The window sticker is close to being complete, but I've been trying to figure out a few numbers and codes. This is how far I've gotten.

How are you making the window sticker? I'm quite curious about that. And that is a very neat truck. Best luck with restoring it.
 
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How are you making the window sticker? I'm quite curious about that. And that is a very neat truck. Best luck with restoring it.
I am using paint 3D on my laptop and edited a sample window sticker for 1995. I then searched the internet for photos of several other 1995 Chevy C/K pickup window stickers to gather information and determine the exact font size, type, and approximate location of all the text. It was very time consuming, but I am still very determined to finish recreating this window sticker. I'm so close to being done, I just need to figure out a few more pieces of information.
 
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My dad recently and accidentally found the original window sticker for Poppop's truck. That solves most of my questions. Even though all the time I spent doing research doesn't mean much anymore, here is a comparison to how close I came to recreating the original window sticker.

My Recreation
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