GXPWeasel
Newbie
Hi all.
New to this forum, but definitely not new to "forums" or Chevy trucks. I'm also on "Silverado Sierra" and "GMSquarebody" for my other trucks. Same username there.
I wanted to start this thread to keep track of what was done to this particular truck. I saw this truck on FB Marketplace just before Christmas of '24. Once I saw it, I immediately "knew" where this truck came from. Or at least I hoped I knew this truck. I talked to the guy selling it, and long story short, it was the same truck, and I brought it home. This truck and I first met in 2003, when I was working fresh out of college for an nation wide auto parts / salvage yard chain. The guy who owned it was one of our best OKC area salesmen. He purchased in TX, then quickly "built" the truck to what it is you see now. Seriosly, I don't think anything is different on this truck at all since that day. Fast forward 20+ years, and I brought it home to my place to pull double duty. The plans for this truck are for it to be my daughters' first vehicle. She has always wanted a truck, and admired how easy it was for someone to make a truck their own by adding custom touches. Having always owned a truck, and never one in stock form for very long, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree here folks! The second reason for the truck purchase, or particularly, on like this, is it needs to be able to pull our boat in the summer months. Currently, me and my 2015 Silverado have to pull double duty (pun intended) when we go camping, because I have to pull the camper to the site first, then go back home to get our boat. Can't pull them at the same time, and don't have another vehicle that is safely capable otherwise. This truck should be up to the task for sure, once it's gone over with a fine tooth comb to make sure it's SAFE and reliable.
First steps were to look at the brakes and suspension. I've done loads of maintenance work before on several other vehicles, and even did a frame-off on my '82, so I'm not scared of any work this truck might need. I already knew I'd be replacing pretty much every brake part front and back, but also wanted to check out ball joints, tie rod ends, U-joints, and anything else that could make a good day go bad quickly. Luckily, MOST of this truck was very well taken care of (maintenance wise) from what I could see. However, the truck did sit for about a year in a field, with a broken extended cab window due to it being sold at a police auction in December '23. That's mostly why the interior pictures below look so bad.
I will add to this as we go, but the current status, after owning the truck for just over a month as of today, and going through the correct process to get it titled in my name will be shown below in picutes. As we do more, I'll post more updates.
The daughter was pretty happy when we pull this one home. She could see the HUGE potential in this one. After what was just a quick power wash job (not even any soap) the ol girl didn't look too bad. Rust in the rockers and cab corners, but nothing too severe. I'll decide when/if I'm going to spend the time to fix that later. If I do... I have to let my daughter drive my '82 or '15 then... which I'm on the fence about.
New to this forum, but definitely not new to "forums" or Chevy trucks. I'm also on "Silverado Sierra" and "GMSquarebody" for my other trucks. Same username there.
I wanted to start this thread to keep track of what was done to this particular truck. I saw this truck on FB Marketplace just before Christmas of '24. Once I saw it, I immediately "knew" where this truck came from. Or at least I hoped I knew this truck. I talked to the guy selling it, and long story short, it was the same truck, and I brought it home. This truck and I first met in 2003, when I was working fresh out of college for an nation wide auto parts / salvage yard chain. The guy who owned it was one of our best OKC area salesmen. He purchased in TX, then quickly "built" the truck to what it is you see now. Seriosly, I don't think anything is different on this truck at all since that day. Fast forward 20+ years, and I brought it home to my place to pull double duty. The plans for this truck are for it to be my daughters' first vehicle. She has always wanted a truck, and admired how easy it was for someone to make a truck their own by adding custom touches. Having always owned a truck, and never one in stock form for very long, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree here folks! The second reason for the truck purchase, or particularly, on like this, is it needs to be able to pull our boat in the summer months. Currently, me and my 2015 Silverado have to pull double duty (pun intended) when we go camping, because I have to pull the camper to the site first, then go back home to get our boat. Can't pull them at the same time, and don't have another vehicle that is safely capable otherwise. This truck should be up to the task for sure, once it's gone over with a fine tooth comb to make sure it's SAFE and reliable.
First steps were to look at the brakes and suspension. I've done loads of maintenance work before on several other vehicles, and even did a frame-off on my '82, so I'm not scared of any work this truck might need. I already knew I'd be replacing pretty much every brake part front and back, but also wanted to check out ball joints, tie rod ends, U-joints, and anything else that could make a good day go bad quickly. Luckily, MOST of this truck was very well taken care of (maintenance wise) from what I could see. However, the truck did sit for about a year in a field, with a broken extended cab window due to it being sold at a police auction in December '23. That's mostly why the interior pictures below look so bad.
I will add to this as we go, but the current status, after owning the truck for just over a month as of today, and going through the correct process to get it titled in my name will be shown below in picutes. As we do more, I'll post more updates.
The daughter was pretty happy when we pull this one home. She could see the HUGE potential in this one. After what was just a quick power wash job (not even any soap) the ol girl didn't look too bad. Rust in the rockers and cab corners, but nothing too severe. I'll decide when/if I'm going to spend the time to fix that later. If I do... I have to let my daughter drive my '82 or '15 then... which I'm on the fence about.