Hey everyone! I'm a long time lurker, but a fairly new member. I've owned a few gm trucks in the past few years between some of the car projects. My first was actually an oobs 1 ton crew cab long box that i shortened to a short bed, dropped it, and did a 5 bolt conversion. I had good intentions for it, but ended up selling as a project that you see here.
Next was a sort of 454ss tribute which i should have kept
After that I had a ecsb that was more of just a driver/ parts runner
That brings us to this fall. I really wanted another rcsb to make into a toy. After searching for most of the summer, I found one 3 hours away, and it fit the bill perfect; blown 4.3/auto, 200k, maroon interior, drop shackles, 454ss wheels.
My short list of ever changing plans;
-Add hangers to the back, and drop springs up front for a 3/4 drop. Parts arrive in a couple weeks. Possibly ditch the overloads, and build or buy some caltrac's for it. I will have to mod the drop hangers for those bars, and may fab them up with another inch of drop
-Yank the 4.3/4l60e in favor for a carb'd 350/700r4...recycled from another project it just sold...this will open a whole can of worms/mods to accomodate
-Keep it stock looking...dress it down...hopefully not to boring for everyone lol.
My first purchase was a set of bfg's, 275/60's for the rear, and 235/70's for the front so i have an even 28" tire all around. Then I ditched the LMC grille, in favor for stock chevy I had laying around with black bowtie. Its not permanent, but its an improvement.
To date I have the drivetrain pulled, and front suspension, and im cleaning and painting, to get ready to install the new power plant. Its a 350 vortec with edelrock 2099 top end package
Im also ditching abs, a/c, and everything else under the hood that isn't absolutely needed. Wiring is going to be the next major hurdle very soon. The harness is almost out of the truck. I am pulling the dash and taking out whats left of the harness inside so i can lay it out, and thin it down.
Another side projects thats happening; Originally I was going to have the ss wheels widened, but it turned out to be a pain in the ass. So im going to dress it down with factory steel wheels, painted black, with no beauty ring, and just stock centers. I ordered 15x10 stock looking rears from wheel vintiques with 6" bs, which should arrive by Feb next year. I found a pic of another obs for inspiration, and did a ms paint chop of what it should look like. Kudos to the owner of the white beauty (the original pic of the white truck is an extended cab with stock steel's all around)
Couple more of a smoothie steel wheel to get the idea.
More updates to come!
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Next was a sort of 454ss tribute which i should have kept
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After that I had a ecsb that was more of just a driver/ parts runner
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That brings us to this fall. I really wanted another rcsb to make into a toy. After searching for most of the summer, I found one 3 hours away, and it fit the bill perfect; blown 4.3/auto, 200k, maroon interior, drop shackles, 454ss wheels.
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My short list of ever changing plans;
-Add hangers to the back, and drop springs up front for a 3/4 drop. Parts arrive in a couple weeks. Possibly ditch the overloads, and build or buy some caltrac's for it. I will have to mod the drop hangers for those bars, and may fab them up with another inch of drop
-Yank the 4.3/4l60e in favor for a carb'd 350/700r4...recycled from another project it just sold...this will open a whole can of worms/mods to accomodate
-Keep it stock looking...dress it down...hopefully not to boring for everyone lol.
My first purchase was a set of bfg's, 275/60's for the rear, and 235/70's for the front so i have an even 28" tire all around. Then I ditched the LMC grille, in favor for stock chevy I had laying around with black bowtie. Its not permanent, but its an improvement.
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To date I have the drivetrain pulled, and front suspension, and im cleaning and painting, to get ready to install the new power plant. Its a 350 vortec with edelrock 2099 top end package
You must be registered for see images attach
Im also ditching abs, a/c, and everything else under the hood that isn't absolutely needed. Wiring is going to be the next major hurdle very soon. The harness is almost out of the truck. I am pulling the dash and taking out whats left of the harness inside so i can lay it out, and thin it down.
Another side projects thats happening; Originally I was going to have the ss wheels widened, but it turned out to be a pain in the ass. So im going to dress it down with factory steel wheels, painted black, with no beauty ring, and just stock centers. I ordered 15x10 stock looking rears from wheel vintiques with 6" bs, which should arrive by Feb next year. I found a pic of another obs for inspiration, and did a ms paint chop of what it should look like. Kudos to the owner of the white beauty (the original pic of the white truck is an extended cab with stock steel's all around)
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Couple more of a smoothie steel wheel to get the idea.
More updates to come!
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