Thanks for the comments!!
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Originally Posted by Matt_50
I'm so jealous, that looks amazing!
What color brown in the dash?
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The dash was painted ~20 years ago and was still in good shape when I started the refresh. I did have brown paint matched for the wheel, column, and A/C panel but it was custom mixed to match the existing paint so I didn't get a code.
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Originally Posted by caseyjones
That is a great truck! What are the wheel and tire specs? I've got the same suspension setup planned and am about at the point of ordering wheels.
Thanks!
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They're Wheel Vintiques smoothies, 16x7 and 16x8 with 4" backspacing on both. The tires are 215/70-16 front and 235/70-16 rear. Standard baby moon caps with GMC decals we had made to look similar to the original caps. I did have to use a 5/16" spacer in the rear to clear the bed side, and I made adjustable fender braces in the rear to push the fender out for a bit more clearance on the outside. It has fiberglass fenders; steel fenders may have a thinner lip around the wheel opening.
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Originally Posted by joedoh
really beautiful! I really like the Cibie style euro lenses
those are con2r gauges right? I thought about calling them to see if I could get a plug in set for the 03 donor I have right now. |
The Cibie's are great; they look pretty much like a sealed beam but out-perform many modern lights. Those are Con2R gauges, we picked them since they fit the style of the build really well. The mounting tabs needed a bit of trimming to make them fit.
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Originally Posted by tmoble
Pretty cool.
Are you saying you shrunk the diameter of the steering wheel? got any info or pics of that process?
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Yes, I found a 15" wheel on eBay, cut the rim off, and grafted it to the original steering wheel spokes.
Here's a post with more info on that.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...12&postcount=7