Pic Thread: Me & My Truck(s) 2018

[special-K]

I found a regular cab shortbed (red) that someone did the SS job on. I went to buy it but someone had just made the deal... bummer

I really disliked these trucks when the came out, and it seems many still feel that way from what I see here. But they have grown on me as a modern classic. I actually like the chiseled lines... which I feel emanate Cadillac styling. The GMT400s trimmed the fat and the result was a super clean no BS body style. Then they pumped some fat back in till the 800s came out all trimmed back again but more chiseled than rounded. It is very distinctive styling unlike the model before or after. It is the last of it's kind, I feel, and marks the era quite well

[davischevy]

An example of changing moods is those SS wheels. I took mine off immediately (They are laying in storage). Now I look at those and like the look.

Jocko has a thread on a nice low mileage GMT800 he bought a while back over in the 99=06 section.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by davischevy

An example of changing moods is those SS wheels. I took mine off immediately (They are laying in storage). Now I look at those and like the look.

Jocko has a thread on a nice low mileage GMT800 he bought a while back over in the 99=06 section.

those wheels you have look great.

As a habit, I tend to dislike factory alloys. For one, they are normally over styled, but also whats so special when every vehicle has them? The whole idea for us car guys for years was to personalize to our taste. Now it's,

"I like those alloys GM put on your car."

"Alloys? Is that good?"

But as time goes by, every now and then, I take a second look and like a factory wheel. Also... once a vehicle becomes a model or two back, left alone factory look starts to stand out.

[special-K]

I think they're cool. Just another kind of camper the way I see them. Whatever regs those should reg a tiny house.

This thread needs some 67-72 pictures. My truck with the 30' walkboard on the rack this summer. That Werner walkboard is as old as the truck. The guy I started running aluminum siding for started out in a new white '72 Custom/30 single wheel with a Reading utility body. He ran 8.25/9.75 steelies painted black, no hubcaps. I remember seeing it running around with scaffold & ladders on it. I worked with him through a winter and broke off to start my own crew, for him, and bought his walkboards. I still have the 18' Louisville, too, which is my favorite ever. Both are one man rated. They make them all 2-man now.

[special-K]

I would but it's the only one I have.

Well, looking square at the end of the year here. 2018 is about summed up! I started this thread for the purpose of being a place to reflect on the year. Just got it primed up a little in advance.

I have one more picture of mine, a rare one. I never bought the truck to work out of, so certainly not to haul a set of ladder racks. They come on and off easily, but they stay on and I do like it just fine that way. Last spring I got a capoppernopy thing and one came off the other went on. I think it was when the cap (my lingo) came off and racks going back on in early summer. So that's what's rare, nothing on it's back!

[Indychus]

2018 was a big year for my '68. First trip outside in nearly 10 years, and started the refreshed engine for the first time. Should be road worthy in 2019!

[71threequarterton]

Damn!!! Indychus, that thing is SICK looking'

[Indychus]

Thanks man!

[special-K]

Ok, forget what I said about this being a place for everybody to post. That truck makes mine look like junk, please delete! No... Just really really kidding. That truck is bad to the bone. Can't wait to see, or hear, it run. I'm sure plenty more nice truck experiences could be shared here.

[Indychus]

Originally Posted by special-K

Ok, forget what I said about this being a place for everybody to post. That truck makes mine look like junk, please delete! No... Just really really kidding. That truck is bad to the bone. Can't wait to see, or hear, it run. I'm sure plenty more nice truck experiences could be shared here.

Haha, it's not nice yet but it's getting there. I've been a member here for nearly 10 years and followed along with a lot of great builds but only recently felt like my pile of junk was worthy of posting.

This is where it started:

[special-K]

Well, I got a little carport built for the '72 that has me wanting to pick up on doing some work on these trucks of mine. Right now the '72 is on jack stands for rear brakes before hitting the road. I really want to pull that hood off, strip bare, and paint. That old paint is just split/peel/popping off. I found out about a recycled glass blasting service in my area I want to have strip it

[davischevy]

I am going to put the stock hood back on my 55 210. I picked a hood up at West Plains, MO yesterday and dropped it off at Ozark Mountain Classics in Mt Home Arkansas to have them blast it. These guys know what they are doing, because they use the sheet metal they blast to build come of the nicest cars around.

[special-K]

Yeah, I've had a commercial paint shop do my sand blasting for decades, but no sheet metal goes to them... except lawn chairs and such. These recycled glass guys were telling me the surface temp of the metal is actually cooler than ambient. They seem to be there for that between heavy sandblasting and lighter soda blasting. A way to get at surface rust on sheet metal is what I'm thinking. I tell you, where that hood has flaked off to bare metal it is barely rusting. That was different metal back then