Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado) - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

JohnC · 07-18-2009, 07:49 AM

Man that looks AMAZING!!!! I can't wait for you to get to the rest of the truck. If it turns out anything like the frame it is going to look killer!!!!!!

menace121978 · 07-18-2009, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by glock35ipsc

Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.........

no biggie buddy...i am just going to need your phone # for my wife so she can tell you whats on her mind!!

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Originally Posted by glock35ipsc

BTW, the chassis is looking K I L L E R!!!!!

thank you! i really apprieciate it.

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Originally Posted by BruthaMan

Very nice attention to detail! Brake setup looks fantastic!

thanks bruthaman! its turning out pretty good so far!!

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Originally Posted by nlped

Wow...to sweet!

thank you!

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Originally Posted by JohnC

Man that looks AMAZING!!!! I can't wait for you to get to the rest of the truck. If it turns out anything like the frame it is going to look killer!!!!!!

john thanks buddy. yea me too! the rest of the truck will be the same. i figure i'm about done w/ the easy stuff. its going to get down to the nitty gritty pretty soon. most of the time and money is going into whats left. motor/trans/ and the body work. so i'll slow down a bit and make sure anything and everything i do is right. so far the only weak spot in the build is the damn rearend which haunts me everyday just thinking about it. (should have found a 12 bolt/ with posi) but oh well i'll come back to it worst comes to worst.

JohnC · 07-18-2009, 10:05 AM

Yeah you can always change out the rear end!

SBTork · 07-18-2009, 10:22 AM

i'd run the 10 bolt until it breaks. You left it open so it should be hard to break. Congrats on the steady progress, you're going an excellent job. I hope you go with an LSx engine, they're lightyears ahead of the gen 1 sbc V8's, awesome power and great mileage. All that means to me is something I can and actually want to drive. Don't get me wrong, the gen 1's are great engines, they're just so outdated by todays standards. I just recently pulled the trigger on a 5.3 from a guy I work with. I got it for a great deal so I could not pass on it. I have a 350 from my '86 C-10 for free, but it needs gaskets and I would like to put new valve seals, a cam, valve springs, blah, blah, blah. It would wind up being about the same $$. That and I need a new fuel system either way.
And I know at this point it's going to feel like taking one step forward and two steps back, but it's a lot easier and more cost effective to do it now, and actually drive the truck than to do the gen 1 and change it after a year of not driving it. I've ran it through my head a lot lately because I am in the same situation as you. I have a painted frame sitting in the garage and a cab and box that needs bodywork and paint, suspension is about to go back together. I feel like it's now or never for the LSx conversion, engines are cheap and conversion parts can be made or had cheap if you're looking in the right places.
I refuse to give you my phone number

07-18-2009, 07:49 AM	#1
JohnC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 7,461	Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado) Man that looks AMAZING!!!! I can't wait for you to get to the rest of the truck. If it turns out anything like the frame it is going to look killer!!!!!!

07-18-2009, 10:05 AM	#3
JohnC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 7,461	Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado) Yeah you can always change out the rear end!

07-18-2009, 10:22 AM	#4
SBTork Garage wrench Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaCrosse, WI Posts: 1,855	Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado) i'd run the 10 bolt until it breaks. You left it open so it should be hard to break. Congrats on the steady progress, you're going an excellent job. I hope you go with an LSx engine, they're lightyears ahead of the gen 1 sbc V8's, awesome power and great mileage. All that means to me is something I can and actually want to drive. Don't get me wrong, the gen 1's are great engines, they're just so outdated by todays standards. I just recently pulled the trigger on a 5.3 from a guy I work with. I got it for a great deal so I could not pass on it. I have a 350 from my '86 C-10 for free, but it needs gaskets and I would like to put new valve seals, a cam, valve springs, blah, blah, blah. It would wind up being about the same $$. That and I need a new fuel system either way. And I know at this point it's going to feel like taking one step forward and two steps back, but it's a lot easier and more cost effective to do it now, and actually drive the truck than to do the gen 1 and change it after a year of not driving it. I've ran it through my head a lot lately because I am in the same situation as you. I have a painted frame sitting in the garage and a cab and box that needs bodywork and paint, suspension is about to go back together. I feel like it's now or never for the LSx conversion, engines are cheap and conversion parts can be made or had cheap if you're looking in the right places. I refuse to give you my phone number __________________ -Adam 90 V1500 GMC Suburban 350/700R4/NP241..... 01 Saturn SL1 stock DD.....



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