77 Silverado Build thread
 

Got some of the interior done with a little free time (which sadly never comes hardly :() but here are a few pics....I got the lower door carpets off, all the pillar molding except the back corners and the front, wondered why I had a cargo light switch when I have no cargo light, under column trim, door inserts, pullstraps...and that's about it....long way to go but at least I started it.....(I guess this might be my build thread.....slow but it will get done eventually) ;)

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Nice. I'm pretty busy with a couple of young kids and a wife, but I always look at every small chunk of progress as another piece of the puzzle.

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making great headway there bud keep plugging away this thing is really shaping up nicely

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well done . looking forward to cleaning up my interior . its a custom delux ex army so no bells and whistles not even a headliner . ive got door panels , kick panels , dash , carpets and re-cover seats to all do . looking at yours has give me the kick up the butt i need to get started

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Well last night after a trip to O'Riley auto parts for some new bulbs my tire blew....right as I put it in park in the driveway a big gash opened up and it went flat within half a minute....I needed new tires but was going to get everything I could out of these...well I guess it's time for new ones.....

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get you some raised white letter tires ahaha

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Anything works better than whats on it now! :lol: At least they decided to go when I got home and not while I was driving down 377.

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Here is what it looks like in the day.....I hate flat tire stances...also today got my refurbished clock...later model but to good of a deal to pass up since it was completely cleaned and oiled...should be getting my new dash bezel tomorrow or the next day...

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i'd throw a jack stand under the driver side, keep that wheel off the ground and prevent it from possibly bending.
sweet truck btw :metal:

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That's one of the things I was going to try to get done tonight....going by a buddies place to borrow a jack stand....

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Came home to a new instrument bezel....

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man thats nice!

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Thats how most of us do it one little piece at a time, before you know it you got most of it done. Keep at it its a nice lookin truck.

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Your truck is coming out nice! Sorry to hear about he flat tire, but gotta keep it moving. Every little bit gets you closer to the end result!

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Broke into the passenger door today and the dash....got my radio working (had to ground it and cut new wires) well out of 4 speakers only one works....two of the speakers were shot (like literally) and got the bed rails off eventually by just breaking the bolts off....

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Just had a few minutes so I went outside to see about getting those old bed-rails off, I got them off....out of the 12 bolts holding them down 11 of them were so rusty I just broke them off :lol: now it actually looks a lot better without them.

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looking good

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I think I had those same bed rails on my 85 Sierra when I got it. Did you find some wheels yet?

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:wop:

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I have been looking around in the background but havnt found any yet...don't need them right now because I have the rallies but if I find some I will probably buy them...depends on how much work my company makes as the time:lol:
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Nice! Where did you send your clock? It looks my '78 and your '77 are brothers, as far as color goes...
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/e...1/SDC16064.jpg

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Nice instrument bzl.
Yah, got to hate flats. I want to start working on my interior and paint but first I got to get it running. Rebuilt transmission is still not working and loosing all the fluid out the overflow valve????? then saturday my tire went flat and my radiator (which was leaking) just blew the hole wide open and started spraying coolent everywhere!

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I got it off of ebay from a guy who restored a few....I think he sold like two more that were restored...haven't checked him in a while....yeah they do look alike! :lol: I was looking at your build thread and I like your bed cover improvisation! :metal:

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Got some new gauges from LMC today...

Temperature Gauge
Oil Pressure Gauge
Voltmeter Gauge

Then the last one just for fun...a Mercedes I saw....where are you going to take a Mercedes that you would REALLY need a wiper for you headlights?

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Painted some parts today, got the headliner out....just a question....I was able to get the passenger upper seat-belt bolt thing out but I was NOT able to get the drivers one out....hurt my back trying to brace myself against it to :waah:...any idea's on trying to get it out without an electric ratchet or air ratchet? I already WD-40d it.... oh and here is just what my engine looks like...