1976 GMC Stepside

[DER E30]

Awesome! It's an AMAZING feeling to start something you have so much effort into!

[Riegs]

Well the gas tank is finally on its way and should be here tomorrow, so if all goes well we should be able to start it this weekend

[MGW]

Awesome progress! This is in my bookmarks bar haha! I love this thread

[parttimeprojectionist]

Pretty stoked on how well we hid all the wires and such

IMG_5788 by Jesse Rieger, on Flickr



This is what it will look like, minus the fog lights. I think it looks pretty badass

IMG_3918 by Jesse Rieger, on Flickr

wires wat wires, srsly theres wires in there somewhere!? haha. j/k looks sick

not to tell you what you should do.. but i think you should black out the grills also, those headlight surrounds just look kinda cheap in the example pic, it made me start thinking about how you could possibley even keep the grill and make it just the two round head lights filled in with sheet metal, maybe when i get home ill photochop it for ya

eitherway trucks a winner as is

[benz88]

have you thought about running an OBS(88-98) front and rear bumper? I spotted a truck your gen a couple weeks around with it done and it looked great.

[Riegs]

That is one fresh engine bay, and that front will look real kick ass too. Since the bumper is going to get painted, have you thought of narrowing it a bit? It seems a bit chunky on that black truck.

Just a thought.

I have thought of that and im going to make the bumper fit perfectly, Im going to move it closer by about an inch. There is only about an inch gap between the outside fender and the bumper and when I move it back that gap gets even smaller, so I actually cant make it much narrower. But if I can I will.

Edit: Did you mean narrowing vertically? I never thought of that..

[Riegs]

Your truck is sweet!!! Love the tails in the roll pan, and the wire tuck! EFI is awesome!

Was the sound deadener easy to put down and work with? Does it seem to do the trick? (I know it probably hasn't been driven like that) Does it make a difference when shutting the doors and such?
Sorry for all the questions, I'm trying to formulate a plan for my stupid loud truck..

Thank you! It was fairly easy to work with, just took a little bit of time to put in. I cant say how well it worked yet because we haven't even had the doors on yet since we put it in. The only place I can tell it made a difference as of now is on the back wall, when you tap it from the outside it doesn't sound like a tin can on the inside now. Im sure it will make a big difference.

[rice4life]

That is one fresh engine bay, and that front will look real kick ass too. Since the bumper is going to get painted, have you thought of narrowing it a bit? It seems a bit chunky on that black truck.

Just a thought.

[DER E30]

Your truck is sweet!!! Love the tails in the roll pan, and the wire tuck! EFI is awesome!

Was the sound deadener easy to put down and work with? Does it seem to do the trick? (I know it probably hasn't been driven like that) Does it make a difference when shutting the doors and such?
Sorry for all the questions, I'm trying to formulate a plan for my stupid loud truck..

[Riegs]

Made some more progress on the exhaust

IMG_3971 by Jesse Rieger, on Flickr

I welding these flanges on the mufflers and the cutouts so I can change them easy in the future if I want

IMG_3963 by Jesse Rieger, on Flickr


IMG_3978 by Jesse Rieger, on Flickr


IMG_3991 by Jesse Rieger, on Flickr


IMG_5792 by Jesse Rieger, on Flickr

It is pretty much level with the frame, The picture makes it look like the back piece curves down but it doesn't.

IMG_5802 by Jesse Rieger, on Flickr

Pretty stoked on how well we hid all the wires and such

IMG_5788 by Jesse Rieger, on Flickr

Also got a new steering wheel.

IMG_5809 by Jesse Rieger, on Flickr

Next im going to shave and smooth the bumper. We decided that were going to go with a color matched bumper because its not in that great condition and would need to be re-chromed and that would be a lot more than sending it with the truck when it gets painted

IMG_5815 by Jesse Rieger, on Flickr

This is what it will look like, minus the fog lights. I think it looks pretty badass

IMG_3918 by Jesse Rieger, on Flickr

[Riegs]

Btw, what vehicle did the seats come out of? They look crazy comfortable...

2008 silverado

[anth]

Thanks guys! appreciate the comments. Never heard about the zip ties on the braided hose, guess ill have to come up with something different.

You can buy billet separators like this: click for image

http://www.aeroflowperformance.com/c...ne_accessories (scroll down)

[Riegs]

Thanks guys! appreciate the comments. Never heard about the zip ties on the braided hose, guess ill have to come up with something different.

[Belvader]

this makes me miss my c10 sssssoooo much :'( but damn this is beautiful!!!

[Doughroller_13b]

Best truck build on here! I want to here this beast. Props sir.