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The bed was first to get painted.

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And I just loved the way they had the paint labeled for my :gmc2:

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Not classic, or antique ..... simply ..... OLD TRUCK. :lol:

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Now it was time for the hood to get primered and ready for paint. :metal:

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I'm loving it!!

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Front clip installed and guess what? ............ It's ready for paint! :metal:

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I was super excited to be there for this part! :cf:

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And just like that .... It is coming together!! :five:

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Next morning, out in the sun and with the bed now sitting on it(not bolted down yet).

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Establishing a line for the bottom gray area ......

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Painting it gray

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And just like that. :lol:

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Here is where the dash area gets painted. It was tricky but came out great! :metal:

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What a difference new wheels make. Oh, and notice the fender vent is now installed.

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And while both the front and back bumpers looked ok ...... why not have them painted to match? I had thought about it but when my brother suggested it I knew it was confirmation that it had to be done! :lol:

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About that time a package arrived from Pypes. :metal:

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So I scheduled an appointment with the exhaust guy.

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While I installed the hood bird. :c2:

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I had ordered a set of gauges from an old 6.2 diesel so I could change my fuel gauge to read "diesel fuel only" and so I could have an 80psi oil pressure gauge. I was also able to clean out all the lenses and check the bulbs.

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Redid the brakes and changed the rear wheel brake cylinders.

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Changed the diff fluid.

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And dropped both tanks(What a PITA!) in order to change both sending units!

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Decided to do a billet style grill

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And steel wooled the headlight bezels.

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Results were amazing! :metal:

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I freshened up the tail gate filler panel too cause the chrome around GMC looked bad and the red inside the letters was faded.

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It's not paint but it will do for now. :smoke:

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I love my windshield decal(with my subtle call out). :sexy:

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At the exhaust shop in order to have those T/A style splitters installed! :c2:

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Putting on my own personal touch ....... since I couldn't correctly duplicate the Indy Hauler, I introduce .... T/A HAULER. :devil:

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T/A standing for .... TRUCK AM of course ..... though it easily interchanges with TRANS AM. :barn:

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And since PONTIAC had the TURBO 4.9(in 1980 & 1981) and the 12 valve is a ....... :lol:

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