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Old 06-14-2010, 11:14 PM   #1
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Looking great.
Thanks man, now i cant wait to put it back together and move it on its own power.
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Old 06-21-2010, 05:02 PM   #2
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Re: 55 2nd serie GMC

I hope that is not your shop in the pic, if it is I'm jealous and its not cool to be jealous.lol I need the room man. Anyway the truck is looking really nice keep us in the loop and post those pics.
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Old 06-21-2010, 07:22 PM   #3
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I hope that is not your shop in the pic, if it is I'm jealous and its not cool to be jealous.lol I need the room man. Anyway the truck is looking really nice keep us in the loop and post those pics.
Yes it is, been here just over six years and love the place. That is what you get in the country, 10 acres lot with 2000 square feet of work space, i can fit easily six or seven cars in there. I will keep posting pics has i go for sure, right now we ran into some issues with the clear coat finish on the cab, lots of orange peal. I need to sort that out before i can do anything else.
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Old 06-22-2010, 11:40 AM   #4
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You should be able to cut and buff that orange peel now problem. I hope it all works out for you and man you are lucky to have that amount of space.
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sorry to hear that man.
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Old 07-28-2010, 09:49 PM   #6
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Ok, thanks. I was hoping it was going to be more straight forward, but since you had to modify them "alot" then I will just build my own like I was planning to do.
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Very little done on the truck since the flop with the paint job. I'm trying to decide if i redo it myself or if i find someone else to redo the body work and then paint it myself. Reworked the back bumper this past weekend. My first one was very rusted on the ends. Had to use two bumper to make one that was decent , i used the ends of one and the center of the other one and cut in a license plate. I'm also reworking the front bumper a little, pics to come.
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Old 08-23-2010, 03:00 AM   #8
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Re: 55 2nd serie GMC

I have to say, JML55, that I am enjoying your buid thread tremendiously. It was a way to spend an evening reading about your truck. It's been a long road, the effort is outstanding and the results are speaking for themselves. Persevere and you will have one sick looking ride when you are done!

Curious though, what shade of green did you choose??

I have yet to start a build thread on my 56 Chevy but will post tons of pics as I appreciate all the pics on this site.

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Old 08-23-2010, 07:12 AM   #9
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I have to say, JML55, that I am enjoying your buid thread tremendiously. It was a way to spend an evening reading about your truck. It's been a long road, the effort is outstanding and the results are speaking for themselves. Persevere and you will have one sick looking ride when you are done!

Curious though, what shade of green did you choose??

I have yet to start a build thread on my 56 Chevy but will post tons of pics as I appreciate all the pics on this site.
Thanks Woodbutcher, It's the New Camaro green, I'm thinking something a little different for the second time around.
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Old 09-05-2010, 06:47 PM   #10
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Worked on the front bumper mods this weekend. I though it would be fairly simple mod but it turn out to be a bit of work. Here is before and after pics, can you see what is different?
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Old 09-05-2010, 11:06 PM   #11
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Looks like you installed something inside the bullets?? Maybe a baby moon hub cap?? But, there is an insert of some kind.

Looks really good too, what ever it is.

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Old 09-05-2010, 11:21 PM   #12
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That is a beautiful grill, Jean-Marc. Did you modify the bullets?

Edit: oops ambryatim beat me to it
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Looks sharp.
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I like it, is the mesh behind the GMC letters stock?

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Old 09-06-2010, 09:20 AM   #15
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I like it, is the mesh behind the GMC letters stock?

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No, it never had a mesh in there from the factory and the GMC script would have been on the front of the hood.
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No, it never had a mesh in there from the factory and the GMC script would have been on the front of the hood.
That's what I wanted to hear. , Now I would like to know where you got the mesh from, cause I can't find any that would work for me.

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Now I would like to know where you got the mesh from, cause I can't find any that would work for me.

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I have a catalog from McNichols Co. that has something like that.

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That's what I wanted to hear. , Now I would like to know where you got the mesh from, cause I can't find any that would work for me.

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Here is a picture of what i used. Heat shield of a truck exhaust stack.
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I'm kinda do'n the same thing to my grill, do you happen to have a pic of the back of your assembly? How'd you mount the mesh to the grill? Weld tabs on?
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I'm kinda do'n the same thing to my grill, do you happen to have a pic of the back of your assembly? How'd you mount the mesh to the grill? Weld tabs on?
This is an old exhaust stack shield from a big rig i had kinking around the shop. It's attached to the filler panel that is between the bullets at the bottom and to the under edge of the cross over bar.
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Looks Like you're using 57 Gmc Bumper bullets.........
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Looks Like you're using 57 Gmc Bumper bullets.........
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Yes I got a pair of 57 GMC bullet because i like that they have a little bit more character then the 55 ones with the cone part in the center. It wasn't just a swap they had to be modified to fit right. I guest since the 57 doesn't have the crossover bar they have a little bit different shape, they are shorter and do not mount quite in the same location. First i had to cut out the inner braces and remount them to fit the holes in the bumper. Then i added a strip about 1 1/2" that i cut of some old beat up 55 bullets i had to the edge to give me a place to attach the crossover bar.
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Couple more pics.
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Great work, it looks awesome!
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