Intro from an old Assembly Plant guy

[SkullCandy]

Thanks! When is GM looking to launch it?

[Keith Seymore]

November of next year, as a 2011 model.

K

[menace121978]

heck of a story!! i can just picture it!! things sure have changed...

[joe231]

[Keith Seymore]

Here's "lil Red", earning his (her?) keep last Saturday:



Picture taken at Milan Dragway during their last tune & test session of the season.

K

[BGRAFX]

What's in the trailer?

[old Rusty C10]

well i just got done reading the entire thread and i gotta say you have a heck of a fleet there and i love the truck and the malibu. Those pontiacs are awesome as well.. welcome aboard ( a bit late but better late than never) and thank you for a very entertaining and informative thread! My next question is are there any new mods for the truck youre planning or future plans for it? or is she done for the moment?

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by old Rusty C10

well i just got done reading the entire thread and i gotta say you have a heck of a fleet there and i love the truck and the malibu. Those pontiacs are awesome as well.. welcome aboard ( a bit late but better late than never) and thank you for a very entertaining and informative thread! My next question is are there any new mods for the truck youre planning or future plans for it? or is she done for the moment?

Thank you. I knew you had been making comments but didn't realize you hadn't read the whole thing.

I've done everything I set out to do so it's essentially "done". Next planned steps are to just drive it and of course regular maintenance.

I suppose it could stand to have the engine bay cleaned up a bit but, as I say, that's above and beyond the original vision. I have thought about dropping the rear another inch or two but I left the rear high on purpose, since I didn't want it to drop down too far when hauling or trailering (which I do somewhat often). Besides - I've heard it referred to as a "hot rod" rake, which I like...



Thanks again -

K

[3r!c84]

i like that pic with the trailer,whats up with that big mirror ?

[Keith Seymore]

Thanks - that's an add-on trailer towing mirror.

Those little D49's don't cut it when towing a big box!

K

[old Rusty C10]

I had one other question.. the paint you used.. was it one stage or two? and the brand name? i know pictures dont show all the details but that came out incredibly good and that most of the trick to a paint job coming out great is the prep work, and I was just wondering what was used.
I also wanted to note that I showed this thread to a buddy who is a body man by trade and he stated that the adhesieve these days like you used for your patch panels is as good or better than welding the patches in as long as you prepare the surfaces like the glue states, so anyway when i do my work on mine im going to try the adhesieve route

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by old Rusty C10

I had one other question.. the paint you used.. was it one stage or two? and the brand name? i know pictures dont show all the details but that came out incredibly good and that most of the trick to a paint job coming out great is the prep work, and I was just wondering what was used.
I also wanted to note that I showed this thread to a buddy who is a body man by trade and he stated that the adhesieve these days like you used for your patch panels is as good or better than welding the patches in as long as you prepare the surfaces like the glue states, so anyway when i do my work on mine im going to try the adhesieve route

I'm not sure what was used. I took it to the paint shop and gave them the original WA number and said "make it RED". It is a base coat/clear coat but I don't know beyond that.

I can stop by and ask them if you'd like, because I drive past there every day (...I always honk and wave if they are outside )

K

[rongstad]

Keith, Very nice truck.....I have a 86 this color waiting for a GEN IV engine with 6l90 tranny implant..

[72BlckButy]

Beautiful shots from over the weekend Keith, it's a beautiful town and beautiful truck!

[menace121978]

X2! the truck and family look great!

[Hart_Rod]

Great thread!

[geeforcem]

great thread... hoping to get started on my '86 custom deluxe. that i've had since the Spring of 1988.. my highschool truck.


jeff

[SBTork]

Great stories Keith. Keep sharing, they're always welcome.

[87 chevy silverado]

nice truck

[3r!c84]

all right Keith,so im droping my truck off later this week for a full resto like yurs

you do good work

[JohnC]

Cool retrospective with the business cards.

Now that I see you worked in the trucks in 2003 I have an issue for ya! Why is my gauge cluster messed up! j/k

[oldwagon]

U've dun a dinomite job on the truk and the Chevelle has plenty of class, too!

[Chief Bail]

Mr. Kieth Seymore

Sir You ARE GM history. And Im totaly honored to be a brother to you by way of this forum. By you telling your story and following with pictures of History. I felt like I was with you on that line. Running down stairs and heading to the dealership. Amazing my friend. Thank you very much for sharing and as far as im concerd. To alot of us your a GM Icon and we say Thank You.

Chief Michael Scriven

[Chief Bail]

Originally Posted by keith seymore

Originally Posted by keith seymore

thanks, guys....



You'd like this picture:




the new gto is from the gm heritage center collection and was the original car displayed at the sema show as a red 2004. It was updated to a 2005 and painted black for the show the following year. This was actually a "dynamic" shot - i was loading my car into the trailer and one of my buddies snapped the pic as i drove by!

I have always liked this photo; 40 years between them!

K

lord have mercy thank you jesus....woooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Keith Seymore]

Thanks, guys -

Thanks, Chief, and welcome!

Do you have any relatives up here? Our seat belt Design/Release engineer has the last name of Scriven.

K