"Sweet Pea" 1975 Cheyenne 20

[Factory Guy]

Nice job at the show! I think People love the Originality of the truck.

Short Haul on your truck what is your bed liner made of "spray in" or a commercial product like Line X?

Do you like it?

[Factory Guy]

Originally Posted by ShortHaul

Thanks! Penngrove is in Sonoma County, near Petaluma. A few hours south of ya!

Hmmm. That's where my truck lived for the first 2 years of its life. "Petaluma"

[ShortHaul]

Originally Posted by RyanAK

Well done, brother! And well deserved!

Thank you!!

Originally Posted by Factory Guy

Hmmm. That's where my truck lived for the first 2 years of its life. "Petaluma"

No kidding! I knew I liked that truck! You don’t still have any of the dealer info or paperwork do ya?

[Factory Guy]

Originally Posted by ShortHaul

Thank you!!



No kidding! I knew I liked that truck! You don’t still have any of the dealer info or paperwork do ya?

Just sent you a PM

[RyanAK]

Well done, brother! And well deserved!

[ShortHaul]

Sweet Pea gets preferred parking at work

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[pitterpat]

Hey Short Haul, I have older GM radio and a newer radio pigtail. Can you tell me what wiring I need to hook up radio to the amp just li your Infinity amp. The last pic is a close-up of the back of the radio, there are 2 pigtails there with room for a 3rd one. Yeah, that bunch of wires under the dash is a mess, there was a newer (if you can call it that) cassette radio installed there before.

I want to hook it up like yours to basically listen off my iPhone. Thanks.

[ShortHaul]

Originally Posted by pitterpat

Hey Short Haul, I have older GM radio and a newer radio pigtail. Can you tell me what wiring I need to hook up radio to the amp just li your Infinity amp. The last pic is a close-up of the back of the radio, there are 2 pigtails there with room for a 3rd one. Yeah, that bunch of wires under the dash is a mess, there was a newer (if you can call it that) cassette radio installed there before.

I want to hook it up like yours to basically listen off my iPhone. Thanks.

So basically what you’ll need to do is find the speaker output wires from the radio and route them into the speaker input on your amp. My am/fm radio was working when I started the project so it was as easy as connecting the speaker outputs and that was that. Good luck!

[pitterpat]

Originally Posted by ShortHaul

So basically what you’ll need to do is find the speaker output wires from the radio and route them into the speaker input on your amp. My am/fm radio was working when I started the project so it was as easy as connecting the speaker outputs and that was that. Good luck!

Thanks!

Will I need a 3rd pigtail on the back of my radio?

[Wikid61]

Its a time capsule. These mounted up for a '70's vibe would rule. Just for a while.

[ShortHaul]

Originally Posted by Wikid61

Its a time capsule. These mounted up for a '70's vibe would rule. Just for a while.

Man those are awesome! I think if it was a short bed I'd have to have em!

[ShortHaul]

Scored a pretty cool T-shirt from the wife for Xmas... (along with a bottle of my favorite hooch...)

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Originally Posted by Wikid61

Its a time capsule. These mounted up for a '70's vibe would rule. Just for a while.

Got me thinking about your suggestion!

[ShortHaul]

Also scored a nice OEM steering wheel. Time to swap out the old 70's camaro/vega wheel thats been on there...

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And a few random pics... Sweet Pea with a visit from her pal Ol' Blue Jeans
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Out doing truck stuff...

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And another cool score from the Squarebody Syndicate crowd. Some killer artwork for the garage...

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Lastly, the seat fabric and vinyl from SMS finally arrived, going to pull the seat in a few days and get it over to Blue Line interiors and hopefully have that panel patched up...

[Factory Guy]

[QUOTE=ShortHaul;8649219]Also scored a nice OEM steering wheel. Time to swap out the old 70's camaro/vega wheel thats been on there...

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Nice steering wheel, by chance where did you find it? By chance is it sticky? (i guess those wheels were prone to getting sticky as they age, I know mine is a little sticky - I haven't tried the best "fix" yet on mine).

[ShortHaul]

[quote=Factory Guy;8649748]

Originally Posted by ShortHaul

Also scored a nice OEM steering wheel. Time to swap out the old 70's camaro/vega wheel thats been on there...

Nice steering wheel, by chance where did you find it? By chance is it sticky? (i guess those wheels were prone to getting sticky as they age, I know mine is a little sticky - I haven't tried the best "fix" yet on mine).

I bought it off a guy on Instagram. His handle is C10Unlimited.

https://www.instagram.com/c10unlimited/?hl=en

He lists parts from time to time. I received the wheel a few days ago but haven't had the time to mount it. When I pulled it out of the box it was not sticky at all, but it was also pretty cold out, I know when it gets hot or humid they can get a little gummy. Seller did caution to clean using ONLY warm water, no harsh cleaners or detergents... If it does end up being sticky I'm not opposed to adding one of these



I know it's not OEM, but I feel it falls into the category of "period correct upgrade" And I HATE getting the sticky black gummy crap on my hands.

I keep an eye out in the for sale section on here, they come through from time to time, a few passed by earlier this year. I held off because of the high price ($200+) but after a while I realized that's pretty much the going rate, unless you can score one in a junkyard.

There's a handful of threads on here about how to clean them or keep them from going gummy, but from what I've read it doesn't seem like anyone's found an absolute fool proof method...

[Joe Pass]

Nice truck...........

[ShortHaul]

Originally Posted by Joe Pass

Nice truck...........

Thanks!! I see you're local, I'll keep an eye out for ya at the shows. 4th Sunday of the month at Penngrove Market if you're looking for some cool rides

[Joe Pass]

I was at the last Penngrove Market cars and coffee......I was driving a Black Square-body....

[ShortHaul]

Originally Posted by Joe Pass

I was at the last Penngrove Market cars and coffee......I was driving a Black Square-body....Attachment 1952000

Oh right on! I had to miss the last one because of work, but I try to make most of em. My friends and I started the show. That's a lovely square you have there!!

[Joe Pass]

That black truck was a C-20 diesel originally....found an 86 short bed with bad paper work and combined the parts but kept the diesel vin "cab" to avoid emissions testing....I had a 75 C20 that was green like yours.....sold it to a friend in Cotati...you may see it around.....Its fondly referred to as "Booger"...beat to death but wont die....

[ShortHaul]

Changed her oil again, and added some "Restore" this time around. She's been drinking the Dino juice pretty steadily, and a little blue smoke on start up... hoping that'll help out a little.

Things I'm hoping to do soon:
-In bed spare tire carrier. I'd really like to get one mounted up with a good looking spare. It currently doesn't have a spare.
-Underhood insulation. Mine is decent, but starting to decompose a bit, it'd tidy things up under the hood.
-Still debating seat cover ideas... The more I think about it, the more I just want the seat recovered in original fabric. It's a shame the cover is only worn in the one spot, it'd be wasting a lot of solid seat fabric to toss the whole thing. I wonder if it's possible to just replace the one panel that's torn up...

That's pretty much it for now. The wife has taken quite a liking to her recently, and has been driving it to work and back.

[RyanAK]

That’s great that your wife is into the truck. Must make ya smile to see her drive it.

My truck doesn’t have any evidence of the under-hood insulation and I’d quite forgotten that some trucks have it. Is there any performance advantage or just to keep a clean look?

I hear ya on the seats. Both of the trucks I’ve had had pretty minty seats except for the driver’s buttprint. I never did replace Earls’s cover, just living with the rough driver’s side. It’s only original once and all that. Earl had vintage-looking blanket seat covers over top and I’m considering something similar for the new Suburban. I like the repair idea for Sweet Pea but wonder if the original material has faded to the point it would be tough to color match material. Can you get a sample of the OEM material in your truck and see how it matches? Repair is mucho better than replace, and any upholstery shop should be able to sew in a new panel.

Have I mentioned I love this truck? I do. It’s perfect.

[ShortHaul]

Originally Posted by RyanAK

That’s great that your wife is into the truck. Must make ya smile to see her drive it.

My truck doesn’t have any evidence of the under-hood insulation and I’d quite forgotten that some trucks have it. Is there any performance advantage or just to keep a clean look?

I hear ya on the seats. Both of the trucks I’ve had had pretty minty seats except for the driver’s buttprint. I never did replace Earls’s cover, just living with the rough driver’s side. It’s only original once and all that. Earl had vintage-looking blanket seat covers over top and I’m considering something similar for the new Suburban. I like the repair idea for Sweet Pea but wonder if the original material has faded to the point it would be tough to color match material. Can you get a sample of the OEM material in your truck and see how it matches? Repair is mucho better than replace, and any upholstery shop should be able to sew in a new panel.

Have I mentioned I love this truck? I do. It’s perfect.

Yeah It's awesome to have the family support the hobby (addiction? obsession?) I hear guys gripe all the time about the "Ol Lady" not approving spending $ or time on the trucks, but my wife has been into it since day one. I think Sweet Pea really won her over because everything works on it! It's easy to drive, no crazy tips or tricks to get her running. Also its not lowered... she hates lowered stuff, especially trucks lol! And don't get me started with the kids, they love the truck more than I do!

I assumed all squares came with some insulation under the hood... Mine is just starting to look ratty. It's one of those things, when you run out of big ticket items to fix or upgrade, you start nit picking... Good problem to have I guess.

Yeah I hear ya on the seat issue. I was able to get a sample of the material from SMS fabrics in oregon, but it's such a small swath that its hard to tell if the color would be far off. Even if its not 100% though I think I may go for it anyway, it'll eventually fade to the same color. I think I'll hit up the local shop and ask how much material they think I'd need to do the repair.

And THANK YOU! I appreciate the love! Sweet Pea makes me smile every time I look at her, glad to know its not just me!

[Joe Pass]

You have a upholstery guy in Petaluma...Blue line interiors...look him up on Facebook.....he dose nice work.....

[ShortHaul]

Originally Posted by Joe Pass

You have a upholstery guy in Petaluma...Blue line interiors...look him up on Facebook.....he dose nice work.....

Thank you! I've met Ryan, he's a great guy, and you're right his work is top notch. I'll give him a ring. Thanks for the reminder!