[dsraven]

to each their own, I get it, you want to build something that you can say is stock GMC stuff and it was only built for x number of years and came in x cars etc. that's cool. BUT, it's gonna cost you waaay more than normal stuff and you're gonna spend a bunch of time searching and cobbling together parts when you could be driving. that part is up to you, it's your truck. I get how you go to shows or hear of guys building something and it seems like a broken record or they all bought the same parts from the same supplier and the only difference between them seems to be what they polished or painted. same same. you want something different but built with stock parts. again, very cool. just not cheap or quick. good luck on finding the parts you need and hopefully they are still serviceable. post up a few pics of your rig, would love to see the progress.
it's called hotrodding because we build what WE want out of parts WE find and don't have to answer too anybody but ourselves on how it looks, runs or drives (up to a point-safety first)