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**1774btcrew** · 11-16-2016, 10:51 PM

Sounds like a nice truck. I hadn't seen one with the black metal pieces until I saw the brochure(seen blue, white, red etc) Black looks really good!

*gmachinz* · 11-16-2016, 10:57 PM

Yeah-it was an estate sale truck which went to some kid who proceeded to hotrod the stock 96K original mile truck until at just over 99K the motor tossed a rod nearly all the way through the oil pan-good thing about it was he didn't have the truck long enough to tear anything else up on it. After a careful review of the condition of the interior, it needs 1 stitched seam in the seat fixed to be perfect and original, door panels shown just a "touch" of fading but an easy set of panels to restore-dash is perfect and still soft, carpet just needs pressure washed with HD detergent to look new again-and that's it! Everything else looks damn near NOS it's so nice-the truck was always stored inside a climate controlled garage and was well taken care of so it's worth saving.

**1774btcrew** · 11-17-2016, 12:00 AM

Wow! Very cool!

11-16-2016, 10:51 PM	#26
1774btcrew Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 4,543	Re: F/S: rare chromed 1977-80 GMC grill-original! Sounds like a nice truck. I hadn't seen one with the black metal pieces until I saw the brochure(seen blue, white, red etc) Black looks really good! __________________ AZPartsLocators on Instagram 1972 Cheyenne Super Short Bed big block "Blackie" 1977 Crew Cab GMC Short bed with 4BT Intercooled Cummins Diesel and a 4L80e "The Junkyard Dog" 1985 Crew Cab Chevy dually with 5.9 Cummins "The Big Dog" This is what my dad liked to be called by the grandkids before he passed so it seems fitting for his old truck.

11-16-2016, 10:57 PM	#27
gmachinz Account Suspended Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Des Moines, IA. Posts: 4,143	Re: F/S: rare chromed 1977-80 GMC grill-original! Yeah-it was an estate sale truck which went to some kid who proceeded to hotrod the stock 96K original mile truck until at just over 99K the motor tossed a rod nearly all the way through the oil pan-good thing about it was he didn't have the truck long enough to tear anything else up on it. After a careful review of the condition of the interior, it needs 1 stitched seam in the seat fixed to be perfect and original, door panels shown just a "touch" of fading but an easy set of panels to restore-dash is perfect and still soft, carpet just needs pressure washed with HD detergent to look new again-and that's it! Everything else looks damn near NOS it's so nice-the truck was always stored inside a climate controlled garage and was well taken care of so it's worth saving.

11-17-2016, 12:00 AM	#28
1774btcrew Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 4,543	Re: F/S: rare chromed 1977-80 GMC grill-original! Wow! Very cool! __________________ AZPartsLocators on Instagram 1972 Cheyenne Super Short Bed big block "Blackie" 1977 Crew Cab GMC Short bed with 4BT Intercooled Cummins Diesel and a 4L80e "The Junkyard Dog" 1985 Crew Cab Chevy dually with 5.9 Cummins "The Big Dog" This is what my dad liked to be called by the grandkids before he passed so it seems fitting for his old truck.



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