My 86 build

[Greenlee]

Truck looks great! I have to get one of those coolers.

[LT7A]

I was catching up on the last year or so of your thread and did not expect to hear about the truck going down the road. Wow, that is a big surprise. Glad you are going to hang around and still do the seat belts. I always appreciated your nearly excruciating attention to detail, haha. That truck benefited a lot by your ownership. Sounds like you just got it easier to get the out of the garage with the new door opener, and then you turned loose of it. I hope that you are enjoying your relatively recent retirement and finding plenty of things to do.

[LEEVON]

Your truck looks amazing either way but for me emblems on for sure. All or none on the stock trim.

[evan]

I'm a fan of all or none too.

[LT7A]

I can understand the dilemma because your truck looks so clean without. But by nature, these trucks were labeled and badged and the fonts / medallions / etc. were all just part of the era. I think those big badges are part of what makes them cool. I believe you have the hood ornament, and I think that if you have that, it makes the fender badges a fer-sure.

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by LT7A

I can understand the dilemma because your truck looks so clean without. But by nature, these trucks were labeled and badged and the fonts / medallions / etc. were all just part of the era. I think those big badges are part of what makes them cool. I believe you have the hood ornament, and I think that if you have that, it makes the fender badges a fer-sure.

Great minds think alike
I want to add them, I just need to make myself do it!!

[rodstored-72]

Tina, I like the emblems on our trucks, My feeling if you delete them it should be on a more "custom" and "show" truck.... agree though... either way your truck is looking terrific!

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by rodstored-72

Tina, I like the emblems on our trucks, My feeling if you delete them it should be on a more "custom" and "show" truck.... agree though... either way your truck is looking terrific!

I believe I will be putting them on. I have them, so why not.
Thanks for your input, I agree.

[TKCR]

Not really truck related, but I did find a GM Binder for my manual. It needed one bad!

[LT7A]

That's a cool binder. Where did you find that?

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by LT7A

That's a cool binder. Where did you find that?

There is a guy on one of the FB groups that’s always finding cool GM stuff. Just recently, he had a bunch of Manuals in Binders. I already had a manual, so I asked him if he had a binder with no manual, and he did.
Same guy I got the NOS pedal pads from.

[Soundmound]

Ugh why is FB marketplace so popular now? I refuse to FB and I keep getting shown the deals I can't nab by my friends trying to get me back in lol. This is a social media as I get!

[LT7A]

Originally Posted by TKCR

There is a guy on one of the FB groups that’s always finding cool GM stuff. Just recently, he had a bunch of Manuals in Binders. I already had a manual, so I asked him if he had a binder with no manual, and he did.
Same guy I got the NOS pedal pads from.

Originally Posted by Soundmound

Ugh why is FB marketplace so popular now? I refuse to FB and I keep getting shown the deals I can't nab by my friends trying to get me back in lol. This is a social media as I get!

It's funny how these two posts kind of became related in my mind. TKCR, I was thinking that that guy must know the right dumpsters to dive in. I wonder if he has access to an old dealership or if he lives somewhere in Michigan.

Soundmound, Facebook is kind of like dumpster diving, or hunting for buried treasure. I'm about to wade back in there myself, because Craigslist doesn't have anything anymore hardly. I think the metaphor works whether you talk about treasure hunting on the ocean floor or digging for buried treasure. To some degree, you're pawing around in dirt and other people's garbage, looking for something worthwhile. A lot like fb.

[TKCR]

Seems it’s been awhile since I have posted anything about Big Red. It has been a crazy year, to say the least.
I had to get new garage door openers, the one for Big Reds bay has been fried for several years now. If I need to open it, it’s pulling the cord and opening it manually. So I broke down and both replaced. Wow these things are super quiet!
But anyways, to get the openers changed out, I needed to get Big Red out of the garage for the day. It started right up, had a lot of white smoke for the first start up. So I backed it out and let it run for a bit and added some Seafoam. Next start up, it hardly smoked at all.
While it was uncovered I swapped out the overflow bottle. I found a NOS AC Delco awhile back, but never got it installed. It in there now!

[Darkrider]

Just finished reading this all the way through. Kind of odd that your truck has both the grille lights and bumper lights though. Always thought that was a one or the other kind of deal like the single-headlight trucks being either under the headlight or in the bumper.

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by Darkrider

Just finished reading this all the way through. Kind of odd that your truck has both the grille lights and bumper lights though. Always thought that was a one or the other kind of deal like the single-headlight trucks being either under the headlight or in the bumper.

Well the PO had swapped the bumper at some point. They put the 81-82 bumper that does have the bumper lights. But they also had installed a billet grille, which did not have the parking lamps. I removed the billet grille and installed the correct GM grille for the 85-87 and wired back in the parking lamps. That is why it has both grille & bumper lamps.

I also sold the truck yesterday.

[TKCR]

Sold Big Red a couple weeks ago. She is now called Cherry Pie. I know the new owners, we grew up together as next door neighbors. He is a classic car/truck enthusiast, and goes to a lot of local shows. So Cherry Pie will get the attention it deserves. Sad to see it go, but it was time. It just didn’t make sense of this beautiful truck sitting in the garage all the time.

[TKCR]

My buddy Jeff only kept the truck for 6 weeks. He took her to about 24 shows in that 6 weeks, and won multiple awards & trophies. He even took her to the Good Guys Show in Columbus.
But he sold her and now she will be residing in Virginia.

[Palf70Step]

Still a super nice truck. Did I miss, what's the next project?

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Still a super nice truck. Did I miss, what's the next project?

No new projects. Going to stop doing the bench seat restorations also, as soon as I use up all my cores.
I’m just going to restore the seatbelts.

[57NAPCO]

Originally Posted by TKCR

No new projects. Going to stop doing the bench seat restorations also, as soon as I use up all my cores.
I’m just going to restore the seatbelts.

Story to hear but I understand, sure glad I got to have one of your beautiful seats

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by 57NAPCO

Story to hear but I understand, sure glad I got to have one of your beautiful seats

I’m glad you did too. And it was nice meeting you in person!

[rodstored-72]

tkcr,
congrats!! on the sale... hopefully the new owner knows about the truck site. even though you don't have a sqbdy... AND not doing seat resto...BUMMER!! (for future restorers) hopefully you will continue to visit & share your always helpful insight!!

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by rodstored-72

tkcr,
congrats!! on the sale... hopefully the new owner knows about the truck site. even though you don't have a sqbdy... AND not doing seat resto...BUMMER!! (for future restorers) hopefully you will continue to visit & share your always helpful insight!!

I’m not going anywhere. I’m going to focus all my time on restoring the seatbelts. Seats, I’ll still be doing until I use up my cores I still have.
Still enjoy going to the shows. Went to Richmond IN for the Midwest Squarebody Gathering. Got to meet several of the people I have done jobs for.
This is one truck I’ve been dying to see in person. Full restoration of a 1980. I made my contribution to his build with the seatbelts I restored for him.
And then then a little shopping at the Swap Meet

[LT7A]

Originally Posted by TKCR

I’m not going anywhere. I’m going to focus all my time on restoring the seatbelts. Seats, I’ll still be doing until I use up my cores I still have.
Still enjoy going to the shows. Went to Richmond IN for the Midwest Squarebody Gathering. Got to meet several of the people I have done jobs for.
This is one truck I’ve been dying to see in person. Full restoration of a 1980. I made my contribution to his build with the seatbelts I restored for him.
And then then a little shopping at the Swap Meet

That 1980 is something else. Great showcase for your work. Did you notice where they took a little liberty with the side trim? Hard to believe the condition that truck was in when they started the restoration.