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Officially started work on Betty White. Over the weekend I started pulling body parts off. Got the hood under paint And with the help of my girlfriend we got the rear bumper off, sanded down both front/rear bumpers and the bumperettes. For paint We're using Eastwood High build primer on the steel, PPG Shopline Single stage Urethane for the white and grey, so far it's turning out really nice... and I'm thinking about repainting my motorcycle the same as the truck. Also did some rust patch work on the tailgate and bottom of the bed... Wire brushed it, gave my girlfriend a bottle of rust convertor and then put down a few really heavy layers of duplicolor perfect match, since the tailgate is not worth saving (just keeping it from looking like crap) and the bed will come off eventually for proper repairs/paint. This coming weekend I've got a friend coming out to help me and We'll probably get the front end off the truck, and get the 4.3/trans out.. going to have the cab painted while the engine is out. Goal right now is to have her back together by June.

Got the engine painted over the weekend. personally I think it's gonna look dope in the truck, the "cast iron" paint I used is about 1 shade off from the Argent secondary color on the truck so...unintentional cordinatin. Also started work on the harness and have it ready to be rewrapped and add a few new plugs. Yesterday after work I finally decided to install the HD2 shift kit that has been sitting in my garage for about 4 years.. only did the valve body/servo parts and a new trans-go separator plate since the check ball was jammed in the the factory one. Planning to start ripping the truck apart this coming weekend if the weather stays nice..so if all goes as planned with paint and everything, should be "done" in a few weeks.

Thats pretty crazy

Got sick of the exhaust sounding like shit, with leaks and flopping around.. so I ripped it out and put in the heartthrob kit I bought for use with the ls.... Took about an hour to install, with welding up a new "test pipe" and painting the pipes. Sounds OK.... For a gutless 4.3, will sound a lot better with the 5.3 and stainless works longtubes. The muffler is in with band clamps and the tailpipe will get welded once the 5.3 is in. Dont recall the PO name. But may have been his son? Got it from an older dude, maybe late 40s early 50s... Had a daughter that looked older than me.... But that's just fucking dandy :dumb:

Condom snorting is so my generation.... I mean...uh..... this is really old news, was actually big when I was a kid.

I cheapest buy it now I found on eBay is $80 shipped. Totally be willing to pay that for a set locally.

Bought spacers for my truck injectors to use with a new intake and the spacers don't fit in the new fuel rails . Just looking for a set of stock ls1 injectors.

Nearly ready to start pulling the truck apart, got fuel parts and the A/C bracket. Test fit to make sure they actually fit.. Need to order a set of injector spacers, was hoping I would be able to flip the L bracket for the fuel rails upside down and it would work, but I'm not that lucky..lol Really hoping when I pull it all apart I can just pull the A/C system out as a whole, and just bolt it back in with the engine... I'm really just lazy and don't want to get it recharged since it works and I have no idea if it's still running R4 or if it has been updated... that's why I went with the R4 pump bracket and not tha Sanden, which I have sitting in the garage... Another small issue is with the brake booster, this truck has the "wide" one, where as my old truck had the "thick" one which cleared the rear coil pack.. I have a flat-mount 90's astro hydroboost, needs new seal. but I'm not sure if I trust myself in modding the rod.

The dumb asses in the 614 and "meats" are gonna fuck it up... they see an event pop up and think it's cool if they just stop and dick around... it's already showed up on facebook that the damn ricer kids are doing it...

Well, I ordered a LOT of stuff on the 2nd. Yesterday a small portion of it showed up Got a big box of stuff from Eastwood with primer, engine paint, and various rust treatment/prevention Two of Four boxes from rockauto with new brakes and a TYC grille and a box with a 3" muffler back exhaust from heartthrob, I'll be making a Y-pipe and using it with the 5.3 Still expecting 4 more boxes of repair and swap parts.

If it was leather interior I would have jumped on this. :/

Working at UPS I go through a lot of boots.... so far the ones I like the most are actually Doctor martins industrial line. my current pair are the steel toe light industrial, same look as a casual pair of docs but a heavier leather, lining and obviously a steel toe *also available in a composite safety toe

My bad. it is a SB. Sorry about that .

He said he'd take $250... its just sitting here taking up space. https://78.media.tumblr.com/bda817763c6755eaef34db50aa4e69da/tumblr_p4xddpUTY21uqr9gco3_540.jpg https://78.media.tumblr.com/9830e62dae1a05287da9da2503d5e306/tumblr_p4xddpUTY21uqr9gco2_1280.jpg https://78.media.tumblr.com/e8f5b06ef9cbc246239d51d9f70d3837/tumblr_p4xddpUTY21uqr9gco1_1280.jpg The gas shocks are not on it right now, but they still work and are sitting in the garage also have aluminum clamps with it.

My dad has one, it's a fiberglass one. doesn't have a key and the lock doesn't work but the latch works. also has gas shocks and hinges that work. I can take pictures.

You and me both man, hopefully I'm able to get her back on the road with the 5.3 and new paint by april maybe late may.

Well that's embarrassing.... Over the weekend I got into an accident in the Sonoma GT... Nothing too serious, busted the driver headlight, and bent the bumper support/mount a little bit... also bashed in the core support and bent the driver side fender, and obviously broke the grille. Insurance company would total it, so I've already ordered an aluminum core support, and straightened out the bumper support. While it's down, I'm going to go ahead and start the v8 swap. Luckily I already have two new fenders ready for paint, and I wanted to do the new core support any ways. And It didn't break any of the cladding.. so that's fortunate. Was only going maybe 5mph, but the brakes locked up on the wet roads Friday at the 670/270 merge... Not nearly as beat up as the S10 was, I feel comfortable repairing this...... as the cab mounts have NOT ripped off the cab.. So For the time being to cut costs again and get it back on the road ASAP I'll be using the stock radiator on the aluminum core support instead of the superior radiator... Going to start reworking the engine harness for better integration into truck... and probably going to skip the engine upgrades and just go with the bbk intake & Racetronix fuel rails.

sooooo a lemonade that costs more than starbuck?

Bummed Cup'o left, but I don't mind stopping at one of the local starbucks. Dayton cruises sound fun, since I've got friends in the area.. Excited for 2018 CC&C though, hopefully the SGT doesn't look like ass all summer....and Maybe I'll have a new toy to show off late summer/fall

I have the one out of my dads 2005 silverado. the CD player does not work... but am/fm works fine... not sure if it will work in a pre'03

I've been thinking about filling in the holes on my front bumper because the plate just takes away from the look/flow of it....but I also don't want to get pulled over for stupid crap... until the law changes I'm just gonna live with it since the holes were already there when I bought the truck

Listing here for a friend I helped with final assembly of the engine... The car was sketchy as hell, but the drivetrain was solid. Contact me and I can get you more info or get you in contact with him directly... It's located in Tipp City

No, they didn't get the inflatable bits.. but in comparison to the stock seats out of my old S10... They do have more foam in them. Lol already had a few people ask me if it was a real syclone or a clone.

Well, I was out in Tipp over the weekend getting drunk with friends and we drunkenly made the sub box/amp rack. It doesn't look very good, but I'll get it cleaned up eventually. smooth it out with some filler and get some carpet on it... Three drunk guys built that.... I was measuring and making cut lines, another guy was using the power tools and the short dude was supervising. none of us have any carpentry experience.. and no one got injured. and it sounds really good..

frame, crossmemebers, suspension, driveshaft.... literally everything rustsout on them.