dazednconfused's slow mighty build

[dazednconfused]

Okay i think its time to show a lil history on the truck now. i bought the truck for $1200 (paid too much) off a guy that had it listed on graigslist after the insurance company totaled out my t/bird s/c. after a guy in a newer charger t/boned me.

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the insurance company gave me $3000 for the car. funny thing is i paid $1000 for the car. the thing that made me mad the most was all that happened to the charger was a scuff on the bumper and the turn signal popped out(which he just walks around and pops back in place like nothing happened.

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anyways back to the truck. heres how it looked when i bought it.
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i then got a soft bed cover from a buddy of mine that came off his s10.

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a few months later bambi decided to jump out in front of me. it was like a video game. all slow mo, the deer flew and slid 30ft.

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that just gave me the kick to chrome the front out sooner than planned. got a 95 chrome grill and the cheap clear markers from fleabay. a slightly beat up bumper off a 4x4 mm from the local pic-n-pull. plus a couple other chrome accents from the parts store

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then i had gotten a hold of a member on here or maxd50scene(cant remember) and got a grill emblem.

then one night had a bad storm and a tree limb fell into the bed destroying the cover.(no pics)
kinda put things on hold for awhile due to truck acting up. plus i backed into my buddies car cause i didnt realize he had parked behind me and i was in a hurry to pick a friend up from work. there went the almost flawless factory rollpan.

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i got bored one night and seen i had a can of primer and a can of grabber green engine paint. so i got a paint and rust removal wheel and got to work on the front valance.

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after that i went down to the local sign shop and had them print me off some color matching(the front valance) novelty decals to go with a pair of truk nutz my wife got me.

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then one day my passenger front turn signal stopped working. the inner guts had rusted. replaced bulb still wouldnt work. so i grabbed some semi trailer l.e.d. markers and got to work on converting them.

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added some strobes to the turn signals since i still had some in there.

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then one night i was helping haul some wood for a buddy. i was driving through his yard and went to drive over what looked like a small flimsy tree sapling that you could drive over without hurting anything. i was wrong. there was 1.5in steel rod hiding in it. destroyed the valance and got stuck on the core support. luckily the valance was the only thing that got damaged. now it looks like it has green fangs for the halloween season. lol.

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found this older pic. its from when i took a load of 1000#s of steel to the local scrap yard.

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[MitsuMax]

Nice truck man!

[DroppedMitsu]

Nice truck, I like the rims, don't see too many people running those.

[dazednconfused]

Nice truck man!

thank you

[dazednconfused]

Nice truck, I like the rims, don't see too many people running those.

I've noticed that. i haven't found another mm or d50 running them. but as a tip to everyone that may not know, there is no modification needed for these rims to fit our trucks unlike others that need the centers bored out.

[Sergio T]

Welcome!
What kind of rims are those?

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07 and up gmc sierra, savanna 17's

[pennyman1]

as in van wheels?

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ive seen them on both, vans and trucks. i've seen a shipment of fullsize vans come into the local gm dealer with them on.

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ordered the head gasket set today. it will be in tomorrow. cant wait to get this started and hopefully wont run into any problems during tear down and reassembly.

[crvtec90]

Definitely get the head checked for cracks. You dont wanna go through all the work of gasket replacement without it

[dazednconfused]

Definitely get the head checked for cracks. You dont wanna go through all the work of gasket replacement without it

had already planned on taking it to napa once its off the truck

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a couple pics of the process
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found the spot where its leaking. just under number 3

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needs some cleaning but still looks good otherwise. forgot to take pic while it was still on the truck.