benjaminearle
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- Joined
- Oct 25, 2012
- Posts
- 90
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- Location
- Atlanta, GA
- First Name
- Ben
- Truck Year
- 1979
- Truck Model
- K10 LWB Fleetside
- Engine Size
- '97 L31 Vortec 5700
Well, I've finally found the perfect candidate for re-creating my first truck. My real first truck was a '79 GMC Heavy Half LWB 2WD Olds 350 Diesel, which had been converted to a Olds 350R gasser. Two tone grey over red(or burgundy?) interior. My dad bought it new when I was 1 and sold it when i was 16 to get an '89 that i flogged for a few years. I only had the old gray mare (as my brother called it) for a few months before "big red" was finished and delivered, but having grown up with that truck I have always wanted to find it again.
The truck I've found to start with has the correct paint job, is 4wd (full time - any comments?) like i always wish mine were and has most of the interior there, but not in great shape. I can find almost everything to rebuild the interior at LMC - BUT - is the "red" that they offer the factory color from '79 or were there multiple choices in the "red" camp? Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of the insides of that old truck.
If there were both red and burgundy available - does anyone have a source for the factory colors other than those offered at LMC?
The truck I've found to start with has the correct paint job, is 4wd (full time - any comments?) like i always wish mine were and has most of the interior there, but not in great shape. I can find almost everything to rebuild the interior at LMC - BUT - is the "red" that they offer the factory color from '79 or were there multiple choices in the "red" camp? Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of the insides of that old truck.
If there were both red and burgundy available - does anyone have a source for the factory colors other than those offered at LMC?