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  1. CheemsK1500

    Any Green Squares?

    Very nice. I love the look of 75/76 grille too.
  2. CheemsK1500

    What year front clip do you like best?

    I've always wondered what a square Escalade would've looked like. I'd imagine something similar to those renderings, with a more elaborate interior.
  3. CheemsK1500

    Anyone Use Classic Industries Dash Pad

    It's been seven years, and lots of sunlight exposure. The dash still has not hardened or cracked. Colorbond supposedly contains UV protectant. In my case, it works. If you can find a dash in a color you like, get that one. In my case, I wanted a color that didn't exist on a dashpad, so I just...
  4. CheemsK1500

    Anyone Use Classic Industries Dash Pad

    I used Colorbond aerosol in Saddle tan on my dashpad. The reason why yours is brown and not tan is because GM never had a saddle tan dash pad from the factory for these trucks. Instead they just paired brown dashes with Saddle tan interior trim. A brown dash pad is actually factory correct for a...
  5. CheemsK1500

    Anyone Use Classic Industries Dash Pad

    Thanks, this is actually a picture of the inside of a '85 C10, my '84 looks much different. However, these same colors do appear on '84 trucks. Here's the outside of the truck and the paint codes for it:
  6. CheemsK1500

    Anyone Use Classic Industries Dash Pad

    Here's a pic of my '81+ vinyl pad from LMC that I got back in 2016. Please disregard the faded door panels and mismatched instrument bezel lol.
  7. CheemsK1500

    What year front clip do you like best?

    the square headlight '80 front with bezels tweaked to mimic the shape of the 73-78 bezels would probably give you the look you want.
  8. CheemsK1500

    Bvllsh!t on craigslist.

    Indeed, those axle assemblies alone would justify it.
  9. CheemsK1500

    Bvllsh!t on craigslist.

    Heck, I'd pay $400.
  10. CheemsK1500

    Clean 77 C10

    If he brings that truck down south, he very well could double his money. I like how instead of just admitting that it has faded paint, he calls it "patina that is impossible to duplicate." The terms some of these sellers use to make meaningless things seem meaningful are hilarious.
  11. CheemsK1500

    Any Green Squares?

    Green seems more prevalent on the "round eye" (73-80) trucks than it does the post '81 "slope-nose" trucks. The only examples of green slope nose trucks I've been able to find is some '81s (this is also the only slope-nose year with a green interior) and a handful of Custom Deluxes with saddle...
  12. CheemsK1500

    What year front clip do you like best?

    Someone actually took a real-life LTD wagon and made a clone of the movie car. It sold for 100k. https://www.hagerty.com/media/buying-and-selling/ltd-family-truckster-sells-for-100k/
  13. CheemsK1500

    LMC Doors

    In my experience, one of two things happens with aftermarket sheet metal scenario one: It's stout, but needs extensive reshaping to match. Scenario two: It fits perfectly, but dents it if you look at it wrong. I'm sure there's instances of people getting perfect body panels, but at the end of...
  14. CheemsK1500

    What year front clip do you like best?

    Aftermarket companies are cranking out grilles for nearly every Chevy year and 85-87 GMC and grilles like there's no tomorrow, but still haven't made a correct 83-84 grille. Maybe one day we'll get lucky. Until then, I'll just keep piecing together junkyard grilles.
  15. CheemsK1500

    What year front clip do you like best?

    You are a man of great taste and I wish you luck in your quest to find a solid 6 panel 83-84 grille. They are quite difficult to find these days. A guy once offered me a 91 Suburban radiator support and grille to put on my '85 C10, I told him that I typically do that conversion the other way...
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    Anyone Use Classic Industries Dash Pad

    In my experience, the ones in the old dash have enough tension in them left to hold the new dash in place. It's easy to lose them during the removal process, if you're not careful though. A body shop was kind enough to help me out when I lost a clip, so I didn't have to wait for one to come in...
  17. CheemsK1500

    GMT400 tank swap

    I've never seen this done, but I have seem a few people install a 40 gallon square body Suburban tank onto a square body pickup. This would probably be easier to to do since the distance between frame rails of square pickup is closer to a square Suburban than it is a GMT400 pickup. It's also...
  18. CheemsK1500

    Anyone Use Classic Industries Dash Pad

    Sometime around 2016.
  19. CheemsK1500

    Anyone Use Classic Industries Dash Pad

    I've heard mixed reviews about the quality of classic industries dash pads. I've ever used a LMC dash. The LMC dash I used worked and look good, but needed some trimming on the edges, and additional fitment work around the instrument bezel area.
  20. CheemsK1500

    6.0 LS to SM465 (mechanical clutch)/NP205 compatibility question.

    I'm considering getting an early 2000s 6.0 LS to put into my '84 K1500 to replace the tired 305. Is there any sort of special components I should look at to make this engine works with the transmission and transfer case I listed in the title? Thanks.
  21. CheemsK1500

    C50 to C10 dash and cluster interchangeable?

    At least you have a nice place for a quartz clock.
  22. CheemsK1500

    Reputable Instagram parts sellers? Or known scammers?

    I think most of these are legit, but use some degree of caution. If they refuse to talk on the phone (This is so they don't reveal their thick Indian accent.) or text in broken English, its almost always a scammer. If they specifically ask to be paid in crypto currency, I can almost guarantee...
  23. CheemsK1500

    Bvllsh!t on craigslist.

    Oof I forgot about Midwest winters. From what I've seen, vehicles seem to survive the longest in most Southern states, except for coastal cities. The salt in the air seems to eat through both old and new vehicles around Bolivar and Corpus Christi. Dry places like Arizona and New Mexico seem to...
  24. CheemsK1500

    Bvllsh!t on craigslist.

    A good rule of thumb is to avoid trucks from the northeast and the coast, unless they're incredibly cheap. This rule applies to new and old.
  25. CheemsK1500

    C50 to C10 dash and cluster interchangeable?

    Most components should be the same on the dash. There are some c50 specific items like air pressure guages on air brake trucks, but most other guages should be the same or similar enough to work in a small truck with some minor modifications.

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