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    Quadrajet Filter Spring

    First one could a been me, helping my cousin with an engine swap for one of our parts store customers. Guy had a '64 Impala 4 door sedan, had 283 and PG, tired but ran okay (this was early 80s) and he's convinced himself that a target master 350 is what the car needs. We picked one up at...
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    Did you get any pictures? If so, please post them for the enjoyment of those who didn't get to go.... thanks!
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    Ferd for my Granddaughter

    Yup... that's where the "Cobra Jet" name came from.
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    Bowtie Brush guard.... Opinions?

    It'd be better if it had some sort of support on the back of it, rather than just being bolted to the center bumper brackets. Much of an impact in the wrong angle, it would probably take out the grille.....
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    K10

    Yup. GM went with HEI (in the big cap version) across the board in '75. Some makes and models went to it in '74; the Cadillac engine that used to be in our '75 Burb has it. I know the engine is a '74 because the guy who built the Burb, used the prior year's Cadillac running gear in them, after...
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    Truck Size

    Yep modern half ton sits higher than my C3500.
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    Truck Size

    Never were common in my recollection. The two with tires were laying in the yard for a few years, I'd kinda forgot about having them. Last few years I've been trying to gather up parts for swap meets....
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    Truck Size

    And yes that is a square body Burb rear bumper, parallel to the fender. I have two, this one has the brackets and license plate holder. Nice used condition, has very minor dents. The steel wheels with green paint on them are Mopar Rallyes, sold those at that show. The big alloy wheels are the...
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    Truck Size

    Yup! You are correct sir! Mom had an '81 MC with the factory styled steel wheels, bought brand new the day they came out. Dad and I saw the checkerboard alloys in the brochure and decided we wanted a set, and finally found a used set years later. We sold the Monte Carlo years ago, and I don't...
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    Truck Size

    Yuppers! After I got my OBS crew cab, I was at the local toy show. Knowing how long the truck is, and knowing what room we had at the venue (and that room doesn't have much parking in front of it), we got there early so we could back in near the door. Two other vendors came in, in new Chevy crew...
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    I remember seeing aftermarket cruise control setups that the button housing clipped onto the turn signal stick.....
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    1992 RS Camaro. First car for Der Burger.

    Yup that passlock system started on the Camaro, Firebird and Corvette, in the late 80s because of their high theft rate. Didn't get it into the trucks until '98. Another reason why I'm glad my crew cab is a '97..... already dealt with it on Burb.
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    New Member from Upstate New York

    Originally in their Camaro and Corvette usage the Comfort Grip three spoke steering wheel was black, then in the later usages they started to have colors. Blue(in a few different shades), red, tan and gray. We used to find them in the local yards, 20-30 years ago when the cars they were in, were...
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    New Member from Upstate New York

    Welcome from Houston, Texas...man you have a couple of gorgeous trucks! Neat to see a square with the old school Comfort Grip three spoke steering wheel; Dad had those on most of our square body Burbs. He liked the factory 4 spoke on the '90 so it stayed stock.
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    Year ID - Headlight Bezel

    Chevys used that bezel with the V22 option for 81/82. GMC used it for those years, as well as 83-84, since they didn't use the color band between the two headlights (matching the grille on Silverado V22). Another thread I replied to recently, had several brochure pictures and reminded me of...
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    Correct Rally Wheel color????

    If you don't mind having more metal flake in the paint, there's a Dodge truck silver that Duplicolor used to have, that is close to the GM Argent in shade. I used it to paint some Chrysler Rallye wheels and it looked great, think I might have sprayed some GM Rallyes with it too(since we had...
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    Tilt Steering Column

    Too bad that you are a long way from SETX, I have a couple of used factory square body tilt columns I would let go for a reasonable amount. The 73-83 units are the same; 84 is when they went to the multi function switch with dimmer switch in the column. Big box on left side of the column around...
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    1989 Chevy K1500

    Yeah I noticed that too! The metal plate is where you put the thermal paste to keep it from getting cooked.
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    Installing tailgate band

    And the 73-74 GMC tailgate doesn't have the letters/emblem in the center; it's stamped in the upper left side. Therefore the full size trim piece for those two years are smooth (another mod Dad did on his '75; back then he just bought a trim piece from the dealer!).
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    Two tone paint

    Those three pictures also illustrated the variables in Rallye wheel trim rings! Seems like the 83-84 had a recessed edge on the ring, most visible in the center picture, and the 85-up has a tapered edge that's an extension of the taper in the ring.... Pretty sure the ones Dad used on the factory...
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    Two tone paint

    Those pictures answered a couple of questions for me, and confirmed a few of my 40+ year old memories. Firstly, the 83-84 Chevrolet Silverado grille bars (that are color matched) ARE more narrow than the 85-up ones. Look at the chrome bars vs. the Bowtie; on the 83-84 they appear to extend from...
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    GMT400 wipers not returning to rest

    I had a pair of new blades for the Burb, to go on it after I got the windshield replaced. But didn't get them on it, and I remembered where I'd put them in the shop, so I swapped them out on the crew cab(same size, 18") and it doesn't do this as bad now. Also helps if the window is wetter; I...
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    GMT400 wipers not returning to rest

    I know these are bad about the solder joints coming undone....I suspect Mr crew cab is beginning to do this. Do you have new wiper blades on it, those will help.
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    2024 Space City Shootout model car show and contest

    Guy who built that one is a big racing fan, he goes to the Indianapolis 500 every year. We have some really amazing and talented modelers in our club, and that come to our shows.....
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    Square body truck diecast for sale

    So...all those are sold! I still have a couple of the M2 individual boxed squares, and some of the box sets with a truck and trailer. And I recently picked up one of the Kaido House square body trucks and a couple of the Hot Wheels monster truck sets, with the Wreckreation square body with the...

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