those were the 15'' turbines I bought it with and when I put 35's on it the 12 bolt looked so tiny I had to swap 3/4 ton diffs which it has now. I loved those bumper guards, think we called them bumperettes back in the day, which seems totally appropriate now. I don't have the factory bumpers unfortunately as anything that wasn't 'perfect' got sold and replaced and at the time I was planning on going pre-runner with it. If I had some super clean factory bumpers I'd put them on and the bumperettes would be icing if I could find them! I have a low mile LMM/LML hybrid that would be cool but not sure it would fit the 80's theme I'm leaning towards. I really disliked the two tone and moldings and am grateful now I didn't have access to a welder at the time cuz I'm now in love with the color combo and want to restore it but with possibly a subtle modern twist... possibly some pearl? 6" of lift and 37" radials would look great but the 33's and 4" was pretty nice as well in hindsight. My favourite square has always been the '80 with the rectangular eyes and I've got most of the new GM parts I need to retrofit. I don't think theres a sexier engine on the planet than a BB chev and I have some stuff that I've collected over the years. I could build a 12:1 525" stump puller but I need a crank and a bunch of machine work for that. The other BB is a steel crank forged piston 454 that would be suitable for some mild boost. There was an 80 chev with the same color combo on 48' terra's when the original bigfoot was the rage running a 6-71 blower that gave me a lump in my pants. I built this engine with that in mind but don't think I could bring myself to cutting up the hood now. If I could do a turbo setup that didn't look to out of place I think that would be cool. And then there's the 6.0 LS which I don't find the least bit attractive but they sure do work! Suspension, rolling stock, and body first, then I'll worry about the engine. The turbine rims were never my favourite but I really don't like many of the new wheels that I've seen. Probably my favourite truck wheel has always been the centerline convo pro HT but I don't think they were available in 8x6.5 so I'm open to suggestions there as well.
