Rocket Man's 2008 Bagged CC Silverado Build AKA "THE MACHINE"

Rocket Man said:

It’s ok. The seat is a seat and the dash isn’t all dented up. It doesn’t matter to me anyway. All I’m gonna use is the cab, bed, fenders and doors. Everything else is going. I’ll start with a new frame. I’m gonna build the motor myself. Then the suspension and air management system, fuel cell, brakes, wiring, install the motor, and then tub the cab, bed and fenders. Install the cab and fenders, have someone paint everything then install the bed. I have no time frame and the $$$ stuff will have to wait for 8-10 months so it will be a slow start. I’ll start a build thread when I actually start on it. Right now it’s just a pile of parts waiting to take shape.

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Tonyrodz said:

It's good you have a plan. Does it run and drive?

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Rocket Man said:

I pulled the alternator off The Machine, split the case and painted it in engine enamel.

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NathanJax said:

Looks good. Time to do everything else under there

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Rocket Man said:

My neighbor bought a ‘14 Silverado WT and has been attempting to do some stuff to it. I thought he was doing a lot of work since he’s been working on it for 4-5 days but he only installed a roll pan, chrome tow hooks, chrome grill and chrome wheels. Yech. I stopped by today to see what his plans were and to see about snatching the rear bumper. He said he is having a shop lower it 7/4 (we will see) and he wants to bag it. Then he said he wants to eventually get it down like mine. I just smiled and said cool. The guy doesn’t have a clue on how to do anything and you can see from how he removed the rear bumper. He said he had to cut it all up to remove it and I’m like wtf. He was going to take it to the dump so it was free. The idiot cut through the plastic step pads instead of popping them off. But the rest is fine, so I’ll just have the chrome stripped and PTM and buy new step pads. It has 2 tiny dents that I’ll fill after it’s stripped. I have been looking on eBay and wrecking yards and they want anywhere between 300-500 for one of these. It’s a spring project though. The price was right.

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Sam Harris said:

Wow. That’s crazy man. What did he think there was no other way to get the pad off?!? Sheesh!! Good score for you. [emoji16][emoji106]

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Rocket Man said:

My neighbor bought a ‘14 Silverado WT and has been attempting to do some stuff to it. I thought he was doing a lot of work since he’s been working on it for 4-5 days but he only installed a roll pan, chrome tow hooks, chrome grill and chrome wheels. Yech. I stopped by today to see what his plans were and to see about snatching the rear bumper. He said he is having a shop lower it 7/4 (we will see) and he wants to bag it. Then he said he wants to eventually get it down like mine. I just smiled and said cool. The guy doesn’t have a clue on how to do anything and you can see from how he removed the rear bumper. He said he had to cut it all up to remove it and I’m like wtf. He was going to take it to the dump so it was free. The idiot cut through the plastic step pads instead of popping them off. But the rest is fine, so I’ll just have the chrome stripped and PTM and buy new step pads. It has 2 tiny dents that I’ll fill after it’s stripped. I have been looking on eBay and wrecking yards and they want anywhere between 300-500 for one of these. It’s a spring project though. The price was right.

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Rocket Man said:

My neighbor bought a ‘14 Silverado WT and has been attempting to do some stuff to it. I thought he was doing a lot of work since he’s been working on it for 4-5 days but he only installed a roll pan, chrome tow hooks, chrome grill and chrome wheels. Yech. I stopped by today to see what his plans were and to see about snatching the rear bumper. He said he is having a shop lower it 7/4 (we will see) and he wants to bag it. Then he said he wants to eventually get it down like mine. I just smiled and said cool. The guy doesn’t have a clue on how to do anything and you can see from how he removed the rear bumper. He said he had to cut it all up to remove it and I’m like wtf. He was going to take it to the dump so it was free. The idiot cut through the plastic step pads instead of popping them off. But the rest is fine, so I’ll just have the chrome stripped and PTM and buy new step pads. It has 2 tiny dents that I’ll fill after it’s stripped. I have been looking on eBay and wrecking yards and they want anywhere between 300-500 for one of these. It’s a spring project though. The price was right.

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