Dan's ratty truck

Tonyrodz · Oct 20, 2020

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Galante said:
I have ‘ a thing’ for gbodies.... Tony too...

I had an 85 and 88 SS back in the day

. They def don't hold up well to salt tho

Dantheman1540 · Oct 20, 2020

Galante said:
I have ‘ a thing’ for gbodies.... Tony too...

Its really hard to find a clean one anymore, I'd bet this one is a full frame off resto and possibly a partial tube chassis.

Tonyrodz said:
Ba

I had an 85 and 88 SS back in the day . They def don't hold up well to salt tho

No they didn't, even down here you don't see them very often. I like the 82-83 Malibu 4 doors (said no one ever). But seriously a faded and mildly beat up baby blue or brown 4door Malibu with an LS swap and a little Wuhan war whistle peaking out the hood would be a sweet sleeper. They are so often neglected and clapped out people would probably think the war whistle would be something broken sticking through the hood.

Tonyrodz · Oct 20, 2020

Dantheman1540 said:
Its really hard to find a clean one anymore, I'd bet this one is a full frame off resto and possibly a partial tube chassis.

No they didn't, even down here you don't see them very often. I like the 82-83 Malibu 4 doors (said no one ever). But seriously a faded and mildly beat up baby blue or brown 4door Malibu with an LS swap and a little Wuhan war whistle peaking out the hood would be a sweet sleeper. They are so often neglected and clapped out people would probably think the war whistle would be something broken sticking through the hood.

My uncle bought one brand new in 84. I thought it was the coolest car. I've always liked the old 2 door Malibus, but I think I'd take a 4 door. And being they're also G bodies, there's tons of suspension parts out there for them too.

Dantheman1540 · Oct 25, 2020

Now that my buddies denali is out of my long term project spot in my garage this is getting some love again. Decided to pull the bed to make the axle swap easier and I once again fell victim to Randyitus. Figure why not clean up the frame some, then let's remove the bumper and hitch to get ideas on a high clearance setup, and probably going to turn into boxing a few sections of the frame rails and who knows what else.

Anyway spent a few hours cutting the old exhaust hangers off and wire wheeling what I could get to. Oh even replaced the worthless rattle trap sliding rear window.

On top of all that I decided I hated the giant air dam on my car hauler so I chopped that thing down and added some chain keepers to the ramps to take the load off the clips.

Tonyrodz · Oct 25, 2020

Dantheman1540 said:
Now that my buddies denali is out of my long term project spot in my garage this is getting some love again. Decided to pull the bed to make the axle swap easier and I once again fell victim to Randyitus. Figure why not clean up the frame some, then let's remove the bumper and hitch to get ideas on a high clearance setup, and probably going to turn into boxing a few sections of the frame rails and who knows what else.

Anyway spent a few hours cutting the old exhaust hangers off and wire wheeling what I could get to. Oh even replaced the worthless rattle trap sliding rear window.

On top of all that I decided I hated the giant air dam on my car hauler so I chopped that thing down and added some chain keepers to the ramps to take the load off the clips.

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Clean those grounds while you can get to them.

Dantheman1540 · Oct 25, 2020

Tonyrodz said:
Clean those grounds while you can get to them.

Absolutely! I'm gonna redo a couple things in the wiring. Really makes me want to drop the tank and do a fuel cell instead.

Tonyrodz · Oct 25, 2020

Dantheman1540 said:
Absolutely! I'm gonna redo a couple things in the wiring. Really makes me want to drop the tank and do a fuel cell instead.

Well, you know....while you're in there......lol

Dantheman1540 · Oct 25, 2020

Tonyrodz said:
Well, you know....while you're in there......lol

Exactly the Randyitus :jester:

Dantheman1540 · Oct 25, 2020

Took the Bilstein 5100s off that had been on for almost 5 years. To my surprise they still have pressure and with a bath will probably look new. I never liked them and found them much too still for a light truck. It's probably because Bilstein uses the same part number for a 1500 or 3500 series truck so the valving is all wrong. Anyway, if someone wants them they are free to a good home.

Sam Harris · Oct 25, 2020

Dantheman1540 said:
Took the Bilstein 5100s off that had been on for almost 5 years. To my surprise they still have pressure and with a bath will probably look new. I never liked them and found them much too still for a light truck. It's probably because Bilstein uses the same part number for a 1500 or 3500 series truck so the valving is all wrong. Anyway, if someone wants them they are free to a good home.

I’m about to put some on my Yukon. What model?

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