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Raul Duke · 08-07-2010, 09:39 AM

Just got a bastard child 82 gmc 2wd short box. Finally something i can fix without a computer. fule injection? whats that. abs? automatic beer switch?
dont no dont care, dont have to. Happy to finally be here, better late than never.

geezer#99 · 08-07-2010, 11:09 AM

Welcome!! Good lookin' short wide.
Awesome 'tude too.
I agree!! Don't need no stinkin' computer this and that on a real truck.
Good to have you here.

Raul Duke · 08-11-2010, 11:00 AM

Thanks man, already logged a couple thousand miles and only replaced a small coolant hose with a jack kinfe and a flat head on the side of the rd in 5 minutes. that was in the first hr of buying it. slapped in a free cd player and some rokford foskates behind my bench for 20 bucks and now my windows are a rattle'n

joe231 · 08-15-2010, 09:06 PM

Nice truck!
I like the blue

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Jacfourteen · 08-18-2010, 01:25 AM

Nice looking truck! Welcome from Norcal.

Prerunner1982 · 08-18-2010, 03:44 PM

Looks good..

Looks like someone took some time to "chrome" the headlight bezels and some of the grille. From the factory the chrome was under the silver paint, just takes some elbow grease and steel wool to take the silver paint off and show the chrome. I started to do this on my 82 Chevy as well. The grille is (should) be the same way.

Raul Duke · 08-18-2010, 09:17 PM

thanks folks, the interior is shot but the body is mint. up here in Vt we will sit on milk crates and run em with out speedo's as long as we dont have to fix rust. snagged a pair of 15" cragar ss's off craigslist for 150 bucks. they are kinda beat but i have wanted a pair since i was 15. whoa that was 19 years ago. pictures will be up tomorrow. and yes im runnin her with out a speedo or dash lights, but i am sittin on a bench with a bed sheet over it. wired up the stereo though. he he

ps piks with ss's up tomorrow.

**BIG ORANGE** · 08-19-2010, 08:35 AM

Welcome aboard from SC.

1ATony · 08-20-2010, 11:06 AM

Great foundation for a hot rod,welcome

08-07-2010, 09:39 AM	#1
Raul Duke Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Eden VT Posts: 30	Newbie from where hell meets the surface Just got a bastard child 82 gmc 2wd short box. Finally something i can fix without a computer. fule injection? whats that. abs? automatic beer switch? dont no dont care, dont have to. Happy to finally be here, better late than never. Attached Images

08-07-2010, 11:09 AM	#2
geezer#99 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bowser Posts: 13,732	Re: Newbie from where hell meets the surface Welcome!! Good lookin' short wide. Awesome 'tude too. I agree!! Don't need no stinkin' computer this and that on a real truck. Good to have you here.

08-11-2010, 11:00 AM	#3
Raul Duke Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Eden VT Posts: 30	Re: Newbie from where hell meets the surface Thanks man, already logged a couple thousand miles and only replaced a small coolant hose with a jack kinfe and a flat head on the side of the rd in 5 minutes. that was in the first hr of buying it. slapped in a free cd player and some rokford foskates behind my bench for 20 bucks and now my windows are a rattle'n

08-15-2010, 09:06 PM	#4
joe231 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Palmer, Alaska Posts: 13,821	Re: Newbie from where hell meets the surface Nice truck! I like the blue to the best Chevy truck site on the planet __________________ *CHEVY ONLY*

08-18-2010, 01:25 AM	#5
Jacfourteen Big Red - Now its a SWB! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oroville, Ca Posts: 1,624	Re: Newbie from where hell meets the surface Nice looking truck! Welcome from Norcal. __________________ 68 3/4 ton (Project)-350 Small Block, .030 over, 10:1 comp, 3998993 heads, C3BX edelbrock intake, comp cams XE268, Holley 670 SA, long tube headers, dual flow 40's, E-fan, Alum rad, currently under the knife getting shortened and bagged build thread 41 3/4 ton (wife's)-flatbed, fully restored to original 01 Tahoe LT 4WD (my daily driver)-Magnaflow Muffler, Rollin on 22's 02 Ford Mustang Convertable (Wife's Car)-Flowmaster 50, Clear corners, Intake, sittin on 18's

08-18-2010, 03:44 PM	#6
Prerunner1982 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmond, OK Posts: 5,904	Re: Newbie from where hell meets the surface Looks good.. Looks like someone took some time to "chrome" the headlight bezels and some of the grille. From the factory the chrome was under the silver paint, just takes some elbow grease and steel wool to take the silver paint off and show the chrome. I started to do this on my 82 Chevy as well. The grille is (should) be the same way. __________________ Jon 1982 Chevy Silverado 350/th350.... RETIRED 1993 Jeep XJ 2 door(Cherokee) 4wd 4.0ltr/AX-15 (5spd)/NP231 .... Oklahoma Roll Call

08-18-2010, 09:17 PM	#7
Raul Duke Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Eden VT Posts: 30	Re: Newbie from where hell meets the surface thanks folks, the interior is shot but the body is mint. up here in Vt we will sit on milk crates and run em with out speedo's as long as we dont have to fix rust. snagged a pair of 15" cragar ss's off craigslist for 150 bucks. they are kinda beat but i have wanted a pair since i was 15. whoa that was 19 years ago. pictures will be up tomorrow. and yes im runnin her with out a speedo or dash lights, but i am sittin on a bench with a bed sheet over it. wired up the stereo though. he he ps piks with ss's up tomorrow.

08-19-2010, 08:35 AM	#8
BIG ORANGE Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Lancaster S.C. Posts: 4,764	Re: Newbie from where hell meets the surface Welcome aboard from SC. __________________ Things happen for a reason!

08-20-2010, 11:06 AM	#9
1ATony Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Pepperell,Mass Posts: 724	Re: Newbie from where hell meets the surface Great foundation for a hot rod,welcome



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