I'm Truckin' again...

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Poorboys Rules!
The wife and I had toyed with the idea of buying a third vehicle several months back, but we really couldn't afford much so I figured it was better to just forget it. Well, I recently stumbled onto this truck and asked the guy if he wanted to sell it and whadda ya know...he said sure! We went and picked it up Saturday down in southern Missouri.

It's a 1992 GMC Sierra. It's got 160,800 on the odometer, but the motor is a fairly new Jasper 350 V8 with roughly 38,000 miles on it. It's obviously lowered, but I'm not sure how much. Can't find any markings on the spindles/springs. The rear is notched and has a flip kit on it. The wheels are pretty trashed 20" Boss' (each one has curb rash) and the tires...well, there's 4 different brands on there and only one has decent tread. Hehe...I prayed the whole way home that they'd survive without a blowout.

Today I checked the oil and it was about dry...not good. So I changed the oil and filter to find that she only had about 2 quarts in her...hopefully no damage has been done to the motor. Now that I own her, she'll be on a 3000 mile oil/filter schedule so she'll be well maintained. I washed her well and cleaned the interior...it looks much better. The body is damn near perfect...a few minor dings which is to be expected considering it's a 92. No rust that I can find, she runs strong, shifts smoothly, rides pretty decent...overall I feel I got a great deal on it.

So...it's going to be my daily driver and as soon as I get it inspected and see if it passes, I can start spending a few bucks on mods. We're parking the Mustang and hope to only drive it in good weather...the wife is taking the Mariner now.

Future plans call for:
- Small sport mirrors (these 'dumbo' mirrors are killin' me)
- 15 or 16" Torq-thrusts or possibly some charcoal or black Coy's C5's (I wanna give it that classic 90's sport truck look)
- New suspension...I want her to sit lower with a nice "rake"...especially the front. It needs about 5" of drop up front.
- New painted front bumper
- New rear roll pan
- Snug Lid
- Many other small details as it goes along.

With that I bring you the pics from today...

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As you can see, these tires are pretty bad...

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Interior "before" I cleaned it...

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Interior "after". I removed the seat cover he had on there only to find that the seat was almost perfect!

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And the C-notch...

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And the first 'mod' guaranteed to add a few extra horses...

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I can't wait for this coming Friday as I plan to spend the whole day claybarring/polishing her to an even better shine!

Let me know what you think of my new 'toy'. And if the sky is a little brighter now...it's just me 'beaming' as I cruise in my new truck!!
 
I love the breather lid flipped over, thats some old school stuff there. We all did that back in the day. Looks like it will be a fun truck to play with and drive.
 
JaredPointer said:
Where'd you get that sticker? I'd love to get one for my 15MPG truck. :)
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A quick search came up with this link (same sticker) but with a possible spam connotation. I don't have a facebook account, so I can't check it first:
One less prius - Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums

There was also this (not quite the same style) for $3.95 each:
one less prius bumper sticker from Zazzle.com

Zazzle also lets you custom design your own stuff (if you happen to be artistically inclined. ;) )
 
Nice project! Get some 95-98 mirrors.

Why lower it more if your going to drive it through the winter? Though I can't talk as I drove mine with a 5/7 drop through the winter, lol. I'd grab some newer GM 17's or 20's and drive that thing.
 
If Zazzle doesn't work, I always use BumperArt.com to make bumper stickers. They sold me the "0-60 in 11 minutes" and "This truck has been in 15 wrecks...and hasn't lost one yet!" stickers for Strong Bad II (70 F-100 beater) back in 2004.

That's a gorgeous truck. I've never been a fan of the 88-94 dashboards, though. Head over to FullSizeChevy.com and check out the message board. There is an EASY step-by-step write-up for putting in the smoother 95-98 dashboard.

It's too bad those wheels got eaten up. I am NOT a fan of 20" wheels in ANY style, but on that truck they actually look good. Interior looks much better with the stock seat showing, too.
 
Good looking truck.

Here's an idea for getting the raked look. Stagger the sidewall height in the front and rear. Also might look at a wider wheel. The 245/35 looks like it's stretched a bit on the wheel which is an old school euro look. Might look at a 275/35 up front and 275/55 in back. This would give you about a 3" difference in tire height as well as fill the wheel well. Of course the down side is the inability of rotating the tires. A small price to pay for the right look.

As far as wheels go, you might look at some of the Escalade wheels from the 90s. This was a way to get the bigger wheel and you knew the hub and offset would work.

Good look and remember, "Friends don't let friends drive stock".

Have fun with your new toy.
 
Congrats on the new ride, man. Hard to believe there were only two quarts of oil in there! Some people just don't "get" proper car maintenance.
 
wagonproject said:
Nice project! Get some 95-98 mirrors.

Why lower it more if your going to drive it through the winter? Though I can't talk as I drove mine with a 5/7 drop through the winter, lol. I'd grab some newer GM 17's or 20's and drive that thing.
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LOL...pretty much all I've driven since I was 16 has been low-riders, so I'm used to driving 'low' vehicles in the winter. The Mariner has been about the only thing I've owned that's NOT had the suspension altered. :rofl

I needed to take off the 20's from our Mariner for the winter...I refuse to run good wheels in crappy weather. Not to mention I needed new tires on them anyway...so I took 2 of the better looking tires off of the Mariner, bought two new tires and now the truck has 4 'good' tires on her...all 255/45-20's. She's in the shop today for a state inspection so we'll see how she does.

I buffed on her all day friday and only got the cab done...but I was really pleased with the results. I seriously forgot how big a full size truck is. :passout: She looked pretty good before I started but even better now! I'll try to get some pics up tonight. I've posted a few on Steve's facebook page for any of you who are on FB.

I'm looking forward to playing with this truck...it's really, really nice. :bigups
 
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