Jared Roach Posted September 2, 2013 Posted September 2, 2013 Since I have 3 of these 454 ss kits I decided to build one as a mild street truck. Then I decided to take the interior and chrome bumpers/grille from the snap '96 dually and make this one a '96 regular cab short box. I cut the interior tub from the dually and spliced in the back wall from the '90 interior to make it fit the reg cab. Then I flipped the front spindles to lower the front end and I modified the mounting points with brass tubing to fit the Pegasus wheels. I'm going to leave all stock other then the wheels and the lowered suspension. I just want a nice clean street truck.
RodneyBad Posted September 2, 2013 Posted September 2, 2013 NIce looking Truck. Good Idea with the interior and front spindles. Build on..
Nick W. Posted September 2, 2013 Posted September 2, 2013 Did you have to modify the front clip for the grill to set properly?
Jared Roach Posted September 2, 2013 Author Posted September 2, 2013 Thanks Rodney. Nick, nope it all fits together perfect. Only thing I modified to fit was the interior tub.
Nick W. Posted September 2, 2013 Posted September 2, 2013 Hmmm. I guess only the tahoe grill is different.. Thats good to know! Keep up the great work, I want to see more.
Mopar - D Posted September 5, 2013 Posted September 5, 2013 Nice looking truck what color are you going with.
Jared Roach Posted September 7, 2013 Author Posted September 7, 2013 Thanks guys. For the color I'm thinking a bright red.
Jared Roach Posted February 10, 2014 Author Posted February 10, 2014 Well here is a long over due update on this truck. I painted it shortly after the last post. Paint went bad so I pulled out a second kit and painted that one. That also went down hill so I got discouraged and put it away. Well now I decided to get it back out and open it all up. Hinges are finished and now it needs door jambs.
jrherald420 Posted February 10, 2014 Posted February 10, 2014 Nice, i picked up 2 of these barely started for 5.00 for the pair. Im looking to do a nice lowered street truck out of one and a custom truck out of the other. I really like the interior swap you did. I would think about opening up the grill and adding a new grill out of small rods.
hjracing Posted February 11, 2014 Posted February 11, 2014 Great project, I have one that I'll build sometime in the near future (I hope ) but is a long bed and I need a short bed to resemble a '96 C-1500 I used to drive some years ago (I miss my truck ), and I need to make or find a dash to...I'll keep an eye on this build!
Belugawrx Posted February 11, 2014 Posted February 11, 2014 That's nice... I like Got it sitting just right Are those Peg's 19" or 23"?
gotnitro Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 I think they are the Peg's 19''. same ones I used. Peguas also make a staggered 19/20 something? set as well. You can find them on ebay under "big and little" but they fit this truck well. I have them on some other c-1500s ive built
Jared Roach Posted February 14, 2014 Author Posted February 14, 2014 Thanks guys! They are Pegasus 23 T's. I have a set of 19's too but I thought they were too small for this build.
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