1978 Silverado Restore Illustrated – Final Rendering
Sammy James of MNFastlife.com finished my truck drawing.
Sammy James of MNFastlife.com finished my truck drawing.
This thing is really starting to come together and look just like what I wanted! Check out the smothness of that front roll pan and the removed & smothed turn signals beneath the headlights! Man, I cannot wait to get this truck done! Click for a larger version. See the First Rendering. Rendering done by [...]
Obviously this is not a C10, but the photo made an easily Photoshopped image to show how I want my roll pan to look. Rollpan: I want LED taillights (red, not white) which match the body line on the side of the truck. Also, I do not want a license plate holder. I want to [...]
Sammy James of Minnesota Fastlife has agreed to do a rendering of my truck in exchange for me helping him with his website. I am working on the site, and Sammy has already cranked out a rough draft. Click for a larger image: Click here for a HUGE image (1280×960).
Recently, I finally put down in text the lits of modifications I wanted to do to my 1978 Chevrolet C10 Silverado Half-Ton. Over the past 10 years I have collected a large assortment of Truckin’ pictures and internet pictures of trucks which I liked, in order to get a better visual of what my truck will [...]
Fuel Pump that is. My 1978 Silverado’s fuel pump was leaking pretty bad, so $42 later it’s got a brand new pump and rubber lines. Pump: $21 Rubber hose, Brass fittings and Clamps: $21 Pictures! Here is the pesky old fuel pump I removed which was leaking. Unfortunately the metal fuel line which connects to [...]
There is something very emotional to me about the front end and body line of the 1973 to 1978 Chevrolet Pickups. I was walking by my truck this evening and just stopped to stare at the front. I would have just continued to stare at my pickup, but it was getting pretty dark… Curious about [...]
Here are some pictures of my baby. They are terrible pictures as this was right after I got the truck home, and right before we tore out the engine. I just used them to send to our insurance agent to get my coverage started. New pictures with better scenery will follow soon! Soon I will [...]
While surfing the web for any information about restoring a 1978 Chevrolet Silverado, I stumbled across an awesome website, EpicChevy.com After spending about an hour reading ever post written on the site, I was hooked and had to contact the site owner. We had a great conversation and determined that we might have been twins [...]