GMCMAINIAC'S 1998 Z71

[Gmcmainiac]

My dad bought this truck brand new in 1998. He gave it to me in the summer of 2015 when he went to trade it in and they would only give him 300 bucks for it. It spent it's whole life in Central and Northern Maine so it has seen it's share of road salt. My first goal has been to get it to pass inspection so I can get it back on the road. This will be a slow build as time and money are tight.

[Full Lock]

Nice post some pics

[barry G]

welcome.

I have a 96 now at 358k miles.

I live in the mythical north maine as well.

 

I have a build thread, everything I did was for this locale.

 

I like these years.

 

the z71 should have a g80 diff.

there is some sweet spots in the back that like to fail.. no welding is too big for these, or any of the gm trucks.

Hope you get it going maine legal.

I ended up closer to a 3/4 ton, and even beyond that in some spots, by the time chores were done.

 

no one is to notice.

 

I see these years all over the place here, 96-99, especially xcab. There must be something good.

the wimpy tails is trivial. In 1 day make a 5 ton out of it if you want.

[Gmcmainiac]

I have been following your build site. Our trucks are very similar and have probably traveled a lot of the same roads.

 

I am going to post pictures as soon as I figure out how to get the file size down.

[Full Lock]

You can resize them in microsoft paint. Then I use Photobucket for URL hosting. Or you can resize them right in Photobucket. Same same