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Hello everybody!! I'm from a small town in the armpit of northern california. I drive a 1985 GMC Sierra classic 2500 4x4. I love my truck and I just want to learn more about it and ways to improve on it. And that's why i'm here.

 

-James

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Welcome to the site! If you are looking for information, this is the place. :lol:

 

On a related note, when searching, use the advanced search features to really get down to the good stuff!

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Welcome to the GM-Trucks! Any mods planned?

 

ooooohhh yeah. I plan on lifting it 4 inches or so. not too high, but enough to crawl through high snow or mud, as I tend to encounter both a lot in the winter here. I'm really all about functionality, So this thing will get some good tires, a big nasty deer killer custom steel bumper that I can mount a good winch on, maybe a couple more lights too. My reasoning is that both of my rigs tend to be rescue vehicles all winter so once I have the cash both will recieve some stuff (my other one is a 1992 Jeep cherokee laredo). I have pictures on my phone, I just can't find the stupid little memory card adapter that plugs in to my laptop, so once that happens i'll put some pics up.

 

My most recent project on the truck is painting the roof and lower part of the body. I think it was supposed to be grey or silver on those portions at one point but now it's ugly grey on the body and light rust on the roof (I have no idea why the truck didn't just come all black, but whatever). So i'll probably be looking for info on that stuff first.

 

And thanks for the welcome!

-James

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welcome to the site :lol: is your truck a HD 2500? if it is 8600 GVW it won't have the unleaded fuel neck.

 

I know my truck isn't that heavy, I think it's more like 5600 because that's the number that comes up on the scales at the landfill here when my truck is empty. But it does have an enormous filler neck. You could almost pour fuel in out of a bucket LOL. And sorry about no pictures, still trying to figure out a way to get them on my computer. I'm working on it! LOL.

 

Oh yeah, and i'm located in susanville CA, it's not to far from grass valley I think, not quite sure...

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