1987 Chevy R10

IHCubCadet147

IHCubCadet147

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We have this beauty at work this week. One owner. The odometer says 22,000, but I assume it’s probably turned over at least once, so probably 122,000. It’s possible though, it’s clean. It has a dent in the passenger side fender we are fixing. A2E857F9-64A0-4442-B133-881D3011DC46.jpeg76EA4233-B09F-4D42-B4F1-2487580443CE.jpeg
 
I never understood why they changed the model designation on the old body style when they came out with the (then) new one and moved the old C/K to the new one. It would have been more sense to leave well enough alone and use the new designation on the new series of truck
 
Cvans said:
Hate to see bumps like that on a nice survivor automobile.
Is the guy getting up in age?
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70s probably. He said he has no plans of ever selling this truck.
4getgto said:
That's a nasty spot too.. But the dent probably will be the easy part..
The part that would scare me is the matching of
40-50 year old 2 tone paint with pin striping .
Pretty truck though....
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The dent is fixed, and ready for paint. It was tight, but it came out. The paint won’t be a problem. The color just needs to be blended in, so even if it’s not a perfect match, it won’t be noticeable. The stripe is a bit of a problem though. This fender was painted before, and instead of taking the stripe off and doing it right, they just taped it and painted up to it on both sides. We can’t really peel it off, so we will have to put the new one over it.
dodge trucker said:
I never understood why they changed the model designation on the old body style when they came out with the (then) new one and moved the old C/K to the new one. It would have been more sense to leave well enough alone and use the new designation on the new series of truck
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I never knew that. I saw R10 on the tag on the key and had to look it up to see what the difference was. I guess the big difference was in 87, they switched from carburetors to TBI. That, along with the new models coming out is why they changed it. I agree it would have made more sense to leave it alone though.
 
Cvans said:
I don't know if anyone has told this or not but you do NICE work! :thumbs:
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Thank you!
4getgto said:
And Nick says all TF members will get BIG discounts for any work we bring him....plus senior discounts too...!
(and I don't live that awful far away... ;) )

Looks great Nick...!
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I’m not sure who told you that, TF members always pay extra! :D;)
 
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