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1. Re: [oletrucks] Salvage yard experience (score: 1)
Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 20:47:18 -0700
It sounds well written and to the point. Good luck, I hope you get a response from these people. Take care. Kevin Lake 56 GMC Suburban/napco -- oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built betwe
/html/oletrucks/1999-06/msg00029.html (11,117 bytes)

2. Re: [oletrucks] 1955 GMC seat (score: 1)
Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 21:41:02 -0700
WOW!!! Where did you find the material to have it redone? It looks very similar to the pattern that my 56 has (what is left of it). And if it is still available, what colors are available? Thanks. Ke
/html/oletrucks/1999-06/msg00077.html (7,568 bytes)

3. Re: [oletrucks] blazer (score: 1)
Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 15:58:58 -0700
It's not my idea of a "good time". The carpet can be very difficult to mold to the contours of the floor and transmission hump, etc. You might check with J.C. Whitney for pre-molded carpet sets. It s
/html/oletrucks/1999-06/msg00113.html (7,961 bytes)

4. Re: [oletrucks] Gas Tank Sender Unit (score: 1)
Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 08:40:02 -0700
If you have the factory pump (i.e. a block mounted, diaphragm type), you will want to move your fuel filter from between the gas tank and the pump to between the pump and the carburetor. Where the fu
/html/oletrucks/1999-06/msg00195.html (7,595 bytes)

5. Re: [oletrucks] Stainless Steel Fasteners (score: 1)
Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 11:38:05 -0700
Where are you located? You might check with your local bolt/fastener supply place (stay away from the normal hardware store, they will probably charge you a premium for SS stuff). Some of the local b
/html/oletrucks/1999-06/msg00201.html (8,319 bytes)

6. [oletrucks] Original GMC Paint Colors (score: 1)
Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 12:06:09 -0700
Does anybody know if GMC offered black as an option in 1956, and if so, what color would the interior be painted on a black truck. Would the seats still have been two-tone green on the deluxe cab? Al
/html/oletrucks/1999-06/msg00287.html (7,155 bytes)

7. Re: [oletrucks] Original GMC Paint Colors (score: 1)
Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 17:58:37 -0700
Thanks Dave! I want to stay close to stock, but I don't have the heart to paint the Suburban that light green (is the light green "Aspen" or "Delta"). It looks nice as a two tone, but a solid light-g
/html/oletrucks/1999-06/msg00306.html (12,555 bytes)

8. Re: [oletrucks] What to put down (score: 1)
Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 12:19:37 -0700
I have always liked concrete or asphalt, but it tends to be "cost prohibitive" most of the time (check your area, asphalt and concrete can very widely in price, if you do the work yourself, it may no
/html/oletrucks/1999-06/msg00307.html (9,145 bytes)

9. Re: [oletrucks] Maybe a stupid question (score: 1)
Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 08:10:09 -0700
What you are experiencing is a very common problem with these trucks. My Suburban has had similar damage, so has my Dad's 55 & 57 GMC's and my brother's 55 Chevy. I don't know of an easy way to get i
/html/oletrucks/1999-06/msg00326.html (9,164 bytes)

10. Re: [oletrucks] COE? (score: 1)
Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 20:53:23 -0700
NICE Custom! Talk about a classy way to get your Hot Rod to the show (although I think I would prefer to drive). Kevin Lake 56 GMC Suburban/napco -- <oletrucks@autox.team.net> oletrucks is devoted to
/html/oletrucks/1999-06/msg00335.html (7,912 bytes)

11. Re: [oletrucks] GMC VIN help needed (score: 1)
Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 21:30:07 -0700
I am pretty sure that the P= Pontiac, Michigan assembly plant, and I think the rest is the sequential production number (they don't normally start at zero), maybe someone else can tell you what numbe
/html/oletrucks/1999-06/msg00338.html (7,552 bytes)

12. Re: [oletrucks] curious oletruck story (score: 1)
Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 23:45:03 -0700
Even the "bad guys" have to drive something. It is too bad that they stopped you that night. While I was stationed in Las Vegas, NV, I got pulled over one night in North Las Vegas (on my way home). T
/html/oletrucks/1999-06/msg00340.html (10,441 bytes)

13. Re: [oletrucks] auxiliary fog lights (score: 1)
Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 23:13:13 -0700
I saw a set of 50's GM lights (NOS) about 3 years ago at a swap meet in Phoenix, AZ. The owner had a price of $800 on them then, I would hate to guess at a price now. You might keep an eye out in the
/html/oletrucks/1999-06/msg00424.html (8,517 bytes)

14. Re: Seville Differential??Re: [oletrucks] Re: What's theoriginal width of a '53 1/2 ton differential? (score: 1)
Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 09:02:08 -0700
Kevin Lake 56 GMC Suburban/napco -- width of a '53 1/2 ton differential? pick-n-pull leaf degrees the in manufacture model torque-tube are is If you oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built
/html/oletrucks/1999-06/msg00428.html (11,849 bytes)

15. Re: [oletrucks] How many colors were there - an update! (score: 1)
Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 08:52:09 -0700
You would think that if they had spent all that money to be factory "correct", they wouldn't worry about the fact that "chrome sells". For me, I would be less likely to buy it now because it isn't fa
/html/oletrucks/1999-06/msg00429.html (8,705 bytes)

16. Re: [oletrucks] Part interchangeability (score: 1)
Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 07:23:57 -0700
The Hollander Interchange manual should be able to tell you that. I think they are still available. Kevin Lake 56 GMC Suburban/napco -- torch. chrome triple for your see in rusted not be other are wi
/html/oletrucks/1999-06/msg00473.html (10,132 bytes)

17. Re: [oletrucks] Part interchangeability (score: 1)
Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 22:21:35 -0700
I bought an Interchange manual about 6 months ago. I don't remember the name of the publisher (and unfortunately it is packed to move), but I think I got it from Motorbooks International, and I do th
/html/oletrucks/1999-06/msg00499.html (12,357 bytes)

18. Re: [oletrucks] What did I see? (score: 1)
Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 20:28:01 -0700
Sounds like you have a nice one! I can't tell by the serial number, but I would bet the motor is a 6-71 Detroit. They are also known as "screamin' demons" (all older Detroit Diesels v6-71, 8-71, 12-7
/html/oletrucks/1999-06/msg00514.html (8,650 bytes)

19. Re: [oletrucks] Headliners (score: 1)
Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 06:44:39 -0700
Since you folks are doing a new headliner material, what is the possibility of you producing it for TF Suburbans and Panel trucks? Or if not producing a kit, selling it in bulk rolls so we could cut
/html/oletrucks/1999-06/msg00548.html (8,212 bytes)

20. Re: [oletrucks] Headliner (score: 1)
Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 16:40:24 -0700
I had a similar problem with the window seal on a Fiat that I used to have. I took it and laid it out flat (or as flat as I could get it) on the sidewalk on a nice HOT day in Southern Nevada. It took
/html/oletrucks/1999-06/msg00561.html (8,823 bytes)


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