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From 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 “BigGoldDuallie SOLD”, documented by Steve83.

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1997 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 - This corner has always been bent down & forward slightly, and I'm tired of looking at it. So the 11-foot prybar is going into action... Not… 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 - The hook on the end bolted to the chain is a scrap of angle iron I bent in the vise. This is at the end of the first pull with 1 shim. It's… 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 - This is how I'm pulling the prybar - the ratchet strap is hooked to the front spring bracket. 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 - This is the 2nd pull with 2 shims, and it's just past straight. The end hook was pulling a little too hard, so I added the black ratchet st… 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 - The 2nd pull did it. I hammered & crowbar-ed the front lip straight while the prybar was still tight. 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 - The cover has been warped for so long it makes the bumper look a little worse (from this angle). 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 - I ran across a decent set of bumper trim strips in the junkyard, so they're on now. The marker lights are LEDs on a stainless strip from ei… 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 - The front is bent the other way, and it's pinning the valance against the oil cooler. Some rust is barely visible just this side of center… 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 - The little groove above the nostril must be the hit. UPDATE: I finally beat the truth out of my father. He came over a hill early one morni… 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 - I tried a few setups with the I-beam horizontal, but didn't make much progress, even with the 6-foot prybar helping. 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 - This did much better: a short beam across the towhooks, and the long beam vertical pulling the strap through both nostrils. I dropped the v… 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 - That's what I'm lookin' for! 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 - The rust mark on the oil cooler bracket tells the story 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 - A vast improvement - the grill fits better, and the lower valance isn't twisted. 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 - WalMart sells these Platinum Burners for ~$18 with 55W flood reflector bulbs; Advance wanted ~$23 for the same thing with 35W bulbs. I've s… 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 - Platinum Burners from WM. I've since swapped them for the smaller rectangular ones. That's the block heater plug below. 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 - I drilled the hole in the back top lip of the bumper, below the filler panel, so it's totally invisible, even if the light gets removed. 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 - I drilled the hole in the back top lip of the bumper, below the filler panel, so it's totally invisible, even if the light gets removed. 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 - Of course, the lights came with a crappy wiring set, but I'm not depending on it, and I hate adding fuses that get hidden/forgotten. So I'v…