Banana, a pale yellow 1979 squarebody, head-on on a sunny residential street.

1979 squarebody

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DIY builds, fixes, and adventures in a 1979 squarebody.

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Driver-side profile of the longbed, pale yellow and white, parked by a wood gate under an overcast sky.

The truck

Meet Banana

Banana is a 1979 GMC Sierra Grande, pale yellow and cream. The nickname is the color, and it stuck. She gets driven: 5 a.m. starts, night miles, and sunset on the Sierra Grande badge.

I’m an electrical engineer and a family man, and a squarebody enthusiast who lives for adventure. The posts cover valve adjustment, a 350 with an Edelbrock carb, CUCV 1031 on ATF, and the morning shoelaces got the accelerator cable home.

Photos

On the truck

Head-on view of Banana on a sunny residential street.
Front
Daylight side profile of the two-tone truck in the driveway.
Side
Driver-side profile of the longbed beside a wood gate under an overcast sky.
Longbed
Sunset over the pale yellow fender and the Sierra Grande badge.
Badge
Three-quarter view of Banana parked on a residential street.
On the street
Side profile of Banana in the driveway at dusk.
Dusk
Banana head-on, seen from inside the garage.
From the garage
Banana with the hood open on the street.
Hood up

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Latest from the garage

The six newest posts from @79_sierragrande.

0500 starts, and no traffic.

Reel

Another work day

0500 starts, and no traffic.

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Saturday, and we're staying cool.

Post

Staying cool

Saturday, and we're staying cool.

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The TH400 and NP205 taking it in stride, and that V8 sound.

Reel

Driving home

The TH400 and NP205 taking it in stride, and that V8 sound.

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