y5mgisi
1 ton status
Soonish. Probably fall realistically.
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1977 Silverado Crew Cab.
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y5mgisi
1 ton status
So remember like a week ago when I was talking about fuel injection? That just got postponed a little bit... Used the money I was going to spend on fuel injection and bought this whole truck instead! $1000! Can't believe I got it!
Very clean. What a great find.
David
David
Saw it on facebook, and I am still just as jealous now as I was then. Very good work sir!
Ugh you west coast guys suck. What are the plans?
Nice!
Wow man, great truck. Looks fantastic. Is there anything that needs work on it or is it drivable?
Man...you cant buy that engine here for a grand...never mind a rust free 1 ton crew cab 4x4 too...
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Factory tach dash too...
...I'd keep that truck just as it is,its survived this long in original condition,its getting rare to find an un-molested one ...
...Factory tach dash too...
...I'd keep that truck just as it is,its survived this long in original condition,its getting rare to find an un-molested one ...
Phuk yoo and your clean, cheap trucks!
Honestly though, that is a damn nice truck. Makes the one I just got look a bit rougher than I though it was.
Honestly though, that is a damn nice truck. Makes the one I just got look a bit rougher than I though it was.
Dangit man! I can't stop looking at it!!!
I love the reg cab 1 ton dually's!!! There is something about them that is just so cool.
the Northwest has clean square bodies all over the place. That's why I bought mine in Washington. My exact truck in CO would have gone for probably over $6k...and I sure didn't pay that. It seems odd to me since WA and OR have so much rain, I would think that would make them rust away faster but for some reason it doesn't
the Northwest has clean square bodies all over the place. That's why I bought mine in Washington. My exact truck in CO would have gone for probably over $6k...and I sure didn't pay that. It seems odd to me since WA and OR have so much rain, I would think that would make them rust away faster but for some reason it doesn't
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Thanks everybody! I have to admit that when I first saw the ad on Craigslist with only one pic and the price, I figured it would be a crap box and that I would just cannibalize it for parts. But it is in such great shape that I simply can't allow it.
I guess you could say my plans for it at this point are to fix it up to a point where I can sell it for enough that the person whowho buys it won't be buying it for parts! I woulike to get it fixed up enough to sell for around $5000-$6000. Not so much for profit but to ensure that thethe person buying it doing so to have the truck cause they like it so much.
BUT, I really like it! If I can figure a way of just keeping it, I will. It's a great truck! I didn't expect to show up to get the truck with it in such greatcondition! So that's kinda making me still sit and figure outout what to do...
I guess you could say my plans for it at this point are to fix it up to a point where I can sell it for enough that the person whowho buys it won't be buying it for parts! I woulike to get it fixed up enough to sell for around $5000-$6000. Not so much for profit but to ensure that thethe person buying it doing so to have the truck cause they like it so much.
BUT, I really like it! If I can figure a way of just keeping it, I will. It's a great truck! I didn't expect to show up to get the truck with it in such greatcondition! So that's kinda making me still sit and figure outout what to do...
That's a steal.
If there's no way to keep them all, I actually say let the red half ton go and keep this one and the crewcab.
The rain does not rot trucks out,its salt..vehicles even here in new england can last a long time if used in states that do not heavily salt roads,and use only sand...VT and NH vehicles are often in nicer shape than any found in MA,CT,RI...strangely, some I have bought from Cape Cod or the RI coast were the most solid,despite the salty air...
The '85 Suburban I bought back in late 2009 came from WA state originally--it had spent a year or two in VT ,then about the same length of time here in MA,just before I bought it,but it had sat mostly in a barn in VT,and the guy I bought it from only drove it a year or so,not much in winter either..
--the undersides were nice,it evidently had been heavily undercoated when new or nearly so,the frame rails still had original paint too,and under the rugs it smelled of fresh motor oil,the floors looked good,at least where they usually rot away first where I peeled the rug back--only rotten areas was inside the rear wheel arches,and tail gate was roached...so evidently efforts were taken to delay rust as long as possible..
After I let it sit outside since buying it,I have regretted deeply not having put it either in my garage or at least under a tent garage--after the worst winter we've ever had in 2015,the entire truck was buried under an 8 foot snow drift,and when it finally melted,the water went inside the doors & rockers,and the interior started getting funky from moisture---still in a lot better shape than most you see here though..
Now the rockers are like flaky pastry that crumble if you touch them (and I did,made huge holes the length of the truck in all of them,inside & out,I'm surprised the running boards are still firmly attached)...frame lost most of its paint, and is heavily surface rusted now--the rear wheel arches are bubbly now and you could poke holes in them probably now too...
..I would like to have a rust free truck,but after owning a few that were nearly so,then watch them turn back into iron ore in a few years depresses me so badly,I think I'd have to move to the state it came from where it wont rot away ,I'm tired of seeing good trucks turn to
here..
Badass! I always wanted a regular cab 4x4 dually with a little lift and some slightly bigger meats. That one is clean you scored for that price.
......totally kidding, I know what you're talking about
dibs on stock radio!!!!!!!!!!!!
y5mgisi
1 ton status
One thing I have decided is this truck will not get parted out. I think I am going to do a quicky rebuild of the 75 k10 and send it down the road 
although if I just can't handle seeing it leave I will take it up to our cabin in eastern Oregon. The dually is going to either stay with me for a long time or I'm going to get it fixed up and sell it too. We'll see in time.
although if I just can't handle seeing it leave I will take it up to our cabin in eastern Oregon. The dually is going to either stay with me for a long time or I'm going to get it fixed up and sell it too. We'll see in time.
I'm kinda bummed because I hadn't heard of the FiTech until you posted about buying it soon. You had me all curious about it and now I have to wait to learn more.
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