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1st Gen K5 with a Duramax
- Thread starter Shawn
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Well that’s pretty cool.
Different. Had to shorten the frame a bit eh?
I forgot to look where he did it.
I think swapping the truck onto a later frame is the way to go..probably easier in the long run..
I have wondered why people spend a lot of money & effort making a later engine like an LS or Duramax bolt up to a 40 year old chassis...when it would be easier to plop the sheet metal on a later chassis already set up for those engines..
I have wondered why people spend a lot of money & effort making a later engine like an LS or Duramax bolt up to a 40 year old chassis...when it would be easier to plop the sheet metal on a later chassis already set up for those engines..
Agreed but then again I'm swapping an 8.1 into my square but it worked out that way
Years ago when I worked in a parts store one customer was always swapping things around,he was quite talented..he was one of the first guys to swap a souped up Chevy 350 / TH350 into a Jaguar ,after its original engine blew,and made a super quick luxury roadster out of it..
Every time I delivered something to his house & shop,I'd see another cool project in the works,or already done..my boss hated letting me deliver stuff to him because he knew I'd be there an hour scoping out all his projects..
One truck he had,was a 1955 second series Chevy Carryall panel truck--had the original 235 straight six,three on the tree,and he was attempting to upgrade the engine to a later built 400 small block with a 4 speed muncie..he got it about half done ,to the point it was able to be test driven--and he hated it..
"it rides like a dump truck,steers harder than my old Mack,and to put power steering in it will require a lot of work,or expensive adapters--and I cant reach the shifter!..and the frame in the truck was not as sturdy as he'd hoped..
"I'd also prefer a 4wd truck too--it sucks in snow!"..
Next time I went there a few months later--there sat the Suburban panel,all painted gloss black,quite a difference from what it looked like in grey and red primer,with later rally rims and trim rings ..and it was sitting a foot higher off the ground now--closer inspection revealed a later GM dana 44 front axle and a 12 bolt rear,and the frame was also painted flat black..
He used a 1977 K20 that was rotted to death as the donor for the chassis,which was remarkably clean in stark contrast to the body of the truck..I remember him driving it as his shop truck for years,one day the drivers door hinges rotted off at the cowl,and he had to rip it off and toss it in the bed and drive home--in a snowstorm..that was when he decided to park it..
He said the Suburban fit the chassis very well,and he only had to relocate a few body mount brackets on the frame,and he found a gas tank from a G10 van he had was a good fit too..said it went so smooth,he kept thinking "this is too easy,something will end up being very "wrong"..but it was done in 3 weeks ..
He only had the panel truck a few months--almost as soon as he started driving it,a lot of guys who saw it around town or at a gas station,would ask "what would you sell that for"....he didn't want to sell it,so he told everyone "ah--I'd have to get at least 12 grand to even think of parting with it..one day a guy said "I'd give you 13 grand for it...as is..and he accepted his offer!..(this was in 1980,so that was a lot of ching back then!)..
He told me he bought that panel truck for $250 ,sitting in a field ,and the engine and donor truck he'd owned over 10 years and stood him practically nothing..
Another neat truck he had was a '62 C20 ,that he swapped a detroit diesel 4 cylinder into it..that thing sounded so cool going thru the gears..he sold that quick too...
He got sick with trichinosis ,and he blamed McDonalds,he ate an Egg McMuffim every day at the one near his house,and that was the only ham he ever ate,the round slab of bacon they use on those..he spent a long time in the hospital,but eventually recovered..
--shortly after that I moved and lost touch with him,I wish now I had gone back to his place and seen what else he was up too..
He was quite a character--his house was so old and rotten its roof was caving in,and instead of fixing it up--he bought an old Greyhound bus and stripped in inside and made it into a really nice "camper",that was more like a luxury motor home..parked it right next to the house..he was always hassled by the town,but the property was zones "business-residential" ,so the by-laws didn't really apply..his house was the only one along the major highway..
Every time I delivered something to his house & shop,I'd see another cool project in the works,or already done..my boss hated letting me deliver stuff to him because he knew I'd be there an hour scoping out all his projects..
One truck he had,was a 1955 second series Chevy Carryall panel truck--had the original 235 straight six,three on the tree,and he was attempting to upgrade the engine to a later built 400 small block with a 4 speed muncie..he got it about half done ,to the point it was able to be test driven--and he hated it..
"it rides like a dump truck,steers harder than my old Mack,and to put power steering in it will require a lot of work,or expensive adapters--and I cant reach the shifter!..and the frame in the truck was not as sturdy as he'd hoped..
"I'd also prefer a 4wd truck too--it sucks in snow!"..
Next time I went there a few months later--there sat the Suburban panel,all painted gloss black,quite a difference from what it looked like in grey and red primer,with later rally rims and trim rings ..and it was sitting a foot higher off the ground now--closer inspection revealed a later GM dana 44 front axle and a 12 bolt rear,and the frame was also painted flat black..
He used a 1977 K20 that was rotted to death as the donor for the chassis,which was remarkably clean in stark contrast to the body of the truck..I remember him driving it as his shop truck for years,one day the drivers door hinges rotted off at the cowl,and he had to rip it off and toss it in the bed and drive home--in a snowstorm..that was when he decided to park it..
He said the Suburban fit the chassis very well,and he only had to relocate a few body mount brackets on the frame,and he found a gas tank from a G10 van he had was a good fit too..said it went so smooth,he kept thinking "this is too easy,something will end up being very "wrong"..but it was done in 3 weeks ..
He only had the panel truck a few months--almost as soon as he started driving it,a lot of guys who saw it around town or at a gas station,would ask "what would you sell that for"....he didn't want to sell it,so he told everyone "ah--I'd have to get at least 12 grand to even think of parting with it..one day a guy said "I'd give you 13 grand for it...as is..and he accepted his offer!..(this was in 1980,so that was a lot of ching back then!)..
He told me he bought that panel truck for $250 ,sitting in a field ,and the engine and donor truck he'd owned over 10 years and stood him practically nothing..
Another neat truck he had was a '62 C20 ,that he swapped a detroit diesel 4 cylinder into it..that thing sounded so cool going thru the gears..he sold that quick too...
He got sick with trichinosis ,and he blamed McDonalds,he ate an Egg McMuffim every day at the one near his house,and that was the only ham he ever ate,the round slab of bacon they use on those..he spent a long time in the hospital,but eventually recovered..
--shortly after that I moved and lost touch with him,I wish now I had gone back to his place and seen what else he was up too..
He was quite a character--his house was so old and rotten its roof was caving in,and instead of fixing it up--he bought an old Greyhound bus and stripped in inside and made it into a really nice "camper",that was more like a luxury motor home..parked it right next to the house..he was always hassled by the town,but the property was zones "business-residential" ,so the by-laws didn't really apply..his house was the only one along the major highway..
That would be a sweet truck to DD.
rampage
3/4 ton status
So who won?
So who won?
tesla should have easily won
The Tesla was pretty quick. It was a P100D on Ludicrous Mode. It ran 11.1 but owner claims it has gone 10.9.
0-60 in less than 2.3 seconds
http://www.motortrend.com/cars/tesla/model-s/2017/2017-tesla-model-s-p100d-first-test-review/
Sometimes I miss running 9 seconds @ 155 in my old street/race car. I was there in my daily driver running 12's. Keep in mind this is Denver @ 5800 so we're usually a second slower compared to sea level. The altitude does not affect Tesla's performance though. If only I had $135k....
0-60 in less than 2.3 seconds
http://www.motortrend.com/cars/tesla/model-s/2017/2017-tesla-model-s-p100d-first-test-review/
Sometimes I miss running 9 seconds @ 155 in my old street/race car. I was there in my daily driver running 12's. Keep in mind this is Denver @ 5800 so we're usually a second slower compared to sea level. The altitude does not affect Tesla's performance though. If only I had $135k....
at least he has it badged right 
I thought about doing something like that cj with my 72 Chevy. It's titled as a 2wd but on a 4x4 frame. I was like hmmm i could use a straight tube front axle with 10 bolt inner Cs to 4x4 outters and put it on some soft and cheap leaves all the way around on like a 33 at stock ride height or a little higher. I like 4x4 better though I think.
