82 Burb... should I or shouldn't I?

[PhredzK512]

Right behind where I live there's a 82 Suburban & I finally was able to track down the original owner and found out he doesnt have any plans for it so I asked what he would take for it. He wants $400 for the lot. The motor is shot but everything is intact and operable. Should I or Shouldn't I? It looks rugged & could use a once over with a paint job but I have yet to further inspect it and see what else could be wrong and need attention.

 

[diesel4me]

I paid that for my '85 K-10 Burb,and it was a Washington state truck before someone hauled it to VT ,where it spent a year,then was bought by a friend here who only drove it maybe 1500 miles before he had to sell it when he lost his job...its far less rusty underneath than 90% of the ones you see around here,but the rockers and rear 1/4's are soon going to pop thru and need patches--my fault for letting it sit 3+ years.........................................................................................If the truck isn't rotted to hell,and you either have a motor to swap in it or can get one cheap,why not buy it??...an older vehicle might be emission exempt where you live,thats a plus!..and the old trucks have more style and are ruggeder too.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................for 400 bucks around here,you dont get much,I lucked out when I found my Burb...just wish I could get the cash up to register it and USE it some ,before rust takes it...all it needs is a 700R4 or a tranny swap to something else,it runs & drives but reverse goes away after it gets driven 20+ miles and OD wont shift in most of the time...I bought it with intentions of it just being "parts" for my plow truck,but after seeing it was still pretty solid underneath and it runs good (6.2 in it),I decided to hang a plow on it and use it for my next plw truck,my pickup is getting pretty rotted now and probably wont last much longer...its already "borderline" for on-road use,pretty soon it'll be just a "yard truck"...

 

[PhredzK512]

I saw & talked with the guy that owns the '82 Suburban thats sitting behind my place. There's aloto good usable parts in that ol' burb. He said the engine is blown but I'm sure a good replacement wouldn't be a problem to find & put in it. So he moreless would rather just let it go just to get it outta of his grandmothers yard. I just need to find a place to hide it,...from my wife. But I told him I would give him some scratch for it,..because he was basically going to just scrap it,..so I think it would worth having around for parts.

 

[chulisohombre]

A 350 is easy as lookin in another neighbors yard. Haha. They're a dime a dozen. 400 is good if the body is usable. Old subs are gettin hard to find almost like blazers anymore these days.

 

[84400]

Since it is not running there is no way to know the operating condition of the drive train. That said its only 400 bucks. The axles and tcase should sell for at least that. I would go for it if you go a place to keep it. Might be worth throw in a CL 350 and using it.

 

[82355]

2wd or 4x4?

Martin

 

[PhredzK512]

82 Chev Suburban: 4x4/5.7/NP205/either a 700R4 or TH350/10BFF,.. need to go n look at it for more details...

 

[82355]

An '82 Suburban would not have an NP205 in it from the factory.

What's a TH350/10BFF?

Martin

 

[K85 Octane]

400 is good if the body is usable. Old subs are gettin hard to find almost like blazers anymore these days.

I wish I had an acre of covered land to save all the nice trucks at the junkyards. It's a shame seeing perfect rigs at the junkyard

 

[PhredzK512]

I thought TH350 was a Turbo-hydramatic automatic transmission and a 10BFF stood for 10 Bolt Free floating axle? Am I off base here or what? Anyway I'm still getting acquainted with all of the acrynyms and abbreviations,..

 

[K85 Octane]

no such thing as a 10bff, unless they bolted some kind of conversion kit to it
It's either a 10bsf,12bsf,14bsf, or 14bff. The 10/12 bolt axles aren't normally called "semi-floaters" as it goes without saying. The 14b can be found as both but vary in housing size.

and yes, the TH350 is a 3 speed auto