'87 srw crewcab..question(s)..

[blazin_blazer]

today i found a 1987 2wd srw crewcab, was told its a 3/4 ton silverado(it had 8 lug) behind an old mans barn while i was out riding, going to look at a new natural gas well bein drilled out in bfe, its straight, no rust, drivers side front door glass gone/broken(but had/has a tarp over it), interior is nice-velour, has carpet & the carpet on the doors under the door panels, the door panels have the pull strap on them, dash not cracked, the rad support sticker says 87 & 454(actually, it said, iirc 7.4L, anywho it said the big block was factory) runs & drives, we jump started it and i took it for a quick drive,10-12 miles or so(was quiet, rode nice, no strange sounds) it was right at dusk after i got back, so i didn't get to inspect the underside all that well, tbi 454,76,000 miles (supossedly not been rolled over, truck looks like low mileage), factory aluminum rims?(was told), hood ornament, stacked headlights w/ turn signals in the grille, 2 owner, i'll be the 3rd, for....wait for it....... $1000.....i'm buyin it regardless, for the engine at least, heck, i could pull it out put a 350 in it and prolly get my money back out of it, but i have some questions

1)- i thought i read somewhere in a thread on here that cc's didn't come in 3/4 ton...or am i imagining this?

2)- the fender badges say silverado 20, and the dash says silverado, but it has manual windows and roll up glass, i thought all silverados of the later yrs(82, 83, 84 & later) had electric locks/windows?

3)- i'm also wondering what trans should be in this truck? was the th400 still in use behind the big block in 87? going back for closer look tomorrow.

4)- is this a rare truck?(before i tear into it to make my cc swb 4x4) btw, its 2 tone brown/beige.

 

[yellowK20]

its not really "rare" I've seen lots of silverados with manual windows and locks

being an R20 crew cab is kinda weird but oh well I'm sure they made them I have a 76 K20 crewcab

and yes should be a TH400

 

[rob h]

my shortbed is a silverado....ac, 4spd, sliding rear window, crank windows, cloth bench seat......its the only one ive ever seen but your rite on with the not so rare idea...

 

[super10brss]

Man I would LOVE to have found that...... I want a crew cab short bed sooooo bad.... 2 wheel drive or 4.... I would through me a front axle under there and let her eat...... grab it up!!!!

 

[Wrench]

Lots of 3/4 ton crewcabs around here, and I don't believe that GM ever put a 700R4 behind a big block, pretty safe bet that it's a TH400.

Nice find on a clean low mileage crew cab for that price though

 

[dremu]

today i found a 1987 2wd srw crewcab, was told its a 3/4 ton silverado(it had 8 lug) behind an old mans barn while i was out riding, going to look at a new natural gas well bein drilled out in bfe, its straight, no rust, drivers side front door glass gone/broken(but had/has a tarp over it), interior is nice-velour, has carpet & the carpet on the doors under the door panels, the door panels have the pull strap on them, dash not cracked, the rad support sticker says 87 & 454(actually, it said, iirc 7.4L, anywho it said the big block was factory) runs & drives, we jump started it and i took it for a quick drive,10-12 miles or so(was quiet, rode nice, no strange sounds) it was right at dusk after i got back, so i didn't get to inspect the underside all that well, tbi 454,76,000 miles (supossedly not been rolled over, truck looks like low mileage), factory aluminum rims?(was told), hood ornament, stacked headlights w/ turn signals in the grille, 2 owner, i'll be the 3rd, for....wait for it....... $1000.....i'm buyin it regardless, for the engine at least, heck, i could pull it out put a 350 in it and prolly get my money back out of it, but i have some questions

1)- i thought i read somewhere in a thread on here that cc's didn't come in 3/4 ton...or am i imagining this?

2)- the fender badges say silverado 20, and the dash says silverado, but it has manual windows and roll up glass, i thought all silverados of the later yrs(82, 83, 84 & later) had electric locks/windows?

3)- i'm also wondering what trans should be in this truck? was the th400 still in use behind the big block in 87? going back for closer look tomorrow.

4)- is this a rare truck?(before i tear into it to make my cc swb 4x4) btw, its 2 tone brown/beige.

There are "3/4" crewcabs, yes. They have the same frame as a 1-ton, however, i.e. taller and thicker frame section, and narrower spring spacing. They have lighter springs than the 1-tons, same as you'd find on a light-duty (i.e. the lowest GVWR) 1-ton single cab.

The Silverado trim level was more about interior and exterior than options; check my Brochures page, linked below. (All I have is paperwork for the Blazer and Burb, but the trimlines are the same across the models for any given year.) Electric locks/windows were just an option checkbox. You tend to see them on the up-optioned trucks, but I think you'll find manual stuff on pickups more often then on Blazers/Burbs, as pickup buyers stereotypically want manual stuff more.

That truck should be a TH400, yes; the 3/4's and 1-ton's had the TH400 until 1991 when they got the 4L80E.

Is the truck rare ... I doubt you'll get $$ for it at Barrett Jackson, anyway. SRW crewcabs are not real common, took me a few months to find mine. (And I converted it to SRW ... but without the fenders )

-- A

 

[dremu]

Man I would LOVE to have found that...... I want a crew cab short bed sooooo bad.... 2 wheel drive or 4.... I would through me a front axle under there and let her eat...... grab it up!!!!

You know that you 'd have to make it, right ... crewcabs were all longbed from the factory. (Yes, there were some weird cab-n-chassis trucks, but that doesn't count )

-- A

 

[86-1ton]

oooooooooooh, sounds like a nice DD rig...

 

[Brady]

NICE find!I had a '77 GMC 1ton 2wd dually.Had the 454 with the SM465.I miss that truck.