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[oakknight]

Buddyof mine and I were shopping for a project wheeler for him. Found this old rusty heap for 100 bucks!
1979 or 1980 mfg date is 12/79 3/4 ton truck
D44 and a 14bff for a c note . minus whatever we can sell for scrap or part out.
Not much left on it really in good shape. 203 t case and probably a 350 or 400 transmission. motor is junk , might be a decent core. Tool box probably worth 50 to someone on CL.
If your close to wichita,ks and need something off of it I can see if its worth saving.
Interesting door speaker pods. never seen those before.

 

[oakknight]

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[496truck]

That's a 10b front, not a D44.

Great score though! You could bring it straight to scrap and make a couple hundred doing nothing.

 

[oakknight]

good catch it is a corp 10 I hadnt paid attention , ty
was told it was a 44 and went with it.lol

 

[y5mgisi]

And that would be an 80 model. Only the 80's got that gril/headlight setup.

 

[79rustyk10]

Damn, thats a nice driver here.

 

[nvrenuf]

Excellent score!!

If you part it, I may be interested in the grille and headlamp bezels.

 

[USSkoval]

The speaker pods were available in '80 only. I accidentally let a pair of those get scrapped a few years ago and have been looking for another pair

 

[Zeus33rd]

You sure it's a 203? If its an '80 and the t-case is original, it's a 205. The 205 was the only t-case available in '80.

Either way, nice score.

 

[big dan]

If mfg date is 12/79 its considered an 80. T-case looks like a slipyoke np205 which is what would be in an 80 but I cant really tell. It does have lock-outs on the hubs though.

Nice score though. I love finding deals like that.

 

[oakknight]

we havent spent any time looking to it. just got it off the trailer. It could be a 205 . again i was " told" it was a 203. he was mainly after the 14bolt.

 

[KansasTwister]

if those wheels are in good shape i may be interested. What happened to the tuttle plans?

 

[oakknight]

Wheels are straight, but he is keeping them until he gets "others" for whatever he ends up building. And Im first on the list for the wheels.lol I need some rollers to fit it in my garage .lol 16in rubber bands .lol

 

[oakknight]

Nothing further on tuttle creek planned as yet. I go back to work
Monday ending a 2 month lay off. so I'll be saving some money for smorr in June. but I could probably make a tuttle run this spring. The club has a meeting a week from tomorrow and I will see what they have planned.

 

[nvrenuf]

After blowing up the t-case pic, I'm pretty sure it's a 203 (even though it doesn't belong in an '80).

 

[oakknight]

was 203 stanard in 79? Maybe being mfg 12/79 they were still using up stock on the assembly line????

 

[YZEATER]

the truck is 30 years old, who knows if it is stock or was swapped in.

 

[blowedupmotor87]

Nice score! If those are 16" wheels and y'all have all 4 hubcaps, put me 3rd (I think it's 3rd, right?) in line for the wheels! Thanks!

 

[swettysblazer]

Nice man! I'm jealous, I can't find anything like that out here