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Griff's thread about nothing in particular.
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Side note: Why is Google unable to come up with a picture of a real rust bucket? All I get is this perfectly clean patina stuff like the Western states get. Like this.
That doesn't count as rust. Salt rust has a very different look. I guess Google hasn't encountered it yet.
You have to google "rotted out cars & trucks"...
--or just look at the ones in my yard..
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You have to google "rotted out cars & trucks"...
Yay! That's what I was looking for.
Actually, the more I look at it, the more I wanna say UGH.
I still cannot believe that 2010 trucks are already losing rocker panels around here. That's just nuts. And finding a 1995 vehicle that's still even kinda clean is difficult. Someone hauled in a nice '69ish longbed C10, the kind that brings $2k or $3k out west, and he's trying to sell it for $14,000. And since he has no competition, it's at least possible that someone will pony up the dollars for it.
The guy has a pair of new rockers, a whole other front clip, a pair of back doors and a driver's door.
I don't think the truck is going to need them, I may unload them on here.
It's a 79, I don't think I mentioned that yet. Originally had a 350, now it's got an 84 454.
I don't think the truck is going to need them, I may unload them on here.
It's a 79, I don't think I mentioned that yet. Originally had a 350, now it's got an 84 454.
Is the 465 original to the truck?
Yes
Yay! That's what I was looking for.
Actually, the more I look at it, the more I wanna say UGH.
I still cannot believe that 2010 trucks are already losing rocker panels around here. That's just nuts. And finding a 1995 vehicle that's still even kinda clean is difficult. Someone hauled in a nice '69ish longbed C10, the kind that brings $2k or $3k out west, and he's trying to sell it for $14,000. And since he has no competition, it's at least possible that someone will pony up the dollars for it.
I see 2000 and newer trucks up on my friends lift at his shop that already have badly rotted rockers,floors,busted spring shackles and rotted frames,they rot up front just behind the bumper (where a plow frame would bolt to !)--and the rear "crossmembers" for the shocks are basically bent tubing about as thick as exhaust pipe,those fail first usually,and let the shocks come off and flop around...many that were plow trucks had the frame rails near the cab buckle they were so thin from rust,and started to bend when the truck was put on the lift and raised too..
The frame on my '82 K2500 is far from mint,but its in better shape than many of those trucks I mentioned that are less than 20 years old..
..A guy I know bought a 2000 Chevy pickup 1/2 ton 4x4 for 500 bucks with a rotted frame,the frame was mint,until you got about 6" behind the cab--from there back it looked like it had been submerged in the ocean for a few years,crossmembers were gone,so were most of the rails from the back bumper to the cab..--it was in nice shape otherwise other than some rot above the rear wheel wells on the bed,cab was mint,so was the interior..and it had a low mileage 5.3 in it..ran and drove like a new truck,had about 75K on it..
He knew a guy who does 18 wheeler frames and cuts and extends frames for big rigs and does other "smaller" trucks for body shops and private parties--he spliced the rear half of another frame he found at a salvage yard that looked new still from another donor truck,and grafted it right at the factory seams near the cab,so nice you cannot tell where it was done,or IF it was ever done ...
This cost the owner a total of 850 bucks...I've driven this truck a few times and you'd never know it had the frame repaired--it steers and handles perfectly,no tire wear or squealing that would indicate it was not in perfect alignment..so for less than 1500 bucks he now has a nice truck..
He has since bought several more 2000 and newer trucks from local salvage yards or private parties with similar frame damage or rot and had them repaired,then flips them for a 1-2 thousand dollar profit..he wont spend more than 1000 to buy one needing frame work..
Several other trucks were scrapped only because they needed trannys ,the 700R4 and 4L60's were the demise of many otherwise nice trucks around here...
I was tempted to buy a '06 3/4 ton he had with a 6.0 and 4L80E with low miles,that had to have the rear half of the frame replaced ,I could have bought it for 2 grand,maybe less,all fixed,but someone offered him 2500 for it and he sold it quick...
I do not see too many older square bodies or especially any GM trucks from 1956 to 1972 in decent shape that are for sale for under 10 grand here,and those are ones that are all in pieces usually,or rolling rotboxes needing a total restoration...
Sadly many that were good candidates for a "fixer upper" get bought by some hack who only succeeds in taking the cab,bed,and nose off and apart,then either decide it's too much work,or over their head or physical ability to "finish",and then want to sell an erector set in need of much labor to re-assemble it for the same price they could have got for it as a "driveable & restoreable" truck..many either never sell and end up being sold to a salvage yard,who then wants a ransom for any good body parts...
If you type "rusty Blazer" into Google, several of my vehicles show up.
Martin
Martin
I don't even have the truck home yet, and I'm already thinking about 8.1's.
This truck originally had a small block, but now it's got a mid 80's 454.
And an 8.1 would be better.
This truck originally had a small block, but now it's got a mid 80's 454.
And an 8.1 would be better.
why not leave the 454 on there and swap newer crap onto it..
I'll probably just keep the 454 that's in it now. It's runs good, just a little smoke on start up.
I'm just throwing the idea around in my head.
I'm just throwing the idea around in my head.
I think I found some inspiration.
I think I might have come up with a name.
The Schoolbus.
Or the Big Bad Banana.
The Schoolbus.
Or the Big Bad Banana.
Or The Trump...
But it's yellow, not orange.
BTW a Dirty Banana is a drink.....it's ssooooo goooood.....no homo
It's not an official build thread until I get the truck here, on my property, But It'll get moved when the time comes.
It's looking like the "Dirty Banana" is a popular choice
It's looking like the "Dirty Banana" is a popular choice
