Moving my build over here since the old pirate is totally fucked.
My plan is to have a 1-Ton truck that can carry me, my wife, our dog, possibly a youngin and all our camping stuff to and from the trails. So street legal in my state (for an antique vehicle) but still able to get on a harder trail if needed. My plan is to have a fully functioning and tested vehicle by Labor Day weekend.
I was going to do a First Gen 4runner instead but, Jesus Christ, the prices for them out here on the east coast is fucking ridiculous. Square body chevys arent any better, but atleast i can find deals on them and the parts i need.
So after watching the market i was able to find a sweet deal and i jumped on it. How it looked when i barely limped it home into my driveway.

1985 Chevrolet CUCV w/ 61k miles
350 GM goodwrench crate motor with Edelbrock carbureter
TH350 with Manual Valve body
NP208
10 bolt front
14 bolt FF rear w/ gov loc
Rancho 2-1/2" lift
34x12.5 general grabbers
The body has two rust spots, but not too bad. I found a pin hole or two in the floor boards. But the frame looks perfect. Its a miracle to find something that non-rusted in my experience of looking at square bodies under the $5,000 range. The motor runs great too, has plenty of oil pressure, didnt overheat on the way home and was very responsive to pedal input.
The truck had been in the seller's family for like 20 years or something. Passed from his dad, to his uncle then to him. And the seller drove the truck as-is as a commuter vehicle for a few years 40 miles each way
until recently when he got a newer truck.
The truck came with a trailer and a truck bed full of spare body and drive train parts. I chucked alot of the stuff, but i will sell off all the unused drive train and body parts.
So i gave the guy the money, had the wife drive the truck and trailer, and i drove the blazer the 20 miles home.
It was the most dangerous drive i have ever made in my life.
That fucking manual valve body transmission can suck a dick. If you are stopped, you have to slam it down into first gear and floor the gas or else the truck stalls. Then you have to hold the fuck on and hope nothing important is in front of you. The brakes are mushy too, so to stop the thing you had to pump and stand on the brakes, which makes the motor surge and push forward. I almost got pushed out into traffic trying to cross a highway.
Fuck all of that.
My plan is to have a 1-Ton truck that can carry me, my wife, our dog, possibly a youngin and all our camping stuff to and from the trails. So street legal in my state (for an antique vehicle) but still able to get on a harder trail if needed. My plan is to have a fully functioning and tested vehicle by Labor Day weekend.
I was going to do a First Gen 4runner instead but, Jesus Christ, the prices for them out here on the east coast is fucking ridiculous. Square body chevys arent any better, but atleast i can find deals on them and the parts i need.
So after watching the market i was able to find a sweet deal and i jumped on it. How it looked when i barely limped it home into my driveway.

1985 Chevrolet CUCV w/ 61k miles
350 GM goodwrench crate motor with Edelbrock carbureter
TH350 with Manual Valve body
NP208
10 bolt front
14 bolt FF rear w/ gov loc

Rancho 2-1/2" lift
34x12.5 general grabbers
The body has two rust spots, but not too bad. I found a pin hole or two in the floor boards. But the frame looks perfect. Its a miracle to find something that non-rusted in my experience of looking at square bodies under the $5,000 range. The motor runs great too, has plenty of oil pressure, didnt overheat on the way home and was very responsive to pedal input.
The truck had been in the seller's family for like 20 years or something. Passed from his dad, to his uncle then to him. And the seller drove the truck as-is as a commuter vehicle for a few years 40 miles each way
The truck came with a trailer and a truck bed full of spare body and drive train parts. I chucked alot of the stuff, but i will sell off all the unused drive train and body parts.
So i gave the guy the money, had the wife drive the truck and trailer, and i drove the blazer the 20 miles home.
It was the most dangerous drive i have ever made in my life.
That fucking manual valve body transmission can suck a dick. If you are stopped, you have to slam it down into first gear and floor the gas or else the truck stalls. Then you have to hold the fuck on and hope nothing important is in front of you. The brakes are mushy too, so to stop the thing you had to pump and stand on the brakes, which makes the motor surge and push forward. I almost got pushed out into traffic trying to cross a highway.
Fuck all of that.
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