manual trans, stock tranny, diff, enclosed driveshaft. supposedly mostly all original, other than engine swap many years ago, & also has a mid 50's radiator.
not looking for original, looking for a daily driver, & was browsing for a truck, & something I liked that I wouldnt have to have seatbelts in. I want to be able to use it for a truck, like carrying garbage off, occasionaly picking up something from Lowes, or yard sale, not heavy use, but for household projects.
I figure it may need a tranny swap & rear swap for better gears for better gas mileage.
body is very solid, hardly any rust, 2 or 3 finger sized spots all around, & even bed is solid. worse rust if frame infront of leaf spring on 1 side. I would have to weld plates before driving, & next is drivers side running board. it has been converted to 12 volt, & all lights work, but under dash radio doest, lol... but dash isnt cut up, very solid clean truck.
I am trading my 86 Toyota truck, for a Harley, & still need a truck for odds & ends, & was looking for something vintage that I liked, wife has a S/10 & I have a Cherokee, but I am going to pick a truck up, its just a matter of finding one. this is a little more than I was planning to spend.
I have done mechanic work all my life, presently only doing mechanic work on the side, I cut my teeth working on small block chevys, I also can do any body work, but prefer to leave it with the patina, & only repair what I have to as needed. I would buy new metal brake lines & form all new lines, new rubber hoses, wheel cylinders, Mastercylinder, brakes, & brake hardware, & drums if necessary, reinforce firewall where mastercylinder is, if I think necessary. it has a brand new single resevoir, & I would put a dual resevoir, & plumb it for X-style braking but also debated could put a mastercylinder back under floor, & use remote resevoir, & still mount resevoir to firewall. decesions, lol....
I know the small block if in good shape would be fine, but how about rest of truck? I would shake it down good, & mostly be for driving back & forth to work 18 miles each way, but I sometimes manage 2000 or miles a month.
the engine in this old truck is supposedly out of a 68 Chevelle, a 307, which I like them, a 283 bore, with a medium journal 327 crank, good torque, & gas mileage in everything I ever had, & it is still on points, & I still prefer points, & is still on a generator, & I always have prefered generators to alternators.
so keep looking? or is that a fair price? & will it be a decent truck for a half a dozen or so years, until I get tired of it?
Thanks,
Randy
(Editor's note: Please keep the discussion about the truck. thanks)
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