Let's see your old school tow rigs....
Here's my oldest one: 1984 Chevy K20 K20 translates to 3/4 ton 4WD Manual locking hubs, 14 bolt full floater rear axle with 4.10 gears TH700R4 transmission mated to a 350ci with Edlebrock carb a...
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My original TV was a truck similar to yours.
78 Chev 3/4 ton Camper Special.
Came with a 350 4 gear.
Bought it brand new, October 10, 1978. With tax and everything, it was $8,109.78. I have that memorized. I drove it off the lot, wondering if I had just lost my mind for spending that much money on a new truck! LOL. (current ride was over 60G)
First thing I did with that truck when I left the dealers lot was rolled down the window, pulled the stinkerette lighter out of the socket and pitched it out the window. Don't need that useless waste of metal!! Haha! True story, that's what I did.
I put over 500 thousand on the clock before I retired it.
Original engine got really crummy gas mileage. So I figured if I'm going to have crummy gas mileage, I may as well have some power to justify it!!
Pulled the 350, stuffed a 454 in it, and a Detroit Locker and had one heck of a lot of fun with it. I could wind it up, sidestep the clutch and just roast the tires - hee hee!! Had a Luk clutch in it after disintegrating a couple stock ones... Got to be an old hand at yanking that old 4 gear out to put a clutch in it!
Knocked a few U-joints out of it too. Learned to pound a new one in the thing is jig time too.
Pounded a tranny out of it once too.
Broke a couple motors, one racing a Camaro!! Haha! I beat him but knocked a rod out of it doing so.... Dang!
Drove it hard, real real hard! And loved every minute of it!
Finally I built a balanced and blueprinted 454 for it cuz I was a bit hard on engines. That one lasted me up into the 500 plus K I had on the clock when I retired it. All the best parts, nothing spared.
Somewhere along the line I converted it to run on propane. half the cost of gas and about 80% of the fuel efficiency. I was still ahead. Could still scald the tires with it. My overall average was 5.7 MPG!! Eek!
I towed a lot of trailers a lot of miles with that one. 26 years I drove that truck. Best vehicle I have ever owned, bar none.
Man I loved that old truck! It was just a hoot to drive!
I have pics of it, but they are at home on my computer. I'm a thousand clicks away, working in Alberta so can't post pics.
78 Chev 3/4 ton Camper Special.
Came with a 350 4 gear.
Bought it brand new, October 10, 1978. With tax and everything, it was $8,109.78. I have that memorized. I drove it off the lot, wondering if I had just lost my mind for spending that much money on a new truck! LOL. (current ride was over 60G)
First thing I did with that truck when I left the dealers lot was rolled down the window, pulled the stinkerette lighter out of the socket and pitched it out the window. Don't need that useless waste of metal!! Haha! True story, that's what I did.
I put over 500 thousand on the clock before I retired it.
Original engine got really crummy gas mileage. So I figured if I'm going to have crummy gas mileage, I may as well have some power to justify it!!
Pulled the 350, stuffed a 454 in it, and a Detroit Locker and had one heck of a lot of fun with it. I could wind it up, sidestep the clutch and just roast the tires - hee hee!! Had a Luk clutch in it after disintegrating a couple stock ones... Got to be an old hand at yanking that old 4 gear out to put a clutch in it!
Knocked a few U-joints out of it too. Learned to pound a new one in the thing is jig time too.
Pounded a tranny out of it once too.
Broke a couple motors, one racing a Camaro!! Haha! I beat him but knocked a rod out of it doing so.... Dang!
Drove it hard, real real hard! And loved every minute of it!
Finally I built a balanced and blueprinted 454 for it cuz I was a bit hard on engines. That one lasted me up into the 500 plus K I had on the clock when I retired it. All the best parts, nothing spared.
Somewhere along the line I converted it to run on propane. half the cost of gas and about 80% of the fuel efficiency. I was still ahead. Could still scald the tires with it. My overall average was 5.7 MPG!! Eek!
I towed a lot of trailers a lot of miles with that one. 26 years I drove that truck. Best vehicle I have ever owned, bar none.
Man I loved that old truck! It was just a hoot to drive!
I have pics of it, but they are at home on my computer. I'm a thousand clicks away, working in Alberta so can't post pics.
