New Heavy Chevy!

blofgren wrote:
Wow, what a great find! Keep your gas card handy, buddy! :B

Gas card? More like tanker truck!

FishOnOne wrote:


LOL... And it has the exact same steering wheel as my '92 Chevy truck.

Not original wheel. Good possibility the steering wheel came from the same truck that the engine did. Sorta like it better than the 80's steering wheels, will probably leave it.

RobertRyan wrote:

MetalGator wrote:
Now that's a good looking truck!

A bit dated though

Very observant RR.... Considering it's 35 years old, that is an accurate statement.

Please let us know if the 4.10 gear is enough with those larger tires.
Nice truck BTW.

Thanks Ben and openspaces.

Just looked up the parts, super simple and cheap! OE looking switch is $11, will be replacing that just because the old one looks...old. And under $60 for the valve.
So based on what you said Ben, one would think that the valve (coil) would last longer if it was energized less of the time. IE, if running off of both tanks, better to run off the one that does not energize the coil?

And to that, presume that when the tank selector is on the energized tank, when the ignition is shut off, the power to the tank relay or tank switch is turned off with the ignition and the valve defaults back to the "de-energized" tank position.

IE, de-energized tank empty, running on energized tank, turn truck off, valve moves back, if coil dies, valve stays on empty tank?

time2roll wrote:
Please let us know if the 4.10 gear is enough with those larger tires.
Nice truck BTW.

Thanks!

I haven't towed anything with it yet, but the 4.10s are plenty low for the 35" tires. Honestly one wouldn't be able to run freeway speeds with the OE tires. With the 35s it's about 2700 rpms at 65 mph giver take. Speedo hasn't been recalibrated, so quick check with tach and gps on phone on a county road. Would be nice to run 37s just to drop a couple hundred more rpms but 35s are the right size for that lift IMO.

It moves out quickly and will roast the tires fairly easily with a mild brake stand.

It does have a 454 though. Motor sounds stock, but it's got double the power of an emissions era 350.

RobertRyan wrote:

MetalGator wrote:
Now that's a good looking truck!

A bit dated though

Over here in the US, old trucks, tend to climb in value. Actually low mod, farm fresh trucks especially C/K Chevys do really well. Older Certain Fords also gain in value. He’s got some nice mods on the truck though, I like it, it’s not really dated, just right.....

kw/00 wrote:
Over here in the US, old trucks, tend to climb in value. Actually low mod, farm fresh trucks especially C/K Chevys do really well. Older Certain Fords also gain in value. He’s got some nice mods on the truck though, I like it, it’s not really dated, just right.....

Yes, the Chevys of that era do well- that body style ran for well over 15 years if you include the 3500 DRW trucks that kept the old body style through 1991. Ford made a major update to its trucks for the 1980 model year so the mid '80s Fords don't seem nearly as "classic" as the same vintage Chevy. And Dodge, well a 1993 model could be confused with a 1972 by the casual observer who doesn't know trucks well.

Grit dog wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:


LOL... And it has the exact same steering wheel as my '92 Chevy truck.

Not original wheel. Good possibility the steering wheel came from the same truck that the engine did. Sorta like it better than the 80's steering wheels, will probably leave it.

The original steering wheel is much like the steering wheel on a mid 70's grain truck. I would stay with the smaller one as well.

rjstractor wrote:

kw/00 wrote:
Over here in the US, old trucks, tend to climb in value. Actually low mod, farm fresh trucks especially C/K Chevys do really well. Older Certain Fords also gain in value. He’s got some nice mods on the truck though, I like it, it’s not really dated, just right.....

Yes, the Chevys of that era do well- that body style ran for well over 15 years if you include the 3500 DRW trucks that kept the old body style through 1991. Ford made a major update to its trucks for the 1980 model year so the mid '80s Fords don't seem nearly as "classic" as the same vintage Chevy. And Dodge, well a 1993 model could be confused with a 1972 by the casual observer who doesn't know trucks well.

****. Typed up answer and hit submit and lost it because of the error message on here.

I have to disagree on the Dodge's. There is a pretty obvious difference between a 1993 and a 1972. I owned two 1985's and the place I worked in the mid '70's had early 70's Dodges. They were horrible trucks. Then they upgraded one to a 1980 Dodge. What a difference! They were so much nicer than the 70's and that's what made me buy the '85's. From 1980-1993 almost no difference.