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I bought a 1986 Chevy C10 SWB custom deluxe when I was 12, Im 15 now... anyways heres the story

The boy that had it went to the highschool beside my school when I was in third grade, He left sideways everyday, and I told my dad I would have a truck like it one day. Well The boy got arrested for 2nd degree murder, we did NOT know him from Adam, But my mom decided to help him and his family, turns out he is the one with the truck I wanted, and he says its in his yard with a broke tranny.. I beg him to sell it to me and he wont do it! Then I over hear him talking to my brother one day while he is at our house out on bond. Saying that my brother could by the interior out of it... So me and my dad ask him again if I could buy it. He said yes, I want $450 bucks for it, It has a 305 H.O. in it with a broke transmission. We go look at it and it has absolutely no rust! My dad said "well son how do you plan on getting it, cause you know we ain't gonna buy it for you" I said " I will sell my dirt bike for it" dad said okay, so i got the dirt bike sold, and right after I sold it, He called and said "I need the money just bring me $230! we went that way I paid him and got the title and have had it every since and still haven't got it running..

I got a fourwheeler and traded it for a 1999 GMC c2500hd ext cab with a 5.7L 350 vortec in it .. I know plan to put that motor in the '86 theres only a couple problems though.. I just possibly rebroke my collarbone yesterday, and I dont have a job.. So the plan is to part the 99 out for money to make this all happen... Anyways enough talk picture time!!!

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I also want to find some clear lens original style tail lights and candy over them like 1badgmc did on his truck.. so any help finding some original style clear lensed lights would be appreciated ..

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You may be able to sell the parts truck whole to make enough to fund your project. It'll be close but possible.

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Wow! 2nd degree murder in high school? All I wanted to do in high school was go target shooting and work on my truck. Seems like you got a steal for just over 200 bucks.

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Thanks guys, and the 2nd degree murder thing was about 2 years after graduating! But my arm is feeling way better today, I was thinking about trying to pull the motor out of the 86 today, Rusty76 thats pretty much the plan, is to sell whole or part it out after I take the engine and tranny out of it. I do want to keep the fuel injection on the engine once it is in the 86, so that should be fun... :lol:

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What kind of transmission is in the new truck?

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It has a 4L80e, Im probably gonna sell it to my dad for cheap for his 02 with a 5.3

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well i wanted to stab something but it didnt end with death possibly another life growing in a womans belly if i messed up but no death.........

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I was trying to find the pictures from when me and my brother changed the driver side door and fender, because the truck had been in a "wreck" ... a deer ran into the side of the truck, and the previous owners beat the fender back out so the door would open. After changing the fender and door, me and a friend changed the core-support, but apparently when my computer crashed they went bye-bye! sorry folks!

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I cleaned out the bed of the truck today, (make room for old motor).. Gonna finish that up tomorrow so I can start pulling the 5.SLOW, I (Halfa$$) mounted my tach ... first one is with it in (Park) , second is with it in (Drive)

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good start, I remember driving my 86 in highschool. back then it was a junker, mismatched tires, front suspension was worn out and it had a 5.slow motor. now it is a mean machine, keep up the good work.

I swapped a 97 vortec into my truck recently, but since im using a 700R4 trans i opted to use an edelbrock carb and intake.

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Yeah, I was thinking bout getting a tbi intake and tb, and putting on top of the motor, with 87 wiring and tank, with the vortec heads, do you have a build thread for you truck?

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Looks like a pretty clean truck to start with. You got a hell of a deal on it!

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that sounds like a good option but you would get more performance and tune-ability with a carb instead of 87 tbi. i would say run a carb until you can save the money for an aftermarket fuel injection setup.


my build thread

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Thank you,

I'm not really looking for performance considering the donor truck has 281,000 miles on it.. , I'm looking for more reliability then anything. But I've been thinking about that to, considering it might be a little easier..

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I have talked to my dad, and have decided that I will be putting an aftermarket intake to run a carb on the vortec engine.

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I was out in the garage messing with my truck and decided to pull the dash apart... I found a rats nest, I took a picture of it, but I'll have to upload it later, I plan on trying to snatch out the old motor this coming up weekend..

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like an actual rat's nest or just a mess of wiring? haha

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You need to get those old geeky terrible wheels off of it. I'll PM you my address to get rid of them. I'm a helper.

Neat truck, I had one that color.

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It was a nest.. it had like paper and some other stuff, no wiring

Hah! No sorry, I love my wheels.

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Okay, a little info, my brother helped me pull out the old 305 yesterday, had it out in like an hour and a half! :metal: Now, I found a 67 327 .30 over, flat tops, and a 292 comp cam, elderbrock performer high rise intake, and holley 670 street avenger carb, for $600. I called him last night and he still had it.. I'm calling him again tonight, and if he still has it then I'm going to get it Thursday! After we got the motor out, I pulled her out of the garage and washed her for the first time in over 4 years! She looks good!

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The 327 is gone, now the only option is to hope that the 350 in my '99 is still good, Cause it might have a cracked block..

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Very nice looking truck. Post some pics when you get 'er sideways again.

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UPDATE: Found a mark V block 454, runs, Went and heard it last night.. still in the car.. has a quadrajet carb, and long tubes... We made the agreement that I could get it for $800 if he could keep his mini-starter and alternator. I'll be going to pick it up soon.. He is gonna start pulling it today. I'm excited!! Ain't no replacement for displacement!

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Good choice and decent price on a running 454. Hope it all works out well for you. Did you get a transmission for it yet?

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Yes, my built 700R4, thats what the previous owner of the motor had behind it to.. a built 700r4

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Well, I got my new Big Block motor mounts, and a new transmission mount! Going to pick the 454 up Friday evening and should be dropping it in this weekend! (:

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Got the Big Block in!! Thanks to the help of my dad! It looks gooooooood! Sadly the headers wont fit my truck, so I'm probably gonna just run factory exhaust manifolds for now.

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Sweet. Any plans for the big block or are you keeping it the way it is? When I start building my 454, the first thing I'm getting is aluminum heads.

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I ain't gonna go to crazy, just a cam kit, aluminum intake, and better carb.

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So I'm thinking I may 5 speed swap the truck! Need some input? Thanks

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Pretty cool build.Can't go wrong with the price you paid either.

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Thank you, Shes no where near finished!

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I have 3:73 gears and a 700r4 in mine. The overdrive keeps the revs decent at 80mph, but a five speed would be fun to drive...

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Yeah, if i 5 speed swap it, it will be later on down the road. I can't wait to get it running.

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I decided to cut the coil springs on the front... Got it all the way pulled apart except for the ball joints couldn't get them... so that's gonna have to wait. I found out the the 454ss trucks had 5 lug 14 bolt rear ends... well my parts truck has a 14 bolt so.... gotta get some 5 lug axles and it will be going in the truck, and the 14 bolt is a limited slip with 3:73 so that's perfect. Right now its all about getting money to do the stuff though. I'm Trying to sell parts off my parts truck though.

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Well I seen someones (TX Firefighter I think) steering wheel on here with a flowmaster sticker in the center.. I liked it so I had to steal the idea, specially since I'm going to be running dual 3 in/3out flowmasters on the truck ( They were free) P.S. Sorry about the crappy Cell-Phone Pic!

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Finally cut 2 coils out of the coil springs this weekend, it was interesting. Because the springs were so tall and stiff in the first place you couldnt tell it had a BBC in it and it looked like it was lifted, so 2 coils lowered it 5 1/2 inches, I was very happy that the jack got stuck under the driver side LCA when we lowered it down! I'll be sure to upload pictures soon!

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Here a picture

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If you use the rear end out of the parts truck it will be a couple inches wider than the 73-87 rear ends. so you may not be able to use the same rims without tire rubbing issues. also for the rear end swap you will need to remove the stock spring and shock mounts and relocate them.

if cost is a concern it may be best to run what you have until you have saved up to swap new axles and brakes into the 14bolt with new rims and tires to match.