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ChaseDale3and8 · 06-21-2007, 03:44 PM

I bought some parts for my truck and this truck came with them. It's a 1976 with an 83 body. It was purchased from an old man that bought it brand new in 1976. It rusted out on him and he intended to restore it after he retired from Roadway but decided not to after it sat for 10 years. He had sat the cab and bed on but didn't bolt them down. I put new cab bushings on it, new inner fenders, a set of good used GM fenders and core support that I had sitting here at my house, and the hood that I took off of my 86. The grille and headlight doors are from a 1982 that I bought at a swap meet for $10. It came with a front bumper which I had not bolted on yet. This is what it looked like after I started bolting it all back together.

It came with a complete brand new unassembled 1991 Blazer front clip. This sheetmetal is all brand new GM so I put it aside for use on my 86 later on. It also came with a freshly built 350 that only had 1,500 miles on it, so I'm told. He said that the guy that built it works for O'Reilly Automotive and built it for his own truck, decided that it wasn't what he wanted and put a 454 in it's place so the old man bought it for this truck. Again, I have this engine sitting in my garage on my engine stand awaiting installation into my 86.

This truck has a 350 TH350 203 fulltime transfer case with a part time conversion kit, Dana 44 front axle, 12 bolt rear with factory limited slip and 3.73 gears. I turned the motor over by hand and it's not stuck which shocked me because it's been sitting since 1993. I'm hoping that I can get the old thing started up and get the brakes up so that it can be trailered home. Still not sure where I'm going to put it once I get it here because they have city ordinances and all about old vehicles here.

I was just going to part this old truck out but just couldn't do it. I don't want to do away with yet another 73-87 if I can help it. It may be another project truck for me in the future since it is pretty solid and I still have a lot of parts that I can put on it. ...Joe

06-21-2007, 03:44 PM	#24
ChaseDale3and8 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Springfield Mo. Posts: 1,086	Re: New Member I bought some parts for my truck and this truck came with them. It's a 1976 with an 83 body. It was purchased from an old man that bought it brand new in 1976. It rusted out on him and he intended to restore it after he retired from Roadway but decided not to after it sat for 10 years. He had sat the cab and bed on but didn't bolt them down. I put new cab bushings on it, new inner fenders, a set of good used GM fenders and core support that I had sitting here at my house, and the hood that I took off of my 86. The grille and headlight doors are from a 1982 that I bought at a swap meet for $10. It came with a front bumper which I had not bolted on yet. This is what it looked like after I started bolting it all back together. It came with a complete brand new unassembled 1991 Blazer front clip. This sheetmetal is all brand new GM so I put it aside for use on my 86 later on. It also came with a freshly built 350 that only had 1,500 miles on it, so I'm told. He said that the guy that built it works for O'Reilly Automotive and built it for his own truck, decided that it wasn't what he wanted and put a 454 in it's place so the old man bought it for this truck. Again, I have this engine sitting in my garage on my engine stand awaiting installation into my 86. This truck has a 350 TH350 203 fulltime transfer case with a part time conversion kit, Dana 44 front axle, 12 bolt rear with factory limited slip and 3.73 gears. I turned the motor over by hand and it's not stuck which shocked me because it's been sitting since 1993. I'm hoping that I can get the old thing started up and get the brakes up so that it can be trailered home. Still not sure where I'm going to put it once I get it here because they have city ordinances and all about old vehicles here. I was just going to part this old truck out but just couldn't do it. I don't want to do away with yet another 73-87 if I can help it. It may be another project truck for me in the future since it is pretty solid and I still have a lot of parts that I can put on it. ...Joe Attached Images