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12-07-2008, 06:33 PM | #1 |
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Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
So it is done, I sold my blazer.
Tuesday or Wednesday I am going to be picking up my new truck, a 85 Chevy Dually in Houston. It has 136K on the clock, and the motor has a tick. I am picking it up for 1500 bucks. I am seriously considering flying to Boise Id to buy this truck. It is a 99 model, has a Vortec 454 and a NV4500, 156K miles on it. If I do I am going to fly up over new years to get it. It will be a 2775 mile trip, stopping off in my home town in Montana to pick up my 93 Z28 Camaro. I wont know until tomorrow if I am going to get the truck or not. We will see what happens. If it works out, I am going to stuff the motor in my 85 dually, after I rebuild it of course, and use the 2wd NV4500 out of my 72 dually in the 85, and then take the 4x4 NV4500, hook it to a NP205 and install it in the 72 1 ton after I convert it to a SRW and cut the frame down to a short box. Then once I can track down a dana 60 I will get it installed under the front using DIY4X hangers, and have a couple of damn nice trucks. Plan B. is I will buy this truck, that is here in Texas... It has a 12 Valve Cummins, and a NV4500 in it. I could stuff the drive train from it in either my 85 or 72 Dually. I do have all the stuff I would need except for the Axle to convert the 85 to a 4x4. This is a rendering of what I was going to do if I converted my 72 Dually to a 4x4 and stuffed a Cummins in it. If I go this route I am building a custom frame for it. But were starting to talk about a lot of time to do that. Not sure what I am going to do yet, Also if I can find anyone on here near Ontario Or. I was hoping I could get some one to go over and look at the truck for me.
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12-07-2008, 06:40 PM | #2 |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
Sounds like a plan! You should put a Cummins in the 85 and the 72, that would be SWEET!
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12-07-2008, 06:41 PM | #3 |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
If I had the money id be all over it!
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12-07-2008, 07:04 PM | #4 |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
So you found one a lot closer to home huh.. Well what you save in plane tickets and fuel you could put toward another engine in the 85 if it needs it. I thought that 88 was the pick.
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12-07-2008, 07:26 PM | #5 |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
Yeah, the 88 had a replacement engine in it, and I got a bad feeling about it, also they wouldn't come off the price at all. So I decided not to get it.
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12-07-2008, 07:28 PM | #6 |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
Give me a PM, I am off on Monday and could go check it out for you. I live only 20 miles from Boise. I could pick you up from the Airport and you could even shack up at my place for the evening.
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12-07-2008, 07:41 PM | #7 |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
PM Sent
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12-07-2008, 07:53 PM | #8 |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
So, if I understand correctly, you will be spending 4 grand plus a plane ticket & fuel to get home for a 150,000 mile 454 to rebuild, and a 5 spd?
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12-07-2008, 08:00 PM | #9 |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
No, they are asking 2995 for the truck, I am probably going to offer 2500. The plane ticket will cost 275.00, and I am figuring it will cost me about another 550.00 for fuel and food. then maybe a motel in Springfield, Co or Amarillo, Tx.
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12-07-2008, 08:10 PM | #10 |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
I got your PM, and I noticed that they had lowered the price. I will give you a call in the morning.
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12-07-2008, 08:11 PM | #11 |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
i say go for it, it sound like a blast of a trip, would you be hauling the camaro back down with ya?
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12-07-2008, 08:13 PM | #12 |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
Hey, that was pretty cool. When I chose the get directions link it pulled up Corpus Christi Texas. Neat. Now it has Caldwell Idaho
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12-07-2008, 08:22 PM | #13 | |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
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12-07-2008, 08:25 PM | #14 |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
Yeah, it is pretty cool what they can do with computers these days.
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12-07-2008, 08:48 PM | #15 |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
i love the cutlass, i have always wanted a 70-72 cutlass and i had the opertunity to get one over the summer from a friends dad but i wouldnt have been able to get my 68 k10, the TA looks sweet
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12-07-2008, 08:55 PM | #16 | |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
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I have a 455 for each of them. Allready have aluminum heads for the poncho. Its gonna be fast. They have been in storage for the last 2 1/2 years.
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12-07-2008, 09:09 PM | #17 |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
I am all confused!!!! but from what I understood it would be a great trip..
nice cars!!!!
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12-07-2008, 09:43 PM | #18 |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
Do it, roadtrips RULE.
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12-07-2008, 11:19 PM | #19 |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
do it... you know you wanna
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12-07-2008, 11:38 PM | #20 |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
Just left a message on your thread. Guess we will see what happens, I will know tomorrow if I am getting that truck or not.
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12-08-2008, 12:13 AM | #21 |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
Well there are some nice trucks
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12-08-2008, 09:16 AM | #22 |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
So what's the verdict???
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12-08-2008, 10:42 AM | #23 |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
Waiting for the place to open so I can call em and ask em about it.
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12-08-2008, 01:59 PM | #24 |
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Re: Thinking about a crazy cross country trip.
Well the truck in Oregon has a bad motor, so it is out of the running. We will see here over the next few days what I come up with.
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