Ol blue has died

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She had been suffering from a bad heart (engine) for a while but I kept puttering on with her while deciding what to do with her. She is a 79 Royal Sierra, fairly well equipped but with that darned blue paint that decides to flake off like confetti on the interstate. In addition the old man that had the truck before me slammed into his garage and boogered up the right front bad enough to throw the bed out of alignment and create a need for a whole new front clip and door.

Well, my son wrecked his car up in Seattle (and Acura) and I went up there with the truck to drag it back. Pulling it back was just about enough for the old girl, the 350 is blowing oil like it is going out of style and the engine has the power of an old 4 banger.

I thought about rebuilding and stripping and painting here but it just isn't worth it. Longbed 79 GMCs, even rust free ones, aren't wort that much so she is going out to pasture, probably for good.

I picked up a very solid 77 GMC High Sierra that has no rust, about 75K miles and a very strong 350/350. Her paint is even presentable and the three or four dings should fix up nicely and then a good repaint should make her look as good as new.

I was wondering how hard it is to switch the entire A/C setup from the 79 to the 77 would be? I am already going to pull the tilt column from the 79 as well as the intermittent wiper setup but the AC is something I am really consideriing. Should I even bother?