Noob with a 77 silverado.!

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A little about me first my name is Carlos. I'm from Kentucky. I'm a certified machanic and love classics. I just bought my second square body. The first I was 15 and had to sell befor I got to do much driving. I'm leaving the tuner scene to find some thing more apt for my young family.

So I decided to buy a truck. Well even tho I've been a Honda guy for a long while now I have always loved classics. So since I needed a daily and a truck why not buy an old one. I don't have a ton of plans but who knows.

The truck I chose had to be a long bed for hauling and had to be usefull. It had to be pretty damn solid with no major problems. The truck needed to have pretty straight panels. I don't want a ton of body work. Most of all it had to serve one main purpose get me around.

Well my purchase was a 77 silverado. The truck is a one owner with 60k on it. It has been well taken care of. Paint is faded but hell it's not my color any way. The interior is almost perfect. This thing starts and drives like its 1978. Im pretty excited about it. The 350 in it still has all the stickers and the factory a/c. Plus it's allways good to have the factory owners manual and everything he had from the dealer.

Plans: Paint and body. Satin black and white two tone.
Red painted wheels with the factory snap rings.

Interior. The headliner is the only thing I am goin to touch just because its sagging. May be new gauges and trim but it's still in good shape for now.

Suspension. I want to do a 5/5 drop at least. I don't want the rake to go away I like it. I plan on doing all new front end parts. My lovely wife bought me a set of slapper bars from the 70's off a guy for it already.

Drive train. The oe 350 is doing just fine for now. The only mods I want to do is a cam just for the thump and a gear drive. Ill leave the factory gearing and all that because the truck gets decent mileage.










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