Pics of my new Crew Cab!

[Shibbershabber]

After a good long search, I found probably the nicest truck of this vintage I have ever encountered....

Here she is.

1986 Chevy C30 Crew Cab 454 w/manual

Its in near perfect condition. only a few small rust spots around the doors.
105k original miles. Im essentially the second owner.

Previous owner kept records from the day he bought it in '85 until he gave it up in 2015.
Every oil change, which he did 2x per year... every year.
I even have a record of every tank of gas he bought for 30 years. Its hard to look over it and see when gas was .70/gal

Anyhow, I got it for $3600... a little steep, but considering what other crew cabs are going for and the condition of the truck... not bad.

Even came with a new distributor. I had driven out to pick it up a few towns over and he called while I was en route to tell me that it wouldnt start. I got there and looked it over and determined he had no spark. I offered him $2k on the side of the road... he declined... but said that he would get it fixed on his dime and honor our original agreement.
So two days later it had a new dizzy and I had a new truck.

Im giving it a full tune up and replacing the clutch hydraulics, but thats about it for now, aside from some fluid changes.


Looking forward to an emissions delete in the future since I dont have to do emissions testing here... that'll be fun.

And of course, some rust mitigation