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07-23-2012, 12:17 AM
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Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
Well, went and picked this up today. Its an '82 with a straight 6 and a 4 speed! Its gonna need some cosmetic work and that's about it, it runs drives and stops really well. This truck is extremely clean underneath, almost as well as my 86 that was garage kept in California, no rust through any where that I could find its a very very solid truck.
Figure a small drop and some 20s with a nice sized tire and fix some of the interior stuff and call it a day. I'm limiting my budget to about $2500 for this one. I traded a quad that needed alot of work and $250 cash for this one... Heres a couple pictures for now, ill snap some more tomorrow.    
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07-23-2012, 12:21 AM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
Sweet truck! Sounds and looks like a good deal. No offense but I think chrome rims would look so much better then those black wagons. You going to keep the six?
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07-23-2012, 12:21 AM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
Nice find. Should be a great daily.
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07-23-2012, 12:24 AM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
No offense taken! Those wheels will come off real quick, want to use either a polished/chrome torq thrust style wheel.
I'm gonna keep the six in it, drove it 100 miles back home today and the gas gauge barely moved. I can watch the gauge in my 86 drop..
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07-23-2012, 12:36 AM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
Sweet!! Yeah I feel your pain with watching the gas gauge.
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07-23-2012, 01:26 AM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
250 and looks like a sm465?does it have 2.73 gears too. is it the same color as your 86?
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07-23-2012, 08:18 AM
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Robert Olson Transport
 
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
the truck looks great keep us posted with lots of pics
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07-23-2012, 08:24 AM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
nice find, congrats on the addition!
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07-23-2012, 03:26 PM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
It is a 250/sm465 as far as gears go I have no idea the build sheet isnt in the truck. In second gear i hits about 55 before you have to shift again.. It is the same color as my 86.
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07-23-2012, 03:31 PM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
the truck my buddy and i are building is a 250/sm465/2.73. i have a 350/sm465/2.73 i get great freeway mileage. with the high rear end gears i can also start in low in normal daily driving
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07-24-2012, 01:20 AM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
Im looking forward to this one, gonna hopefully degrease everything in the engine bay and paint/replace stuff.
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07-24-2012, 01:33 AM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
Drop it on the stockers and add a 32" shifter !!!! And enjoy the gas mileage
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07-24-2012, 01:53 AM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
I like the plain Jane look it has.
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07-24-2012, 01:57 AM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
Clean little truck. Like it
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07-24-2012, 02:12 AM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
clean little truck, good score !
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07-24-2012, 10:19 AM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
nice,good score.and a six cyl too
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07-24-2012, 02:13 PM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
nice! I saw it craigslist fo a while, glad someone here got her
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07-24-2012, 02:20 PM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
nice clean truck I go get my today at 7. tick tick watching the clock.
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07-24-2012, 02:23 PM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
Does the cruise control work? I installed one like that unit in my old 91 Dakota. It worked a little slow due to low vacuum from a V6. Nice find.
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07-24-2012, 10:10 PM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
Ya i saw it on craigslist for awhile and decided to finally text the guy! Not sure if the cruise works I was stuck in like 4-5 hours of traffic on the way home.
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07-28-2012, 11:12 PM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
Ok, spent a few hours (well, more like 5...) cleaning the interior today. I will make a build thread as I start to buy different stuff. I was just suprised at how well it came clean.
Before:   After:   Ill put it all back together tomorrow night, theres a few things I want to paint
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07-28-2012, 11:19 PM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
Man that thing is nice love the color. It sure is nice being able to get good gas mileage out of something we like to drive lol. Now i want to go fine one with a six in it,now if i can just get it pass the wife uuummm
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07-29-2012, 12:13 AM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
That thing came so clean it looks like you repainted it! Nice truck!
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07-29-2012, 12:38 AM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
I had on just like it but it was white and had a 305 in it. first thing I always do is replace the battery wires with a 2ga and get wires plugs and a hi po coil. Best quick cheap upgrade you can do for it.I still can't stand the 80's govt crappy fix for clean air emissions vaccum lines running everywhere. Weird seeing the ground when the hood is up. LOL
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07-29-2012, 01:08 AM
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Re: Picked up a new toy/daily driver!
I'm really lookin forward to the mileage! Just need to swap out a few things first and give it a tune up before I start daily driving it.
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