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08-11-2013, 08:58 AM
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Location: B'more, hon!
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Newer truck parts?
Hey gang!
First, because we all love pics...  That's from towing my truck home a few weeks ago. Good stuff. Anyway, I was at the local pick-n-pull yesterday, looking for a mirror for my friend's Golf (no luck there), and while I was there, I scored a nice overflow bottle from an early/mid 90s Silverado (350 TBI). I noticed that the radiator in there was HUGE, and wondered if anyone had put one into our trucks. Aside from the want to get the engine to build a nice roller motor out of, are there any other parts which work well for our trucks? Obviously the transmission, but what about sway bars and other suspension? Anything else? There's a lot of those trucks in the lots, and never anything much older (though there was, inexplicably, a rusty mid-60s C10 there). Any other vehicles with easy swap/upgrade options to keep an eye out for? |
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08-11-2013, 10:14 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Greensboro N.C.
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Re: Newer truck parts?
A lot of suspension stuff up to 86 works.The sway bars,disc brakes(for pre 71 trucks) almost any driveline parts.Almost any bracketry for the correct length water pump or any 6 cyl PS,A/C brackets(complete with pulleys) is worth getting to help someone out if you don't need it.
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08-11-2013, 11:20 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hillsboro Oregon
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Re: Newer truck parts?
Nice looking truck Badform. Front 1/2 ton 2wd suspension 63-87 (up to 91 to/from Suburbans) are interchangeable.
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08-11-2013, 11:37 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: B'more, hon!
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Re: Newer truck parts?
Thanks!
What about swapping radiators (I need one)? Or front/rear sway bars? Mostly I seen 88 and newer trucks there. |
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08-12-2013, 12:14 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hillsboro Oregon
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Re: Newer truck parts?
Not sure on the rads (anything is possible with fabrication). Sway bars swap between the years mentioned. Some drilling may be required on the earlier trucks.
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