"The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E

[Gordonr1973]

Edit April 2011: I'm 7 months into this build and coming out of a huge delay to get my motor back from the shop...I'm now swapping 6.0 Liter LS plus 4L80E into it.

I'm trying to take photos and add details of the swap that you might not find in other build threads. If there is something that has been covered a million times in other threads, I probably won't include it in mine to save myself time. Good luck with your projects!!


DON"T LAUGH! (My feelings might get hurt)

I bought this truck this past month for my winter project. Up here in Alberta, Canada these trucks usually go for $1,000 + in bad shape and anywhere from $2,500 + in decent shape. Good shape (even with bad cab corners, they are asking $5,000 to $6,000 + on www.kijiji.ca)

So, I paid $750 for an '87 Silverado with power everything, 305 TBI, 4 speed automatic. I already have two new doors, new windshield, new tailgate & rims from another project and I can get panels for the rest fairly cheap.

Plans are to go to a streetable 383 (from a solid 350 I already have from my parts truck), rebuild the tranny, etc etc but to start with a strip down and get the frame blasted and painted before it snows here.

Basically, I want something that I can fit in my garage and work on in the winter as I can't do anything on my driveway any time of year because my old-retired alcoholic neighbor is a lunatic that calls city by-law on me regularly. LUNATIC, certifiable for the looney bin!.

Old prick! (Maybe that's what I should call this truck!)