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Old 08-05-2012, 11:40 AM   #1
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New '82 Crewcab project truck / tow rig

Hi, I've been reading this forum a few weeks & wanted to post some pics of my new '82 2wd Crewcab dually project truck / classic tow rig for my '76 El Camino drag car:



It was originally a 6.2 diesel/TH400 w/4.10 gears, converted to a 350 gas at some point over the years. I picked it up about a month ago from a family member & drove it 200 miles home, ran good but smoked blue pretty bad on decel. Started in on replacing the valve guide seals, found #5 cyl had no compression, pulled the heads & found it was already 60over & had a 1/4" deep gash in the #5 cylinder wall.

I pulled it & dropped in a new Goodwrench 350 & radiator & with info I found here I've gotten the gas gauges & tank switcher back working & hope to have the a/c back going soon.

I've got a small amount of fiberglass repair to do on the drivers fender, fix a small wrinkle in the front passengers door, & then sand it down & repaint it the factory brown hopefully this winter.

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Old 08-05-2012, 11:44 AM   #2
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Old 08-05-2012, 11:46 AM   #3
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I built this back bumper & headache rack a few years ago, kinda cool that I ended up getting the truck as I always like it:


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Old 08-05-2012, 11:56 AM   #4
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you sir, need a bigger rear bumper! that one is just not going to do. I don't think you'd even notice a little car hitting that!
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Old 08-05-2012, 11:58 AM   #5
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The angle of the pic makes it look more massive than it really is...

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Old 08-05-2012, 01:40 PM   #6
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Re: New '82 Crewcab project truck / tow rig

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you sir, need a bigger rear bumper! that one is just not going to do. I don't think you'd even notice a little car hitting that!
No way that bumper will do! You must find a way to make it bigger!!
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Old 08-05-2012, 04:20 PM   #7
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Cool truck, I like it
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Old 08-05-2012, 05:13 PM   #8
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Looks like the perfect race car hauler, work truck, nice.
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Old 08-05-2012, 05:56 PM   #9
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That is the biggest rear bumper I've seen............ ever!!!!!! Looks like a good truck.
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