Lets see those stock trucks and sleepers

[INSIDIOUS '86]

Building a sleeper 78 stepside myself with a vortec 383 that looks like a stock 305 via 78.

So lets see those original looking trucks!
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[JRANGER]

other then the jack wagon switching the 350 for a 305 this truck is pretty stock except for the interior 78 c15 high sierra





She will end up solid satin black with no trim other the wheel wells but mostly stock

[GM-power]

Mostly stock, rebuilt 350, and. slightly modified sterio. 79 Sierra Classic heavy half.
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[TwinTurbo]

1976 C30 silverado dually 454 manual trans... completely stock

[Firebirdjones]

My 79 appears completely stock, with a GM 502 under hood. Guess you could say it's a sleeper but I never really think of it as something I care to go fast in. It has raised some eyebrows though.

[UKNOWME]

TwinTurbo your dually is sik!!!!

[droppedgmc]

My all stock DD for now. 70,xxx miles

[cory d]

looks some what original but it will bake a tire all the way through an intersection. its quite fast.............from low into first lol. then its just loud.

[turbo350]

Originally Posted by GM-power

Mostly stock, rebuilt 350, and. slightly modified sterio. 79 Sierra Classic heavy half.
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Nice, I like the green.

[76Charlie]

76 GMC Sierra Classic Camper Special, interior changed, but still have the originals, color is different, 454 th400 bed shocks, all the goodies...TwinTurbo, where did you get the wood grain for your bezel? I've been looking forever to find one!

[meter swinger]

One of my beater

[MusicMan70]

TwinTurbo-Awesome Dually!

Here is my 1973 Sierra Grande 454 71k original

[truckfan]

bone stock looking with the factory, though warmed over, 454. its pretty fast.

[88Jimmy4x4]

truckfan >> thats an great looking truck

[motornut]

79 still looks kinda stock with a 3052B
78 not much stock left bored 350/cammed/duals with cherries/insides dressed in 89 burb

[80SPORT]

86 short bed...shop truck...stock except 2/4 drop...and sub front end

and a 79 Chevy Sport ...all stock

[Your41Plague12]

Not a square, but here's a sleeper. One of my favorites of all time.

http://youtu.be/zcPHHEea3lE

The 50's style truck in this one is great too, but not nearly as fast as the '69.
http://youtu.be/HFtEw7G40nw

I thought LSx trucks were supposed to be the hottest things going right now!
http://youtu.be/NbxG3_qBXQk

[canadian 4x4]

My 85 before the drop

[maxidyne]

Originally Posted by droppedgmc

My all stock DD for now. 70,xxx miles

Is that a custom deluxe with two tone paint? not too many custom deluxe trucks with that around here

[Firebirdjones]

Originally Posted by Your41Plague12

I thought LSx trucks were supposed to be the hottest things going right now!

I think the LS swap is popular for everything, but since you asked for trucks, here's my 72 blazer with a 6.0. I drive it everyday. Guess you could say it's a sleeper, it does seem to run pretty well, but no track times yet. It's more of a cruiser and the family SUV for me.



And to be fare to squares, here's a shot of the original 454 I pulled from my 79 1 ton pickup vs the new 502 GM crate going in



Here it is nestled down into the truck ready to go. The old 454 with a performer cam and intake, headers, ran 14.70 so it was decent for an old 5500 lbs. pickup truck. No track times on the 502 yet but I suspect a bit quicker.



Sleepers?? I don't know, they are just trucks to me. Difficult (and expensive) to make a heavy brick go fast. Impressive when they do though....

[74 stepside]

I think the majority missed the title to this thread or maybe I did. Are you looking for stock looking trucks that are sleepers? IE fast but dont look it?

[Firebirdjones]

Originally Posted by 74 stepside

I think the majority missed the title to this thread or maybe I did. Are you looking for stock looking trucks that are sleepers? IE fast but dont look it?

That's what I would consider a sleeper,,,yes. Although both of mine look stock, I don't really consider them fast enough to be "sleepers" per say.

It would have to be a truck that at least dips into the 11's to get my attention.

[CSoliz]

FJ, what is that air cleaner from? Custom job? Can I see a pic of where you entered the radiator support on the drivers side?

[Firebirdjones]

Originally Posted by CSoliz

FJ, what is that air cleaner from? Custom job? Can I see a pic of where you entered the radiator support on the drivers side?

Ha, not many people catch that and realize it's not stock.

It's the original air cleaner with the passenger side snorkel and air intake hose. What I did was grab another identical BBC air cleaner (larger mouth opening than sbc, getting harder to find now) and remove that snorkel by drilling the spot welds. Cut a new hole in my air cleaner identical to the other side and spot welded the snorkel to mine and made a dual setup. Then I stopped at GM and bought another intake duct (still available at that time).

At that same junk yard I grabbed the core support piece that bolts in (for the snorkel to snap onto), I simply installed that on the driver side of my core support. The hole and patterns are there on both sides of the core support (thanks GM ) so it's easy to adapt the intake hose to the driver side. Guess they duplicate both sides since air cleaners didn't always enter the passenger side depending on engine option I suppose.

I then removed all the baffling inside my air cleaner (baffle in front of snorkle and baffle surrounding the carb opening) for free flowing unrestricted cold outside air. Looks stock Lots of little tricks in this truck that go unnoticed.

I can take more pics tomorrow if there is something in particular you want to see? You want to see the driver side core support entrance?

Here's an overview shot that I already had....I did this carefully so I didn't have to paint the air cleaner. Those are the original decals on the air cleaner and I doubt they are reproduced anywhere, so I didn't want to go down that road. Luckily the added snorkel has about the same weathered/aged look as the rest of the air cleaner so it looks original, lol. Actually looks a little dusty in this shot,,good ole Arizona desert air I guess.

[jimbonice]

Stock 1977 with a 1980 clip. I'm still trying to talk myself into a 3/5 drop.