Is this a good deal on a 78 GMC K10 ?

[Honky Kong jr]

no ****... Lol...

Pipe down out there lol.

 

[HotRodPC]

Yeah, I think we all can say that. And to think of the cars I drove over the scale. Unreal. I should have been shot.

 

[Honky Kong jr]

Yeah, I think we all can say that. And to think of the cars I drove over the scale. Unreal. I should have been shot.

I think I miss my first the most tho. 64 Impala 2door coupe. 283 with a glide and 3.36s 90 in first gear lol. 4 years later I got a white on white 64SS. Same engine combo but I rebuilt a 348W block for it with a me built glide. That was fun too.

 

[davidfite1978]

How about this one

This guys is asking 2000. Been trying to talk him down. Says it has a 307 and a good frame.

 

[davidfite1978]

Oh and the guy with the red gmc has stopped responding to my calls. Just up and quit.

 

[CSFJ]

This guys is asking 2000. Been trying to talk him down. Says it has a 307 and a good frame.

Way too high on price. Outside of a really tiny motor that's been prettied up, I'm not seeing anything special that makes it a 2k truck.

 

[davidfite1978]

Way too high on price. Outside of a really tiny motor that's been prettied up, I'm not seeing anything special that makes it a 2k truck.

This is what he says:

1978 k10 4x4 for sale . I'm looking for another project and really hate to get rid of it but my loss your gain . It has a 307 sbc with an elderbrock intake Holley double pumper carb, hooker competition headers with thrush 2 mufflers and a th400 transmission . It's pretty rusty but the frame is in good shape and runs and drives good . Has 33' good year wrangler tires . Will entertain trades but if it's anything newer then a 69 modal I'm not interested . It's a very strong running truck motor was built over winter has very few miles on it was used for a wood hauling truck before I got it . I've put some work into it that it needed exhaust and carburetor work and it has fresh autolite plug

 

[CSFJ]

If it were me, I'd keep looking. It has a small engine, and I'd be very surprised if it actually has a th400 trans. The sheetmetal has seen better days, and he admits it was a wood hauler. I'm betting that it's pretty beat and used up, and that the frame is probably comparable to the rest of it.

 

[1987 GMC Jimmy]

^^^Agreed!

 

[Honky Kong jr]

Wow that looks like mine same colors before I tore it apart. Mine was all original and with a fuel rejecting 350. Mine cost me 400. So keep looking man. Seriously why would you rebuild a 307 if that is really what it is. Like a 307 is any better then a 305......

 

[Honky Kong jr]

And what's up with the air cleaner? Also I never understood power locks and manual windows.....it's a truck reach over and push the thing down...

 

[HotRodPC]

If it were me, I'd keep looking. It has a small engine, and I'd be very surprised if it actually has a th400 trans. The sheetmetal has seen better days, and he admits it was a wood hauler. I'm betting that it's pretty beat and used up, and that the frame is probably comparable to the rest of it.

^^^Agreed!

Small engine don't scare me. The fact it's a 307 scares me. If it were a 283 or a 327 I'd be interested, but still not at that price. IMO, it's a $1500 truck max and that's if it runs well and very little rust. That 307 power plant hurts that one badly. $1200 truck IMO cuz the motor is a throw away, even the heads and intake are scrap. Throw all that way but the SBC brackets and start over. Jus Sayin'

 

[HotRodPC]

Yikes, looking at the pics again, I see the rust, it's also a NP203 truck. $1000 truck max IMO !!! Run from that POS. It's a good donor truck for a 2wd conversion and that's about it. There's just nothing desirable other than the buckets seats and console and those need worked over.

 

[HotRodPC]

Wow that looks like mine same colors before I tore it apart. Mine was all original and with a fuel rejecting 350. Mine cost me 400. So keep looking man. Seriously why would you rebuild a 307 if that is really what it is. Like a 307 is any better then a 305......

Honestly if I had to choose, I'd probably take the Wee O Five over the Wee O Seven. And everyone knows how bad I hate Wee O Fives.

 

[CSFJ]

Small engine don't scare me. The fact it's a 307 scares me. If it were a 283 or a 327 I'd be interested, but still not at that price. IMO, it's a $1500 truck max and that's if it runs well and very little rust. That 307 power plant hurts that one badly. $1200 truck IMO cuz the motor is a throw away, even the heads and intake are scrap. Throw all that way but the SBC brackets and start over. Jus Sayin'

yeah, I was trying to remember the origins of the 307. Part of me wanted to think it was a car engine, but I seem to recall seeing badging for them on the trucks too?