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new guy with a few questions
The frame on the 78 is good, it sat up till I bought it in the early 90's, then I only drove it a few years and sold it to a guy that drove it a year and the tranny went out. It has since ever since (96) on his dad's farm. thats the frame I'm going to go with, figure coat it with OSPHO and then...- binderbart
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new guy with a few questions
By the time I got the exhaust done on the camry and the bearings and tires on the impala the flu hit me hard, Spent the rest of the day working on a rollable engine rack for the 350. that way I can free up the engine stands. I did shoot some shots of the trucks before I left. these are the 3...- binderbart
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new guy with a few questions
Planned to do that already,I'll just stick them in with all the scout axles I have. This weekend got waylaid already, this is the way it usually goes, I'm headed to the shop right now, gotta do some exhaust work on a customers car then we gotta get the sister's impala in and put 4 tires on it...- binderbart
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new guy with a few questions
did some searching, lots of neat stuff in here. I also found a section for projects. So I'll probably start a build tech in there. Someone might find some useful info some day. I'll take lots of pictures and share the joy/grief along the way. One thing I was looking for and couldn't find, I'm...- binderbart
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new guy with a few questions
couldn't agree more, the scout I use for the trails I ran with just a open diff. big change when I welded the rear axle and switched to super swampers, night and day difference. I had a cherokee that I ran with a detroit in the rear and 456 gears. It had a set of 32x9.5x15 TSL's on it and it...- binderbart
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new guy with a few questions
not quite, the oldest son and I bought the 85 half and half, he wanted the 454 and I wanted the rest, I'm going to run the 350, I'm sure it will do what I need. A truck I built years ago was the same set up, I ended up trading it for the scout II I have now, the scout is nice and a first place...- binderbart
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Hello from Iowa
new to the site, just acquired three trucks, a 78 chevy half ton 4wd, a 84 gmc 3/4 ton 2wd and a 85 1/2 ton 4wd, gonna build 1 outta the 3, found this site and figured its gonna be very useful. like what I've seen so far, Hope to get to know everyone.- binderbart
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new guy with a few questions
First off let me say you have a cool avatar,Watched that with the grandkids a few times. What was Mater, I always thought he resembled a 56 I.H. truck. But thats probably because I have one (body anyway) that I'm planning on building a ratrod out of down the road. On the body mounts, thats...- binderbart
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new guy with a few questions
thank you for the answers. The 85 frame is rusted badly, the 78 was my old truck I sold to a guy, 2 years later the tranny went out and it has sat ever since (since 1996) at his parents farm. That frame only has minimun surface rust and the plan is to coat it with OSPHO and then chassis saver...- binderbart
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new guy with a few questions
not right now but I will have the camera at the shop this weekend, he wants to pull the big block and i got a scout body to swap. I'll shoot some and post them up.- binderbart
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new guy with a few questions
LOL...I was actually trying to think of something clever to open with and thats all I could come up with. I was a die hard chevy gmc guy years ago and then I slipped off into the I.H. world. I do own the only vehicle my dad ever bought new, a 1979 GMC 3/4 ton. Its out at a buddies place, time to...- binderbart
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new guy with a few questions
Hello everyone, I'm new to this site. I just acquired a few chevy's in the past few weeks and thinking of doing a build: 1st truck is a 1978 4wd half ton: it had a 350 that runs, 400 turbo auto, NP 205 transfer case, body is shot. no locking hubs. 2nd truck is a 1984 gmc 3/4 ton 2wd, 350 that...- binderbart
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