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I picked this up last night from a good friend said it as a johnny lightnin truck but i cant find any info please help if you can?
 

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Never seen anything like it. Pretty cool though
 

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I believe that is just a butchered Ford F-150 Lightning badge but I might be wrong :shrug:
 

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I picked this up last night from a good friend said it as a johnny lightnin truck but i cant find any info please help if you can?

Lots of these trucks went through aftermarket dealer options and this could be one of them.

Do you have the original SPID of the truck?
 

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Lots of these trucks went through aftermarket dealer options and this could be one of them.

Do you have the original SPID of the truck?

wel i thought i did but the info in the glove box as from a 2wd so the cab must have been changed at some time its supposed to be something about johnny lightning and im not sure if thats the die-cast company or something else also something about "factory" suspension lift but its got front and rear 2in blocks i cant belive "factory" would put blocks in the front
 

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wel i thought i did but the info in the glove box as from a 2wd so the cab must have been changed at some time its supposed to be something about johnny lightning and im not sure if thats the die-cast company or something else also something about "factory" suspension lift but its got front and rear 2in blocks i cant belive "factory" would put blocks in the front

That maybe a custom emblem but that truck is far from original and no the factory would not pit blocks in the front.

Blocks in the front is a massive hazard and that truck should not be driven until that is fixed.
 

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There was never no Johnny Lightning truck. Nor factory blocks in the front or rear for that matter in those years.

Hope you didn't pay for the lightning

The truck looks like its in good shape tho!!! :)

Ditch the front blocks as those are illegal and can be dangerous.
 

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There was never no Johnny Lightning truck. Nor factory blocks in the front or rear for that matter in those years.

Hope you didn't pay for the lightning

The truck looks like its in good shape tho!!! :)

Ditch the front blocks as those are illegal and can be dangerous.[/QUOTE

yeah i fully understand the block issue i was just intersted in the potental of a special rpo so that i could research it and return the truck to as orignal as possable as far as paint scheam the vin does tell me that its a 1977 1/2 ton came with a 400 smblk and came outta flint assy plant
 

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Ya well even with out the Lightnin part, Its a pretty nice truck:) even better with a factory 400

That thing will shape up real nice!
 

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ya well even with out the lightnin part, its a pretty nice truck:) even better with a factory 400

that thing will shape up real nice!

thanks ill keep digging just t see if i can ever find anything out theirs gotta be some inf somewhere if not i just do my on thing ith it
 

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thanks ill keep digging just t see if i can ever find anything out theirs gotta be some inf somewhere if not i just do my on thing ith it

I think the info is someone stuck a random emblem on your fenders at some point. It's probably just a standard K10 :shrug: I agree with everyone else. Very nice truck and should look nice after you put some time in on it :)
 

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There was never no Johnny Lightning truck. Nor factory blocks in the front or rear for that matter in those years.

Hope you didn't pay for the lightning

The truck looks like its in good shape tho!!! :)

Ditch the front blocks as those are illegal and can be dangerous.[/QUOTE

yeah i fully understand the block issue i was just intersted in the potental of a special rpo so that i could research it and return the truck to as orignal as possable as far as paint scheam the vin does tell me that its a 1977 1/2 ton came with a 400 smblk and came outta flint assy plant


If you know where the truck was originally sold? Have you tried contacting all the dealerships in that area just in case we are wrong?
 

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thanks ill keep digging just t see if i can ever find anything out theirs gotta be some inf somewhere if not i just do my on thing ith it

^^^^^^
 

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I think the info is someone stuck a random emblem on your fenders at some point. It's probably just a standard K10 :shrug: I agree with everyone else. Very nice truck and should look nice after you put some time in on it :)

I agree, looks like some random emblems screwed to the fenders. Actually it looks like an emblem from a used car dealer, like what would be screwed to the trunk or tailgate. Maybe "Lightnin" was a dealership somewhere.

Oh and btw, there were some trucks that came from the factory with blocks in the rear, but they were '77-'78 K30 trucks.
 

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