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Gander

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I’m sitting in a motel room in a small town in West Texas. Drove 6 hours out here to pick up a 1987 V10 SWB in the morning. That’s how far I had to go to find one rust-free, hahaha!

I’ll post up some pics of it on the trailer tomorrow. It’s got a MAACO paint job on it covering up what’s left of the original paint after the West TX sun baked most of it off. Truck is VERY stock, no lift, factory aluminum wheels, but there’s little stuff like the sliding back glass has been replaced with solid, dash cut for a CD player, stuff like that. Haven’t driven it yet but supposedly it’s a strong runner, the current owner has had some work done to it since he’s owned it to get it in good mechanical shape. We’ll find out for sure tomorrow.

I grew up around these, owned a 1981 C10 Silverado SWB back in my late teens that wasn’t in nearly as good of shape as this one looks to be. I loved that truck but 2 things back then I wished it had was 4WD and a 350 instead of the 305. Made sure to find one that had both this time around.

Anyway, that’s my intro. I’m sure I’ll be in here plenty asking questions, I’ve been lurking and reading since last month when I started talking about getting an old Chevy Pickup again.
 
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Gander

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Oh, here’s a pic I’ve already got, the sticker on the glovebox with all the RPOs. Didn’t realize until I got it that by 1987 they didn’t include descriptions of the options like on my 1981
 

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Welcome from NM.
What color is the pickup, photos would be nice to see?
 

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Gander

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Ok, I got it home. I’ll probably work on it a bit tomorrow after church and take some pics of it for yall.
 

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Welcome from up in the Panhandle.

I reckon Dirty Bay is Baytown.
I've been to the Drag Races there several times.
It sure sucks that they closed it.
 

Gander

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Welcome from up in the Panhandle.

I reckon Dirty Bay is Baytown.
I've been to the Drag Races there several times.
It sure sucks that they closed it.
Yeah, it really does suck. Had a lot of good times there as a kid. The old dirt track in Highlands as well though it’s closed down now too. No replacement for them either. Just more industrial parks, intermodal terminals, barge docks, and of course the refineries and chemical plants keep expanding outward each and every day. That’s just the way it is here. I’ve got family in the Panhandle as well as West Texas and those places are a whole other world.

There’s a pretty nice off road park in Crosby off Old 90. If I can get this truck in shape for it before the monsoon season I’ll end up taking my kids up there for the weekend. Haven’t had time for any more pics but I’ve been driving and working on it after church today and it’s definitely going to need some work though the “bones” are really really good. Gonna keep this one all-original too. No lift, no rims, no LS swap, none of it.
 
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