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Stormhawk

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Location
Scobey, Montana
First Name
Marshall
Truck Year
1983
Truck Model
K20
Engine Size
350
What’s happening guys.
New to the site and new to square bodies.
I’m kind of a shade tree mechanic, not a professional by any means and I’m learning as I go with these trucks.
My ride is an ‘83 K20 which I rescued from a farm in North Dakota.
I nicknamed her “Rolling Thunder” since it had open headers and no exhaust when I first got her.
She’s a reliable daily driver now, with a few little electrical gremlins and HVAC issues I’m working out.
Hoping to learn a lot from the old salts here.
 

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Robert Bare

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Location
MT
First Name
Robert
Truck Year
1978
Truck Model
k20
Engine Size
5.7
nice. Park County,MT here. No street squarebody, just my old plow truck that lives up here on the mountain.
 

PrairieDrifter

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Location
North Dakota
First Name
Mason
Truck Year
84,79,77,76,70,48
Truck Model
Suburban k10, bonanza k10, k30, k20, c10, gmc 1/2ton
Engine Size
350, 350, 350, 350, 350, 350
Where ya get it in North Dakota?
 
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Stormhawk

Junior Member
Joined
Oct 4, 2024
Posts
8
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Location
Scobey, Montana
First Name
Marshall
Truck Year
1983
Truck Model
K20
Engine Size
350
I thought that looked familiar. That's my area.
It was a lifelong Dickinson truck and it shows. Every crack and crevice was packed with red dirt. I found some maintenance records and documentation when I was cleaning it out, all from the Dickinson/Belfield area going back to the 90's.
The kid I bought it from didn't have much information on it, other than it had sat in a field since 2015 and his mother got it as part of an estate sale last February and I bought it in April.
 

PrairieDrifter

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Joined
Dec 28, 2014
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Location
North Dakota
First Name
Mason
Truck Year
84,79,77,76,70,48
Truck Model
Suburban k10, bonanza k10, k30, k20, c10, gmc 1/2ton
Engine Size
350, 350, 350, 350, 350, 350
It was a lifelong Dickinson truck and it shows. Every crack and crevice was packed with red dirt. I found some maintenance records and documentation when I was cleaning it out, all from the Dickinson/Belfield area going back to the 90's.
The kid I bought it from didn't have much information on it, other than it had sat in a field since 2015 and his mother got it as part of an estate sale last February and I bought it in April.
The red dirt will probably be more the belfield area or north side of interstate between there and Dickinson. Definitely recognize that truck. I do remember the ad for it vaguely too.
 

legopnuematic

Licensed Junk Dealer
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Joined
Oct 27, 2016
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Location
MO
First Name
Spencer
Truck Year
1971, 1̶9̶7̶4, 1976, 1979,1̶9̶8̶5, 2002
Truck Model
Dart Swinger, Sierra 10, C10 Cheyenne, C10 Big Ten, Silverado 10, Ram 2500
Engine Size
225/6, 350 c.i., 350 c.i., 5.9l Cummins
Welcome from Missouri.
 

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