Jawn
Junior Member
- Joined
- Mar 2, 2022
- Posts
- 2
- Reaction score
- 7
- Location
- ATL GA
- First Name
- Jon
- Truck Year
- 1987
- Truck Model
- R10
- Engine Size
- 305
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Came across this forum looking for official tow ratings, found a document in a members-only section of the forum so I registered to be able to see it.
Howdy!Here's my '87 R10, TBI 305/700R4, believed indicated ~85k to be original. Clean solid southern truck. Bro in law picked it up super cheap, drove it for a bit and decided an old truck wasn't for him. Wifey and I picked it up off him for not quite as cheap and threw a bunch more money at it (tires, exhaust, rear bumper, tune-up, tonneau, hitch, trans cooler & gauge, brake controller, etc). Still in for far less than it'd go for now.
End result... nice ride for doing weekend projects. I always loved these old square bodies. I grew up when they were current so there's a bit of nostalgia. I wish modern trucks were built with the simple styling and modest proportions of these, but with modern capabilities. I do feel like I push the powertrain to the limit towing, have considered regearing the rear end (currently 3.08 I believe). If the engine/trans ever goes belly up, I'd probably swap something modern in.
