1987 GMC Jimmy
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- Joined
- Jan 23, 2016
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- Location
- Mississippi
- First Name
- Jesse
- Truck Year
- 1987
- Truck Model
- V1500 Jimmy
- Engine Size
- 350
I got rid of my truck again because I kept finding more and more rust, and the aftermarket and used parts market for Action Liners isn’t as amicable as what we deal with here. I hated because I loved the stupid thing, but for a Mississippi truck, it was really bad. I was looking at core support, inner fenders, battery tray, fender tips, inner and outer rockers, a tailgate, a good chunk of the outer floor pan on either side, and a bed corner that would have likely had to have been custom made. I wanted something a little more ahead than that. Maybe the third time’s the charm. My brother’s got a square body project that he’s been too lazy to finish (it’s all kinda half ass gutted and taken apart), and I’d like to take it off his hands. I’m thinking it’s worth $750-$900, but he thinks the bottom line should be $1500, and it’s worth 2000.
It’s an ‘86 K10 frame and interior, a late 60s/early 70s 4 bolt main 350, 700R4, NP208, and a 1982 C10 body and wiring harness.
The good:
. Lots of parts when you step back and think about it
. The frame and interior from the ‘86 are in pretty excellent shape, and they were in Hurricane Katrina
. Rust free cab on the ‘82 as far as I can tell
. Relatively little electrical hackery in the cab, and it was well equipped from the OEM.
. It had a real nice Quadrajet purpose built for it two or three years ago (now sitting there rusting)
. Some spare parts that could at least recoup some hamburger money.
The bad:
. I built him that motor (with his “help”), and it’s sat out there under a carport in the weather for several years. It was never ran, I don’t know the cam specs (supposedly an LT1/LT4 cam but that doesn’t tell me anything), and it has fuelie heads, which could go either way. The motor needs a few things to be right even if it was stored properly, but I don’t know how much life it has left. It was built from used parts.
. The 700R4 has been sitting under another carport collecting more moisture than the engine.
. The NP208 and 700R4 were drained and refilled after the storm surge, and they were driven minimally over a period of a few years after, but the shape is unknown to me.
. He took the hood off the ‘82 and the engine bay has been literally sitting in the rain for several years. I worry about things such as the cruise control transducer, brake master and booster, and accessory drive which I would have to pull from that engine.
. The bed is more or less trashed on the ‘82, rusty and dented all to hell, and there’s no tailgate in the whole package.
. A lot of pristine trim pieces, almost NOS grade, have been sitting out there in the dirt, and you’d think they were trash. Hopefully they can be cleaned up.
. The old cab was never completely stripped so it’s not ready for assembly.
He’s telling me the 305 that he gave me that needs to be torn down and inspected/cleaned, the 350 that’s perched on the frame which needs to be torn down and inspected/cleaned, possibly rebuilt with better heads, and the 350 in the brown truck (which is blown) should add up to the $1500. He’s my brother, and I’d like to turn that crap pile into a truck, but I think this is a bit ridiculous. There’s a lot of assembly required, and that cab was a mediocre candidate for the swap because of the difference in how the two trucks were equipped. Feedback please! I like the idea of bringing things to life and saving trucks that don’t deserve to die, but I didn’t just fall out of the stupid tree. You can be as forthright as you want. I’m aware that he doesn’t give a **** about taking care of things/doing things right, and that this stuff is well on its way to being ruined if it isn’t already.
It’s an ‘86 K10 frame and interior, a late 60s/early 70s 4 bolt main 350, 700R4, NP208, and a 1982 C10 body and wiring harness.
The good:
. Lots of parts when you step back and think about it
. The frame and interior from the ‘86 are in pretty excellent shape, and they were in Hurricane Katrina
. Rust free cab on the ‘82 as far as I can tell
. Relatively little electrical hackery in the cab, and it was well equipped from the OEM.
. It had a real nice Quadrajet purpose built for it two or three years ago (now sitting there rusting)
. Some spare parts that could at least recoup some hamburger money.
The bad:
. I built him that motor (with his “help”), and it’s sat out there under a carport in the weather for several years. It was never ran, I don’t know the cam specs (supposedly an LT1/LT4 cam but that doesn’t tell me anything), and it has fuelie heads, which could go either way. The motor needs a few things to be right even if it was stored properly, but I don’t know how much life it has left. It was built from used parts.
. The 700R4 has been sitting under another carport collecting more moisture than the engine.
. The NP208 and 700R4 were drained and refilled after the storm surge, and they were driven minimally over a period of a few years after, but the shape is unknown to me.
. He took the hood off the ‘82 and the engine bay has been literally sitting in the rain for several years. I worry about things such as the cruise control transducer, brake master and booster, and accessory drive which I would have to pull from that engine.
. The bed is more or less trashed on the ‘82, rusty and dented all to hell, and there’s no tailgate in the whole package.
. A lot of pristine trim pieces, almost NOS grade, have been sitting out there in the dirt, and you’d think they were trash. Hopefully they can be cleaned up.
. The old cab was never completely stripped so it’s not ready for assembly.
He’s telling me the 305 that he gave me that needs to be torn down and inspected/cleaned, the 350 that’s perched on the frame which needs to be torn down and inspected/cleaned, possibly rebuilt with better heads, and the 350 in the brown truck (which is blown) should add up to the $1500. He’s my brother, and I’d like to turn that crap pile into a truck, but I think this is a bit ridiculous. There’s a lot of assembly required, and that cab was a mediocre candidate for the swap because of the difference in how the two trucks were equipped. Feedback please! I like the idea of bringing things to life and saving trucks that don’t deserve to die, but I didn’t just fall out of the stupid tree. You can be as forthright as you want. I’m aware that he doesn’t give a **** about taking care of things/doing things right, and that this stuff is well on its way to being ruined if it isn’t already.
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