DoubleDingo
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- Joined
- Jul 3, 2012
- Posts
- 11,658
- Reaction score
- 18,171
- Location
- Right where I am
- First Name
- Bagoomba
- Truck Year
- 1981
- Truck Model
- 81-C20 Silverado Camper Special-TH400-4.10s
- Engine Size
- Carb'ed Vortec 350
A change in plans. Since @idrivea2002golf removed his front suspension from his '81 C20, I am working with him to take it off his hands. This move has changed my mind on some things. I am going to leave Crusty Biscuit a v8 truck. I might yank the engine and do a hillbilly rebuild just to check main and rod bearings and do dingleberry hone on the cylinder bores and re-ring the pistons. The cam is fairly new and the heads were reworked, but I may eventually swap them out.
This will get Crusty Biscuit in running condition quicker. I may leave it a 3 on the tree, but may swap in a 4L80E. Nothing is set in stone yet, except it's remaining a v8 truck.
The C20 suspension I am buying will go on the bare frame of Mean Green. With Crusty Biscuit running, that frees up time and space by allowing things to be moved around more easily. I have a separate '65 C20 that's been sitting in the driveway waiting for the body to be swapped onto Mean Green's frame. I just never had the front suspension to swap to front disc, and soon will have it. Mean Green will get the hot 292. Working with a bare frame I can basically build it like the factory would, with the body going on last.
I told my wife about this plan and she liked it. I know she misses Crusty Biscuit, it's one of her favorite vehicles.
This will get Crusty Biscuit in running condition quicker. I may leave it a 3 on the tree, but may swap in a 4L80E. Nothing is set in stone yet, except it's remaining a v8 truck.
The C20 suspension I am buying will go on the bare frame of Mean Green. With Crusty Biscuit running, that frees up time and space by allowing things to be moved around more easily. I have a separate '65 C20 that's been sitting in the driveway waiting for the body to be swapped onto Mean Green's frame. I just never had the front suspension to swap to front disc, and soon will have it. Mean Green will get the hot 292. Working with a bare frame I can basically build it like the factory would, with the body going on last.
I told my wife about this plan and she liked it. I know she misses Crusty Biscuit, it's one of her favorite vehicles.
