Moving on from Ford, new owner of 1981 Suburban

[bairdandrew77]

Hey everyone, I'm the newest owner of an 81 K20 Suburban. Currently not running due to blowing a transmission and sitting for a few years before I picked it up for free. I do have a decent amount of experience with cars, just never really worked on older trucks. Seems easy enough though. Anyways, hopefully this forum is going to be a good place for resources to get my newest truck on the road!

 

[Old77]

 

[Georgeb]

Welcome! I was also a Ford fan but was converted by a 78 C10 that I saved from the crusher to drive for one winter. That was 16 years ago and I still have that truck. In the 70's GM was light years ahead of Ford and Dodge technology wise and that became apparent very quickly. You have found the right site for any of your questions and just general discussion. Got some pics to share?

 

[MadOgre]

Hey everyone, I'm the newest owner of an 81 K20 Suburban. Currently not running due to blowing a transmission and sitting for a few years before I picked it up for free. I do have a decent amount of experience with cars, just never really worked on older trucks. Seems easy enough though. Anyways, hopefully this forum is going to be a good place for resources to get my newest truck on the road!

Welcome! Good to see you have come over to the right side! Im not sure if that's the Dark or the Light side though lol Maybe both anyways everyone here is pretty damn nice and even sometimes helpful too!

 

[Derick C.]

Welcome. Got any pics

 

[bairdandrew77]

I'll try getting pictures soon, life's just been too busy the last few days and the truck's parked at my parent's house. The police are called whenever there's an unregistered vehicle on my property so unfortunately I can't keep it there for a bit, which also means less time to actually work on it

I'm still a fan of Ford's trucks, mainly because I can buy them dirt cheap and get my money back after running it into the ground haha. Really excited to have this though! Plan on keeping it for as long as possible

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[Mr Clean]

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[donmateo]

Welcome! What Ford?

 

[bairdandrew77]

Forgot I made an intro thread.. a couple of pictures are on my phone, just need to upload them when I get home.

Donmateo, I had a 97 F350 gasoline and a 96 v6 explorer. Currently have a 95 aerostar as a temporary work/cargo vehicle until the suburban is finished. Decent work van but I'm working it too hard, probably shortened its life considerably with all the abuse.

Unfortunately the burb is at the bottom of the priority list at the moment... need to fix a few things on my daily crx, finish the engine and brakes for my project crx, and now do an engine and transmission swap on my brother's 60 C20 by summer...

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[1973c10]

Welcome