82k10ny
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- Joined
- Jun 16, 2013
- Posts
- 5
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- Location
- upstate ny
- First Name
- clint
- Truck Year
- 1982 & 1984
- Truck Model
- k10 & c20
- Engine Size
- 250 & 454
hey guys new on here from upstate ny, just outside albany, been browsing pirate4x4 since about sept when i picked up my 82 k10 but there way more custom stuff over there than what i have and plan on doing currently. little info for ya guys.
last may as a graduation gift to myself (2 year automotive program at community college) i was dead set on getting a old chevy, there all my dad had when i was growing up (6 in a row) and i allways loved them there real trucks. so i was on the hunt, looked at a few here or there few were way more of a project than i wanted i was really open as far as 2wd/4wd big block/small block etc really just a decent driver since i still had my 98 sonoma ext cab v6 2wd as a daily driver. i came across a fully restored 85 k10 long box in western ny for like 8k called on it guy did it all himself in about 2 years it had a plow (fully redone fisher 8 foot full hydro) 350/turbo400. made a plan to go out that friday and look at it. well friday came i called to make sure we were still on and he told me he just sold it yesterday. so i was pretty pissed. but ohwell. back on the hunt. i found on cl a 84 c20 camper special at a little dealership locally. went and looked at it, it was mint! they bought it at auction in Oregon aswell as a bunch of other vehicles. I had to work that saturday so a look was all i got. i went back monday and took it for a test drive, and at about 5 pm in the rain
my show truck was home
day she came home
now i know i said i wanted a driver, but you can eat off this thing wherever you please 68k on the dash pw/pl,tilt,ac,cruise,factory installed audiovox cb radio mid 90s 454 crate turbo 400 with shift kit 4.56 w/posi firestone overload bags.
at a local show june of 2012
i took it to 3 shows and a handful of cruise ins put about 1800 miles on her last summer also pulled about 8k lbs of concrete in a dump trailer (had to work the bb a little) then took my sea-doo to the lake.
i loved my little sonoma but i really wanted a 4wd pickup i have a snowmobile camp in the Adirondacks and it can get hairy in a 2wd pickup. so back on the craigslist hunt i sold my sonoma for 3800 bucks. I really wanted a cclb k30 but couldnt find a driver quality unit north of the mason dixion and east of the mississippi. one day i found a 82 k10 in northwest jersey 3 hr drive from me for 5500 little more than i wanted to spend only getting just shy of 4k for my old truck so i call and tell him right off the bat if he wont think about 5k ill just hang up and find another unit. he said that was in the ballpark so we talked and that friday me and my buddy went and checked it out. now this is a driver quality truck. 82 k10 long box 250 i6, sm465, np208, 10 bolts with 3.42s open with factory locking hubs still. it had 89k orignal miles has lmc fenders and door skins as well as newer paint. (i confirmed the 89k orignal off 3 things A) still had auto hubs, B)it still had a 250 in it, C) all ujoints were orignal nylon injected jobs.) i drove it, looked it over offered him 4800 and he took it. then for 200 bucks offered to drive it to my house for me that sunday. was worth it to me, didnt have to find a trailer and go back, or dicker with dmv to get it on the road and drive it back home. so that sunday about 3.5 hrs after he called sayin he was leavin this rolled up in my driveway
as soon as it was in my driveway i ordered warn hubs for it, and did front axle u joints. and put hella black magics on the bumper
it didnt need tires but i wanted tires for winter so i picked up a set of 31x11.5 swamper ltbs with 3/4 tread for 300 bucks and put em on the stock rallye wheels. this spring i got a visor for it painted to match and got that on.
also picked up a set of cooper at3s with half tread for summer tires and got a set of cragar 15x8 soft 8s in black and the factory beauty rings fit those wheels to and it looks awsome. presently shes using some oil bout a quart a week which by me is fine for something this old for a daily driver. but i picked up a complete 250 from a 73 nova that im going to build up, .030 over mild cam milled head offy intake holley 2 barrel and a header. gonna throw that together over the winter for next spring.
this looks like a great forum and hope i didnt bore you to much
clint
last may as a graduation gift to myself (2 year automotive program at community college) i was dead set on getting a old chevy, there all my dad had when i was growing up (6 in a row) and i allways loved them there real trucks. so i was on the hunt, looked at a few here or there few were way more of a project than i wanted i was really open as far as 2wd/4wd big block/small block etc really just a decent driver since i still had my 98 sonoma ext cab v6 2wd as a daily driver. i came across a fully restored 85 k10 long box in western ny for like 8k called on it guy did it all himself in about 2 years it had a plow (fully redone fisher 8 foot full hydro) 350/turbo400. made a plan to go out that friday and look at it. well friday came i called to make sure we were still on and he told me he just sold it yesterday. so i was pretty pissed. but ohwell. back on the hunt. i found on cl a 84 c20 camper special at a little dealership locally. went and looked at it, it was mint! they bought it at auction in Oregon aswell as a bunch of other vehicles. I had to work that saturday so a look was all i got. i went back monday and took it for a test drive, and at about 5 pm in the rain
my show truck was home
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day she came home
now i know i said i wanted a driver, but you can eat off this thing wherever you please 68k on the dash pw/pl,tilt,ac,cruise,factory installed audiovox cb radio mid 90s 454 crate turbo 400 with shift kit 4.56 w/posi firestone overload bags.
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at a local show june of 2012
i took it to 3 shows and a handful of cruise ins put about 1800 miles on her last summer also pulled about 8k lbs of concrete in a dump trailer (had to work the bb a little) then took my sea-doo to the lake.
i loved my little sonoma but i really wanted a 4wd pickup i have a snowmobile camp in the Adirondacks and it can get hairy in a 2wd pickup. so back on the craigslist hunt i sold my sonoma for 3800 bucks. I really wanted a cclb k30 but couldnt find a driver quality unit north of the mason dixion and east of the mississippi. one day i found a 82 k10 in northwest jersey 3 hr drive from me for 5500 little more than i wanted to spend only getting just shy of 4k for my old truck so i call and tell him right off the bat if he wont think about 5k ill just hang up and find another unit. he said that was in the ballpark so we talked and that friday me and my buddy went and checked it out. now this is a driver quality truck. 82 k10 long box 250 i6, sm465, np208, 10 bolts with 3.42s open with factory locking hubs still. it had 89k orignal miles has lmc fenders and door skins as well as newer paint. (i confirmed the 89k orignal off 3 things A) still had auto hubs, B)it still had a 250 in it, C) all ujoints were orignal nylon injected jobs.) i drove it, looked it over offered him 4800 and he took it. then for 200 bucks offered to drive it to my house for me that sunday. was worth it to me, didnt have to find a trailer and go back, or dicker with dmv to get it on the road and drive it back home. so that sunday about 3.5 hrs after he called sayin he was leavin this rolled up in my driveway
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as soon as it was in my driveway i ordered warn hubs for it, and did front axle u joints. and put hella black magics on the bumper
You must be registered for see images attach
it didnt need tires but i wanted tires for winter so i picked up a set of 31x11.5 swamper ltbs with 3/4 tread for 300 bucks and put em on the stock rallye wheels. this spring i got a visor for it painted to match and got that on.
also picked up a set of cooper at3s with half tread for summer tires and got a set of cragar 15x8 soft 8s in black and the factory beauty rings fit those wheels to and it looks awsome. presently shes using some oil bout a quart a week which by me is fine for something this old for a daily driver. but i picked up a complete 250 from a 73 nova that im going to build up, .030 over mild cam milled head offy intake holley 2 barrel and a header. gonna throw that together over the winter for next spring.
this looks like a great forum and hope i didnt bore you to much
clint
