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Hello everyone,

I am Josiah. Im originally from North Carolina, but as work goes. I just recently moved to the lovely PNW. I was a former owner of a 79' K-10 Silverado. I loved that truck but when it blows a headgasket in a Chevy truck junkyard. It's kinda telling you something. So I parted ways with it that day.

Well after moving here, I decided that it was time for me to find another truck to handle tow rig/camping/offroading. I got in this discussion one day with a co-worker. Well he informs me that he has an old Chevy truck that he's looking to sale for a good price.

I go to his house to look at it and it is a 77' K-20 Silverado Camper Special :rockit:. He is the second owner and has every record of everything done to the truck since 1980. He's been through everything on the truck and is very meticulous. I have not taken ownership of the truck yet as I'm working overtime to pay for the truck. I should be able to pick it up in the next few weeks. In which it will take over as the daily and my RX-8 will become the weekend toy.

All that I know about the truck for now is that it is lifted (not sure of the height as I forgot) on 35's. It has the 350 from a 69' Camaro in it (guessing 4 bolt main, not sure of the power though). Has some heavy duty bumpers mounted with fog lights front and rear. He had a custom Griffin aluminum radiator made for it a while ago. Before I pick it up we are going to give it a full tune up and make sure it needs nothing before it leaves his house.

Once I get the truck I will post pictures. All I have for now is a few of my old 79'. So thanks for having me. I'll probably be lurking around reading and learning more about these amazing trucks.

Also I do not know exactly what is different about the Camper Specials other than the higher towing capacity. So I any help on what they have would be appreciated. Ill also do some searching myself to try and figure it out myself.
 

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Howdy! Camper Special usually included things like a camper harness, steeper gears, stronger springs, heavy duty battery, etc.
 

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Ah ok. Thanks for the info; well either way I'm super excited to have another one. Even more thankful that they are not as eat up from rust like they were back home. I see them all over the place here.
 

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Welcome Josiah. That old 79 looked pretty good.
 

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Welcome Josiah. That old 79 looked pretty good.

It was in great condition for being a $500 truck. The door panels was the worst. It came with new door skins, but as it mainly served as the trash hauler/toy. I sold them to a friend who was restoring a C-10. If it hadn't broke down where it did. I probably would have kept it.
 

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Good luck acquiring the truck and welcome aboard!
 

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Thanks guys, I'm ready to be rocking a truck once again. No plans for this one other than maintaining it and possibly building a basket to cover the bed and cab for extra storage. I saw a custom one on a K-30 and loved the idea of it since.
 

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Talked with the current owner of the truck today. We're going to get it in his shop and begin a pretty intensive tune up before I take ownership. He did ask about whether there was any special tools required to pull the sending units out of the fuel tanks? He would like to clean the tanks and clean the entire fuel system during the tune up.
 

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There might be a special tool, but I'm pretty sure I just used a flat screwdriver and a hammer. That was 10 years ago though. :think:
 

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Well as promised. I was finally able to start working on the truck this past weekend to get her ready for road use again. So here are some pictures. Oh does anyone know anything about Selectro hubs? I have them on the front and have never heard of them.

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Selectro brand? :shrug: Sounds like something out of China. The name alone scares me. :hmm:


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