trailer is hooked up.... cash burning a hole in my pocket!!
off to pick up an 89 singlecab 1ton 2wd truck in the morning. Saw it advertised on facebook, its been gutted of the engine and trans. What i'm told is that the cab is rust free... MINT was the term used. Apparently the rear half of the frame is a bit ruff, but the front is good. Its 3 hours away from me but it seems like its worth the trip. the guy wants 600$ for the truck as a roller, it was a 5 speed truck so I assume the rear end is 4.10
Funny thing is, just two nights ago, I went to NH to pick up a few fedex 175HP ppump engines, so one of them is going to get stuffed into this 89.
plans are for a 100% towing geared truck, ppump engine with an hx35, mild tune, use the intercooler setup that I still have from my 89. Throw in an alison At545 that ive been tripping over for a few years, and then throw a rockwell axle out of a fedex truck in the rear, I'm told they are geared quite high, so it may allow for 70MPH towing with the 3 speed non-lock allison. Those axles have the big 10lug pattern for 19.5's and I know I can pick up those tires and rims for DIRT cheep. they also have stock spring pad width, so that works nicely. Most of these parts i allready have, besides the rear axle. It should be a fun project.
I'll throw up some more pics in the morning this is the only one ive got, Can wait to be back in an 89