Nicely optioned cheyenne 20 i picked up
 

Sister In law saw this along side the road for sale and called to let me know. Needless to say, it has a new home. Kind of an odd combination with the BB/4speed, but manual steering. And yes that is a 2bbl carb under there. Seems to run and drive pretty good. It has rust, but not real bad for MN standards. I think the dually will have to go...
Enjoy

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Very nice truck! Was the rear end swapped onto the original frame or the entire frame swapped out?

I guess he could not find PS brackets for that BB when the original engine was swapped out.

Bill

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I think they just added the dually rear end.
You don't think the engine is original?

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MMmm a 556 paint truck with buckets too, very nice.
I'd punt the DRW stuff also :) Would be very nice restored.
Have the engine stamping number from the front pad? Or the casting code?

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I like it as is as an example of how things were done along the way. I would leave it as is till it actually got a proper restoration back to the wonderful truck it was as original. It has it's own appeal now as is. Quite a conversation piece.

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L47 on the SPID is 400 big block; at least mine came that way from the factory. As for the two-barrel, are you sure? Mine has a Q-Jet. If it really is a 454, the ID on the engine will be different.

Also, 2-jet Rochesters could be found on big block engines, so if the engine is a 454, it probably came that way, and was installed as a complete assembly.

And, yes, that is a nicely optioned truck!

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Is under hood green different than exterior\interior green?

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Looks like TKA on the pad.

It would be a nice one to bring back to its original glory.

Yes it is a 2bbl, no reason to think it is a 454.

Under hood is still the original color. It had a color change many years ago it appears.

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TKA, 1971-72 Big Block 402. I would guess the carb has been changed which gained nothing.

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My bad, I have no idea where my thought that it had a 454 came from. Must have been the mushrooms on my salad yesterday.

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Im just a'sayin.... :) (one of my favorite combos)

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Neat truck and one of the better looking dually conversions I have seen.

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It has manual steering, tilt wheel, am radio and sliding back glass, no a/c, 2 brl big block, CST, Cheyenne trim, camper wiring, tool box. No wheel and tire size listed. Strange combo indeed.

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I would think the carb/intake was changed out, but is there a chance it is original yet?

Must have been good shrooms.

It is a nice color combo you posted.

Pretty good hack job behind the flares.

Along with tach and buckets...

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Wow, Nice score Eric!

The 2BBL setup is definitely not original to the truck, it was only available in 1969 on full size Chevys as option L66 a 265HP 396.

They were a tire smoking torque engine that got decent gas mileage, (I had one in a 69 Impala wagon that actually achieved 16mpg) If you haven't driven it much give it a whirl it might really surprise you.

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Wanna sell it? Lol. Awesome truck that deserves a proper resto. What an option list

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Thanks for the info. The little bit I did drive it seemed plenty "torquey", but without knowing the rear gears in the dually, I assumed it may have been that.

Money talks. Would be nice to see a proper resto on it.

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Were P/B standard or added later? It seems to me that someone messed up when they ordered it without P/S- why pay for all the other goodies, but not get the basics? Nice truck- hope it gets restored

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Leave it dually! I like it, for oddity's sake if nothing else! Cool score...

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I'd remove the DRW and restore that thing to 100% bone stock. It's a very nicely optioned camper rig!

Or keep the DRW and do a sympathetic cleanup on it, but the way it's optioned... tilt, tach, slider, toolbox, the works!

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If it's a clean DRW conversion, would it have been done by a RV outfitter. I have only seen one truck this body style with fenders like that, and it was probably 30 years ago.