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Originally Posted by 84 400
Glad to see its getting back going. Reading through i thought you might be better off letting it go but glad you got it back on track.
I saved my 77 once and got it back on the roads for about 12 years but the road salt ate it up. Now i am rebuilding it again…. Itsalot harder this time beibg 4 hours away and having to take vaca from work to get it done. But i know its a now or never kind of deal. Worked a bunch of OT and farmed out the major body welding. Going to do all the paint myself. Keep at it stick to the plan and little by little.
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I’ll be honest I’ve considered selling it many times. But never did. I guess I’m a stubborn old goat. When I first got the truck these trucks weren’t really popular. There were some basic aftermarket stuff for them but that was it. The Obs trucks were super popular and the 67-72 trucks were gaining momentum big time.
I was 19 and I wanted something with a V8 and rear wheel drive. I’d been working my two jobs for several months saving up. I’d been cruising a 1980 Mazda GLC. So the thought of something that could actually get out of its own way was the ticket.
My uncle was coming out of his second marriage and needed to sell it so he could get a car. I was keen on the truck for sure. I’d known the truck almost my entire life. Had worked on it and changed the oil in it just about every time it needed it. So in some ways it was fate.
I can’t deny that it’s been a love hate relationship. We’ve gone places and done some stupid stuff. I’ve been to a mud bog with it. Got it stuck and covered in mud. I wouldn’t trade that experience for anything. I came close to selling it once but I really didn’t want to. I sold multiple other vehicles while owning this one though. Only two of those I’d liked to have kept. One was a Chevy Luv that was a dually with a small block in it. It was fast.
This old truck is rusty. It isn’t as rusty as some I’ve seen. It’s been repainted once in its life. Which means it was done in the early 80s. It’s had some questionable mods done to it, like have the HEI taken out and a points distributor put in. It has manual brakes. In honestly only seen maybe two other trucks that had manual brakes from the factory. For this truck to be a Silverado you’d think it would’ve had power brakes.
Thanks for looking in and taking interest in rusty pile. Let’s get cracking on this thing.