We’ve been reading through this forum and see there’s a wealth of knowledge to be learnt from here. Looking forward to interacting with everyone.
Unfortunately for us, the Rand/Dollar exchange is quite hectic so we will need to try and manufacture or source as much as possible locally. As much as we would love to pick up a catalogue and click buy, the pocket won’t allow for it.
We’ve seen so many beautiful trucks posted all over the internet, and the idea is to build a updated truck with slightly more modern suspension bits, upgraded brakes, aircon and power steering. Looks wise, we’ll still settle on colours etc later on, but if we could land up with something like this, we’d be happy.
These are the wheels we would prefer for it, but after a few pricing exercises they may land up on a wish list only.
A set of these Salt Flat wheels are on the wish list, however we may need to settle on a different wheel as by the time these land at our door we’re looking at about $4500 which is pretty steep.
We purchased the truck with a Chevy LM7 motor, which is a 5.3l cast iron V8. It also came with a 4L80 gearbox.
Having gone through a “LS” build before, we opted to rather purchase a running vehicle and managed to source this 2006 Chevy Lumina SS.
The Chevy Lumina here in South Africa is a Australian sourced Holden Commodore which has a 5.7l LS motor in it with a 4l60e box. Later models came out with the 6.0l LS2.
The car took a hard knock on its side. However it still drives, is completely stock with 120k km’s on the clock with a full service history.
This way, we will be able to use the motor, gearbox and have access to the computer box, which the LM7 doesn’t have. We may also still be able to salvage the callipers and some other odds and ends.
