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    52 chev a.jpg52 chev b.jpg52 chev c.jpg52 chev d.jpg
    Brought home a new member of the herd
    Laying bed one morning and my girlfriend shows me the car that had just been posted for sale,we contact them and ask them to hold it for 3 hours while we drive to go get it.
    Having a rollback is awesome,you don't care if they have wheels or turn.
    This one had air in the tires and the brakes work
    90 Chev 3500 c/c 4x4,6.2na,400 auto,4:10 gears.DSG Timing gears,main girdle, isspro tach, pyro,boost,oil and trany temp.Dual Tstats, High volume peninsular pump,on shelf, Custom turbo and intercooler 85%complete. Change of plans for the dually, it's going to get a Cummins. Both trucks are Blue 90 4x4 crews

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    Very cool! Gonna put a diesel in it?

    Casey
    1995 K1500 Tahoe 2 door, 6.5LTD, 4L80E, NP241, 3.42's, 285/75R16 BFG K02's; 1997 506 block; Kennedy OPS harness, gauges, Quick Heat plugs, and TD-Max chip; Dtech FSD on FSD Cooler; vacuum pump deleted, HX35 turbo, Turbo Master, 3.5" Kennedy exhaust, F code intake; dual t/stats, HO water pump, Champion radiator; Racor fuel filter

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    Good score
    (1) 1995 Suburban 2500 4x4
    (1) 1997 Astro
    (1) 2005 Suburban (Papa Smurf)
    THIS IS BOW TIE COUNTRY

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    What Casey said. Diesel?
    1985 Blazer 6.2
    2001 GMC 2500HD D/A
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    A 6.2 rattling away under the hood would be an interesting swap
    (1) 1995 Suburban 2500 4x4
    (1) 1997 Astro
    (1) 2005 Suburban (Papa Smurf)
    THIS IS BOW TIE COUNTRY

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    The one thing i really liked was the car is unmolested,no hole in the dash for a cd player/cassette player
    The engine has been rebuilt,interior is in very nice shape.
    All the chrome and hubcaps are there.
    First plan is to get it running for July 1 parade,one guy in town has a 53 4 door that his dad bought new.He fried the clutch on the last pre covid parade so i challenged him to a race to the parade.
    In it's journey it was briefly in the scrap yard where they squished the gas tank with a fork,when i pulled it up the deck it started leaking on the angle,gas smelled good so i think getting it running will be a task that is possible.The brakes work that was a real bonus.Even the ebrake works and releases.
    90 Chev 3500 c/c 4x4,6.2na,400 auto,4:10 gears.DSG Timing gears,main girdle, isspro tach, pyro,boost,oil and trany temp.Dual Tstats, High volume peninsular pump,on shelf, Custom turbo and intercooler 85%complete. Change of plans for the dually, it's going to get a Cummins. Both trucks are Blue 90 4x4 crews

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    I drag enough home with a pickup and trailer... A rollback would just be asking for trouble!
    '94 GMC 6.5TD K1500 4L80E 2-Door Yukon SLE 221K
    '93 Chevrolet 6.5TD K2500HD NV4500 Std. Cab Longbed 187K
    '85 Toyota 22R RN60 4x4 Std. Cab Shortbed 178K (Currently retired for rebuild)
    Diesel Page Member #2423

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    Yea thats me...
    First 19 years of my shop it was with just a wheel lift/sling truck and i managed to fill my yard
    A rollback would have filled it sooner.
    I got into renting and selling 20ft containers,it's a must for containers
    5 years after i got the rollback my X left the territory,kinda wish i had got it sooner now looking back
    90 Chev 3500 c/c 4x4,6.2na,400 auto,4:10 gears.DSG Timing gears,main girdle, isspro tach, pyro,boost,oil and trany temp.Dual Tstats, High volume peninsular pump,on shelf, Custom turbo and intercooler 85%complete. Change of plans for the dually, it's going to get a Cummins. Both trucks are Blue 90 4x4 crews

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    Great project car. One of the first cars I learned to drive was a 53 2 door. Straight six and three on the tree (if you remember that you're showing your age). Up to 50 mph ran true and smooth. At 55 the front end would start to shimmy and the car would head for the ditch. Not for the faint of heart. Never could figure out the issue but kept my brother and me down to a safe speed. Still believe Dad wanted it that way .

    Good luck on your project.

    Bill
    91 Buick Roadmaster/Avant 6.2 NA conversion (gone but not forgotten)
    94 Cadillac Fleetwood (sold)
    08 Aerolight 23TT
    06 Vortec Max Silverado CC SB (sold)
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    Quote Originally Posted by convert2diesel View Post
    At 55 the front end would start to shimmy and the car would head for the ditch... Never could figure out the issue
    In my 1950 Ford Custom Convertible with the Continental tire kit, it was bad king pin bushings. (if you remember that you're showing your age!)
    The Constitution needs to be re-read, not re-written!

    If you can't handle Dr. Seuss, how will you handle real life?

    Current oil burners: MB GLK250 BlueTEC, John Deere X758
    New ride: MB GLS450 - most stately
    Gone but not forgotten: '87 F350 7.3, '93 C2500 6.5, '95 K2500 6.5, '06 K2500HD 6.6, '90 MB 350SDL, Kubota 7510

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    My plan is to get it running,check it's drive train out.
    It looks like a lot of work done to the front end,new parts 30 years ago type work. Then sat in a shop for years after.
    It needs a good cleaning to stop any rust issues from getting worse,like the trunk has dirt build up in lots of areas,all along the back of it the tin has rusted out,only because the dirt holds moisture.It needs a good cleaning underneath as well it still has mud from the Yukon's dirt roads days.
    I have whats left of a 30's Plymouth businessman's coupe that will get the hot-rod/rat-rod treatment Nothing left of the frame it was butchered up to make it a gasser.The body is all there no glass nothing is put together just a pile of old body parts looking for a new life.
    That one i have been considering a diesel for,now that i pay for carbon i thought seeing it would be OK
    90 Chev 3500 c/c 4x4,6.2na,400 auto,4:10 gears.DSG Timing gears,main girdle, isspro tach, pyro,boost,oil and trany temp.Dual Tstats, High volume peninsular pump,on shelf, Custom turbo and intercooler 85%complete. Change of plans for the dually, it's going to get a Cummins. Both trucks are Blue 90 4x4 crews

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