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General Site Info => Welcome => Topic started by: Timekeeper46 on May 31, 2011, 12:39:50 pm
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Just bought a GMC pickup yesterday. I am sure I will have some questions, so thought this might be a good place to get started. My "new" acquisition is an '84 stepside. It is amazingly solid and runs and drives like a dream. It has a transplanted 327 under the hood from a '62 Chevy. I look forward to spending time on this site and hopefully will be able to give some help as well as get some. Most of my experience is in body/paint repair and, mechanically, older Mopars.
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Welcome from Texas!
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welcome from northeast ohio
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Hey..thanks! Got a buddy in Texas.... New Braunfels, I think it is. Thanks to Ohio, too...got an E-mail buddy in Aurora.
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Welcome from ND. More info and pics please.
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awesome .... so, how are you liking the 327 ?
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Hope it is cooler in ND than NC! Close to 100 here, today. I really don't have a lot of info on the truck, except it is an '84 GMC which came with a 305. For whatever reason (performance probably) the 327 was dropped in. The engine was rebuilt about 30,000 miles back. It has a TH350 which is going to get a shift kit soon. The owner thinks it has a fairly high road gear in the rear end. I will probably go to a 3:42. The engine has headers, duals and Edelbrock performer intake and carb. Will probably replace this as well with a new Qjet. It is a very solid well cared for truck. I plan to put it back close to stock except for the running gear. This is the first 327 I have ever owned. I currently own two 305s, one in a G20 '95 Chevy van and the other in a '91 Olds Custom Cruiser. I had a 350 in a Malibu and loved it. I am going to research the 327 and try to determine which one it is , as HP goes. I will pull a valve cover and check the casting number on the head. Will make more pics soon.
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Didn't know these pics would be larger...here's the rear again.....
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sounds like you got a similar deal as i did also welcome from nc and man u got it eight its hot out now. my truck i got was a c-30 which had a 454 in it but someone put a 366 out of a dump truck in it. that blew and couldnt find a good 454 so it now has another 366 out of a box truck and it will haul anything i want it to
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Welcome from South Carolina
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sounds like and looks like a great truck.
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I bought the truck in SC. The right turn signal is not working right, so I will have to fix that in order to get the NC inspection Nazis to pass it so I can get my plate. It is a solid truck. All I see is a small spot of filler in the hood where a small dent was filled. I am going to put some chrome taillights on it like came on late 50s and early 60s. I like the bolt on lights on a stepside for whatever reason. Of course, the lights in the rear fenders will be filled. Finding the right color of red will be the biggest challenge.
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Welcome from NW Indiana
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Thanks for all the great welcomes! I am a member on a few other sites, but the folks here seem to be the friendliest! Looking forward to seeing what all is on here. As mentioned before, I have worked on small block Mopars for so long that I know mostly what will fit what and what parts will interchange, but Chevys are kinda new and it will take a while to re-learn.
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Great lookin step side!!! Welcome from Tennessee
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sweet ride
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Welcome from Alaska, land of the midnight sun.
Rusty
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welcome from NE Ohio!
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Thanks for all the great messages! Also, Beatsie_3, Semper Fi to you, as well. I served a hitch in the USMC, too. Was in HMX-1, Quantico, VA in 60s.
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Were you a MP? Dunno if HMX were MPs back then as they are all now...