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Title: newbie uk york
Post by: impco lpg on December 21, 2015, 12:13:36 pm: hi all im neil from uk york. had a few american vehicles over the years. im in the process of doing up my 1985 chevy c10 2wd stepside. only had it six months, was originally red but been changed to brown/bronze. not the best color in the world. its got a 5.0ltr 305 small block.
mods so far
impco lpg with 180ltr tank in back
custom s/steel exhaust stacks
rear bed chequer plate
new dash gauges/ 14 inch steering wheel
ac removal/delete
twin kenlowe rad fans
to do list change interior to black, stereo up grade, 3 inch lift and 33 inch tires
hopeing to get some good ideas from this forum cheers neil
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Post by: zieg85 on December 21, 2015, 12:22:54 pm: Welcome from west central IL
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Post by: AZ87V10 on December 21, 2015, 12:42:28 pm: Welcome from Northeast AZ!
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Post by: LTZ C20 on December 21, 2015, 01:44:57 pm: Welcome from central California. Pictures? Also, it may have been a miss type, you stated it had a 5.0L 350. Did you mean 5.0L 305 or a 5.7L 350.

In the small block family a 5.0L is 305 cubic inches. A 5.7L is 350 cubic inches. So just curious which engine it has?
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Post by: impco lpg on December 21, 2015, 02:18:16 pm: thanks guys yeah sorry its a 305
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Post by: LTZ C20 on December 21, 2015, 10:19:49 pm: No problem. The diamond plate with the black tanks looks good. It's a little strange with the stacks, here most people only put stacks on if it's a diesel engine. Not to bad looking tho, color is nice.
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Post by: philo_beddoe on December 22, 2015, 05:42:52 pm: Sharp looking truck, greetings from Wales. Uhh, that'd be Wales, Massachusetts, not Wales, UK. Cheerio.
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Post by: SilverMiner on December 22, 2015, 08:29:09 pm: Welcome from North Idaho, impco lpg!

I would love to hear more about your truck. Left hand drive or RHD? How does a truck of that vintage manage to find its way to York? What do your mates think of it?
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Post by: Tazman on December 22, 2015, 10:13:52 pm: Welcome from AZ.,nice truck.
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Post by: impco lpg on December 23, 2015, 07:29:43 am: cheers chaps,
the stacks might be strange on a petrol/lpg but they sound good :)
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Post by: LTZ C20 on December 23, 2015, 09:53:12 am: Nothing wrong with that.
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Post by: Irish_Alley on December 23, 2015, 05:08:30 pm: welcome from maryland
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Post by: impco lpg on January 03, 2016, 05:30:56 am: Quote from: SilverMiner on December 22, 2015, 08:29:09 pm
Welcome from North Idaho, impco lpg!

I would love to hear more about your truck. Left hand drive or RHD? How does a truck of that vintage manage to find its way to York? What do your mates think of it?

its a lhd truck, a dealer imported it to the uk, so i am the first registered keeper in the uk :)
its not the original engine. its had a rebuilt one fitted b4 been shipped only got 21,500 miles on it. there are alot of american cars/trucks over here, but not many in york but turn heads were ever you go. this was my dodge ram b4 i got the stepside
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROuh2o3Ikho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjfx_nXAfKQ
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Post by: English on January 09, 2016, 07:13:28 am: Welcome... from the UK! I'm on the South coast. Does this mean I have to change my username, now there's two of us on this side of the pond?
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Post by: Jason S on January 09, 2016, 11:01:41 am: Howdy from Kansas!
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Post by: Blazin on January 30, 2016, 08:06:51 pm: Welcome from New Hampshaa.