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Offline Timekeeper46

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New member from NC
« on: May 31, 2011, 12:39:50 pm »
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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Offline RCCoors

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Re: New member from NC
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2011, 12:45:02 pm »
Welcome from Texas!
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Re: New member from NC
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2011, 12:48:56 pm »
welcome from northeast ohio
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Re: New member from NC
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2011, 12:52:25 pm »
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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Offline Grim 82

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Re: New member from NC
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2011, 01:09:42 pm »
Welcome from ND. More info and pics please.
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Re: New member from NC
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2011, 01:13:46 pm »
awesome .... so, how are you liking the 327 ?
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Offline Timekeeper46

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Re: New member from NC
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2011, 02:02:56 pm »
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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Offline Timekeeper46

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Re: New member from NC
« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2011, 02:06:03 pm »
Didn't know these pics would be larger...here's the rear again.....
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Re: New member from NC
« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2011, 02:06:22 pm »
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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Re: New member from NC
« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2011, 02:23:40 pm »
Welcome from South Carolina
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Re: New member from NC
« Reply #10 on: May 31, 2011, 02:36:40 pm »
sounds like and looks like a great truck.
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Offline Timekeeper46

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Re: New member from NC
« Reply #11 on: May 31, 2011, 03:28:50 pm »
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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Re: New member from NC
« Reply #12 on: May 31, 2011, 04:25:13 pm »
Welcome from NW Indiana
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Offline Timekeeper46

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Re: New member from NC
« Reply #13 on: May 31, 2011, 06:52:24 pm »
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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Re: New member from NC
« Reply #14 on: May 31, 2011, 06:58:12 pm »
Great lookin step side!!! Welcome from Tennessee
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