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Offline westsidek20

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Re: 1978 Chevy 4x4 - Thinking about buying it
« Reply #15 on: August 11, 2011, 04:39:24 pm »
Ive never seen the behemoth before, at first glance i thought i was looking at one of does F650's.
Is the behemoth the one in the transformenrs movie?
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Offline Mike Phillips

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Re: 1978 Chevy 4x4 - Thinking about buying it
« Reply #16 on: August 11, 2011, 06:27:20 pm »
Quote from: westsidek20 on August 11, 2011, 04:39:24 pm

Is the behemoth the one in the transformenrs movie?


No, it's pretty cool though and a blast to drive around.

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Offline Mike Phillips

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Re: 1978 Chevy 4x4 - Thinking about buying it
« Reply #17 on: August 11, 2011, 06:29:57 pm »
I'm going for a test drive on Sunday.

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Offline westsidek20

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Re: 1978 Chevy 4x4 - Thinking about buying it
« Reply #18 on: August 11, 2011, 07:33:44 pm »
Nice  ;D
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Offline Mike Phillips

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Re: 1978 Chevy 4x4 - Thinking about buying it
« Reply #19 on: August 14, 2011, 04:08:52 pm »
Went and looked at this 1978 Chevy Truck today, the owner got it fired up and it runs but won't idle down.  Gas in clear fuel filter looks like it needs to be drained and replaced.














I made an offer of $3000.00 and he'll take it.  Then I found an all original, one-owner 1978 Blazer here,

http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=21407.0

I want the truck but the Blazer looks like it's in really good shape and it sounds like the original owner took good care of it.

Mike
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Offline Mike Phillips

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Re: 1978 Chevy 4x4 - Thinking about buying it
« Reply #20 on: August 18, 2011, 08:54:50 pm »
Just made the deal to buy this truck.

After I get it home I'll take some pictures of the front steering system.  I need to re-do to make it right.  I also purchased a Turbo 350/NP208 to replace the 4 speed for $300.00

I wanted to go with Turbo 400/NP205 but this is for the most part going to be a pavement pounder so I'm sure the 350/208 will work just fine.

Guess I'll be active on this forum again as I'll be relying on my forum buddies here to help me get this thing roadworthy.  On a side note, I made a new how-to DVD with Matt Steele today from Truck U on Speed Channel so sometime in the future you can expect to see this new toy at a Florida TrucksGoneWild.com event.



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Re: 1978 Chevy 4x4 - Thinking about buying it
« Reply #21 on: August 19, 2011, 11:03:22 am »
congrats Mike!  What is the video on?
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Offline Mike Phillips

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Re: 1978 Chevy 4x4 - Thinking about buying it
« Reply #22 on: August 20, 2011, 01:10:43 pm »
Quote from: Captkaos on August 19, 2011, 11:03:22 am
congrats Mike!  What is the video on?

Car Detailing in general and how to polish paint by machine to remove swirls.


Going to go get the truck tomorrow morning.  Need to get a carburetor for it, crossover steering, brakes, bunch of stuff.


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Re: 1978 Chevy 4x4 - Thinking about buying it
« Reply #23 on: August 20, 2011, 01:25:21 pm »
The 2 look nice sitting next to each other...
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Offline Mike Phillips

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Re: 1978 Chevy 4x4 - Thinking about buying it
« Reply #24 on: August 21, 2011, 11:17:07 am »
Brought her home...





Drove the truck up on the trailer, the Big Block runs great just won't idle so I'm starting with troubleshooting the carb and looking for simple things like vacuum leaks.  As soon as I figure out the problem and get the truck to run normal the engine, tranny and transfercase are coming out.

I love having a project to work on...


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Re: 1978 Chevy 4x4 - Thinking about buying it
« Reply #25 on: August 21, 2011, 11:27:43 am »
That last pic looks awesome! I saw a similar style truck like the white one the other day coming back from Pismo. It was ALL black with a touch of chrome. It was awesome.

So youre going to get the engine running right and then pull it?  ???
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Re: 1978 Chevy 4x4 - Thinking about buying it
« Reply #26 on: August 21, 2011, 11:35:47 am »
I was hoping that you would buy the 3/4 ton instead of the blazer. You already have a cool blazer and you needed one of each.  ;D

You certainly had enough truck and trailer to bring that home with!
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Re: 1978 Chevy 4x4 - Thinking about buying it
« Reply #27 on: August 21, 2011, 11:42:34 am »
that pic makes the 3/4 look so small lol
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Re: 1978 Chevy 4x4 - Thinking about buying it
« Reply #28 on: August 21, 2011, 11:51:25 am »
great pics man   ...
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Offline Mike Phillips

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Re: 1978 Chevy 4x4 - Thinking about buying it
« Reply #29 on: August 21, 2011, 02:58:33 pm »
Quote from: beastie_3 on August 21, 2011, 11:27:43 am

So youre going to get the engine running right and then pull it?  ???

Yes, I want to clean everything up and paint it and then put it all back so that I know everything is bolted in right and tight.  I have to remove the 4-speed manual transmission and install an automatic transmission too, so I'm going take it all out, clean everything up and then re-install everything.

I'm going to fix this one up to look really nice.  Think I found a set of 12" wide slotted mags for it.

Getting ready to do a compression check right now...

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