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Offline tomduelly

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Hello from Alaska
« on: November 28, 2011, 10:38:09 pm »
Great site! Glad I found it. This is my '87 1-ton crew cab duelly. I got it from the Lewis County fire dept. the thing was garage kept since it was new and had 46k on it. powered by tbi 350/th400 4.10 diff.  Thinkin about putting some kind of a diesel under the hood cause fuel economy sucks.
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Re: Hello from Alaska
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2011, 10:40:26 pm »
Howdy from Texas!
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Re: Hello from Alaska
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2011, 10:44:46 pm »
Welcome from NW Indiana
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Offline Irish_Alley

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Re: Hello from Alaska
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2011, 11:56:56 pm »
welcome from maryland
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Re: Hello from Alaska
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2011, 12:21:41 am »
     Welcome from California.
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Offline mach1mustang351

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Re: Hello from Alaska
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2011, 12:55:57 am »
I'm in Alaska too!!!
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Offline 1982 Daily Driver

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Re: Hello from Alaska
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2011, 06:32:26 am »
Welcome from South Carolina
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Offline Big Katz

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Re: Hello from Alaska
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2011, 09:07:48 am »
Hello from fellow Alaskan. Where are you located at?
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Offline 69byrd

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Re: Hello from Alaska
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2011, 11:00:08 am »
Welcome from TN
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Offline DustyRusty

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Re: Hello from Alaska
« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2011, 03:47:10 pm »
Welcome from another Alaskan.  Seems to be more and more of us in Alaska joining the site.

Are you thinking a Duramax or Cummins?  Cummins up here can be found but are generally overpriced.  There were never many of the Dodge pu sold back in the late 80s or early 90s w/ Cummins.  Demand outpaces supply and salvage yards charge a premium.  Watch CraigsList on a daily basis, be patient and a deal may come your way.  I've seen a few Duramax diesels on CraigsList but haven't really followed prices for them.

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Offline tomduelly

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Re: Hello from Alaska
« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2011, 01:50:51 am »
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. I'm located in Haines which makes it very tough to find a good used diesel to swap with. I really want to find a 12v cummins to put in there but, like you say they're so overpriced. I'm really in a pickle because a friend gave me a 5 cyl turbo Mecedes ,but I'm so worried it's gonna be under powered.

  Mercedes powered Chevy- I don't know whether to say "wow cool!" or puke :-\
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Re: Hello from Alaska
« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2011, 09:45:56 pm »
Howdy and welcome from CA.
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