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Offline Jawn

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Jawn's new old truck... '87 Chevy half-ton
« on: June 16, 2016, 07:31:06 am »
New here, long time Chevy fan. Somebody from GarageJournal suggested I join this site.

I just got this '87 R10. It has a TBI 305 and 700R4, only 73k miles on the truck. I think it was originally 2-tone blue/white but somebody removed the trim and repainted it this darker metallic blue. Mostly in great shape for the age, but has some issues. Going to use it for my weekend hauler / country boy cadillac. :)

Could use tires... was thinking of going back to a LT235/75-15 for price/availability (stock was 225/75). Has 255/70 on it right now.

Exhaust is toast, good opportunity for upgrade... catback or whole shebang for true duals? Headers too or stick with the cast iron logs?

Needs alignment, but before that I saw at least one torn ball joint boot. Not sure if I should just swap that one out or go ahead and put all new ball joints and bushings up front before the alignment.

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Re: Jawn's new old truck... '87 Chevy half-ton
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2016, 07:33:27 am »
Underside porn... apparently a Georgia truck since new. Red mud but no body rust that I have found.
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Re: Jawn's new old truck... '87 Chevy half-ton
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2016, 08:00:28 am »
welcome from maryland
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Re: Jawn's new old truck... '87 Chevy half-ton
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2016, 01:16:01 pm »
Welcome from Kentucky.
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Offline Jason S

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Re: Jawn's new old truck... '87 Chevy half-ton
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2016, 02:17:27 pm »
Welcome from Kansas.
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Re: Jawn's new old truck... '87 Chevy half-ton
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2016, 04:39:22 pm »
Welcome from California
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Re: Jawn's new old truck... '87 Chevy half-ton
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2016, 05:12:03 pm »
Welcome from Illinois
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Re: Jawn's new old truck... '87 Chevy half-ton
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2016, 07:22:09 pm »
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Re: Jawn's new old truck... '87 Chevy half-ton
« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2016, 06:20:27 am »
Welcome from Wisconsin. That's a nice solid truck to start with!
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Re: Jawn's new old truck... '87 Chevy half-ton
« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2016, 09:06:01 pm »
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Offline 1967KaiserM715

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Re: Jawn's new old truck... '87 Chevy half-ton
« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2016, 06:08:54 am »
I would do dual exhaust with a x pipe and headers, that would go nice with the 305, and it should mount up to a 350 if you upgrade later.

Nice start for a truck.

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Re: Jawn's new old truck... '87 Chevy half-ton
« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2016, 06:24:10 am »
I would go ahead and do all ball joints. If one is bad, the others aren't far behind.

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Re: Jawn's new old truck... '87 Chevy half-ton
« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2016, 06:29:12 pm »
Quote from: XrayTedd on June 22, 2016, 06:24:10 am
I would go ahead and do all ball joints. If one is bad, the others aren't far behind.

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I agree, I had one bad one, two others were very dry and scored up when I removed them


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Re: Jawn's new old truck... '87 Chevy half-ton
« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2016, 07:18:19 pm »
Welcome from Southern Maryland  :)
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Offline Jawn

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Re: Jawn's new old truck... '87 Chevy half-ton
« Reply #14 on: June 23, 2016, 09:10:09 am »
Thanks for the welcomes!

I was eyeballing a Hooker manifold-back system from Summit... cheap... doesn't appear to have an X-pipe though. How well does the TBI system do with aftermarket headers (specifically, keeping O2 sensor function)?

As to the ball joints and control arm bushings... I see there's a complete Moog upper control arm available... any drawbacks to them? I figure it's worth the little extra $ to not have to drill out riveted ball joints or press in control arm bushings. 'Course I'll still have to contend with the lowers.

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