Nothing quite like an old truck, even better with a story behind it. This truck belonged to my grandfather who passed away on 9/11/2014, growing up I spent a lot of time with him, in his shop with his old GM trucks and Allis Chalmers tractors. He made his living as an owner-operator truck driver and lived for his family.
It's a 1988 R30, Custom Deluxe trim and a true Cab and Chassis truck with a 135.5" wheelbase 350 TBI L05 engine, TH400 3L80 transmission and open 4.10 14 bolt cab and chassis rear end. it has the 10,000lb GVW brake system and being a 1 ton has Hydroboost. The bed is the rustiest part of the truck, and is sadly welded to the frame rather than bolted. There is still factory black paint on the frame, not bad for a truck that spent its whole life in Northern Ohio.
He had the truck tucked away in the fenced in area of his property.
The air cleaner had been left off the top of the engine for several years and the TBI unit was a mess, I rebuilt it and installed new injectors.
I haven't really messed with it in months even though I know what's wrong with it, the distributor is not getting 12V and with these TBI, No spark = No fuel. I need to figure out what my grandfather did to this since he wanted to "get rid of that fuel injection junk and put on a Quadrajet and HEI."
It's a 1988 R30, Custom Deluxe trim and a true Cab and Chassis truck with a 135.5" wheelbase 350 TBI L05 engine, TH400 3L80 transmission and open 4.10 14 bolt cab and chassis rear end. it has the 10,000lb GVW brake system and being a 1 ton has Hydroboost. The bed is the rustiest part of the truck, and is sadly welded to the frame rather than bolted. There is still factory black paint on the frame, not bad for a truck that spent its whole life in Northern Ohio.
He had the truck tucked away in the fenced in area of his property.
The air cleaner had been left off the top of the engine for several years and the TBI unit was a mess, I rebuilt it and installed new injectors.
I haven't really messed with it in months even though I know what's wrong with it, the distributor is not getting 12V and with these TBI, No spark = No fuel. I need to figure out what my grandfather did to this since he wanted to "get rid of that fuel injection junk and put on a Quadrajet and HEI."
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