Someone mentioned a square body thread somewhere

[Daserlon]

Todays load on my 87 Chevy square body

 

[MarcS]

Nice. I had an ‘87 half ton that I drove for 13 years. Rebuilt it with all OE body panels in high school and drove it till the floor rotted out and I was sitting in the gas tank. Lol. Good truck but the 305 and Muncie 465 made for a terrible driving truck if I’m honest about it.

 

[KYsawman]

I have had several, one day I want to get another one. Top photo is a 1978 1 ton 383 striker with sm465 trans. Used it to pull snowmobile trailer when I raced. Second one is 1990 1 ton 454 ,sm465, that I converted to auto with overdrive. Third is 1984 K20 350, sm465. And last one is 1978 K10 350 auto.

 

[redline4]

Nice trucks! They all rot around here, rarely see any.
I had an 85 quite some time ago. Had a 305, 700r4 and 3.08 gears. It wouldnt spin on wet grass..
Ended up with a tbi injected 406 with vortec heads, overhauled the 700r4, and went with 4.10's and an Easton posi. 4" springs and 33" super swampers.
Body rotted and I sold it..

 

[JimBear]

@Dub11

 

[Bigmac]

Nice trucks! They all rot around here, rarely see any.
I had an 85 quite some time ago. Had a 305, 700r4 and 3.08 gears. It wouldnt spin on wet grass..
Ended up with a tbi injected 406 with vortec heads, overhauled the 700r4, and went with 4.10's and an Easton posi. 4" springs and 33" super swampers.
Body rotted and I sold it..

Ed, how did you like that motor combo? What cam did you use?

 

[Bigmac]

My 81, hoping to get it painted this winter, it’s the higher output 305, 4speed manual think it has 3.08 gears, dives nice and get great mpg!

 

[Canadian farm boy]

@XP_Slinger @RIDE-RED 350r I know you two fellas have a couple sweet azz square bodies.

 

[XP_Slinger]

@XP_Slinger @RIDE-RED 350r I know you two fellas have a couple sweet azz square bodies.

Thanks Mike.

 

[redline4]

Ed, how did you like that motor combo? What cam did you use?

It was a Comp cams 4x4 extreme cam. I dont recall the specs on it, but it wasn't very radical and was more of a flat torque curve cam which is what I wanted.
I feel the injectors I used in the swap to tbi were too small, and there was a bunch of tuning issues, likely because its such a simple system and we didnt really have a grasp on tuning at the time. It always had a "flat spot" at about 2600 where it would seem to bog slightly.
It ran great though. I should have just stuck to carbureted.. it ran better.

It did have some running hot issues with the plow on it. Big radiator and 5 blade fan helped a bit. Jammed chunks of 2x4 between the cowl and hood, slammed the hood and bent it up to make a redneck cowl hood, that really helped keep the heat down.

 

[XP_Slinger]

Y’all have some sweet looking squares. Here’s my 85. Nothing special stock 350 w/700R4, my hopes are to build up the engine and trans in the next year but we’ll see how life goes. Sitting on 33’s with a 2” rough country all spring lift. It’s no show truck but it holds its own up here in the rust belt.

 

[Dub11]

I'm here now

91 2500 350 Tbi 4l80e and now needing a master cylinder.

Donor 73-74 that everyone and their brother stops and asks about when Im outside.

I'll get a pic of the 85 here in a bit

 

[Dub11]

And here's my 85 K-10 shelf wait for a 454 to jump in to it.

 

[Lightning Performance]

91 2500 350 Tbi 4l80e and now needing a master cylinder
And a bath, really?...

 

[Dub11]

91 2500 350 Tbi 4l80e and now needing a master cylinder
And a bath, really?...

Bath?
WTF is that?

 

[NSEric]

I always liked these trucks.
I learned how to drive in a 86 4.3 4 barrel 3 on the tree.
The original owner custom ordered it that way, I thought it was an automatic until I seen the clutch pedal lol.

 

[Yukon Stihl]

I have about 20 hoarded up for old age.
I am going to put a cummins in one of my 1 ton crew cab 4x4's...one day

 

[RIDE-RED 350r]

My truck as as old as me, a '78 model.

 

[460 magnum]

MERICA!!

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

@Marshy