Someone mentioned a square body thread somewhere

[cgraham1]

Square bodies are cool, but I’m kinda partial to the ‘67-72 4wd trucks and Blazers. My brother bought this ‘71 or ‘72 right after high school. It was a 350/4 spd/NP205, but he put a 454 and 3/4 ton axles in it... and not long after, totaled it coming home from a Super Bowl party.

 

[Dub11]

Here is a cool little square body story.

 

[XP_Slinger]

Square bodies are cool, but I’m kinda partial to the ‘67-72 4wd trucks and Blazers. My brother bought this ‘71 or ‘72 right after high school. It was a 350/4 spd/NP205, but he put a 454 and 3/4 ton axles in it... and not long after, totaled it coming home from a Super Bowl party.

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Absolutely love that body style, only reason I don’t have one is they’re a little out of my reach. Even squares are getting ridiculous in price, glad I bought mine 12 years ago before values sky rocketed.

 

[XP_Slinger]

Haha. Nope... all electric.

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That little bugger caught my eye while browsing the Traxxas website for my sons Christmas gift last year. Coolest truck they make!

 

[cgraham1]

That little bugger caught my eye while browsing the Traxxas website for my sons Christmas gift last year. Coolest truck they make!

When I was a kid you could’ve bought a real Blazer for less than that Traxxas cost.

 

[Yukon Stihl]

i have been hoarding GM trucks from 67 on up for years.
67-72 vintage i have about a dozen from shortbox 2WD to 4x4's
73 on up squares i have about 30, everything but a decent blazer.I have one that was burnt but a good frame and one that was hit head on it still has a good back tub and roof,and one 2wd with a rusted body with the full fiberglass roof

 

[Dub11]

Man I can't believe I didn't share this here.

So this was in front of Bishops in Perry ( a sweet saw shop by the way) it's a crew cab with the back of another crew cab added on setting on bags.

 

[Daserlon]

Got another one today. Its so nice having an onboard air compressor for the air bags. I didnt have one for years. It used to be kinda painful going for wood with 60psi in the bags and an empty truck on crapy dirt roads.

 

[XP_Slinger]

When I was a kid you could’ve bought a real Blazer for less than that Traxxas cost.

That’s a fact.

Got another one today. Its so nice having an onboard air compressor for the air bags. I didnt have one for years. It used to be kinda painful going for wood with 60psi in the bags and an empty truck on crapy dirt roads.
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Every dude in a newer truck that sees yours loaded like that and says “WTF?” Lmao

 

[cgraham1]

Got another one today. Its so nice having an onboard air compressor for the air bags. I didnt have one for years. It used to be kinda painful going for wood with 60psi in the bags and an empty truck on crapy dirt roads.
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My 1980 K30 had stiff ass springs... so stiff that I never felt the need for airbags!



My 2016 SuperDuty needs them, though.

 

[Yukon Stihl]

My 1980 K30 had stiff ass springs... so stiff that I never felt the need for airbags!

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My 2016 SuperDuty needs them, though.

My 91 is like that,pulled my deck trailer with 24 drums of gas and 7 in the back of the truck and it may have settled 2 ",no equalizer required.
Highly overweight but only had to take it 200 miles so i wasn't worried,made the 6.2 work a bit going uphill but no issues other slow uphill.

 

[Dub11]

My 91 is like that,pulled my deck trailer with 24 drums of gas and 7 in the back of the truck and it may have settled 2 ",no equalizer required.
Highly overweight but only had to take it 200 miles so i wasn't worried,made the 6.2 work a bit going uphill but no issues other slow uphill.

Only 200 miles lol.

Poor 6.2

 

[cgraham1]

Mine was a worn out 454/SM465. It was painfully slow, and the oversteer when loaded like that was pretty severe. Plus the brakes sucked.

I wish I could get an old square body truck that had the HP, braking, and overall driving characteristics of a 2020 SuperDuty.

 

[Bigmac]

Mine was a worn out 454/SM465. It was painfully slow, and the oversteer when loaded like that was pretty severe. Plus the brakes sucked.

I wish I could get an old square body truck that had the HP, braking, and overall driving characteristics of a 2020 SuperDuty.

You could but it would be expensive! Duramax swap,(Cummins would be easier) coil over 3-4link front and ford caliper swap, or and hydro boost master and disks in the back. Would cost what a new truck costs, but it would be cool and not loose value like a new truck

 

[cgraham1]

I saw an older truck that a guy used the entire frame (running gear, wiring, etc.). He cut the entire cab off but left the firewall, dash, and floor, then swapped the entire top half of the older cab onto the newer truck.

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

I saw an older truck that a guy used the entire frame (running gear, wiring, etc.). He cut the entire cab off but left the firewall, dash, and floor, then swapped the entire top half of the older cab onto the newer truck.

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Sweet. I wonder if you could swap a GMT800 or GMT900 body chevy truck with a squarebody the same way? The only thing is that the old chevy dash is definitely part of the fun.

 

[Steve]

Hauled this home for a friend this evening. Starts and runs. 4x4 works and drove it on and off the trailer. Has a cracked head or blown head gasket. Getting air bubbles in the radiator.

 

[Steve]

 

[Bigmac]

Hauled this home for a friend this evening. Starts and runs. 4x4 works and drove it on and off the trailer. Has a cracked head or blown head gasket. Getting air bubbles in the radiator.


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Cool, around here in the city people like those diesels because you can stuff a hot rod motor in there and they don’t have to pass smog!

 

[Bigmac]

Man I can't believe I didn't share this here.
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So this was in front of Bishops in Perry ( a sweet saw shop by the way) it's a crew cab with the back of another crew cab added on setting on bags.

That was cool, that blazer is awesome! Dennis is a cool guy!