86 C-10 First Things First

Getting a 86 Chevy Truck 350 rebuilt trans Grandpa driven barely 10 miles a month just to haul trash

So if you were getting this vehicle tomorrow what direction would you take?

What would be the first thing you fixed-upgraded-took off?

Tune-up, wash, and enjoy a Proper Truck.

It will do a fine job of hauling trash and all the other stuff you find you end up using a truck for. It will then also be ready to go when your project car needs parts or doesn't want to take you to work...

Still will haul parts pretty well. I've always liked that body style.

Its a truck, the second to last of the proper trucks from GM, use it for truck things.

In reply to Kenny_McCormic:

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Those trucks are super easy to work on. I'd go through the recommended maintenance list first then drive it. Lots of resto or aftermarket parts no matter what direction you choose.

got pics?

Lots can be done, are you looking for a hot rod project, daily driver, or tow rig?

I was just thinking a couple days ago that my ideal truck for any money would be a brand new '86 GM 3/4 ton p/u. I'm on the fence about 2 vs 4wd and SBC vs BBC. I'm leaning toward the latter in the first debate, and the former in the second.

Of course, on the same trip I was having this thought, my '88 GMC 1500 died while I was driving it. It knows I'm thinking about other trucks...

I have a 91 Toyota Truck I hunt out of and Daily. Mud tires on pavement and a daughter that plays travel ball year round don't go together! One of these 2 trucks will be a daily and one I will coonhunt and fly my falconry bird out of. I will get pics this weekend of this $500 new toy. The Toyota is so light and does so well in the muddy backroads around here I'm thinking it may get designated the hunting rig and the Chevy will be a daily driven to and from work and to every Ball field in Georgia! I do like that basic clean look of these trucks I couldn't go lower and still get down my road safely. Anything these trucks had repetitive problems with? I have always been a mini truck guy.....

If auto, add cooling beyond the stock cooler in the radiator. As I recall riding in the one my dad had when I was a kid, if the vent windows leak, stack pennies under the latch.

alex wrote: I was just thinking a couple days ago that my ideal truck for any money would be a brand new '86 GM 3/4 ton p/u. I'm on the fence about 2 vs 4wd and SBC vs BBC. I'm leaning toward the latter in the first debate, and the former in the second. Of course, on the same trip I was having this thought, my '88 GMC 1500 died while I was driving it. It knows I'm thinking about other trucks...

oh you mean this? http://omaha.craigslist.org/cto/3610930459.html

redbonechkn wrote: I have a 91 Toyota Truck I hunt out of and Daily. Mud tires on pavement and a daughter that plays travel ball year round don't go together! One of these 2 trucks will be a daily and one I will coonhunt and fly my falconry bird out of. I will get pics this weekend of this $500 new toy. The Toyota is so light and does so well in the muddy backroads around here I'm thinking it may get designated the hunting rig and the Chevy will be a daily driven to and from work and to every Ball field in Georgia! I do like that basic clean look of these trucks I couldn't go lower and still get down my road safely. Anything these trucks had repetitive problems with? I have always been a mini truck guy.....

not really.

you let gm build exactly the same truck for over a decade, it comes out pretty good.

redbonechkn wrote: I have a 91 Toyota Truck I hunt out of and Daily. Mud tires on pavement and a daughter that plays travel ball year round don't go together! One of these 2 trucks will be a daily and one I will coonhunt and fly my falconry bird out of. I will get pics this weekend of this $500 new toy. The Toyota is so light and does so well in the muddy backroads around here I'm thinking it may get designated the hunting rig and the Chevy will be a daily driven to and from work and to every Ball field in Georgia! I do like that basic clean look of these trucks I couldn't go lower and still get down my road safely. Anything these trucks had repetitive problems with? I have always been a mini truck guy.....

Other than rust, there isn't much to go wrong.

start a falconry thread

please, please

My falconry hobby just got started and ended just as fast

redbonechkn wrote: Getting a 86 Chevy Truck 350 rebuilt trans Grandpa driven barely 10 miles a month just to haul trash So if you were getting this vehicle tomorrow what direction would you take? What would be the first thing you fixed-upgraded-took off?

86 was a great year. You'll still have a flat-tappet cam, but it was the last carb'd truck.

Look for cab-mount rust and repair as necessary. Otherwise, its darn near bulletproof.