ChinaLakePW
Member
Pretty good chance that was me.
Lets see some full size pictures...
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SherwoodSmokehouse
Member
Hello all, Patrick from NC here. Here's a picture of my 1987 V1500 Sierra in Hot Springs, NC last year. In a previous life it was an SC fish and game truck. I picked it up from the first civilian owner a couple years ago. As you can see he took excellent care of it, and had it painted a few years ago. Aside from the wheels and tires it's bone stock (PO installed those). All I've done since owning it is replace both fuel pumps, the selector valve, rebuild the throttle body, and do a tune up. It still runs great with only 167k on the stock 350 TBI. It's also got a 700R4/NP208. I'll start a build thread on it one day, but have a 4 month old boy keeping me busy at the moment. 
Sock Puppet
Adventurer
Lotsa clean rides, folks, keep the pics coming!
Explorerinil
Observer
I love every bit of this truck! Awesome set up and congrats on the new baby!
NorthernWoodsman
Adventurer/tinkerer
Mundo4x4Casa
West slope, N. Ser. Nev.
Layover in OR after camping on the center line of the total eclipse of the sun in eastern OR. Rumor had it that fuel would be scarce so I loaded 3 cans on the rack. Never used any of them. jefe
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Mundo4x4Casa
West slope, N. Ser. Nev.
Two frames back I posted a pic of our docilemobile. Here is some action on a fairly actionless thread going up the Diablo Dropoff in Anza, a 300 foot blow sand hill with moguls near the top carved by folks without lockers. My bro John, JR, filmed most of the action. Some particulars:
35 inch, 315x75R16 AT-3 tires with tire pressure reduced to the minimum for a 10K pound rig: 20 pounds. Rear wheels are Stockton Wheel 'Power Wagon' 10 inch wide steel wheels where most of the weight resides going up hill.
1st vid is a short but steep section, off camber with moguls to get to the base of the drop off. R front tire tried to lift: low range, 2nd gear.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xg1lwe92448ry7z/Mogols at great sand hill Anza.m4v?dl=0
The selection of gears was important. 6 speed manual trans in 4th gear low range to start dropping to 2nd gear for the moguls. Open my dropbox files for these short vids. jefe
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bfj5y93wsd7vfkw/jefe does sand hill at dry wash of the devil Anza.m4v?dl=0
35 inch, 315x75R16 AT-3 tires with tire pressure reduced to the minimum for a 10K pound rig: 20 pounds. Rear wheels are Stockton Wheel 'Power Wagon' 10 inch wide steel wheels where most of the weight resides going up hill.
1st vid is a short but steep section, off camber with moguls to get to the base of the drop off. R front tire tried to lift: low range, 2nd gear.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xg1lwe92448ry7z/Mogols at great sand hill Anza.m4v?dl=0
The selection of gears was important. 6 speed manual trans in 4th gear low range to start dropping to 2nd gear for the moguls. Open my dropbox files for these short vids. jefe
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bfj5y93wsd7vfkw/jefe does sand hill at dry wash of the devil Anza.m4v?dl=0
AnarchyintheAK
New member
Love it! It's just recently occurred to me what a smart idea it is to pair a slide in with a service body...I'll probably get the same truck, too, just ten to twenty years older!
Yep. 16" out behind the cab. Step cut it, welded it, fish plated it, then boxed it where it was cut. The one picture the wheel looks uncenter but I think it's just because of the angle it's spot on under the fender.
