Spring 2021 my husband found a beautiful 1976 K-20 with only 68,000 miles on it, Silverado package, gold and white. I now drive her daily here in Iowa. Did a rust prevention treatment on her, because Lord knows, the one downfall of these is rust! Previously had a '79 C-10, since 1996 I owned that one. I love my square bodies! Sure is good to have a 4wd finally in my life. That 400 with all time 4wd sure gets crappy fuel mileage though! But no new trucks for me! They all ain't worth shite, all the fancy sensors and electronic crap! Bah!!! 😂
My daddy had a 77 F150 with a 400 and full time 4wd. I wish like hell he still had it. My 77 F150 is 4wd but not full time. Im a Ford guy through and through. The dentsides are by far the best trucks ever made in my opinion. But Chevrolets mid to late 70s trucks were beautiful too
I worked in ag-business. I preferred the Ford for a two wheel drive. But the full time four wheel drive Chevy pickup was my pick for a four wheeler. We had a Western snow blade for the Chevy full time four wheeler, and that was the best blade truck I ever operated. I never used the "Lock" when blading. It didn't give you the usual four wheel problems, just operated so smoothly. And pulling dry fertilizer spreaders was so much safer.
Chevy and GMC 1/2 tons are built either at Ft. Wayne Assembly or Oshawa ON. The 3/4 and 1 ton heavy duties are built at Flint Assembly. The engines are all built in the US.
That full time New Process 203 transfer case was certainly tough. However it did impact mileage and front tire wear and many folks later bought conversion kits to enable making them capable of a 2wd setting. They were used by both Dodge and GM as New Process was a joint venture between them.
They swore up and down that ifs 4wd was better. No joke I emailed GM years ago and asked why not make solid axle trucks like Dodge and ford continued to build and outsell GM. I actually got a response that they felt it was better to innovate ifs platforms over building trucks from old technology
I had a 77 2wd k5 in that color combo of the 4x in this video. One owner almost all original and I sold it after owning it for a year. It was the highest gvwr blazer so smog pump but no catalytic converters. Super rare now probably worth 30k and I sold it for 5k back in 2007 but made a profit
I miss the manual transfer case shift. This new electronic stuff breaks way to easy. Go back to manual hubs, as well. You can't beat how well the older trucks were made. And very easy to work on. Takes almost all day and 4 times the amount of money just to change the spark plugs. Where in the older ones, you'd be done in under 2 hours.
lol these are 1977 models with full time 4wd and auto hubs. 1977….. you had to order a manual truck with a 205 ton swapped get manual locking hubs back then….. or do a part time conversion and install manual hubs yourself.
Mine was a 78 K 20 Scottsdale. Fremont California production. Great truck but it was thirsty on fuel. Heavy duty and low gearing but shortly after the price of gasoline started to rise on a constant upward trend.
I still have my '87 K30 in a shed. Planning to put a 5.9 Cummins in it. The stock 350 threw a rod, but I kept the truck. TH400 transmission that I think I will get tuned for the Cummins. Time and $ are my problem, because I have the truck and the Cummins....
I got a 77 burb in 06 and swapped the entire drivetrain into my 76 k5 . It was a k20 4 speed burb that wouldn’t pass smog and we thought smog laws were going to go away for 76 models but California cut it to pre 75. I sold my newly 3/4 ton swapped blazer to a guy for offroad use only when I got the smog required notice the next year
8:44 Wow I remember after my step dad bought his truck the neighbor soon bought one of these Chevy Sports,,I haven’t seen one of these since then til now! I remember how much more I liked the neighbors truck! It was like the ultimate Chevy truck to me back then when I was 10 years old!
7:15 What's all this about "extensive corrosion protection"? These damn things dissolved like a water soluable aspirin the first time a cloud passed over the sun lmao.
@@chrisstromberg6527a friend of mine has a 78 K10 that his grandfather brought new, and the odometer turned over 4 times with the original 400 and turbo transmission. The motor was never torn apart and the transmission was rebuilt once in the 90s.
Ive had 10+ square bodies, all lifted with 35s or bigger, never had a crack in a frame, my dad has a 89 f1shitty and the frame has completely cracked in half and been re welded more than once, my cousin has a 78 f100 and the frame is completely broke over the axel, the leafspring holds it together... So, no.
Hate to break it to you numb nuts but 1/2 and 3/4 tons have the same frame. Have owned several of these and the frames themselves are much stronger than Fords (not much experience with Dodge). The only weak point is right in front of the front shackle on the rear springs. The issue at that spot isn't the frame strength but rather the brace on the inside which creates a catch point for dirt, sand etc. and over time ( by time I mean 15 or 20 years) if the user doesn't power wash that crud out it will start to rot and eventually the frame will break at that spot.
At 2:00 You can clearly see the dual fuel tanks located OUTSIDE of the frame. A side impact collision in the area, the tanks will rupture and you will be engulfed in a hellish inferno of terror. I'd rather have a Ford or even a Dodge than die in a horrific fire.
@@edwardpate6128 They really did there best to do it as cheap as possible with little regard for safety. It only took multiple lawsuits to convince them it would be cheaper and safer to put that tank within the frame rails.
Back when chevy had a good pickup, I wish my 94 shitty chevy didn't have the gay cv axles. I also wish I knew the dumbass tbi system better. I threw a preformance intake on it and it's still pretty gutless for a 5.7 350. But it kindof reminds me of my dads old 69 chevelle, its a good cruiser
There’s still companies around that sell solid axle conversion kits and while tbi isn’t the best it’s not horrible. At least you can make it run with a carburetor if you need to. I swapped a tbi 454 back to carb to work in my 85 crew cab dually
I can't believe how awful the body lines do not match up on the gray and maroon long bed. Pitiful workmanship. I've had several squarebodys. They have so many shims everywhere.
There is no comparison to the old school simple technology , no computers necessary to make these beast run!
I bought a 77 K10 Scottsdale 400 4 barrel full time fwd white in color in December of 78 with 10k miles on it. Great truck wish I still had it.
I put a 77 sb 400ci in a 1984 k20 4x4, with the manual 4 speed, loved that truck!
Spring 2021 my husband found a beautiful 1976 K-20 with only 68,000 miles on it, Silverado package, gold and white. I now drive her daily here in Iowa. Did a rust prevention treatment on her, because Lord knows, the one downfall of these is rust! Previously had a '79 C-10, since 1996 I owned that one. I love my square bodies! Sure is good to have a 4wd finally in my life. That 400 with all time 4wd sure gets crappy fuel mileage though! But no new trucks for me! They all ain't worth shite, all the fancy sensors and electronic crap! Bah!!! 😂
i wish they still made them like that
The 4 wheel drive systems are similar on the new ones.
Me too!
Why? The GVWR of a dual 1ton is only 10000 pounds 😂
@@zackjay71 I miss the front axil, nowadays most trucks look like two wheel drives unless they are lifted!
@@flight2k5yeah and? What's your point?
I had a 79 Sierra 4x4 with the 400 in it. God I loved that truck the body had some dents and dings but it always fired right up and ran like a champ.
Great video! I'm sold. Going to call my Chevy dealership to see if they have one of these bad boys in stock.
My late dad has owned one C10 two wheel regular cab long bed in Scottsdale trim in Brown paint. Very well built truck.
That blue and white suburban is mint!
My daddy had a 77 F150 with a 400 and full time 4wd. I wish like hell he still had it. My 77 F150 is 4wd but not full time. Im a Ford guy through and through. The dentsides are by far the best trucks ever made in my opinion. But Chevrolets mid to late 70s trucks were beautiful too
Full time 4wd? How did that work in the old trucks?
I had a 77 Chevy Silverado the silver and red only 2 wheel drive but it was a beautiful truck. Bought it new from the factory.
I worked in ag-business. I preferred the Ford for a two wheel drive. But the full time four wheel drive Chevy pickup was my pick for a four wheeler. We had a Western snow blade for the Chevy full time four wheeler, and that was the best blade truck I ever operated. I never used the "Lock" when blading. It didn't give you the usual four wheel problems, just operated so smoothly. And pulling dry fertilizer spreaders was so much safer.
great story, glad you enjoyed the film
This was when CHEVROLET was built in the United States
Built tough
Chevy and GMC 1/2 tons are built either at Ft. Wayne Assembly or Oshawa ON. The 3/4 and 1 ton heavy duties are built at Flint Assembly. The engines are all built in the US.
The Janesville truck were great also
That full time New Process 203 transfer case was certainly tough. However it did impact mileage and front tire wear and many folks later bought conversion kits to enable making them capable of a 2wd setting. They were used by both Dodge and GM as New Process was a joint venture between them.
I converted my 79 K10 from full to part time 4WD some videos on my channel
Damn you GM for loosing all that. Ford and Dodge as well. No more good things for people - bravo!
They swore up and down that ifs 4wd was better. No joke I emailed GM years ago and asked why not make solid axle trucks like Dodge and ford continued to build and outsell GM. I actually got a response that they felt it was better to innovate ifs platforms over building trucks from old technology
Grandfather has a Silverado Scottsdale Stepside. Plan on rebuilding it when the time comes. Thing's got a 350 engine with four-bolt-main.
I had a 77 Scottsdale 6 foot box that I put a high lift cam in. It flew. I have a duramax dually now . Wish everyone bought American.
Duramax and buy American 😂 Fyi the duramax is an Isuzu engine bud.
Loving these videos
thanks, more to come
I had a 77 2wd k5 in that color combo of the 4x in this video. One owner almost all original and I sold it after owning it for a year. It was the highest gvwr blazer so smog pump but no catalytic converters. Super rare now probably worth 30k and I sold it for 5k back in 2007 but made a profit
I had a burnt orange 1977 GMC High Sierra K 15 what an awesome truck I miss that one 350 small block 4 bolt main 4 speed manual 4x4
I miss the manual transfer case shift. This new electronic stuff breaks way to easy. Go back to manual hubs, as well. You can't beat how well the older trucks were made. And very easy to work on. Takes almost all day and 4 times the amount of money just to change the spark plugs. Where in the older ones, you'd be done in under 2 hours.
lol these are 1977 models with full time 4wd and auto hubs. 1977….. you had to order a manual truck with a 205 ton swapped get manual locking hubs back then….. or do a part time conversion and install manual hubs yourself.
I like these old gm trucks but for daily driving Ill take my 98 Z71 all day long 👊
I’m SOLD!..must get one to complement my ‘77 Trans Am
sounds like a plan
Fantastic!
Mine was a 78 K 20 Scottsdale.
Fremont California production.
Great truck but it was thirsty on fuel. Heavy duty and low gearing but shortly after the price of gasoline started to rise on a constant upward trend.
OHHH 😯😯
What a nice truck!
Love this had many
tough as nails
@@theemulsionalchemist5688 Chevys are strong
I still have my '87 K30 in a shed. Planning to put a 5.9 Cummins in it. The stock 350 threw a rod, but I kept the truck. TH400 transmission that I think I will get tuned for the Cummins. Time and $ are my problem, because I have the truck and the Cummins....
Love my '79 K10. Just put a new blueprint 400 small block in it and working in Sniper 2 EFI. I have some videos of it on my channel.
Wish i had four wheel drive suburban hard to find
I got a 77 burb in 06 and swapped the entire drivetrain into my 76 k5 . It was a k20 4 speed burb that wouldn’t pass smog and we thought smog laws were going to go away for 76 models but California cut it to pre 75. I sold my newly 3/4 ton swapped blazer to a guy for offroad use only when I got the smog required notice the next year
7:51 What about the Bonanza? My step dad had a new 3 quarter ton 4x4 Bonanza around this time with a 400 cubic inch 4 barrel!
8:44 Wow I remember after my step dad bought his truck the neighbor soon bought one of these Chevy Sports,,I haven’t seen one of these since then til now! I remember how much more I liked the neighbors truck! It was like the ultimate Chevy truck to me back then when I was 10 years old!
i love it
😍!
What happened to GM?? Their quality now is now in the septic tank
Totally cool
😢i also eant this truck but god pls bless me so all my things can go wll thn i cn try to find one of this for myself
What engine does the 77 Chevy Cheyenne Deluxe 2wd Model have?
Deluxe probably a 350 unless 3/4 ton could have a 454
Trucks suck today.
7:10 rust encapsulation system, and the coated steel didn’t do shit
7:15 What's all this about "extensive corrosion protection"? These damn things dissolved like a water soluable aspirin the first time a cloud passed over the sun lmao.
Yep, not only that, they only lasted about 100,000 miles mechanically.
@@chrisstromberg6527a friend of mine has a 78 K10 that his grandfather brought new, and the odometer turned over 4 times with the original 400 and turbo transmission. The motor was never torn apart and the transmission was rebuilt once in the 90s.
@@chrisstromberg6527 If basic maintenance was followed those were very capable of going 300K miles.
Lolz
Nice
those k-10s were probably cracking frames already just driving over the rough terrain
just weld it back together
Nope. Chevys are actually made to last, soooooo
Ive had 10+ square bodies, all lifted with 35s or bigger, never had a crack in a frame, my dad has a 89 f1shitty and the frame has completely cracked in half and been re welded more than once, my cousin has a 78 f100 and the frame is completely broke over the axel, the leafspring holds it together... So, no.
Hate to break it to you numb nuts but 1/2 and 3/4 tons have the same frame. Have owned several of these and the frames themselves are much stronger than Fords (not much experience with Dodge). The only weak point is right in front of the front shackle on the rear springs. The issue at that spot isn't the frame strength but rather the brace on the inside which creates a catch point for dirt, sand etc. and over time ( by time I mean 15 or 20 years) if the user doesn't power wash that crud out it will start to rot and eventually the frame will break at that spot.
At 2:00 You can clearly see the dual fuel tanks located OUTSIDE of the frame. A side impact collision in the area, the tanks will rupture and you will be engulfed in a hellish inferno of terror. I'd rather have a Ford or even a Dodge than die in a horrific fire.
Remember that prior to that the gas tank was located in the cab behind the seat.
@@edwardpate6128 They really did there best to do it as cheap as possible with little regard for safety. It only took multiple lawsuits to convince them it would be cheaper and safer to put that tank within the frame rails.
I like old chevy trucks 🚚
But the new chevy not good just design
Back when chevy had a good pickup, I wish my 94 shitty chevy didn't have the gay cv axles. I also wish I knew the dumbass tbi system better. I threw a preformance intake on it and it's still pretty gutless for a 5.7 350. But it kindof reminds me of my dads old 69 chevelle, its a good cruiser
There’s still companies around that sell solid axle conversion kits and while tbi isn’t the best it’s not horrible. At least you can make it run with a carburetor if you need to. I swapped a tbi 454 back to carb to work in my 85 crew cab dually
Only 10000 pounds? New trucks are around 14. This is a kids toy.
times have sure changed
Well it was 1977
Had Silverado's all my life that was my favorite 77 4 wheeldrive 350 Chevy it was a monster
You guys are replying to a troll post.
@@normanalvarez5751cool story
I can't believe how awful the body lines do not match up on the gray and maroon long bed. Pitiful workmanship. I've had several squarebodys. They have so many shims everywhere.
This was one of the worst decades for quality control among the Big Three!
You set your vid to monetize trying to get rich & sh_t brah
Huh?
@@Icutmetal
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@@juansaladzar What?? In adult, please.
@@Icutmetal
you a adult & you ain’t knows what ads are brah?
Stop don’t crash into that tree! 7:45.