98 K3500 Crew Cab

[konajoe]

I watched this truck sitting in someone's yard for seven years. One day i finally stopped and knocked on the door and was able to purchase the truck, it even came with a free pine tree. As it turns out it's been parked since 2006. The truck is a basic Cheyenne model with A/C, tilt & cruise and has 129k on the odometer. The cab & chassis is in surprisingly good shape for a New England vehicle. The utility bed is junk as the floor is completely rotted away.

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[konajoe]

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[konajoe]

The window sticker was still in the glovebox

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[strikk]

Excellent find! What are your goals for it?

 

[stutaeng]

Cool. Congratulations! What are your plans for it?

 

[konajoe]

Thanks guys

I'm still undecided on the build direction. Originally i was thinking stock 8' bed and 285's on stock wheels but im seriously kicking the idea around of custom build.

Wheeling/Camping build... SAS, Shorten the wheelbase, Trail bed and 37s or 40s

 

[konajoe]

Power washed off all the barnacles and grime yesterday, doesn't look half bad. The passengers side has a lot of the typical GM peeling paint & primer

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Pretty basic interior but it's all there, just need some serious cleaning

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[stutaeng]

Dang, already looks like a million bucks! LOL.

Lots of options for you. The good thing is that you don't really have to update much on these trucks as far as drivetrain:

Torque-y, reliable engine, check
Strong tranny, check
Beefy rear axle, check
4.10/G80, check
Pretty robust front axle, check
Strong transfer case, check
Hyrdoboost-assist, massive brakes, check

 

[Aparke4]

I vote SAS and trail bed and 37's but what do I know?! Might be biased as thats my current build with a k2500 ext cab... and eventually going SAS! WFO has a great kit x member and link kit for a ford dana 60 and they can redrill to 8x6.5 too.

 

[konajoe]

Lots of options for you. The good thing is that you don't really have to update much on these trucks as far as drivetrain:

Torque-y, reliable engine, check
Strong tranny, check
Beefy rear axle, check
4.10/G80, check
Pretty robust front axle, check
Strong transfer case, check
Hyrdoboost-assist, massive brakes, check

Exactly... only thing that could make this truck any better would be the L29 Vortec 454

I vote SAS and trail bed and 37's but what do I know?! Might be biased as thats my current build with a k2500 ext cab... and eventually going SAS! WFO has a great kit x member and link kit for a ford dana 60 and they can redrill to 8x6.5 too.

Nice, I'm seriously thinking of going this route. This truck is a good candidate to build a clean trail/camping/overland style rig vs stock resto.