1st Gen Next best thing
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From: Connecticut
no to the duramax! just buy a newer truck, whatever it be...ford, chevy, dodge...rip out the motor and all the junk wiring and drop an old 12 valve in it!!!
my mom hated me buying my 92, but i told her i bought it at 16 and will own it till i lay 6' under!
personally i was a chevy guy but fell in love with the cummins and it came with a dodge lol. i was gonna drop a 12 valve into a 87' chevy pickup but bought my rig instead!
my mom hated me buying my 92, but i told her i bought it at 16 and will own it till i lay 6' under!
personally i was a chevy guy but fell in love with the cummins and it came with a dodge lol. i was gonna drop a 12 valve into a 87' chevy pickup but bought my rig instead!
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From: Kennett Square, PA
I'd like to have a destroked super duty powered by a 12V. Best motor and I love the looks of the truck. Not as much as my 92 W250 but that isn't an option in this scenario is it? If it is, I'll just take another 1st gen! 
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From: Quinton, New Jersey (middle of nowhere)
Man I don't know where that came from. I work on them everyday of the week. I love them because they always have problems and I make money. Now with the New LLM eninge I'm ****** cause those are only eating turbo's. But time and miles will tell what the weak point is there.
BTW allison is the only choice, the zf was omitted because of low demand.
BTW allison is the only choice, the zf was omitted because of low demand.
I love the look of the GMC's and the LBZ is just a mean engine, ive never heard any major issues with them. just the LB7's.
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Love the older body style fords...the 78 79 is my very favorite bodystyle, followed by the first gen lightnings (93-95) and then the ~68 chevy.
IMO Chevy doesn't really make good trucks. I've been in construction for a long time, and driven a lot of contractor trucks, and all the worst running, most prone to breaking have been by GMC. Great creature comfort, and they've always made great engines, but their trucks...meh.
IMO Chevy doesn't really make good trucks. I've been in construction for a long time, and driven a lot of contractor trucks, and all the worst running, most prone to breaking have been by GMC. Great creature comfort, and they've always made great engines, but their trucks...meh.
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From: Bountiful, Utah
i knew you were a smart guy... my other truck is my dream truck. i was going to put a cummins in it but i built the stock engine with CHI heads and a roller cam and some other junk. I couldnt lose the cummins bug so i had to get a first gen, they look fairly similar and i had a crush on my first gen since the first time i seen it.
Killer truck man! Just the way i want it too, with a lift, and super swamper tires! thats just awesome! Just need a Billet grille, tinted windows and a cummins under the hood and thats my dream/future truck! Thats just awesome! got anymore pics?
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Here's my photobucket... the ones titled "truck", "truck 2" and "CHI Headed 400" have pictures of my truck and engine. i love the cummins but not much sounds better than a 10:1 compression, 410ci, roller cammed Ford with long tubes and 3" exhaust... ill post my video of it too but the idle sounds a little weird.
http://s46.photobucket.com/home/JBradley500/allalbums
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2ESFBeCAB0
http://s46.photobucket.com/home/JBradley500/allalbums
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2ESFBeCAB0
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I don't have any good pictures right now. I am in the process of painting the truck. I guess if you wanted to see pictures of the rust repair I am doing on the bed I could get you some of those but it don't really show much. Here is a picture of the engine compartment that will have to do for now. It was taken a few months after I got the truck running. I had pulled the hood off to clean up the wiring.
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test drove a 01 with 156000 CC cab 4x4 dang dont think I like it half as good as my 1st gen it wandered on the road and i put the petal to the floor and it just wouldnt go dont know if it has a IP problem or not but deffently not the truck for me
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test drove a 01 with 156000 CC cab 4x4 dang dont think I like it half as good as my 1st gen it wandered on the road and i put the petal to the floor and it just wouldnt go dont know if it has a IP problem or not but deffently not the truck for me hate to say it but I think a GM truck might be better for me if i really part with the 1st gen. 
