So jealous. The 90s GM trucks were what trucks should be: A bench seat, a big engine and a bed. No navigation, no heated seats, no LED cup holders. Just a seat, a bed and and engine.
Those SS trucks are so rare, so hard to come-by. We re-sprayed one last year for an older guy who had it since new. Completely stock, it still had a good thump to it, a bit of balls to from what he told me. These trucks look SO nice when they are well kept like this!
around 4 mins he said he wants to increase the trailer hitch from the 4000lb capacity that it has currently, but not say why, my guessing is to haul the fairmont on a trailer, whether a flatdeck or an inclosed.....
jay dogg im thinking more so he'll trailer it to and from the drag stips so he can hit it a little harder and not worry about getting back if something does happen to break, and to be able to have a bunch of tools on the trailer to bring with to the track. And more than likely still street drive oliver around town and smack the kids in the "riced" up civics, mustangs and in daddy's M3 BMW
If I remember right, the SS 454 trucks only had like 240HP back then, so really she's not gutless because of that 350. She gutless because of the times. I think she looks great! Props to your Dad for taking care of that old girl.
My grandfather had a 93, burgundy exterior and interior...he gave it to my dad, and then I drove it for the first year I had my license. Wish I could say he gave it to me, but he sold it after I got my own car. That truck made me fall in love with trucks in general and is the reason I own a truck now. One day I'll probably end up owning another one just like it and relive it. Cool to see another guy enjoying his dads old chevy.
TheBlackStealth it was originally a 5 speed truck, it was converted to an automatic an they jerry rigged a button to activate the overdrive. He even said he has all of the parts to convert it back.
***** Yes, I understand, I watched the video. He says in the description that it originally had a 4-speed manual. I was just saying that it's a 4-speed and not a 5-speed like your original comment suggests. Read the description.
That work light inside the engine bay is just cool as hell, btw. Also, forgot to say, congrats on getting your dad's truck. My Dad hasn't had his own cars really, not since back in the day when he had two Beetles, one of which had a building's AC unit lovingly placed on it by the '75 Omaha F5 tornado. :D I'll just be getting his many guitars instead.
I like your new addition to the garage, and I can also relate - directly, believe it or not. Dad found a few months ago that has a stomach cancer - he's taking chemo for it, seeing doctors, he's doing pretty good right now. But he also decided to downsize. He called me a couple of months ago and asked me to come visit Florida. Since he had two pickups there at his house, he decided that I should have one of them. So I went down there, did a bunch of repair work on the other truck, some repair work on his house, and the garage. Then I drove home with an '86 Silverado. He gave me the better one of the two. This '86 C-body (or is it a K-body?) Silverado has the little 305, but the entire thing drives like it's brand new. It was owned by a Nebraska farmer, who kept this thing locked in a barn for most of it's life. And he was the type to repair or replace anything that went wrong with it, and kept it well serviced. So it's just a 30 year old gem of a long-bed pickup. I'm right there with you, man. Dad sold me his "old" truck for $1, even though it feels like it's driving right off the dealer's lot. I _did_ have to spend a few hours tuning the carb to make it run properly, before I left Florida and drove to N. Alabama, but that's okay. Once I got it properly adjusted, it putters without a single miss and absolutely purrs like a kitten on the highway. ;)
briansmobile1 its a 1990. 1992 had the sport stickers in cursive font, and a much, much better looking instrument cluster. I had a 92 sport for 20 years. lol
Love it! My first vehicle was my grandfather’s 1989 c1500 Cheyenne Swb. 305ci V8, 700r4 auto... 12 years and 170k miles, I still miss it almost 20 years later!
That underhood flashlight was SUPER HANDY in my truck! It has enough length to reach the rear wheels and is a huge lifesaver when you have to change a rear tire at night on the side of the road!
i installed those lights on my fj40 Toyotas. Everytime I go to a wracking years I pick through the Chevy trucks to find these for my 4 wheeling buddies. They are the very handy.
Sweet truck! check under the doors under the rubber for rust and treat it now, They all get it there. Those TBI engines are mad easy to fix and fun to mod I have a 94 C1500. You can get new aftermarket window channel seals for them for CHEAP like 30 bucks a peice. it could have a LOCKING rear differential so the wheels still spin opposite when they are in the air, Mine does the same with the Governor locker. Check for code G80 in the glove box, that's the locker. Raise the base ignition timing 1-2 degrees and it will be quicker off the time. Adjust the rear drums as tight as they can, put braided brake hoses on it.. If it still has a sinky pedal and it has REAR abs, air is trapped in those solenoid valves off the Prop valve. You need to bleed the brakes" all day" and it will fix it. Or crack the brake line where it goes into that stupid solenoid and bleed it from there
Yay! I drive a 1991 Chevy Cheyenne K1500 with 125k miles. Everytime i need minor repairs my mechanic is always happy to see me because my car is so easy to work on!!
Good seeing this kind of truck. As much as Eric is a Honda tech, I guarantee he knows his way around these old chevy's. I've done more hands on wrenching on trucks like this than any other vehicle, because they are THAT easy to work on, and service, and maintain. Beautiful example of a well kept truck from that era, especially in the rust belt. Can't wait to see what Eric has planned!
I think the fairmont is even a bit more oddball. Haha I knew Eric was going to get a truck at some point, I was curious what it would be. Not the Jeep, I knew that.
Eric, I dont know of any Vet, or active military that would be upset if you left your fathers stickers on his old truck. Heck, once they find out that you left them on in order to honor your dad, they might just leak a little bit around the eyeballs.
When I inherit my dad's 2009 Silverado (he would be considered a fellow Vietnam brother to Eric's dad) I will leave his Vietnam sticker on the back window.
I wouldn't want to remove any of the stickers either, though I'd probably remove the Vietnam vet sticker for the same reason he said, so he doesn't misrepresent. Though I'd keep the rest. I like all of them. Similarly, when my dad got his new truck, he gave me his old Tahoe. Though technically it was still his. I'm still a college student, so he kept it under his name. Though that meant, until he sold it, the plates on it said Air Force Retired. So I felt weird driving with them on. I think one day I had an old motorcyclist pass me giving me a thumbs up as if he were thanking me for my service, or at least the guy he thought was driving the vehicle. Just like I've had friends in JROTC go to Walmart directly after school on a uniform day. They've had people thanking them for their service. lmao
Here is your to do list eric Install Manual Transmission Replace old suspension Remove rear drum brakes and convert to disc brake. Upgrade exhaust (you cant let the fairmont be the only loud thing in your shop) 6 or so videos right there
Flame Beats I might go with you on the heat front, but better stopping power? Not really. The rear brakes only do about 20ish percent of the braking, right. The trade off for less heat then is a much smaller contact area and higher maintenance costs per brake. I'm not saying it's completely useless, it's just not completely necessary. IMHO.
Matt Grimes It's cheaper to replace discs than drums, and much less frequent that you need to. Drums tend to warp more often, sometimes enough that you can't turn them. The contact area isn't an issue. Calipers exert more force, making the brake more effecient. In my experience with drums and discs, discs offer much more controlled braking, less service costs, all around a better experience.
FCFordLord Now we're getting into secondary functions a bit. A good set of rear drums can last for 100,000+ miles before needing to be serviced. Disc brakes are nice but again, the drum system works just fine. Between 60 and 90 percent of a vehicle's stopping power comes from the front wheels, it's clear that a well-designed, modern drum brake is all that's required for most rear wheel brake duty.
A much cheaper option would be to find drop-in replacement wheel cylinders that do a better job and refresh the master cylinder. Drums may not be "da best" but you'd be surprised how effective upgraded wheel cylinders can be.
man you have no idea how much of a gem you've got now. i have a 98 extended i cried myself to sleep over after spinning a connecting rod bearing. has a new 350 now, and dad gave me his pristine 04 silverado. couldnt be happier, just wish my 98 was in the same condition as dads 04
+Ivan Shires Yeah, the rust from the road salt makes the car break in half LONG before it needs to be inspected for breaks or anything. Seriously though, I bought a Saab (which don't rust like an American or Asian vehicle) and it was really rusty underneath. I lived in PA at the time and now in Florida, so I've put a stop to a lot of the rust, but I still need to go through every year and try and stop the little spots from getting bigger.
I live in Ontario, Canada, smack middle of the heavy winters and salty roads. I feel Eric's pain with his Acuras. I own 2 Acura Integras, a 91, and 92. Same model and colour, similar mileage. One was garage kept and undercoated, taken care of. Minimal rust bubbles, rusty windshield from a bad job. The 91 needed outer rocker panels, a bunch of patchwork, and a rusty windshield that was never replaced or touched. Go figure. Care goes a long way.
LOL we don'rt live anywhere near salt water ,but, you would think we park our cars in the ocean nightly. I have sent more cars to the rust grave than I care to think about. Wash wax oil under coat and the government salts the roads so hard we can't win. Every intersection gets 100 lbs of salt every 3 hours ,mainly because it's so cheap from the Goderich mines. I sooooo wish they would switch to beat juices. I bought a rust free car from the lower states and 5 years it was no longer rust free
P Kuudsk I moved to Florida (where my wife is from) and you can find 80s Japanese cars here rust free still, it's crazy. Funny though, the heat destroys all window and door gaskets and seals as well as the crack the interior plastic and shred it into crumbled trash, but up north the rust claims everything metal. In a way you need a rusted out northern car for the interior that got destroyed by the heat in the south, then you'd have a car in good shape.
Great looking truck Eric. The sentimental value of that truck is priceless. I know how you feel, my truck(1968 Chevy C-10) belonged to Grandpa, and then Dad. Dad inherited it when Grandpa died. Dad gave it to me when I was 12 and we worked on it together getting it fixed up. There has never been enough money printed to buy it from me.
very sweet truck indeed. finally i get to watch you work on a great American product. i love my chevies, but imports just arent my thing. the crappy exhuast is just an excuse. speed daddy headers and get the rest of the exhaust from jegs. hooker, magnaflow, or borla. the 350 is a great base to work from. you can get a bored out throttle body, a better cam, and better heads. those are really the three things that hold these engines back. or keep it stock, the 350 is hardly worn out at 180K. i have a 1996 camaro with the LT1, a similar engine. 226K and still runs great and pulls hard for her age. or there is the option of installing a LS series engine. either way what you have on your hands is a sweetheart, one of the best trucks GM ever produced. quite a few of this generation of truck is still on the road around here but most of them are rotting to the gills. yours is in fantastic shape lots of potential to do whatever you want. daily driver, street rod, ect. you name it. awesome truck.
andrew donohue The aftermarket is an Olympic swimming pool filled with products for SBC motors. GM hit the ball clear into the next county with the SBC. They make good power, they're easy to work on, they run for goddamn ever, they run like a raped ape even when problems come up, and they respond so well to upgrades, it's almost as if GM intended for people to upgrade them. For Fuck's sake, you can find tons of even the most diehard F*rd boys who put a SBC in their project. F*rd used to run advertisements begging hot rodders to "Put a F*rd in your F*rd" because literally everybody was running a Chevy power train. Chevrolet V8s are the greatest engines ever produced. Hands down.
Agreed. Probably the most produced V8 ever as well as the most transplanted V8 engine ever. The last forever and have more aftermarket support than probably well..any V8 engine ever produced. G.M.C.=God Made Chevy
How the hell is the paint still that good after 16 years? Looks good eric Also they make a drop in non ozone depleting R12 replacement now, much better than R134 conversions
26 year old white GM paint would have all flaked off. The legend is some dead union guys fell in the big silo of GM white and now they all look terrible.
i just switched my 95 f-150 to a 5-speed wasnt to bad as long as you have all the right parts and it runs great and the 5.0 HO motor i put in it can breath now the automatic just wasnt cutting it would recomend doing it
Exactly how I feel about my Dad's 1978 GMC C1500 in the back. 10 years ago we did quite of bit of work from upgrading the 250 L6 for a L69 305 V8 from a Caprice, added leather bucket seats and converted the three on the tree to a Hurst floor shift kit. I about the same amount of total miles. Just a simple truck, that is quirky, but still a blast to drive and to have.
I've never seen an 88-98 Gen Chevy truck that wasn't hemorrhaging oil from every fucking seal. I know you will be happy with it. Those are fantastic trucks! I never owned that body style but, I have driven and serviced dozens of them. If it were me, I'd be nervous about that hack job transmission leaving me stranded. I would do a header back or at least see if it will accept Ram's Horn manifolds. I'd fix all the leaks I'd replace the shocks I'd find a limited slip rear end I'd just rebuild the entire brake system 100% Find those same wheels in a 16x8 ish and get BFG 31x10.5R16 All-Terrain T/A KO rubbers. Maybe KO2s Auxiliary fuel tank for sure Spray in bed liner Behind the cab toolbox Possibly a heavier front sway bar Towing with a hald ton... eh... It's certainly doable and my 06 with a 5.3 has a frame mount but, I wouldn't ever try anything crazy with it. You might check with F.A.S.T. or Edelbrock about an upgraded TBI. I really don't know or care to learn about TBI but, I'm sure somebody sells a better mousetrap. Hell, now that I think about it, you might even consider a front leveling kit and a set of 33" tires. That helps with the yard work quite a bit. I was so relieved to find out that you got a Chevy and not a damn F*rd. I logged in on my phone, saw you had a new video called ETCG gets a truck but, the thumbnail pic didn't load. I closed my eyes and was like "Please dear GOD, let it be a Chevy!" #WINNING
The great thing about a GM: You can basically find parts at Wal-Mart. Everybody always has parts in stock at a fair price for just about any GM product of the past 35 years or so.
Chevy Trucks are shit. I've owned an '87 K5 Blazer, '92 K2500, and a '98 K2500 and all three were unreliable death traps. I've also owned over a dozen Ford Trucks from the early 70's to newer Superdutys and I've only had a few minor issues with them.
Jim Garrison I bet the GM trucks you owned were cheap $1000 piles of shit and you spent way more on the F*rds. Fuck F*rd and anybody gay enough to drive them. Super Douchey
Jim Garrison I have a 93 Cheyenne 1500. It's been extremely reliable. I've owned it 10 years now and it's gonna roll over 400,000 miles very soon. I'm not saying Ford sucks, I've just had better luck with GM
Lynx Star Automotive Yeah I saw the video. I had a few friends that had theirs stolen in the early 2000's cause people realized they could swap the B18C in a Civic or CRX quite easily.
Congratulations Eric. So nice to see that you appreciate the gift from your dad. I know many of the things I was given from my mom have extra meaning to me now that she is gone. Love and family are so important. I hope it brings you many years of joy.
That wooden rig that your father build is incredible. You don't even have to meet a man to know what kind of man he is when you've seen his work and it looks like that. That pickup is great! I can't wait to see what becomes of it. That work light might be my favorite part.
I had two in my lifetime that was over tightened by the owner. It tore up when I put my wrench on it like tin foil. And the oil change went from 15min. To 3 hrs. Trying to chisel it. It was my worst nightmare.
Welcome to the world of being a truck owner! Very nice looking 1990! I have owned many trucks in my lifetime. Most of which have been Chevys. One of the ones I loved the most was a 1992 1/2 ton 4X4 short bed. I still miss that one.
I have a 1991 Chevy C1500 i inherited from my brother who inherited it from our grandpa, for being a 5.7 extended cab with 3.73 posi rear end it gets up and goes. Has 207k miles on except the trans lol. It now has a much better beefed up 700r4 with the usual issues corrected. I plan to turn the 350 into a 383 stroker its something my grandpa always wanted to do with it. Pretty clean truck except for a few spots of rot here and there witch will be fixed since i have the pannels for it im just not a body man so will probably have a friend fix that area up. Owning this truck just brings back all sorts of memories in it driving around with my grandpa and while cleaning the interior finding all sorts of things that were his. It even smells the same as it did. Ahhh vehicles can hold such good memories hope to make some new ones with my kids.
It was the smallest 'full-size' on the market, still much larger than a hilux of same period. Over 5 liters of engine, can be tuned up easy. A great start to ant build.
That truck could be over 20 feet long with a Crew Cab/Long Box option. Those are awesome for hauling equipment around and loading up 6 workers into one rig, but for the average person it's overkill. I've had huge trucks before, and now I have one the same as ETCG's and it's the perfect size for running into tiny parking lots and throwing a sofa in the back. You don't need anything bigger if it's just a truck for occasionally hauling a boat around or picking up mulch from the store ;-)
vulpixgrant ummmm ill disagree with you. i got a 1982 gmc crew cab long box C30 (1 ton) and it mostly gets used to drive my to little kids around and get groceries.
sweet ride man. that looks like a fun truck to own and work on, and it's always great to have something from family. My dad gave me his 1986 Ebbtide bass boat a few years ago and just the fact that it was his makes it special. i've loved every minute of fixing it up and using it.
That goes for all the Honda/Acura and Mopar videos too. It's been literally years since a GM was featured on his regular channel. This is like a breath of fresh air.
Cool truck, my daily driver is a 1991 GMC c1500 extended cab with the manual 5 speed and the 4.3L 262 engine. AND it was my late fathers truck, I love the thing. It had sat 10 years when I decided to put it back on the road. When I'm driving it, I feel like my dads still with me. With the engine needing a complete rebuild I considered dropping a used 350 into it but decided to keep it the way my dad had it. I did through in different cam to give me more low end torque (which worked out great). The trucks not quite as clean as your truck but is mechanically very sound. All the work I've done my self and I don't hesitate driving it anywhere. And I do plan on fixing the exterior aesthetics (paints rough, little rust) but the interior (minus the dash) is flawless. Thanks for sharing this video, big fan of the channel and look forward to seeing more videos on the truck.
11:29 "...its a little loud..." You dont know what loud is, Eric! not until you hear my truck! she´s also a chevy but an older one. she was born in 68. congratulations on your new truck Eric!
Awesome! I have a 1990 Chevy K1500 reg cab short bed with the 350 and 5-speed manual. I just got it running with a donor engine and am fixing things here and there. And like you said, it's so satisfying to drive a real truck.
Your dad really took excellent care of that pickup. My dad changed oil twice a year, 10w 30 winter and 10w 40 summer no matter how many miles it had on it, big mistake. Dad never got 100,000 mile out of any truck, he wore the valve trains out of them early.
Sweet! Congratulations. That is a beautiful truck. My dad has a '92 C1500 with the 5 speed manual. Still runs like a top with almost 170K on the clock. Those old 350s will run forever, especially, as you say, when you keep 'em properly maintained!
LOVE THE TRUCK! I just bought my Stepfathers 1988 Camaro to help him out of a bind. it's a base model 305/700r4 car. I have an 88 Iroc that has been a basket case for 2 years now but has MANY GREAT PARTS on it. it is now a donor for my Stepfathers car. Both Cars are 98% rust free Midwest cars (Missouri). Before September of this year my Stepfathers Car with receive the disc brake posi, both sway bars, the hood, the spoiler, and the 350 from the Iroc. Then, I will surprise him by letting him present the car at the Street Machine Nationals in September. His health is on the slide so he doesn't have time or energy for the build. He will still get to enjoy the car tho and that's all that matters to me.
I have owned 6 different trucks in my life from 92 to 2015 GMC and my 92 5.7l tbi, NV 4500 5 speed is my absolute favorite. I use it for plowing, daily driver and backwoods collecting. She has 282,000 miles and runs excellent. Wonderful trucks, seriously wonderful.
Lol, like you, I have a "new" Chevy 1500 SS awd. Not my dad's truck but one found on a used car lot. PO obviously loved and cared for it. Crawling under, over, on, in, around, found fresh fluid everywhere. No leaks. Wear and tear bits and bobs replaced, upgraded. Took it home after negotiating 15+ year old prices and citing sun faded and peeling clear coat on one or two panels. Turns out, transfer case and both differentials were also serviced. But regardless, all new fluid wherever fluid could be dropped & packed, installing OEM brake pads and rotors and replacing calipers, stainless, braided brake lines and stainless fuel supply-n-return; new battery and slowly correcting paint and re-shooting paint and clear after rust removal and rust covering primer. She's a fire shooting, exhaust crackling, turbo Euro car eating beast! She walks away from Raptors and most stock "performance" sport cars and trucks rapidly. Previous owner also added a proper tune, MSD ignition computer, two-step launch (with hidden, under dash button by OBD-II plug) matching MSD coil packs and wires + a mild cam that shifts a bit of grunt mid-range. She goes on OEM iridiums. We all know and understand your love of mods, but that 350 will certainly wake up with built, forged, over bored internals to where she can rip you face off, but still tow, grocery fetch and well mannered at easier throttle input without fear of loaning it to mom, girlfriend/wife, etc. Like you, no. My '03 SS is not for sale. Shoot me dead first, your chances are better. And too, no. You may not borrow it. I'd rather suffer through toting your shopping, towing your boat/trailer...than just blindly hand over the keys. It took me three weeks to re-train my throttle foot so that I wasn't leaving gouges in the tarmac behind me. I usually drive like grandpa! She runs like a scalded dog with just a twitch of your toe...O.o)) Totally love and jealous of your rig...those classic square bodied Chevy trucks are timeless, gorgeous beasts!
Eric I've have a 1990 c1500 stepside that i have driven for 16 years and i love it. its basically exactly like yours with the 5.7 L there easy to work on plenty of room under the hood . they're just great trucks all around so congratulations on a beautiful truck . I'm sure you'll get many years of enjoyment out of it.
I just bought a 1994 Chevy C1500 and I am loving it. Mine is an extended cab sportside bed. I bought it from a gentleman I worked with and he was the second owner. I look forward to seeing more videos on your truck.
Wow.. I want one of these too.. They are not rare by any means but getting one rust free up here in Wisconsin is next to impossible. The rust always starts out in the cab corners.. Congratulations on your Unicorn! I'm glad you got it. a present from your father is always special.. and I been wanting to see videos on how to repair one of these.
Great truck. I have had several and I love them. Right now I have a 90 Stepside with a 305 and a 5 speed. It does everything I need it to do and is super reliable. Whenever I get my 88 Shortbed finished up I will start restoring the 90. Great trucks to play with.
I am so glad you got this specific truck! I have an 89 c1500 that's exactly the same despite mines a long bed and is a factory automatic transmission. Can't wait to see repair vids on this one!
Eric. That truck appears to be in great shape, considering that it is 26 years old, and lived in the rust belt. Your dad obviously took great care of it.
Congratulations! The truck looks fantastic, I'm envious! Looked for a truck like this and everyone wanted its weight in gold if it was in this condition. Hope to see a lot more of this truck, and once again congratulations.
So glad you got this specific truck! I have an 89 c1500 which is almost identical to yours, despite mines a long bed and came with the factory automatic transmission. Can't wait to see repair vids on this one!
I have a 1990 Sport,I'm the second owner. it has 144,000 miles on it. that light under the hood at 7:29 has a magnetic base on it so you can slap it on the side of the truck to help you see to change a flat tire at night. very nice and well maintained! I hope that you enjoy it very much.
So glad I bought my 89 swb c1500 last april. Little by little hundred bucks each paycheck going through it fixing things. Rebuilt the injection body, bought different wheels, repaired a bad dash gauge ground and replaced the coil springs and ball joints. Brakes, tie rods and a new intake gasket are coming next. Little by little each time.
I bought a 91 K1500 Work Truck with standard cab long box with the 5 speed and the 4.3L V6 in 2000. Paid 3600 for it and it included a brand new windshield. It was the first really nice vehicle I had bought myself. For the WT package it was equipped pretty nice. It actually had AC, carpeted floors and cloth seats. The 4.3L was a bit weak though, and heading into a strong headwind, I'd usually have to leave it in 4th gear to maintain highway speed. The body was mint. No rust because North Dakota doesn't use salt in the winter. We use sand only. My sister and I used it on a road trip to Denver CO in 2002, and on one of the tankfuls of gas, we got 23 mpg with it. That impressed me considerably since I had been getting around 19 with it usually. But that was the first road trip it had been on since I bought it. When I moved to Georgia for 3 years in 2003, I sold it to my parents and it became their "good" truck on the farm. I had bought a 97 C2500 to replace it for the move. Dad did replace the engine when it started burning more oil than gas, and it did get hit on the interstate when another driver lost control of his vehicle on an icy patch and smacked the drivers rear fender on the box. It did also tweak the frame some but we got it straightened back out and put a different box on it. I still love driving it when I go out to the farm and still consider it my pickup.
I can tell that's a well taken care of truck - I can see where you get it from! Seriously, congratulations. It's in sweet shape and most importantly, it represents family. I hope your plans only include mechanical fixes and upgrades and that you plan to keep its appearance stock. These things look cool just they way they made them!
you always have a mind for the good ole stuff, people get distracted by all the fancy bells and whistles these days, someday ill get my 73 f250 on the road but after sitting 15 years it needs a bit of work
My uncle has the same truck.. That thing has been ridiculously reliable throughout the years.. I would love a truck like this one day it has my favorite steering wheel!
So happy you got one of these trucks Eric. I have an OBS Chevy as well and I am excited that I may see some repair videos in the future that I may be able to apply to my own vehicle. A bunch of people still drive these trucks (for very good reason I might add) and having it to use for your channel will do a lot of people good. Congrats on the truck it's a beaut!
Hi Eric, your video makes me remember when I decided to drive my dad's (R.I.P.) Toyota. Mom had it sitting in the garage for a long time and didn't run well when started. I "resurrected" it and its my daily car now. And yes, I still call it my dad's car. :)
Fellow '90 1500'er here: 4.3L V6 manual 4x4 single cab long bed. I too am in love with mine. Gold top and bottom with red sides. Her name is Darlene. Really excited to see what you do with this one! Can't believe there's no rust in the cab corners, must have been an inside-truck. Hopefully you'll redo the radio and exhaust soon so I can get ideas :)
Eric I have the 1989 extended cab shortbed with the same engine and manuel trans, same 10 bolt rearend with 3:08 to 1 gears. Put the manuel back in, its awesome! I get about 17 in the city and 23.5 on the highway. Mine is a daily driver that has just over 300k and I bought it off my Dad when he got too bad to drive anymore. Slowly but surely I am returning it back to its full glory just like it was the day it rolled off the assembly line. With the exception of the R-34 Skyline I owned while in Japan, its the best vehicle I have ever owned!!!
So jealous. The 90s GM trucks were what trucks should be: A bench seat, a big engine and a bed. No navigation, no heated seats, no LED cup holders. Just a seat, a bed and and engine.
Josh Winky Good Ole dayz
Real men's asses are naturally heated and do not require seats with toasters built in.
agreed..i got a 92 chevy work van and she is still going strong.
My 96 is the "luxury" version. Power windows, 60/40 with fold-down center console, cd player, pull-out double cup holder, and push-button 4wd.
JK- air bags were bring your own. Luckily the bench seat accommodates even the largest airbag.
thought it was the 454 model at first glance with all the red trim. Great looking truck allways wanted one.
Jeep Man haha ya i thought it was an SS in the thumbnail
I almost thought that myself. The 454 SS had identical appearance except it had the "454 SS" on the side of the bed. Still a badass looking pickup.
Those SS trucks are so rare, so hard to come-by. We re-sprayed one last year for an older guy who had it since new. Completely stock, it still had a good thump to it, a bit of balls to from what he told me. These trucks look SO nice when they are well kept like this!
Same. "Truck From Hell"
Jeep Man yeah. This one is just the sport trim. Similar color and trim to the SS. 350 too. In some years it would say SS 350 on the bed
around 4 mins he said he wants to increase the trailer hitch from the 4000lb capacity that it has currently, but not say why, my guessing is to haul the fairmont on a trailer, whether a flatdeck or an inclosed.....
Good guess! I bet you're right.
i thought the same
Oliver is going to become a trailer king :( i really hope not, (dont do it Eric :( )
jay dogg im thinking more so he'll trailer it to and from the drag stips so he can hit it a little harder and not worry about getting back if something does happen to break, and to be able to have a bunch of tools on the trailer to bring with to the track. And more than likely still street drive oliver around town and smack the kids in the "riced" up civics, mustangs and in daddy's M3 BMW
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That manual swap needs to be done.
Amen, bro!
Can't beat that deal. New paint, you know who owned it and best of all - $FREE.99!
Ima fan when you think about it, it's a decent deal for his dad as well, not having to fully let go of it
If I remember right, the SS 454 trucks only had like 240HP back then, so really she's not gutless because of that 350. She gutless because of the times. I think she looks great! Props to your Dad for taking care of that old girl.
My grandfather had a 93, burgundy exterior and interior...he gave it to my dad, and then I drove it for the first year I had my license. Wish I could say he gave it to me, but he sold it after I got my own car. That truck made me fall in love with trucks in general and is the reason I own a truck now. One day I'll probably end up owning another one just like it and relive it. Cool to see another guy enjoying his dads old chevy.
hey Eric, get rid of that slush box an put the 5 speed back in.
+NYPATRIOT it's a 4 speed
It's a 4+OD isnt it? At least my buddy's 92 is.
Maybe the automatic, but the description says 4 speed manual.
TheBlackStealth it was originally a 5 speed truck, it was converted to an automatic an they jerry rigged a button to activate the overdrive. He even said he has all of the parts to convert it back.
***** Yes, I understand, I watched the video. He says in the description that it originally had a 4-speed manual. I was just saying that it's a 4-speed and not a 5-speed like your original comment suggests. Read the description.
These 90s 1500 really benefit from a fuel filter replacement. I do mine about every 20k miles.
Definite plus side on getting the front end replaced: No worries about having to polish the headlights. :D
That work light inside the engine bay is just cool as hell, btw. Also, forgot to say, congrats on getting your dad's truck. My Dad hasn't had his own cars really, not since back in the day when he had two Beetles, one of which had a building's AC unit lovingly placed on it by the '75 Omaha F5 tornado. :D I'll just be getting his many guitars instead.
Building the wood thing to hold stuff in the bed is ABSOLUTELY something my dad would have done when he was younger. Here's to awesome dad's!!!!!!
I like your new addition to the garage, and I can also relate - directly, believe it or not. Dad found a few months ago that has a stomach cancer - he's taking chemo for it, seeing doctors, he's doing pretty good right now.
But he also decided to downsize. He called me a couple of months ago and asked me to come visit Florida. Since he had two pickups there at his house, he decided that I should have one of them. So I went down there, did a bunch of repair work on the other truck, some repair work on his house, and the garage. Then I drove home with an '86 Silverado.
He gave me the better one of the two. This '86 C-body (or is it a K-body?) Silverado has the little 305, but the entire thing drives like it's brand new. It was owned by a Nebraska farmer, who kept this thing locked in a barn for most of it's life. And he was the type to repair or replace anything that went wrong with it, and kept it well serviced. So it's just a 30 year old gem of a long-bed pickup.
I'm right there with you, man. Dad sold me his "old" truck for $1, even though it feels like it's driving right off the dealer's lot. I _did_ have to spend a few hours tuning the carb to make it run properly, before I left Florida and drove to N. Alabama, but that's okay. Once I got it properly adjusted, it putters without a single miss and absolutely purrs like a kitten on the highway. ;)
Congrats on the new truck! Looks like the cleanest driven 1992 I've seen!
briansmobile1 its a 1990. 1992 had the sport stickers in cursive font, and a much, much better looking instrument cluster. I had a 92 sport for 20 years. lol
That's probably the only GM of that vintage that I've seen that the primer didn't give up the ghost and peel all the paint off. Awesome truck dude!
Mine with original paint also
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Damn!
I like yours better!
Thnx. One of my videos where Im diagnosing an issue with the VSS you can hear it running. It sounds almost identical to eric's dad's
Love it! My first vehicle was my grandfather’s 1989 c1500 Cheyenne Swb. 305ci V8, 700r4 auto... 12 years and 170k miles, I still miss it almost 20 years later!
For those of you not from Western NY this truck is miracle clean. Out here you never see them this nice. Your dad seriously took care of it.
That underhood flashlight was SUPER HANDY in my truck! It has enough length to reach the rear wheels and is a huge lifesaver when you have to change a rear tire at night on the side of the road!
Did that exact thing on a rainy night in the middle of Oregon
it seems like it would get so hot it would burn your hand
gatewaysolo104 not bad and the little magnet on the bottom held it to the fender
james U... mine has the light to.and I still own it. 95 454 SUBURBAN.
i installed those lights on my fj40 Toyotas. Everytime I go to a wracking years I pick through the Chevy trucks to find these for my 4 wheeling buddies. They are the very handy.
Sweet truck! check under the doors under the rubber for rust and treat it now, They all get it there. Those TBI engines are mad easy to fix and fun to mod I have a 94 C1500. You can get new aftermarket window channel seals for them for CHEAP like 30 bucks a peice. it could have a LOCKING rear differential so the wheels still spin opposite when they are in the air, Mine does the same with the Governor locker. Check for code G80 in the glove box, that's the locker. Raise the base ignition timing 1-2 degrees and it will be quicker off the time. Adjust the rear drums as tight as they can, put braided brake hoses on it.. If it still has a sinky pedal and it has REAR abs, air is trapped in those solenoid valves off the Prop valve. You need to bleed the brakes" all day" and it will fix it. Or crack the brake line where it goes into that stupid solenoid and bleed it from there
Yay! I drive a 1991 Chevy Cheyenne K1500 with 125k miles. Everytime i need minor repairs my mechanic is always happy to see me because my car is so easy to work on!!
I'm 33 and remember seeing those sport edition trucks and they really take me back to my childhood. I would like to own one 1 day too. Congrats man .
What kind of Honda is a Chevrolet?
warrantyvoid100 the good one
Suboptimus Lime that was supposed to be a "Chevy is better than Honda" joke
Good seeing this kind of truck. As much as Eric is a Honda tech, I guarantee he knows his way around these old chevy's. I've done more hands on wrenching on trucks like this than any other vehicle, because they are THAT easy to work on, and service, and maintain. Beautiful example of a well kept truck from that era, especially in the rust belt. Can't wait to see what Eric has planned!
Eric is an Acura guy. This is about as far from Acura as you can get!
I think the fairmont is even a bit more oddball. Haha I knew Eric was going to get a truck at some point, I was curious what it would be. Not the Jeep, I knew that.
Eric, I dont know of any Vet, or active military that would be upset if you left your fathers stickers on his old truck. Heck, once they find out that you left them on in order to honor your dad, they might just leak a little bit around the eyeballs.
Marc E I'm a Veteran. I wouldn't mind if Eric kept those stickers. But, who am I to grant approval?
leave dads stickers *AS IS* out of respect to your dad.
When I inherit my dad's 2009 Silverado (he would be considered a fellow Vietnam brother to Eric's dad) I will leave his Vietnam sticker on the back window.
I like the second amendment sticker too.
I put a "Vietnam Veteran" sticker on my truck to honor Eric's dad.
Coming from a vet -- leave those stickers on if you want! It's his truck and it's nothing but sentimental value to you. That's a beautiful truck.
Getting 'Dad's truck', and its a nice classic chevy. Doesn't get much better.
are u kidding, those stickers for the most part are American stickers. those stickers should stay.
I wouldn't want to remove any of the stickers either, though I'd probably remove the Vietnam vet sticker for the same reason he said, so he doesn't misrepresent. Though I'd keep the rest. I like all of them.
Similarly, when my dad got his new truck, he gave me his old Tahoe. Though technically it was still his. I'm still a college student, so he kept it under his name. Though that meant, until he sold it, the plates on it said Air Force Retired. So I felt weird driving with them on. I think one day I had an old motorcyclist pass me giving me a thumbs up as if he were thanking me for my service, or at least the guy he thought was driving the vehicle.
Just like I've had friends in JROTC go to Walmart directly after school on a uniform day. They've had people thanking them for their service. lmao
***** exactly
Here is your to do list eric
Install Manual Transmission
Replace old suspension
Remove rear drum brakes and convert to disc brake.
Upgrade exhaust (you cant let the fairmont be the only loud thing in your shop)
6 or so videos right there
IIGrayfoxII Why are disc brakes better than drums on the rear?
Flame Beats I might go with you on the heat front, but better stopping power? Not really. The rear brakes only do about 20ish percent of the braking, right. The trade off for less heat then is a much smaller contact area and higher maintenance costs per brake. I'm not saying it's completely useless, it's just not completely necessary. IMHO.
Matt Grimes It's cheaper to replace discs than drums, and much less frequent that you need to. Drums tend to warp more often, sometimes enough that you can't turn them.
The contact area isn't an issue. Calipers exert more force, making the brake more effecient.
In my experience with drums and discs, discs offer much more controlled braking, less service costs, all around a better experience.
FCFordLord Now we're getting into secondary functions a bit. A good set of rear drums can last for 100,000+ miles before needing to be serviced. Disc brakes are nice but again, the drum system works just fine. Between 60 and 90 percent of a vehicle's stopping power comes from the front wheels, it's clear that a well-designed, modern drum brake is all that's required for most rear wheel brake duty.
A much cheaper option would be to find drop-in replacement wheel cylinders that do a better job and refresh the master cylinder. Drums may not be "da best" but you'd be surprised how effective upgraded wheel cylinders can be.
Sweet looking truck, you will treasure her and be able to pass her down to your children, happy for you Sir and thanks for keeping us updated
man you have no idea how much of a gem you've got now. i have a 98 extended i cried myself to sleep over after spinning a connecting rod bearing. has a new 350 now, and dad gave me his pristine 04 silverado. couldnt be happier, just wish my 98 was in the same condition as dads 04
Quote: "it didn't hurt anything but the body ".. forgetting the Dear, who went on its marry way to Santa`s Residence ?
if you dont need e-tests or inspections for it long tubes and flowmasters will make it sound damn good
peterbiltnation 379 Ohio has no inspections.. 😀
+Ivan Shires Yeah, the rust from the road salt makes the car break in half LONG before it needs to be inspected for breaks or anything.
Seriously though, I bought a Saab (which don't rust like an American or Asian vehicle) and it was really rusty underneath. I lived in PA at the time and now in Florida, so I've put a stop to a lot of the rust, but I still need to go through every year and try and stop the little spots from getting bigger.
I live in Ontario, Canada, smack middle of the heavy winters and salty roads. I feel Eric's pain with his Acuras. I own 2 Acura Integras, a 91, and 92. Same model and colour, similar mileage. One was garage kept and undercoated, taken care of. Minimal rust bubbles, rusty windshield from a bad job. The 91 needed outer rocker panels, a bunch of patchwork, and a rusty windshield that was never replaced or touched. Go figure. Care goes a long way.
LOL we don'rt live anywhere near salt water ,but, you would think we park our cars in the ocean nightly. I have sent more cars to the rust grave than I care to think about.
Wash wax oil under coat and the government salts the roads so hard we can't win. Every intersection gets 100 lbs of salt every 3 hours ,mainly because it's so cheap from the Goderich mines. I sooooo wish they would switch to beat juices. I bought a rust free car from the lower states and 5 years it was no longer rust free
P Kuudsk I moved to Florida (where my wife is from) and you can find 80s Japanese cars here rust free still, it's crazy.
Funny though, the heat destroys all window and door gaskets and seals as well as the crack the interior plastic and shred it into crumbled trash, but up north the rust claims everything metal. In a way you need a rusted out northern car for the interior that got destroyed by the heat in the south, then you'd have a car in good shape.
Congrats, Eric. It is beautiful and obviously cared for and well maintained. A gift of love!
Great looking truck Eric. The sentimental value of that truck is priceless. I know how you feel, my truck(1968 Chevy C-10) belonged to Grandpa, and then Dad. Dad inherited it when Grandpa died. Dad gave it to me when I was 12 and we worked on it together getting it fixed up. There has never been enough money printed to buy it from me.
I hope you leave the 2nd Amendment sticker on as well, as that what this country should be all about.
Archie Bunker Exactly Right, Archie!
My Country Tis of Thee sweet land of liberty of Thee I Sing
Lol this country should be about Christ not guns or a stupid flag
very sweet truck indeed. finally i get to watch you work on a great American product. i love my chevies, but imports just arent my thing. the crappy exhuast is just an excuse. speed daddy headers and get the rest of the exhaust from jegs. hooker, magnaflow, or borla.
the 350 is a great base to work from. you can get a bored out throttle body, a better cam, and better heads. those are really the three things that hold these engines back. or keep it stock, the 350 is hardly worn out at 180K. i have a 1996 camaro with the LT1, a similar engine. 226K and still runs great and pulls hard for her age.
or there is the option of installing a LS series engine.
either way what you have on your hands is a sweetheart, one of the best trucks GM ever produced. quite a few of this generation of truck is still on the road around here but most of them are rotting to the gills. yours is in fantastic shape lots of potential to do whatever you want. daily driver, street rod, ect. you name it. awesome truck.
you can wake that 350 up
andrew donohue The aftermarket is an Olympic swimming pool filled with products for SBC motors.
GM hit the ball clear into the next county with the SBC.
They make good power, they're easy to work on, they run for goddamn ever, they run like a raped ape even when problems come up, and they respond so well to upgrades, it's almost as if GM intended for people to upgrade them.
For Fuck's sake, you can find tons of even the most diehard F*rd boys who put a SBC in their project. F*rd used to run advertisements begging hot rodders to "Put a F*rd in your F*rd" because literally everybody was running a Chevy power train.
Chevrolet V8s are the greatest engines ever produced. Hands down.
Agreed. Probably the most produced V8 ever as well as the most transplanted V8 engine ever. The last forever and have more aftermarket support than probably well..any V8 engine ever produced. G.M.C.=God Made Chevy
Congratulation! My dad has given me several vehicles throughout my life and I loved every one of them regardless what it was! Enjoy your new truck!
I'm not a Chevy guy but I friggin love to see people happy about their vehicles.Congratulations Eric!Sweet ride man!
How the hell is the paint still that good after 16 years? Looks good eric Also they make a drop in non ozone depleting R12 replacement now, much better than R134 conversions
Alan 26 years, not 16. It's a 1990
well you just ruined my day....
Alan 26 years
26 year old white GM paint would have all flaked off. The legend is some dead union guys fell in the big silo of GM white and now they all look terrible.
If it was kept in a garage and waxed, the paint could be original. It is hard to believe, though.
An auto to manual conversion tutorial would get a lot of views, just saying.
I second this! Been wanting to do a 5spd manual swap on mine too. Just need to find a good donor vehicle.
i just switched my 95 f-150 to a 5-speed wasnt to bad as long as you have all the right parts and it runs great and the 5.0 HO motor i put in it can breath now the automatic just wasnt cutting it would recomend doing it
Wow, the paint and body on this car are amazing... Beautiful truck that you will have to cherish for the rest of your life.
Exactly how I feel about my Dad's 1978 GMC C1500 in the back. 10 years ago we did quite of bit of work from upgrading the 250 L6 for a L69 305 V8 from a Caprice, added leather bucket seats and converted the three on the tree to a Hurst floor shift kit. I about the same amount of total miles. Just a simple truck, that is quirky, but still a blast to drive and to have.
I've never seen an 88-98 Gen Chevy truck that wasn't hemorrhaging oil from every fucking seal.
I know you will be happy with it. Those are fantastic trucks! I never owned that body style but, I have driven and serviced dozens of them.
If it were me, I'd be nervous about that hack job transmission leaving me stranded.
I would do a header back or at least see if it will accept Ram's Horn manifolds.
I'd fix all the leaks
I'd replace the shocks
I'd find a limited slip rear end
I'd just rebuild the entire brake system 100%
Find those same wheels in a 16x8 ish and get BFG 31x10.5R16 All-Terrain T/A KO rubbers. Maybe KO2s
Auxiliary fuel tank for sure
Spray in bed liner
Behind the cab toolbox
Possibly a heavier front sway bar
Towing with a hald ton... eh... It's certainly doable and my 06 with a 5.3 has a frame mount but, I wouldn't ever try anything crazy with it.
You might check with F.A.S.T. or Edelbrock about an upgraded TBI. I really don't know or care to learn about TBI but, I'm sure somebody sells a better mousetrap.
Hell, now that I think about it, you might even consider a front leveling kit and a set of 33" tires. That helps with the yard work quite a bit.
I was so relieved to find out that you got a Chevy and not a damn F*rd.
I logged in on my phone, saw you had a new video called ETCG gets a truck but, the thumbnail pic didn't load. I closed my eyes and was like "Please dear GOD, let it be a Chevy!"
#WINNING
The great thing about a GM: You can basically find parts at Wal-Mart. Everybody always has parts in stock at a fair price for just about any GM product of the past 35 years or so.
Chevy Trucks are shit. I've owned an '87 K5 Blazer, '92 K2500, and a '98 K2500 and all three were unreliable death traps. I've also owned over a dozen Ford Trucks from the early 70's to newer Superdutys and I've only had a few minor issues with them.
Jim Garrison I bet the GM trucks you owned were cheap $1000 piles of shit and you spent way more on the F*rds.
Fuck F*rd and anybody gay enough to drive them.
Super Douchey
Jim Garrison I have a 93 Cheyenne 1500. It's been extremely reliable. I've owned it 10 years now and it's gonna roll over 400,000 miles very soon. I'm not saying Ford sucks, I've just had better luck with GM
Let's talk about that silver Integra (possibly GSR) in the background though. :)
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Those are becoming so rare. The Teggy is one of the sexiest Hondas ever IMO! Nice find especially since it's a real GSR.
moccina it's is a GSR
Lynx Star Automotive
Yeah I saw the video. I had a few friends that had theirs stolen in the early 2000's cause people realized they could swap the B18C in a Civic or CRX quite easily.
moccina yep. in my area GSR's and Type R's were hot commodities. Ppl would put 2 even 3 alarms on them to try and deter theft
Congratulations Eric. So nice to see that you appreciate the gift from your dad. I know many of the things I was given from my mom have extra meaning to me now that she is gone. Love and family are so important. I hope it brings you many years of joy.
That wooden rig that your father build is incredible. You don't even have to meet a man to know what kind of man he is when you've seen his work and it looks like that. That pickup is great! I can't wait to see what becomes of it. That work light might be my favorite part.
Where in Wesyern ny Eric? i live there.
zachary lampman He's from Buffalo I believe.
Live 10 min from buffalo :o lol
zachary lampman rochester here
Not to far away at all
"well maintained" *fram*
lol and the black duct tape around the muffler.
Yah..... Ditch the FRAM!!!!
Fram isn't so bad if you run conventional...
Electron Pusher eh, atleast run purolator classic, same pricing but worlds better media, end caps, anti drainback etc.
I had two in my lifetime that was over tightened by the owner. It tore up when I put my wrench on it like tin foil. And the oil change went from 15min. To 3 hrs. Trying to chisel it. It was my worst nightmare.
Welcome to the world of being a truck owner!
Very nice looking 1990! I have owned many trucks in my lifetime. Most of which have been Chevys. One of the ones I loved the most was a 1992 1/2 ton 4X4 short bed. I still miss that one.
I have a 1991 Chevy C1500 i inherited from my brother who inherited it from our grandpa, for being a 5.7 extended cab with 3.73 posi rear end it gets up and goes. Has 207k miles on except the trans lol. It now has a much better beefed up 700r4 with the usual issues corrected. I plan to turn the 350 into a 383 stroker its something my grandpa always wanted to do with it. Pretty clean truck except for a few spots of rot here and there witch will be fixed since i have the pannels for it im just not a body man so will probably have a friend fix that area up. Owning this truck just brings back all sorts of memories in it driving around with my grandpa and while cleaning the interior finding all sorts of things that were his. It even smells the same as it did. Ahhh vehicles can hold such good memories hope to make some new ones with my kids.
Don't know how Americans can call it a truck its tiny.
it's tiny because it's a 2 door short box
It was the smallest 'full-size' on the market, still much larger than a hilux of same period. Over 5 liters of engine, can be tuned up easy. A great start to ant build.
petej222 - It's based on shape and function. You can haul dirt in the back of this or tow a boat. that makes it a truck.
That truck could be over 20 feet long with a Crew Cab/Long Box option. Those are awesome for hauling equipment around and loading up 6 workers into one rig, but for the average person it's overkill. I've had huge trucks before, and now I have one the same as ETCG's and it's the perfect size for running into tiny parking lots and throwing a sofa in the back. You don't need anything bigger if it's just a truck for occasionally hauling a boat around or picking up mulch from the store ;-)
vulpixgrant ummmm ill disagree with you. i got a 1982 gmc crew cab long box C30 (1 ton) and it mostly gets used to drive my to little kids around and get groceries.
put the manual back in and restore it dont modify it tho ples
sweet ride man. that looks like a fun truck to own and work on, and it's always great to have something from family. My dad gave me his 1986 Ebbtide bass boat a few years ago and just the fact that it was his makes it special. i've loved every minute of fixing it up and using it.
That's a great truck, Eric. Good old Chevy. I love my 2004 Chevy Silverado. My truck has never let me down. Your truck will give you years of service.
Is it for sale ????? lol
Suck it
No
pontiachotshot l
Yes.
Ls swap!!
I actually had that thought.
ETCG1 junkyard 5.3 and turbo!
ETCG1 please put the factory chrome wheels back on.
ETCG1 oh yeah o and also super jealous. hope my dad gives me one of his novas
Extremely nice! I'm most impressed that the door panels aren't pulling apart.
I love it, the 350 is an incredibly capable engine. cant wait to see build videos
finally no more ford garbage.
That goes for all the Honda/Acura and Mopar videos too. It's been literally years since a GM was featured on his regular channel. This is like a breath of fresh air.
Yeah, it reminds us of how much of our money was sent to this company when they went bankrupt.
Screw you Chevy Chaser.
avalanche AMEN TO THAT, BROTHER!
Amen😂
Cool truck, my daily driver is a 1991 GMC c1500 extended cab with the manual 5 speed and the 4.3L 262 engine. AND it was my late fathers truck, I love the thing. It had sat 10 years when I decided to put it back on the road. When I'm driving it, I feel like my dads still with me. With the engine needing a complete rebuild I considered dropping a used 350 into it but decided to keep it the way my dad had it. I did through in different cam to give me more low end torque (which worked out great). The trucks not quite as clean as your truck but is mechanically very sound. All the work I've done my self and I don't hesitate driving it anywhere. And I do plan on fixing the exterior aesthetics (paints rough, little rust) but the interior (minus the dash) is flawless. Thanks for sharing this video, big fan of the channel and look forward to seeing more videos on the truck.
I met your dad and he is awesome! He did you a solid ( as we use to say in the 90's).
11:29 "...its a little loud..." You dont know what loud is, Eric! not until you hear my truck! she´s also a chevy but an older one. she was born in 68. congratulations on your new truck Eric!
Awesome! I have a 1990 Chevy K1500 reg cab short bed with the 350 and 5-speed manual. I just got it running with a donor engine and am fixing things here and there. And like you said, it's so satisfying to drive a real truck.
Your dad really took excellent care of that pickup. My dad changed oil twice a year, 10w 30 winter and 10w 40 summer no matter how many miles it had on it, big mistake. Dad never got 100,000 mile out of any truck, he wore the valve trains out of them early.
I have 1999 GMC Sierra SLE Standard cab pickup I've own for 7 years.... You really do fall in love with these trucks.......
Yes! I'm looking at getting an F-150. One day I'd like to fix up an 80s F-150 like my grandpa used to have, that thing was a machine!!!
He babied that truck. Amazing shape for a 26 year old bowtie.
Sweet! Congratulations. That is a beautiful truck. My dad has a '92 C1500 with the 5 speed manual. Still runs like a top with almost 170K on the clock. Those old 350s will run forever, especially, as you say, when you keep 'em properly maintained!
LOVE THE TRUCK! I just bought my Stepfathers 1988 Camaro to help him out of a bind. it's a base model 305/700r4 car. I have an 88 Iroc that has been a basket case for 2 years now but has MANY GREAT PARTS on it. it is now a donor for my Stepfathers car. Both Cars are 98% rust free Midwest cars (Missouri). Before September of this year my Stepfathers Car with receive the disc brake posi, both sway bars, the hood, the spoiler, and the 350 from the Iroc. Then, I will surprise him by letting him present the car at the Street Machine Nationals in September. His health is on the slide so he doesn't have time or energy for the build. He will still get to enjoy the car tho and that's all that matters to me.
I have owned 6 different trucks in my life from 92 to 2015 GMC and my 92 5.7l tbi, NV 4500 5 speed is my absolute favorite. I use it for plowing, daily driver and backwoods collecting. She has 282,000 miles and runs excellent. Wonderful trucks, seriously wonderful.
Lol, like you, I have a "new" Chevy 1500 SS awd. Not my dad's truck but one found on a used car lot. PO obviously loved and cared for it. Crawling under, over, on, in, around, found fresh fluid everywhere. No leaks. Wear and tear bits and bobs replaced, upgraded. Took it home after negotiating 15+ year old prices and citing sun faded and peeling clear coat on one or two panels.
Turns out, transfer case and both differentials were also serviced. But regardless, all new fluid wherever fluid could be dropped & packed, installing OEM brake pads and rotors and replacing calipers, stainless, braided brake lines and stainless fuel supply-n-return; new battery and slowly correcting paint and re-shooting paint and clear after rust removal and rust covering primer. She's a fire shooting, exhaust crackling, turbo Euro car eating beast! She walks away from Raptors and most stock "performance" sport cars and trucks rapidly. Previous owner also added a proper tune, MSD ignition computer, two-step launch (with hidden, under dash button by OBD-II plug) matching MSD coil packs and wires + a mild cam that shifts a bit of grunt mid-range. She goes on OEM iridiums.
We all know and understand your love of mods, but that 350 will certainly wake up with built, forged, over bored internals to where she can rip you face off, but still tow, grocery fetch and well mannered at easier throttle input without fear of loaning it to mom, girlfriend/wife, etc.
Like you, no. My '03 SS is not for sale. Shoot me dead first, your chances are better. And too, no. You may not borrow it. I'd rather suffer through toting your shopping, towing your boat/trailer...than just blindly hand over the keys. It took me three weeks to re-train my throttle foot so that I wasn't leaving gouges in the tarmac behind me. I usually drive like grandpa! She runs like a scalded dog with just a twitch of your toe...O.o))
Totally love and jealous of your rig...those classic square bodied Chevy trucks are timeless, gorgeous beasts!
Eric I've have a 1990 c1500 stepside that i have driven for 16 years and i love it. its basically exactly like yours with the 5.7 L there easy to work on plenty of room under the hood . they're just great trucks all around so congratulations on a beautiful truck . I'm sure you'll get many years of enjoyment out of it.
I just bought a 1994 Chevy C1500 and I am loving it. Mine is an extended cab sportside bed. I bought it from a gentleman I worked with and he was the second owner. I look forward to seeing more videos on your truck.
Wow.. I want one of these too.. They are not rare by any means but getting one rust free up here in Wisconsin is next to impossible. The rust always starts out in the cab corners..
Congratulations on your Unicorn! I'm glad you got it. a present from your father is always special.. and I been wanting to see videos on how to repair one of these.
Great truck. I have had several and I love them. Right now I have a 90 Stepside with a 305 and a 5 speed. It does everything I need it to do and is super reliable. Whenever I get my 88 Shortbed finished up I will start restoring the 90. Great trucks to play with.
I am so glad you got this specific truck! I have an 89 c1500 that's exactly the same despite mines a long bed and is a factory automatic transmission. Can't wait to see repair vids on this one!
Your dad should do a video on how to take care of vehicles. That Chevy was, and will be, well loved!
Eric. That truck appears to be in great shape, considering that it is 26 years old, and lived in the rust belt. Your dad obviously took great care of it.
hey, good to see ya happy. eastwood had his gran torino & you've got 'dad's truck'...happy days jingle starts now!
that classic truck look is nice. Just by the truck i can tell your dad is hard worker and very organized. I bet he does not stop moving like my dad.
Congratulations! The truck looks fantastic, I'm envious! Looked for a truck like this and everyone wanted its weight in gold if it was in this condition. Hope to see a lot more of this truck, and once again congratulations.
So glad you got this specific truck! I have an 89 c1500 which is almost identical to yours, despite mines a long bed and came with the factory automatic transmission. Can't wait to see repair vids on this one!
I have a 1990 Sport,I'm the second owner.
it has 144,000 miles on it.
that light under the hood at 7:29 has a magnetic base on it so you can slap it on the side of the truck to help you see to change a flat tire at night.
very nice and well maintained!
I hope that you enjoy it very much.
So glad I bought my 89 swb c1500 last april. Little by little hundred bucks each paycheck going through it fixing things. Rebuilt the injection body, bought different wheels, repaired a bad dash gauge ground and replaced the coil springs and ball joints. Brakes, tie rods and a new intake gasket are coming next. Little by little each time.
I bought a 91 K1500 Work Truck with standard cab long box with the 5 speed and the 4.3L V6 in 2000. Paid 3600 for it and it included a brand new windshield. It was the first really nice vehicle I had bought myself. For the WT package it was equipped pretty nice. It actually had AC, carpeted floors and cloth seats. The 4.3L was a bit weak though, and heading into a strong headwind, I'd usually have to leave it in 4th gear to maintain highway speed.
The body was mint. No rust because North Dakota doesn't use salt in the winter. We use sand only.
My sister and I used it on a road trip to Denver CO in 2002, and on one of the tankfuls of gas, we got 23 mpg with it. That impressed me considerably since I had been getting around 19 with it usually. But that was the first road trip it had been on since I bought it.
When I moved to Georgia for 3 years in 2003, I sold it to my parents and it became their "good" truck on the farm. I had bought a 97 C2500 to replace it for the move.
Dad did replace the engine when it started burning more oil than gas, and it did get hit on the interstate when another driver lost control of his vehicle on an icy patch and smacked the drivers rear fender on the box. It did also tweak the frame some but we got it straightened back out and put a different box on it.
I still love driving it when I go out to the farm and still consider it my pickup.
That's one of my all time favorite trucks along with the gutless 454 SS package. It's such a good-looking truck any angle you look at it.
man that thing has just the right amount of character, I love it
The videos where Eric gets a new vehicle are so great because the excitement about them is so infectious.
I can tell that's a well taken care of truck - I can see where you get it from!
Seriously, congratulations. It's in sweet shape and most importantly, it represents family. I hope your plans only include mechanical fixes and upgrades and that you plan to keep its appearance stock. These things look cool just they way they made them!
Inherited my stepdads ‘94 GMC GT. Thing is great. Buckets, solid rear window, factory polished wheels. Love mine also.
you always have a mind for the good ole stuff, people get distracted by all the fancy bells and whistles these days, someday ill get my 73 f250 on the road but after sitting 15 years it needs a bit of work
Great that you will keep it. My father sold his car and I always miss it.
My uncle has the same truck.. That thing has been ridiculously reliable throughout the years.. I would love a truck like this one day it has my favorite steering wheel!
What a sweet truck, especially since your Dad gave it to you. Enjoy. I drove a 95 GMC 1500 for about 9 years and it was a very good truck.
So happy you got one of these trucks Eric. I have an OBS Chevy as well and I am excited that I may see some repair videos in the future that I may be able to apply to my own vehicle. A bunch of people still drive these trucks (for very good reason I might add) and having it to use for your channel will do a lot of people good. Congrats on the truck it's a beaut!
Hi Eric, your video makes me remember when I decided to drive my dad's (R.I.P.) Toyota. Mom had it sitting in the garage for a long time and didn't run well when started. I "resurrected" it and its my daily car now. And yes, I still call it my dad's car. :)
That truck is really beautiful for its age & mileage!!! One of the best body styles and best built.
+ETCG1 Congratulations! It's a heck of a thing to get your dad's truck.
That truck is absolutely beautiful! Can't wait to see what you do to it Eric!
the feels must be real on this one, i can only imagine how great it feels to own that.
Fellow '90 1500'er here: 4.3L V6 manual 4x4 single cab long bed. I too am in love with mine. Gold top and bottom with red sides. Her name is Darlene. Really excited to see what you do with this one! Can't believe there's no rust in the cab corners, must have been an inside-truck. Hopefully you'll redo the radio and exhaust soon so I can get ideas :)
Eric
I have the 1989 extended cab shortbed with the same engine and manuel trans, same 10 bolt rearend with 3:08 to 1 gears. Put the manuel back in, its awesome! I get about 17 in the city and 23.5 on the highway. Mine is a daily driver that has just over 300k and I bought it off my Dad when he got too bad to drive anymore. Slowly but surely I am returning it back to its full glory just like it was the day it rolled off the assembly line. With the exception of the R-34 Skyline I owned while in Japan, its the best vehicle I have ever owned!!!