latest purchase

ElKy · Jul 25, 2009

I sold #1900 to Hetfield.
I then sold my '96 silverado.
and today i purchased this from a Mass highway department auction.

1987 Chevrolet R30
1-ton
4-door
longbed
454 Ci

and only 27K miles.

it was used for friction testing of paved surfaces.
it carried a 500 gallon water tank in the bed, pumped by a pump that worked off the transmission. that is the large connector on the rear bumper.
the trailer had a tire set up that would be locked up at 40 mph and all the data was read and recorded by the data logger in the center console.

i removed the air compressor and tanks today and still have to remove the water pump and a ton of wires and hoses.
then it will be changing colors...
not sure exactly what i want yet, but it will be different.

IRingTwyce · Jul 25, 2009

Sweet! I love GM crew cabs. Especially the older ones. I do miss my 2000 though. Bag it, slam it, and turn it into a phantom dually. What'd you end up having to give for it?

Mywhip · Jul 26, 2009

I thought it just had a badass bag system going on till i read the caption underneath it, haha.

That is a lot of controls on that truck!

blu_fuz · Jul 26, 2009

Nice buy dude! I can't wait to see what you do to it

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zorrex · Jul 26, 2009

NICE! MassHighway has some superb vehicles they auction off! Looks like you hit the jackpot :laugh:

ElKy · Jul 26, 2009

dropping it was my first thought, but the way is set up will require notching the frame and i don't want to do that.
i plan on using it as a truck so i dont want to go crazy with it.

SVT · Jul 26, 2009

my guess is that there is 127K on it....

elraido · Jul 26, 2009

SVT said:
my guess is that there is 127K on it....

my 79 f-250 only has 17K original miles on it. :shrug:

IRingTwyce · Jul 26, 2009

elraido said:
my 79 f-250 only has 17K original miles on it. :shrug:

I hope those are mostly highway miles.

rocketmanrw · Jul 26, 2009

u HAVE to air bag it!!!
du et like this...

zorrex · Jul 26, 2009

SVT said:
my guess is that there is 127K on it....

Definitely not. How often do you think they will do friction testing?

ElKy · Jul 26, 2009

SVT said:
my guess is that there is 127K on it....

and your guess is wrong.
there is no way this truck has 127k on it.
carfax even shows every inspection up until last year and the mileage is consistent.

ElKy · Jul 26, 2009

rocketmanrw said:
u HAVE to air bag it!!!
du et like this...

that would be awesome, but i plan on using this as a truck and would like to keep the 1 ton capacity.

IRingTwyce · Jul 26, 2009

I looked into bagging my 2000 (also a 1 ton). I'm pretty sure there are systems that will keep the 1 ton capacity. If a Kenworth can run on an air suspension, there's no reason your truck can't.

Mywhip · Jul 26, 2009

Depending on the system you get, air ride can be one of the best suspension's you can get that will actually hold up. I know a guy that builds and sells bagged dually's and all of them haul his horse trailers, full of horses. So i don't see why this wouldn't.

mnewxcv · Jul 26, 2009

what auction did you get it from?

ElKy · Jul 27, 2009

it was a mass highway auction held by Jack Blackmer.

Klasse Act · Jul 27, 2009

Slam and flat black it

elraido · Jul 27, 2009

IRingTwyce said:
I hope those are mostly highway miles.

actually they are. It was from MI to MN....almost all of them

Pole120 · Jul 27, 2009

Still can't believe how great that thing drove! Congrats!

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