tanker 200
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Tanker that truck looks pretty good as my 74 is rusted away. It originally had a 454 and TH400 (It will have an electric kick down switch under the gas pedal). Being a C20 I thought you would would originally also have the same AT tans. in that era anyway. Bulletproof reliable trucks for sure. If I ever get some extra $ I would restore mine plus add the collapsible steering and move to a fuel tank between the frame rails.
I was surprised it only had a turbo 350 in it but it doesn't have a towing package and is pretty much stripped except the Bonanza package, They may have had a HD model with a higher GVW with the 400. I think by '77 they had sucked so much HP from the 350 and wanted to get as much as possible to the rear wheels they went with the T350 and saved 8 HP. It was a free truck that a local mechanic worked on, then claimed it needed a $600 part to fix it, It wouldn't shift, but I found the modulator disconnected and plugged and lots of wire on the carb making the choke and secondaries inop. I fixed those problems and it's been running great and shifting without any problems. This mechanic was my competition and I always questioned his work, this was just another example of it.
It needs a Y pipe now and I've been resisting putting a set of headers and big mufflers (to keep it quiet) on it since the Y pipe wasn't as easy to find as they used to be. Then I'd have to put a timing chain on it, along with a cam to make it sound good, them maybe find an aluminium manifold since it's easier to put back on, Then maybe refresh the heads since I'm that far into it, well maybe a better set of heads They're easy to find). I think I may go with the $125 Y pipe the parts place found for me yesterday, But it may be time to check that timing chain