I'm virtually new to the 80s scene, having only owned 40s and a few 60's over the years, but over the weekend, I went to buy some tube doors from a fellow MUD member and was very impressed with his stable of built 80s. So much so, I caught the 80s bug.... like I need another Cruiser (don't we all? )
I'm a bit of a purist and wouldn't want to do a V8 swap into a high-mileage truck. There's one local, a '97, with about 260K miles... How's parts availability for these motors and transmissions? Other than the high-mileage, truck seems clean. No rust. Triple locked. California car, I'm told. I wouldn't be against having the engine rebuilt and/or trans and t'case if necessary... When necessary.
Thanks for helping a newb. Yes, this prolly has been asked many times, but I couldn't really find a recent thread on it other than the 'Discontinued Parts' thread by Onur.
And I have been reading the FAQ and stickies and starting to work my way back through this voluminous forum.
I'm a bit of a purist and wouldn't want to do a V8 swap into a high-mileage truck. There's one local, a '97, with about 260K miles... How's parts availability for these motors and transmissions? Other than the high-mileage, truck seems clean. No rust. Triple locked. California car, I'm told. I wouldn't be against having the engine rebuilt and/or trans and t'case if necessary... When necessary.
Thanks for helping a newb. Yes, this prolly has been asked many times, but I couldn't really find a recent thread on it other than the 'Discontinued Parts' thread by Onur.
And I have been reading the FAQ and stickies and starting to work my way back through this voluminous forum.