It’s not every day you find a 1 owner truck from the 80s on the auction block. This 1984 Chevy c20 is truly stunning for it’s age. Did I get a good deal?
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Kind of like that song Riding With Private Malone
I think that one owner vehicles are highly overrated. If that one owner didn't maintain it properly, what's the benefit?
That trailer brake control is period correct and they work quite well. I had one in the 1973 Pontiac Catalina my grandfather gifted me as a first car.
Hopkins makes a tap for the lights that plugs into the weatherpaks between the lamp pigtail and the rear lamp harness on the LH frame rail without using scotchlock taps. As long as the battery and the trailer brake wires aren't damaged somewhere along the frame you should be in good shape. Standard seven terminal trailer jacks are easy to find and cheap.
Cruise III was less than reliable as it aged. You aren't missing much there. If you're into doing that kind of thing, you can crack open and go through the controller replacing capacitors and out of spec resistors. They usually will come back to life but it's tedious work.
If you're not into adjusting carburetors… The original type non-electronic Rochester Quadrajet will be a much nicer driving experience compared to the Edelbrock.
Likely that Delco radio has capacitor issues and probably the speaker cone is sun rotted.
That trailer brake controller is the old school type that applies the trailer brake when you step on the brake pedal in the vehicle. I have used these in the past and they worked well. They are a lot more trouble to install than the newer types.
Those old square body Chevys are only going up in value, so if you keep it a while, the value will increase.
I think the new Chevy truck would be around 4-5k $, but even if its in a good condition overall, its a Chevy, and its old.. nothing special… I do like it, but 10k I think is to much…
The Kelsey Hayes Trailer Brake Controller was state of the art for its day, but it does have limitations today if you do not have all of the extra components (variable resistor(s)). With the Kelsey Hayes Trailer Brake Controller, it senses brake application via pressure in the hydraulic lines, but it must be modulated via the resistors, and these resistors were adjusted to reflect the weight of the trailer being towed much as you would adjust gain on the modern electronic controllers. With some of the Kelsey Hayes Controllers, the resistors, they are found on the firewall near the truck's brake master cylinder while with other models the resistors are located on the trailer hitch. The seven round pin trailer connector is actually considered to be a superior quality connector to the blade connector to a number of us in the Vintage travel trailer community — it is typically used on 18-wheelers so is often found at truck stops, E-Trailer carries the trailer and tow vehicle sides as well as adapters for the round pin plugs. Just be forewarned that there wasn't an industry accepted standard wiring schematic for the seven pin connector until well into the late 1980s and many agricultural applications stuck with an older pattern for several years later.
I would put a truck camper on the back
What are you going to do without all the toys?
If you’re keeping the Chevy, it will make an excellent work truck and daily driver. Now if you’re planning on selling it, I’m not sure you will be able to get money back. Otherwise, this is a gem.
Love the truck. We had a mid-80s one when I was a youngun. No frills one at that …manual everything and plastic seats and floors. My grandfather would hose the inside when it needed a cleaning. And od course the whistling wing window when it got older 😂 Common practice was to fold up a business card so that the latch had a tighter hold. I can't recall ever seeing one that did have at least one wing window with some kind of folded paper in the latch.
Ours also had the dealer and city engraved in the bumper. Had forgotten they used to do that. I'm sure it wasn't cheap to do. At least not as cheap as slapping a dealer sticker on it.
Your shirt match the truck
That's very nice truck classic randy 👍✌️
You should go help mike with his slt masadis it doesn't start, and he wants to send it to scrap, but man i don't like to see good things go to waste
I want to know how much you're going to lose when you're selling your brand new Ram
love that truck, looks better than me at 40. bet it smells better than me at 40 aswell, lol.
Great looking truck!
The Short wide Square body have always caught the heat for sales ….but over the last 5 or 6 years ….any bed style or trim Square body is on fire …1500 or 2500 …….you did good …..basically the trunk sold for the price it did when new ……..I would drive it exclusively……and not worry about some ram trunk ……who cares ……
I would drive it good find and good video bud keep up the good work
Put a nickel between the vent window latch and the rail. It will make it close tighter. That's what I always did on my old chevy trucks! I had a 1985 GMC Sierra with a 305 throttle body and that throttle body wasn't the greatest. They probably removed the throttle body and put a regular carburator on it. In today's market, you stole it for damn sure!! Don't forget to check the rear end fluid! Take it to the auto spa and get it polished and enjoy it! You'll turn many heads and have great conversations with folkes and enjoy it MUCH more than the new truck you have! I can not wait for more videos on this truck!!!!
I think it was a good deal. Get it right and sell the Ram. Use it for work and spend the Ram money on other toys.
Them hard line trailer brake control were known for shorting out and starting a fire
Hey Randy I love the new truck. I think you got a good deal on it
nice truck randy that 7 pin trailer plug is the same as todays 7 pin plugs that ones a aftermarket thats on the truck wallmart has the new 7 pin with the 4 flat built in to it
I guessed you spent at least 20k on that truck, based on the original status and condition, that's a collectors item.
These were mainly made the haul campers around that's why they got 10 ply tires on them
They have a vintage looking modern digital radio. Probably needs a fuel system clean out and new carb .
Awesome truck
Beware of the hydro static transmission
Keep the truck. It has everything that is needed. Heat, AC, PS, PB. You don't need TV screens inside and all of the crazy electronics that go fail. Insurance and payments on a 2023 truck are way more than the upkeep on that truck. Keep it.
Sounds like a fair price for a survivor vehicle. You can basically restore everything on it Lmc truck catalog has everything. I think it deserves the name " Wally or Wallace" tribute to it's a original owner . I'm heart felt when it comes to stories. It's a beautiful truck red / grey paint scheme is amazing.
YouTuber junkyard dogs are good at those carburetors on gm trucks
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I knew Wally Haynes and he was a good man. Rest assured that this truck was well cared for It will do the work you need done. I have owned a 76 and 79 and both had wind noise from the wing vent window. The rams are good trucks but this one will do the work at a fraction of the cost.
It would've been a Better idea to install a 383 stroker on a 1984 silverado 20
Looks like overspray on the driver side door strike
Now that is my kind of truck right there I don’t think you paid too much for it because of the condition
Need a heat shield on your starter, When the engine gets heated up they will make your starter heat damaged. Put these on all your older truck and see for yourself. Amazon has them for about 28.00
If you're gonna do anything to the a/c at all, i would suggest trying to find some R-12 before doing an R-134a conversion. It will blow much cooler than the 134a. There are still ppl out there with R-12
I gotta say i hate red on anything, but def a very fair price all things considered
keep the truck original as possible
It’s a very nice looking truck , like the longbed, Randy .
Love that square body great truck buddy
That's honestly a good buy there hard to find and it's in beautiful shape
dude just has a bentley in the back
8k is the price but you will even up on the videos
You stole that square body great deal