1987 Chevrolet K30 (1988 V30) 1 Ton Short Bed 4x4 Squarebody 117.5”
wheel base rock crawler build.
Full Off
Road Design long travel leaf spring suspension system custom made for this exact truck by weight
and lift height of 6”. Front axle center pin was moved forward about 1-1/2
inches for better tire to firewall clearance. The springs travel enough to use
up 12” of Bilstein shocks front and rear. Has a custom-built Ruff Stuff
Specialties traction bar / radius bar on the rear that does not limit
articulation and eliminates axle wrap. Tom Wood’s high angle, long slip travel, heavy wall drivelines front and rear,
Off Road Design Dana 60 cross over steering kit. Fully rebuilt New Process 205
transfer case with a flat flange rear output and twin sticked for rear wheel
drive only, front wheel drive only, four- wheel drive, all output selections in
high range and low range. 1350 style rear CV joint at the back of the transfer
case. Both front and rear drivelines will flex 35 degrees per Tom Wood’s.
Small
block 350 with an MSD HEI distributor and Edelbrock carburetor, electric choke. Engine runs
good at all angles. Matching 1988 SM465 manual 4-speed with granny gear, rebuild
kit, cleaned and sealed. All new clutch, pressure plate, throw-out bearing,
pilot bearing etc. Factory hydraulic clutch, all parts and hoses replaced. All
Hydroboost brake components and hoses replaced. Brand new complete electronic controls Vintage Air heat AC system works fantastic, nice tinted windows, all new window
and door seals everywhere. The truck came from the Oregon desert and is rust
free. Exterior taken down to bare steel and professionally base / clear painted
back to sock metallic gray. The front fenders were professionally cut and
reshaped for high clearance and maxed out inside to retain the factory inner
steel fenders. The bed internals and tailgate are all factory GM originals. The
bed side skins are brand new 14 gauge steel, computer press braked for a custom
fabricated look, rear high clearance fender cutout shapes exactly match the shape of the
fronts. Bed is also professionally painted. The blue side stripes are vinyl wrap
for easy repairs or can be removed for a color change.
Nice
interior with new dash pad, fully rebuilt seat, new seatbelts, carpet,
insulation, Bluetooth CD stereo, has a factory style tachometer, everything
works in this truck, every light, every switch, clear down to the delay wipers.
Nearly every switch replaced in the truck. Factory floor shift tilt steering
column. Manual windows and locks. Ruff Stuff Specialties 14 bolt disk brake
conversion kit complete with their Cadillac El Dorado style disk brake calipers
which includes parking brake with the factory foot parking brake lever. 8 gang
switch pod overhead with fuse box / relay box inside engine compartment for up
to 8 add on accessories controlled by the switch pod. 100 amp Tuff Stuff
alternator. Hard wired winches front and rear, Rebuilt, re-sealed Warn 8274 on
the front, rebuilt, re-sealed Warn M10000 hidden under the rear. Comes with
wired winch remote and two wireless remotes that can plug into the front or
rear winch. The winch cradles front and winch cradle / rear hitch are bolted on
and can be easily removed if someone wants a different style front and rear
setup.
This
truck was built to clear 40” tires, the tires and wheels that come with it are 37
x 12.5 x 17 BFG Mud Terrains (about 5,000 miles them and always stored inside),
old school polished 17 x 9, -12mm offset
Dick Cepek DC-1 wheels (have the matching Dick Cepek center caps, just not installed
in the photos).
After
all the work was done, it has been sitting in my shop and never got to wheel it, only drive it occasionally when its
dry, never been off road or even driven in the rain since it was all put
together. The photos with the truck flexed out, the ditch to hillside height
difference is about 5 feet, all the tires are on the ground and it didn’t slip
a tire to get into that position.
Well over $30,000 invested into this truck. Please see three photos of the list of parts,
part numbers and cost for the parts that were installed on this truck most of
which were new parts. This is the best way to learn what the truck is all
about and can email a complete spreadsheet with all the part numbers. Ph. Num. in shop floor hoist photo. Clean title in my name. Five
four one seven nine nine zero one eight six.