DRIPTROIT 71

I was a mechanic for 25 years much of when these trucks were in their hay day so to speak. Turned a lot of wrenches on these. My dad used to have an 85 that I bypassed the timing control on. Of course we re-geared it too. With a little help from a new carburetor the 305 did great on 33s pulling a 5,000 lb. tractor. My mom had an 85 Blazer. Like my dad’s truck it was factory 305 with 273 gears. It wouldn’t hardly pull itself on 31s.

Let’s see a picture. I bought mine from the guy who bought it new. He had it 17 years, I’ve had it a little over 20. It’s a factor 4 speed truck with the original 350. This truck never had any type of computer or external timing control, just a regular H.E.I. that I replaced with a N.O.S. Mallory H.E.I.. The original cam went flat and I replaced it with a mild Lunati mostly just to sound good. My wife had gotten me new tail lights for Christmas as the old ones were sun bleached pretty bad. I added the 4” lift a couple weeks ago. The wheels are 16.5”x12” and are at least 25 years old. They came off of a friend of mines Blazer. They were chrome and had been sand blasted. I primed and painted them and put the 35” Thornbirds on them. I cleaned and rubbed on it for a couple of days and was pleasantly surprised with how it turned out.

I can’t wait!

This will be good!

Nice work!

This thing is awesome in more ways than I can count!

This one is really coming together! It looks awesome! It looks like I’m going to have to send some of my projects to you to get them finished.?

Looks like this is ready for business! Nice work!

I like it!! The colors are great!

Great looking rig! I like the colors!

I actually has been fun, but I still have a Paystar sitting on the bench that I have got to get back to. Thankfully this one hasn’t cracked. I’ve fixed several over the years. One particular back in the 90s was broken completely in half. The guy that owned it had us replace the entire frame and add the plates to it. Thanks! It is actually old timey, of course I am too. It was built in 1937 out of used lumber taken from an old school house that was being torn down.

Maybe that is meant to be an exact replica of the Johnny Cash Cadillac engine. ” The transmission was a 53 and the engine turned out to be a 73, and when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone.”?

This one looks awesome! I like the colors!

I like it!!

Looks great!!

This one looks amazing!! Your weathering looks great! The added details really finish this one off!

Looks good!!

Thanks Tom!

This was my 79 Ford when it had 39.5 Swampers on it. Unfortunately I never took any pictures when it had 44s on it. This picture was taken in 92.

I had a few lifted trucks in my younger days 25-30 years ago. I had a 79 Ford on 44s once. I figured before I got too old to get in that I would try it one more time.?

Thanks! The tires are a bit louder than the old ones.?

I’ve had this truck for 20 years now. I decided to spruce it up a bit. Here is what it looked like a month ago: Here is what it looks like now:

Works great!! Thanks Dave!!

Now that is cool!! I really like what you have come up with!! Excellent work!

You are really turning out the trucks!! This is another great looking build to add to your already great looking fleet. Excellent work!!