BARN FIND! 1986 CHEVROLET K30 | Original & Unrestored Squarebody Survivor!
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- This is a tribute video to my friend's BARN FIND 1986 Chevrolet K30. This squarebody truck is a 21k mile, 99% ORIGINAL SURVIVOR!
The truck is equipped from the factory with a Dana 60 front axle and a full floating 14 bolt rear axle both sporting 4.56 gears. The rear axle also carries the G80 locker. The engine is the LT9 5.7L 350 V8 mated to a granny low SM 465 4 speed manual transmission. Behind the transmission is the gear driven NP205 transfer case.
It is a fleetside longbed, optioned to a single rear wheel 1 ton. The truck also carries the Silverado trim package with factory air conditioning, intermittent windshield wipers, sliding rear window and two tone paint. This truck is also optioned with dual fuel tanks, skid plates, AM/FM cassette radio and tinted glass.
The options sticker inside the glovebox reads:
MODEL# - CK30903
G80 - LOCKING DIFFERENTIAL
NL2 - AUXILLARY FUEL TANK
E63 - FLEETSIDE BODY
MM4 - 4-SPEED MANUAL TRANS
C60 - AIR CONDITIONING-FRO
LT9 - 5.7 LITER GAS ENG V8
CD4 - INTER. W/S WIPER SYS
HC4 - REAR AXLE - 4.56 RATIO
UN3 - AM/FM STEREO RAD W/C
A28 - SLIDING REAR WINDOW
UA1 - HEAVY DUTY BATTERY
A01 - TINTED GLASS ALL- WIN
R04 - SINGLE REAR WHEELS
NY7 - TRANSFER CASE SHIELD
YYN - LT235/85R-16D TBL HY
YE9 - SILVERADO EQUIPMENT
X6W - LOCKING HUB - MANUAL
XYM - LT235/85R-16D TBL HY
23D - LDD1 BLUE CUSTOM CLO
21U - 21 LIGHT BLUE METALL
Z1Y - SOLID PAINT
The two known modifications to this truck are the Ramsey winch and fairlead mounted in the bed. These items were installed by the original owner and the intended use is unclear. The other modification is the zero rate add-a-leafs from Offroad Design. (ORD)
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that is the pinnacle of pickups. the best ever made. should be proud of that it will outlast any of the new stuff. awesome
gentile joshsaved H it’s not really the pinnacle of pickups, it still has that emissions crap on the motor, and the exhaust sounds terrible, in fact it has no sound which is stupid if you ask me
@@evanjobe4249 good thing no one asked you.
gentile joshsaved my dad had a truck like this
Indeed!
This was the first Chevy pickup that rusted badly. No, it won't outlast the new stuff.
This truck is so pure wish it was mine.
the best thing I have ever seen on CZcams. my dream truck.
+Squarebody Rescue Thank you for watching!!
Tell me about it lol, I think I just came in my pants
beautiful truck! have to grease those universal joints every oil change
I had one of these 86 K30s but with the 454. It was a slow machine but a powerhouse.
Your friend found a really nice barn find. I hope he still has it & kept the truck looking as sharp as it is in this video. Stay safe.
100% southern 80s Americana. Also perfect example of the type of truck us young teenage boys got from our dads and grandpas in the 90s when it was our turn for the “hand-me-down” first truck.
Lucky lucky!
I recognize that winch setup. That would be for backing up to a round bail of hay with a fork that is mounted at the end of the bed with the tailgate off. The winch pulls the fork up, which pulls the round bail off the ground. Then you deliver the round bail to the destination and drop the fork down again.
sweet find that one, a keeper for sure !
+TheCanadianBubba Absolutely a keeper!
4.56 gears with a 4 speed? ouch. probably the first truck that would truly benefit from larger tires.
A 350ci V8 with a 4 speed tranny and granny gear?? Hang onto that baby...you can't even buy trucks with a manual transmission any more much less with a V8. That is a sweet truck.
Yes it's a keeper. Trucks were trucks back then.
New Toyota Tacoma come with a optional manual tranny
@@DieselDog1982 my F350 powerstroke is a 6 speed manual transmission too it has a creeper gear and 5 high gears
Wish I still had mine, Mother Nature took her back
@@junkyarddog9129 That really isn't a truck!
excelente camioneta, un gran tesoro que encontraron, verdaderamente es una sobreviviente. especial para seguir conservandola original. saludos.
Milcrate82, celso guajardo villarreal Saids That: Excellent truck, a great treasure they found, is truly a survivor. Special to keep conserving it original. Greetings.
+celso guajardo villarreal Gracias amigo!
celso guajardo villarreal
Yo tengo una 1987 y está muy deteriorada
Pero espero arreglarla pronto
✌🏼
El Fantasma excelente, a restaurarla, ya que son muy buenas camionetas. Saludos.
WOW!!!! Looking at that original surviving square body work horse is better than having sex! Nice find!
I might have to disagree with that one lol
I wouldn’t go that far. Take this advice:
There will always be old trucks, but not always someone willing to fuck.
It was common for people to have a winch setup like that for pulling things onto a trailer that was towed. As the roller was right there in the center in front of the tailgate, it was to pull straight only, not for winching things out of a ditch, etc. Most likely a car trailer, tractor puller, or as someone else mentioned, to pull a boat onto a trailer, but what a huge boat it would have to be, plus, most boat trailers have their own winch setup. The 4.56 gears were common to those older trucks so that they could pull hills and heavier loads with only a 4 speed. Back when trucks had 6 cylinders and 283's, 5.56 gearing was common.
G80 wow factory Easton locker 1 ton that's a hell of a truck
I'd love to find a truck like that. Best part was when I saw she is a manual. Perfect truck.
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That winch is used for a round bale hay fork, too haul hay to cows. Farm truck nice and clean!!
The winch and brackets at rear of truck are for a hay fork to haul round Bales of hay many of my chevy's have had same set up
for sale?
an absolutely fantastic truck ...........i had one and really miss it..............they are bulletproof
That truck is perfect! I’d so love to find me one like that!
Nice, love that skyblue color, usually folks restore these and paint them some god awful lime green. also lucky that the interior didn't get ate up by mice!
Absolutely beautiful blue. Perfect options.
would have gotten a thumbs up if you'd left the soundtrack out.
Its awful
I can't even explain how jealous I am. .. I love heavy duty trucks and that is friggen mint! You take care of that and maintain it and it'll last the rest if your life. None of that excessive electronics and bull shit, just a well built solid ass truck.
MMGJ10 🍻
I will not rest until my squarebody looks like this again
What a beauty. Wish they still made them like that.
33-12.50 tire and the truck is done. A little taller tire would help on the highway with a 4.56 gear. Nice truck.
wow, what an awesome looking truck!!!
Beautiful truck, And to see one all original and not all lifted or what not and just to see it like it was off the showroom is just amazing!! Thanks for sharing
Wow, that is what my interior looked like at one time so long ago. Except for that clear cover on the seat. I have never seen that before. It reminds me of sofas from the 70s and 80s !
Had a '81 K30 Suburban, 454, 4 speed 4wd with granny gear, Silverado with front rear a/c and absolutely loved that rig.
Back in early 1987 I ordered a Chevrolet K30 very similar to this truck. Mine was black with dark gray down the middle. Tilt steering and all the options. 4-speed manual transmission and the 454 big block. Bad ass truck. Only problem she would quit running while driving. Just quit. Wait a few minutes she'd restart and go. Quit again eventually. Chevrolet never figured it out. I traded it eventually. Big block and the 4-speed manual was a blast when she ran.
I have only dreamed of finding a truck like this.
What no cup holders! Back in the day the cup holders were indentations in the glove box door when open. What a great truck! I remember them well!
Beautiful truck, that's a keeper 👍
That son of a gun is gorgeous amazing it looks so good respect for the original owner for taking care of his stuff
Nice I'm not a huge fan of the newer chevys but I like the 80s square bodys and the earlier ones.....
AGREED 1980s SQUAREBODIES ARE THE BEST ALONG WITH THE FIBERGLASS GMT400 CHEVY TRUCKS THE NEWER TRUCKS ARE TRASH.
Would trade a 2019 and 2020 silverado for this bad girl!!! She's a beauty😍
What a beauty! That's what a truck is supposed to be! Sad that today's trucks come with giant sunroofs, huge touch screens, heated seats and 22 inch rims and have seemingly lost sight of their intended purpose
Geez Dana 60 , 14 bolt 4.56's, 4 spd, 4bolt main! Everything you'd want if you built one!
That's a sweet truck!! I have a 82 Scottsdale that's original. I grew up in that era. I love these truck's!!
That's country! what a gem you found!
Beautiful truck I'd leave it original I've got two of my own a 78 shortbed 350 SM465 NP 205 10 bolt front 12 bolt rear with 4.10 gears and 35s and an 86 M1009 military Blazer with a 6.2 diesel TH400 208 and 10 bolt front and rear with 3.08 gears and locker in rear .
WOW! Flashback @ 1:14 notice the sticker.
Smith Chevrolet located at 1221 Broadway, SA, Texas was the oldest Chevy dealer in the state and #2 or 3 in the nation IIRC. They had a showroom just for truck called the Truck Mall..I bought my 85 and 86 there.
I worked at Smith from 79-81 and my best friend worked in the truck mall from 81-89. He was consistently one of the top truck sellers and sold many 4X4's to farms and ranches in the S. Texas area. Our boss was in charge of ordering all truck inventory.
Having a truck with the granny 4 speed in inventory was not unheard of but it would have been rare. However, they did a lot of special orders for farm and ranch customers.
Smith is gone and it's all condos now. They were family owned and one of the few decent dealerships in the city. None of the usual lie and hustle BS. Some salesmen tried and were caught were fired on the spot.
I haven't seen many restored ones in that kinda shape! What a beautiful truck
What makes this truck even more nice is the manual transmission if it were like a 700r4 it would be just another nice oldie automatics are a dime a dozen
That looks like actor Kurt Russel's pickup that he just sold recently at auction...but Kurts has a 454 CID engine wereas this one is a 350CID ...very nice regardless
What a score !
If you were me I'd go all around the truck and pump the anti- rust waxy oil every where .
30 years is a long time for metal to go without a being restored so you'll have some rust growing where your unable to see it lurking . Good one man
That’s one sexy pickup. I had a 77 Chevy 4x4 short bed, 4 speed manual in 84. That brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for sharing.
Veery nice truck, not many of them left like that, I wish GM would bring back the stick !!!
Manual transmission converted to Automatic at 3:13
Love the lights on the tailgates of the 30
Back when they took pride in what they were building.
I have an 86 and an 07 silverado the 07 is better in every way except the cool factor.
I dont think I've wanted anything so much in my entire life
Beautiful! Coming from a Ford guy
I love this truck. Just a perfect old heavy duty truck. I'm jelly
Simplicity at its best, I got one c20 6.2L very old and not pretty but still running ok, few mechanical issues but runs ok.
Super nice truck! 350/sm465/np205 makes a great setup! Never seen those clear seat covers before. Winch in the back? Was it a repo truck?
+Farmboy's Garage We don't think it was used as a repo truck. The man my friend bought it from, he bought it from the original owner's estate. There was mention of the original owner using it for pulling boats. But that winch is WAY overkill for a boat that truck can pull. So really we don't know. Probably never will. We're going to try and adapt it to pull broke down choppers into the bed. WAY too much winch for that job too, but it's already there and it does work.
milkcrate82
Probably had a small or possibly fold down wrecker, maybe for parking garages.
The's were the trucks I grew up around. So cool you found one that nice. I would cherish it and pass it down to my son.
Winch is for pulling things up into bed or on a trailer. I do small engine repair. It is a must have for non running equipment. I could see using it for cars if it's heavy enough. Looks like it may be.
Gorgeous truck . It’s a shame stick shifts are not around anymore . I miss those days
with the fair-lead at the tail-gate, the winch would pull equipment onto a trailer (race-cars or tractors etc.)
This truck right here folks is a REAL truck I had a 1977 C-30 w/4spd,V8 and 4.56 gears that thing was a beast!
That’s a great truck! Thanks for the video.
OMG, what a beautiful truck. I wish my 82 looked half that good. I use it too much though.
Beautiful Truck 😍
The guy that bought this truck new, knew what he was doing. Only thing I would have done if it was me was to go with 3:73 or 4:10 gears. Obviously it was bought to be a farm truck, even though it doesn't look like it.
Beautiful truck
I bought a 91 blazer last year with 71k miles on it for 1500 .almost same blue as this pickup. Super nice and paid less than what winch on front of it is worth. No longer stock though. Has 4 inch lift and crossover steering. Getting headers next ,then twin stick 205 t case and final add will be a vortec engine
I have a zero rot 84 CUCV M1008 W 16K on the clock, shes sun burned to all hell inside but the same axles 4:56 no locker up front but detroit locked rear. She chirps 2nd gear sometimes on her own w the TH400 w the 6.2 diesel. top speed is 55 and 56 downhill. 37-40" rubber will be the regear
The winch was probably for pulling big hay rolls onto the trailer it was pulling, definitely a farming setup
So that's what my 87 should have looked like, beautifully solid truck
no rust and found in texas,I'm in texas too and i have a 1995 gmc Z71 single cab and its rust free and i used to go mudding big time but always came home and cleaned it for days.i would lift that truck and put at least some 38's on it.thats weird it has 4.56 gears,i have those and I'm running 35 inch mud tires,i want to go straight axle big time,i hate the IFS always messing up.nice truck man
Those arent rare at all typical truck in tx u can find those anywhere no one will be lookin at u in that
Brutal truck i should know i drive a mostly stock 87 Chevy Silverado v10 with a 5.7 liter v8. And love my square body your friend is very lucky to find the v30 very rare from what I seen and heard.
What a great find. That's a keeper!!
K30, Hank Williams & Star Bucks.. I call that relaxing too
Thats a awersome truck
BEAUTIFUL TRUCK!!what a find. I own a 82 chevy c30 crew cab dually.I have a buddy who has had alot diffrent chevys like this. Some nice some not but he ALWAYS DESTROYS them. He has my grandfathers 86 gmc c30 long wheel base wrecker he bought it from a guy that my grandmother sold it to quite few years ago. He got to it b4 i could Made me sick cuz i know how its gonna end up
BADDASS!! Great video, the only 86 Chevy I had was a c/10 2 wd 305 sbc
What a friggin beautiful truck I thought I did pretty good go finding an 2002 Silverado with a 5.3 5speed and about 62000 miles on it from the original owner. Oh and its a four wheel drive as well.
That truck is freaking gorgeous.
Nice truck. 4-speed is a +
What a clean old truck.
Wow ! With a manual transmission 👍! Love love love it ! This real truck was ment to do real work, thusly the 4 speed, 4.56's and winch in the bed. The person who set it up most likely drove a car when not dragging houses, trees, barns and anything else that needed to be moved down the road.
Please skip the music next time !
I’ve had three of that body style but none 4x4. Very nice find. Only problem with these was the gas tank on the outside of the frame. Just a safety thing but I guess not as bad as a 1970 with the gas tank behind the seat. Still best trucks ever built.
What a rare truck.
+john mason Especially with the small block. Most were sold with a big block or the 6.2 diesel.
milkcrate82 must have been a special order from the factory
CRAZY NICE !
I had an 83 just like that, But with a warmed up 468. 6 inch lift, front LSD and 36.5's. It was a beast. Would pull a 10k trailer and not even now it was back there! It definitely needed dual tanks. She was a bit thirsty!
Wow you are one lucky man. Congratulations on that truck
Cool truck, I've a 82 k10 all original. Even found the paperwork where mine was purchased new in glove box. All these trucks are cool as shit and scream old school to me.
Sweet just bought a pretty soild 84 Silverado truck with a few places.this truck got mine beat.
Damn It!! I Just Drooled All Over My Phone!! I Have Never Seen An Original Un-Cracked Box Chevy Truck Dash!!
That's awesome congratulations on finding that I've got an 82 like that with a 6-2 diesel I bought in 03 with 21000 miles on it it's got 46,000 on it now It's not a good shape as that one but for as old as it is it's in perfect shape to me enjoy it and never let it go
nothing like a sqaurebody with a 350 and an sm465
Love the trim around the windshield. Ppl think they can LMC their way to this. No way. Cheap crap that rusts and has fitment issues.
I got an 85 half ton, same blue color, going to do a ground up someday! got a lot of compliments in that truck!
Thanks for sharing
nice looking truck!!!
Sweet truck that thing will last you the rest your life long as you take care of it She’s a real beauty
very cool find. thanks for sharing
WOW!!! What a beautiful truck!