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#1 · (Edited)
1991 454 with 136,262 miles
4 door long box Chevy 454 1 ton 60 front, 205 t case4 speed with a bad clutch .

What do think its worth?

Looks straight .
Mi truck no gaping rust holes or any thing just some surface rust blabla .

The sticker on the window said $4,000 kinda seems like he really does not want to sell or is that price not to far off ?depending on condition.

Tires are bald ,stock with what looks like a 8" lift (has a set of 4 16''alloys that go with it)
I don't want a lifted truck just looking for a project tow rig to replace my van.Kicked around a CJ8 on a blazer frame but to much messing around for the end result .

454 ??? fuel millage 10 mpg maybe all the time loaded or light trailer load ?
Tanks for reading, any good input will be greatly appreciated
Jeff
 
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#3 · (Edited)
So I take it the motor was swapped in? The vortecs were better than the old TB motors but still suck the gas down. When I worked at the dealer I never saw one come in for service.
 
#7 ·
I didn't think the vortec was introduced until 1996? My grandpas '95 motorhome had the 454 and it wasn't a vortec. I know the 4.3 liter vortec came out earlier, but I don't know about the 454s.
 
#8 ·
i seeriously doubt that it is a vortec then... or it was swapped in. The vortec processor requires OBDII, which was just on the drawing blocks in 91 (they were most likely using EEC V processors like Ford)
 
#19 ·
vortec heads were not available until 1996, when the vortec engine was introduced.

Somebody may have PUT vortec heads on it, but the intake manifold would have needed to be changed to fit the head bolt pattern. Unless it is different for the 350s and 454s.
 
#23 ·
91...thats still the old style body, correct?

$4000, I'd pass, unless you WANT the old school body. To me, that means everything on that truck is designed in the 80s. Old interior, old body, etc.

For reference, I recently bought my dodge - 1996 3/4 ton ext cab longbed 4x4, V10, new trans, loaded power everything remote start alpine/infinity system, etc for $5000, with 115k miles and I've done nothing but put on new tires.

Lifted, i'd guess thats an 8 mpg truck, maybe 7 towing..

I'd get something newer for similar money.
 
#27 ·
What kinda shape was it in? Reg. cab?

And sorry I will never own a 6.5 diesel again ,my 350 in my van would out tow my 93 2500 that I had .Good luck though .

The truck I'm looking at will probably be sold for $3200 to $3600 my guess

And it has a 60 in front with a manual tranny .And to me these are important for an old truck (something I can work on) Plus I need a 4 door a extended cab with my kids is to much fighting :sonicjay:
 
#28 · (Edited)
88-98 is all the same body style. The dash's and grille's are what changed in those years. If the truck is in good shape i would say that's a probably a fair price for a 4-door.

4-door's are worth alot more then ext or standard cabs.

If it was me i would take as much lift out of it as possible for it to be used as t tow vehicle.
 
#30 ·
reg cab. rust free, very good shape, and yes i share your pain on the 6.5. i am getting to know it's problems better and better everyday. now that i have the vaccumm pump fixed though, it pulls awesome.

i was just using my truck as something to run with. i know you are looking for something different.

judging by what you have to say about it initially i think you'd be in for a long painful journey with that truck. imo, if it's been modded, and the guy that owns it is a dumbass, you are in for a hurtin.
 
#31 ·
i disagree. id say the guy is familiar with the ever too popular word vortec, and doesnt know the difference. 4k isnt too bad an asking price for that truck. if you could pick it up for 3000-3500, id say your doing good. im not sure what trans that would have. if its strait, and runs/feels good going down the road, go for it. its getting hard to find a clean/strait square body crew cab nowdays, so they're holding their value. is it a 4 or 5 speed trans?
 
#39 ·
ok you kids need an edumacation.
`73 to 91 C/K R/V series trucks used the old square body when it came to Burbs, K5s and 4 door crew cabs till the end of `91. the lighter trucks and extended cabs switched to the new body in `88 including cab & chassie set ups with regular cab.
the engine that is in the `87-91 454 trucks is the old Gen III its the same engine they built forever in a big block. the TBI is GMs add on one. its an adaptor plate bolted to the stock 4bbl intake( I kid you not) its still got side saddle tanks that can be either twin 16s or twin 20s with trailer tow package. as for trans if its built after `90 its a 4L80e 4spd. the early ones are turbo 400s(3 spd) they came with 282 style T case.

mine even had 3:73 gears and was dually 4x4. with the best techs around we couldn't get mine over 5 mpg running empty. I sold it and its now out around Highland somewhere. mine was mint in and had 165,000 miles on it. sold for $8500 back in `94 the guy I sold it to re sold 6 months later to the current owner. he claimed it has 97,000 miles and I set him straight. I bet the guy who sold it to him didn't figure the state had records on it at the original miles.
 
#40 ·
Thanks for the info on the motor ,the truck I was looking at had a 4speed and 205 set up .The owner said he got 12 mpg at best with 33s .I think he was doing voodoo math.Cuse I drought it got 12mpg, but I don't know him so I cant call him a liar :tonka:

So any idea what tranny it would be .Said it was a 4 speed with creeper ,assuming he meant, 4 forward gears one being a granny low.
 
#41 ·
4spd stick had a creeper gear. but it was a 465 clark trans. they are the same for years and years. the newer NV4500s didn't come till `92 in those. they had them in the C/K chassie earlier. that truck is a V chassie
 
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