If you’re going to restore the interior and engine compartment as you indicated, then I’d probably give equal treatment to the exterior. If you want to do a patina’d truck, then I’d leave the interior and engine bay a bit rustic as well! Frankly, that thing looks to be in such nice condition it deserves a proper restoration - save your “patina truck” for one where some raggedy sheet metal fits right in……..👍
"Patina" means too broke to afford a paint job. Restore it and drive it proudly. Never ruin a truck by lowering it or by clear coating rust , dents and scratches.
Learned to drive stick in an 84 280zx. Mom was squealing the tires in the first three gears while demonstrating. Torque + lightweight == smiles per gallon!
Just detail the entire truck and clear coat the paint! Replacing the seat would be optional for me. But the seat could be worn more than the video shows. A good daily driver !
Beautiful truck, perfect stance and bodylines. GM knocked it out the ballpark so far in these years that it looks sweet no matter what you do with this truck.
I love how the front of the bed in bent towards the cab - it was USED! Great truck. I have a '68 Ford F-100 with a 427FE stroker, and I love it. And yes, you can't go anywhere without being asked about it...that's the fun. Enjoy!
It’s real easy to tell what transmission you have, does it have a kick down rod by the carburetor or electric switch under the dash mounted on the gas pedal. Switch mean Turbo 400
They made Safari Treks past this year until 2007 and then it was brought back again for a few years sometime after that. Still, a good looking coach. We had a 2005 Safari Simba 30PDD.
Way cool! It was our first coach and we loved it, but with only one air conditioner, and living in Florida, we needed a second air conditioner to keep cool.
I bought mine in '88 while I was in high school. Please post a video with the exhaust 'burble'. I got into so much trouble with this car. With the torque of the 5.0 and the locking differential, this thing was almost impossible to control. I tried in so many parking lots to try to keep from facing the wrong way in traffic.
Actually no. I worked for gm 80-82 and we mostly made garbage cars. I had an 81 Camaro brand new. Beautiful on the outside, cheap shit on the inside and emissions choked it.
