Wide pieces of plastic cut from a plastic 55 gallon drum with locked up tires set on them work as good skates to load up things with locked up tires. I learned that working as a wrecker operator.

This is going to be an awesome project. Very excited to see the progress on this one. Great find 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Congratulations on the new project!

Man that has it all. Nice shape.big block for sure

I’d put a 12 valve Cummins in it. But the big block will be very nice. Can’t wait to see more videos of this truck!

I was rooting for the winch 😮 definitely a beast to pull Juicy Lucy

I’m amazed at how straight that brute is. On the edge of my seat here!

Nice find.

Congrats my friend! So excited for this project!

Great Find! I just got my 1979 C30 single cab Camper Special on the road.I replaced everything. It had been sitting for 15years. I LS/4l80e swapped the 454/400 and 6/8 dropped it. I am working on the AC as we speak. I have many rides but this is my favorite. I look forward to watching you build her. Great channel too.

cool truck , , stay safe my friend

Your 454/TH400 would be the quickest way to get it going... AND it's on hand and ready to go. But if I was in the big block game, I'd be on the lookout for a 8.1L/4L80E combo. Those are 496 cubic inch LS engines, basically. A buddy of mine recently made the swap in his '97 crew cab dually and he loves it! Great score on the clean square!

454/TH400 just like the Square Body God's intended!!

That brings back memories. Ours was white. But yes I'd use the 454, unless you have access to a 12 valve Cummins

Good o square body pickup👍 Chevy & GMC produced those square body models from 1973 - 1991 except in 1987, the half ton & three quarter ton regular cab pickups were finished & in 1989, the one ton regular cab pickups were also finished.

Absolutely 1 of my A-1 favorite trucks! I personally, would go for the LS5 454, with the Edelbrock “RV Package, (“Performer aluminum int. man., Performer Plus cam & lifter kit, matching dual roller timing chain and gear set, & a 750 cam. carburetor “), & a 4L80-E transmission with shifting kit. Plenty of pulling power, and not bad mileage either! Best wishes to you and your family, including this entire project!

I LOVE IT!

Oooo i love it!!

454 would be great. That torque will come in handy with that heavy truck especially if you start pulling trailers a lot . Real cool truck!

It shouldn’t be hard to repair the rip in the seat! Man this truck will clean up beautifully!!

Thats a cool looking truck definitely gotta go with a 454 gas hog 😂

I think the 454 is gonna be plenty fun for that old boy.

What sweetheart!

Always amazing to bring home a new project! This thing is going to be awesome!

I would use a gen 6 454 and 4l80e combo. Still won't get good gas mileage, but that is not why someone owns a crew cab dually. Your current big block plan sure seems like a good one.

I’m very happy my instagram algorithm pushed your page my way. That dually is beautiful.

Big Block + EFI + Square Body Dually + Transmission = B.E.S.T

Super awesome truck man. Looking forward to seeing this for years to come. Glad you got the rear to break free. 😎

12 valve nv5600. That's what I'm doing with my 1987 C30 camper special crew cab long bed. Hoping to push around 400 horsepower and 1100 torque. Beautiful truck man.

So pumped for this project. Id love to see a 24v CR/G56 swap. But you can never go wrong with a 454

454/400 turbo would be a good combo but a 8.1/Allison 5sp or a 6sp would be my choice for the truck.

Tiene un gran potencial esa Silverado,hermoso proyecto👏🏻👏🏻..saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷

That's a sweet truck and it looks like it has lot's of options the only thing I don't like it it's a automatic. A truck like that should have a manual transmission a 700R4 trans is one of the weakest automatic trans to be put in a car and they went and put it in a crew cab towing rig

Giv ya treefiddy 😂😂

Ill always prefer Dodge and Ford over Chevy but these old CC Squarebodies are so cool It really depends on what I was using the truck for but honestly id go 12/24V Cummins swap with allison trans swap

Put a 4.6 big block into that truck

Duramaxxxxxxx!!!!!!!

Sweet score dude! That paint job and the spoilers and rack really make it stand out from the rest. I look forward to the clean up video. 454 will be great in it, hell that’s what it came with. What are your use plans for it? Tow rig or show rig?

6 liter LS or a 6BT Cummins.

I believe that C30 is a 1987 or older because it doesn't have a trip odometer which was introduced in 1988 in both the square bodies & new OBSs.

Tony

Do lb7 durmax or a 24 valve Cummins

Nice project buddy , just pulled a 79 suburban home that’s been sitting for a while and put it up on my channel. What engine trans setup you going with?

i would put a 12 valve cunnins in it

Congrats!!! Nice project😎😎😎 LS?

6.0 ls

Bout to say i know that not a 350 lol

What size trailer

Ain’t no Ford!

If the outside of the paint job isn't solid I personally would get rid of an ugly ass stripes paint the whole truck back to the factory red former room get in touch with LMC truck get a new dash cover but as far as the engine is concerned wasting your time throwing anything else and if you're going to be using it to pull another vehicle on the trailer now I'm a big fan of the 454 even if you would have turned into a stroker motor the big bad 496 4454 but I still with the I still look for the truck apart I wouldn't disassemble the cab I would just take it off the vehicle so you can do a full inspection of chassis you get it cleaned and powder coated those trucks get so much mistreatment over the years I just think it was a good idea to pull the Jazzy you don't have no Indian Transmission in it even better idea for you to order twin Titan fuel tanks and I hope you're going to do some long tube headers 3 inch exhaust rooted to to the duel it's really a super nice truck what's the absolutely need some cleaning I don't think she needs a lot I just think that chassis though needs to be clean power wash decreased in powder coated living left to the weather and you can go ahead and put your in bed you going to have a real nice truck when she's all said and done and I think you should go with dual batteries anyway good luck when you build can't wait to see how it turns out I shall be watching to see beauty unfold

Cumins maybe?