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New toy: 1992 454 SS White/Gray

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Old Dec 9, 2015 | 01:48 PM
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Really sharp looking 454SS. It looks great with that drop and those wheels; trucks really do ride well when dropped correctly. Nice color combo but I've always been way more a fan of the light gray early GMT400 interior vs. any other colors so of course I am biased.

Also nice that being a 1992 you get the newer style needle gauges and first year for the DRAC module that you can easily modify with a DIP switch to correct the speedo for tire size & gear changes. Can be done on the earlier clusters too just not quite as easily.

1992-1993 454SS were seriously low production #'s. 1990's are by a verrrrry long stretch the most made.

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Old Dec 9, 2015 | 06:32 PM
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Beautiful truck!! Finding the white or red 92/93 truck's are like finding hen's teeth!! Haha

Ive had my 90 for many years and always wanted a red or white one to go with it.
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Old Dec 9, 2015 | 07:25 PM
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Thanks for all the props guys
I have owned 4 1990's in the past and have always liked the trucks for what they are. I was really looking for an old Camaro or Chevelle and possibly a 68-72 Chevy SWB to put my crate engine into. But, I really love these trucks as well and its been about 8 years since I sold my last one.

I had been searching for the last six months and almost pulled the trigger a couple of times on different vehicles. I am glad I held off from spending crazy money on a project muscle car that would have taken many many thousands of dollars to get where I wanted it to be.

With this truck all I need to do is swap the engine and probably upgrade the exhaust to help the much healthier crate engine breathe more freely. I will probably upgrade the iron rectangular port heads for some aluminum heads and run either a nice Hyd Roller or even possibly a low lash Solid Roller. I will go carbureted for now, but would be cool to go with one of the new fuel injected setups. I will swap in my fresh 4L80E tranny at the same time with a nice FTI converter. I also want to get a nice drag pack wheel set for track duty and will possibly get some Cal-Tracs to help with traction.

I don't want to make it a drag truck per say, but want it to earn its keep when I make occasional trips to the strip. I have a 98 Camaro SS with a LSX 427 for track days, but the "tow truck" needs to have some grunt too!
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Old Feb 1, 2016 | 08:18 PM
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wow first white SS I've seen, everyone up here went for the black and I've only seen one Red one...Very Nice truck, will make a Killer Tow Rig
I found a set of those same seats in ruff condition I was going to recover them in Walnut for the van project but after seeing how they look "clean" maybe I'll keep them gray and change the dash color.
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Old Feb 1, 2016 | 09:31 PM
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Can't believe I missed this thread.

Good to see your still around. I was looking at a vette very recently and was wondering what you were up to.
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Old Feb 1, 2016 | 09:46 PM
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Looks even cleaner in person, that's a friend of mines old truck.
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Old Feb 2, 2016 | 01:45 PM
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Beautiful truck; looks really great.
At the risk of being off-topic a bit here, is there any chance you have a set of stock exhaust manifolds laying around you'd like to part with? Reason I ask is that the passenger side one has a very specific relief cast into it to clear the rear upper A-arm support and I have a BBC C1500 project that would benefit... Thanks!
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