I want a crew cab dually. Preferably a square body, but I would do a round body as well. I’ve got no money, so it really just matters on what the deal is. Which is why this ugly beast caught my attention. Dually’s in general are cheap. I mean you can get a pretty nice truck around SoCal for $5000. If you hunt even less than that. A lot less in some cases. What got me wondering about this particular 1988 GMC crew cab dually was the fact that even though it is only a roller it was once a diesel. A 6.5 Turbo that sucked out loud even new actually.
In California, given it’s age, that means there is no inspection of any kind on it as long as it has a clean transferable title and all that. So stroker late model big block, Cummins, Powerstroke, Duramax, LS, whatever is in play.
Overall this thing looks like it’s in pretty good condition. It clearly needs paint, some interior help, and a dramatic lowering job, but it could be something if the price was right.
So my question to you, my faithful BangShifters, is what would you do with it? What engine and trans swap would you want to see? What would you do to the interior? Suspension?
Whatever you think of that you would want to see done, let me know. If the ideas are good enough and realistic this sucker, or one like it, could end up in the driveway. Tell us what you would do!
6.5 turbo didn’t arrive until 1993. This truck would have had the 6.2 NA engine. Both engines are a Detroit Diesel design. I believe they are of similar architecture to the 8.2 Detroit v8 found in medium duty trucks. The 8.2 was a four stroke designed for fuel economy in the 70s. All other Detroit engines of that period were 2 strokes. I might read too much……
Twin stick behind a 4-53T.