Help Us Name Our New Square Body Crew Cab Dually Project!

Nov 18, 2017BangShift Projects, BangShift XL, XL Project Trucks54

Help Us Name Our New Square Body Crew Cab Dually Project!

I’ve wanted a Chevrolet Crew Cab Dually since I was a kid. Probably since I was 10 or so, since we’d see them at the races all the time pulling gooseneck trailers and looking bad ass. Of course it didn’t hurt that my dad’s buddy Joe White owned one that had an LS6 swapped into it, or that it did huge burnouts at grudge night at Fremont Dragstrip. Conservatively that means I’ve wanted one for 35 years. 35 YEARS!!! And although I’ve had the opportunity a couple times, things just never really worked out, or it didn’t make sense to get one at the time. Such was the case earlier this year when my 2000 3/4 ton Suburban was hit and totaled. Daphne and I talked about what we would get to replace it, and we had been saving a little money to look at something new anyway, so I thought it might be my shot at finally getting my dually. Ultimately Daphne wanted something nice, with heated seats and leather, and that we could haul anyone around in without apologizing for it being old or jacked up. Clearly we’d been driving around in beaters for a little longer than she cared to.

Since she was smack dab in the middle of her battle with cancer, I made not one single argument and went on the hunt for another nice Suburban. When it became apparent that I could get another 3/4 ton that was nice, and in our budget, I went looking at 1500 Suburbans and found what is probably the cleanest 2004 Sub on the planet. I’m talking insanely perfect. It soon became Project White Bread aka Bimbo, and we did an Airaid Cold Air Kit, Flowmaster Exhaust, stereo, window tint, ANZO USA lighting, etc, with plans for lowering and wheels and tires. It’s a GREAT Suburban. But I’ve never been comfortable in it. It’s too clean. I can’t haul parts in it. It tows great, rides nice, drives wonderfully, sounds awesome inside and out, and all the things you want. But I’m a little, okay maybe a lot, uncomfortable getting in and out of it for fear of screwing up the leather. And I can’t put any parts in it without fear of staining something, gacking something, or whatever.

A few weeks after Daphne passed away, my son Cole said “So, when are we selling the Suburban and getting a dually?” I laughed and said I had been thinking the same thing. That’s my boy.

And so the seed was planted. And then I told my brother. And then he said he would buy my Suburban because it would be the perfect family car for him and he knows how nice it is and loves it. That was what I needed to hear to make me start my search. I’ve looked at a bunch, spread the word all over the internet, and have had folks scouring far and wide in search of just the right truck. Well, it turns out a friend of mine had just what I needed, was prepared to sell it at the right price, and I knew it would be a good truck because I knew how he had treated it for the past 20 years of ownership.

I looked at it Tuesday, drove it, bought it, and haven’t stopped smiling since.

But now we need to figure out a name for it and that’s where you come in.

Here are the specs and the plans.

1987 Chevrolet Crew Cab Dually Camper Special 3+3

Specs:

Chevrolet Tan exterior that is faded, but only has a couple dings and dents with zero rust.

Tan interior that is in really nice shape and only needs a front seat cover to be almost mint.

Throttle Body Injected 454, built TH400 transmission, GearVendors overdrive, 4.10 Rear Axle Ratio

Power everything, Alarm with Keyless Entry, Supplemental Anti-Theft Features, Modern Stereo Head Unit

Chrome Wheels and a Hidden Hitch

Plans:

Severe lowering, with air ride suspension as the dream setup front and rear.

In the short term, retro cool graphics on the factory paint to make it not so boring. In the long term it might get a complete repaint.

1973-1979 Front End Conversion possibly.

Lots of performance improvements for the 454 Big Block under the hood.

Fuel System upgrades.

Added comfort stuff, maybe a sleeper cab.

Gooseneck Hitch

Wheels and Tires – Big Rig 22’s? White Steelies? Who knows.

Power Window rebuild. The fuzzies are hard and the windows are slow. We’ll take care of both as a Saturday project.

But what do we call it? Help us with some name ideas!

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54 thoughts on “Help Us Name Our New Square Body Crew Cab Dually Project!”

  3. Silver_Bullet

    Flying Brick Squared (Don\’t know how to put the Squared 2 in the proper Font (like 2 Squared =4)) in reference to the 4 doors and dual wheels!

  5. Cliff Morgan

    Dolly the Dually. Paint the name on the back fenders. The “o” in Dolly could have some sinister looking eyes in it & maybe a couple of fangs.

  6. Rich A.

    Louie Dually, oh no, you take me where ya gotta go, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
    Louie Dually, oh baby, take me where ya gotta go.
    Louie Dually, oh no no no, me gotta go, oh no
    Louie Dually, oh baby, me gotta go

  7. Chico Kid

    “Double D” …It has “double” the doors and rear wheels, and “D” would pay homage to Daphne. Not what ya’ll were imagining at all! Come on, keep it clean (haha)

  8. 75Duster

    “Tantrum”, because the truck is tan in and out, and you’ve been wanting one since you were a kid.

  9. Brendan M

    You can’t just name something. It needs to earn it.
    My trucks name is Patches, due to numerous frame repairs and because I love the Clerance Carter song.

    Give it time Chad, a great name will present itself.

  10. KCR

    Fat Ass and Flat Front,To make it almost great. They make a kit to bolt a 5.9 Cummins into that truck.Then you would have cumming with big hips.Sorry if the kids saw this

  11. jerry z

    It looks like a big hoagie to me! There are many different names for a hoagie.

    Submarine, sub sandwich, grinder, hero, torpedo, but my favorite would be poorboy cause that what this dually will make you, poor!

  13. Rock On

    Sorry to hear about the loss of your wife. My condolences.
    As this truck is tan inside and out, how about naming it Tantilizing!

  14. Oklxs03

    C’mon if this isn’t “ Project Blockhead “ then something is seriously wrong at Bangshift West !

  16. C1BAD66 Malibu

    Chad , I have your truck’s older twin brother.

    I was gonna name it La Gran Ballena Blanca, but you can have the name.

  21. OLDMANINAMERCURY

    Sponge Bob square body
    diesel conversion
    air bag… air bags… air bags… did I mention air bags
    polished aluminum 16 inch wheels NO SEMI WHEELS !
    quad captains chairs
    YES 73 to 77 front call Finnegan see if he still has that tube grille

  35. Duane Baatz

    Sorry for your loss Chad

    FRED an underwhelming name for an underwhelming truck

    I totally get the dually thing, I have a pair of them a 94 7.3 IDI turbo 5 spd 3.55s with everything ATS sold for performance 18 years ago and also propane injection. 96 Powerstroke 7.3 4r100 Gear Vendors mostly stock at the moment except for exhaust, intake and tuner. I will be taking the springs out of the rear this winter and putting in a Reyco Granning air ride I picked up. Mine don\’t have names.

  41. bill

    keep the front end
    as far as graphics , go for a late 70\’s to mid 80\’s race hauler look
    not sure about the tan paint it\’ll be cool just buff the paint back in shape if not you can\’t go wrong with bright as hell white or red as in Nitemare 2 monster truck in the 80\’s driven by steve hess

  42. bill

    keep the front end
    as far as graphics , go for a late 70’s to mid 80’s race hauler look
    not sure about the tan paint it’ll be cool just buff the paint back in shape if not you can’t go wrong with bright as hell white or red as in Nitemare 2 monster truck in the 80’s driven by steve hess

  45. Matt

    It\’s large and sand-colored, so call it \’The Beach\’

    That Beach can tow!

    That Beach can rip a burnout!

  52. Frankin Tony

    I think Vanilla Fudge is the winner, perfect name. My buddy had a 89 Chevy dually with a 454. Awesome truck. He took the headers off for a day before he put new ones on, you could hear it coming from a mile away.

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