I picked up a J20 for a 4 speed swap this week. It's a '77, same as my waggy. It popped up on craigslist about 10 miles from my house and the guy was willing to trailer it over. From what I can tell from the vin and door jam sticker, it was a 360 4 barrel (currently has a 2 barrel carb on 4 barrel intake), 4 speed, 8400 lb gvw, factory midnight blue. Had some cool options like the cargo light, mud flaps, and CB radio. The tags are missing off the axle so I haven't determined if it has a 3.73 or 4.09 or a trac-lok yet. Also has an edelbrock manifold.
The story I got was it was originally owned by a blueberry farm, which seems appropriate given the blue exterior and interior. It still has the 1977 license plate from right here in Indiana. Shows 39k miles or so, might actually be true if it spent its life on a farm. It's set up for a dump bed and the lift mechanism works but theres no bed. It's waaayyy to mich fun moving it up and down.
Plan is to put the drivetrain under the waggy, pick a couple parts, then sell the rest.
Today I threw on some used tires, poured a gallon of fresh gas in, and with a squirt of starter fluid it fired up and I was blasting up and down the street. Wish I owned something camo and had a Budweiser in the fridge to complete the look. The transmission shifts well and theres actually some clutch left, but the tcase seems kinda stuck in 4 high. Take a gander at the blueberry:
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