The body had a sloped nose style. This came standard with dana 60 front axle, choice of 400 turbo trans, with Np203 full time 4x4. The axle housing is the same as the earlier semi float 14 bolt. Chevy began installing 454 V-8s in its trucks in 1973. This axle gets its name.
The Chevy one-ton, four-wheel drive pickup has a designation of K-30. The Np208 did come with an excellent Low range ratio of 2. The 1996 K-30 pickup featured a V-8 350 cubic inch Vortec overhead valve 5. . . In 1986 two power plants were available, the 350 cubic inch V-8 with 160 horsepower with 260 foot-pounds of torque and a four barrel carburetor, and the powerful 454 cubic inch V-8 had 230 horsepower with 360 foot-pounds of torque. Sombody installed a 68-74 Sm465 pattern shift knob on this.
The American Axle manufactured 14 bolt. It's extremely reliable, and ready to go to work, today. Engines ranged from 292 straight 6 to 350, 400, 454 V-8's. In 1960 the K-30 one-ton trucks saw some needed changes. The 261 cubic inch 4. But, I have never used the extra tank.
I'll explain this later on Fast Fact:. The axle shaft spline is 30 spline, and this axle is rated at hauling over 10,000 lbs. The paint is is dry and showing its age but the truck is very straight. The tread on the tires is like new but they have dry rot cracks. Also, Edelbrock four barrel carburetor sitting on top of an aluminum Edelbrock intake.
You can tell by the type of 4x4 knob used. Axles are 10 bolt front, 12 bolt rear, with 2. Even then, it still got such a bad rap, that guys would jerk them out, and install 350's or 400's for more reliabuility. All 454s have a 4. Chevy still used fleetside to designate a regular bed and stepside for a flareside or curved bed. Unlike the Sm465, which was offered in all truck models.
It is a fully loaded Silverado with a strong 400 small block, and a nice shifting turbo 400 automatic. New floor pans have been put in but I can not understand why. This system had for induction a four barrel carburetor. I swapped out the full time 4x4 drive flanges and installed the factory External bolt on Spicer hubs. This new design was revolutionary in terms of technical advanment, yet to many hard core chevy fans. By the mid 1980's they were becoming more popular. The truck also featured on-demand switching, meaning the driver did not have to stop to switch to four-wheel drive.
Truck is not a show truck but a super nixed well keep patina truck and a great driver. It is 100% rustfree from southern California. This allowed the 1-ton four-wheel-drive trucks to tow up to 4,500 lbs. Gm used it from 85-94. It has the original 350 motor. .
. I would drive this truck anywhere in the world. Factory Front Tow Hooks: were optional through the years, but many trucks were not ordered with them. It was offered with a Gov Loc posi. Linkage adjustment can be done on 208's. The truck had a wheelbase 142 inches wide.