1979 Chevy Squarebody Cold Start - 350sbc Dual Straight pipes with 40 yo Glasspacks

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First start of the year for the ol chev. Dad bought this truck in high school in 1980, Had it painted red and silver and used it to transport livestock along with many other things. Still one of the most loyal trucks and drives better than a new one.

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@JackVegetables18 6 ай бұрын

Another good thing about these old GMC/Chevrolet pick ups is the space you have under the hood to be able to work on your truck

@midwestmechanics1921 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, it can be a pain leaning over the sides though, but there's not bullshit everywhere like a new car it's just the motor and essentials

@T410ce 4 ай бұрын

How about just the ability to work on it, period. I mean carbs can be a PITA but overall it is some pretty simple shit. Digital will be the death of us at some point…

@TheDustysix 2 ай бұрын

@@midwestmechanics1921 Heavy 2x8 across the fenders.

@Classics1w1 2 ай бұрын

Except the distrbtor

@T410ce 4 ай бұрын

That rear bumper is nice, I like the steps at the corners, nice Chevy.

@tommywaters2654 6 ай бұрын

Hell yeah i love that truck and me and that truck is the same age i was born in 79 to lol

@andysteele4056 6 ай бұрын

When the camera went inside I could small what all those cabs smell like. Good memories.

@chrisgarland5867 6 ай бұрын

This was my first truck, same year same colour same everything, sold it to some guy in Saskatchewan when I was 10. This has made me want to go locate it

@midwestmechanics1921 6 ай бұрын

They're great trucks, im glad my dad didn't sell this one

@NJFordPops08005 4 ай бұрын

niiiiiiiiiice. It sounds great!

@sledhead78 6 ай бұрын

The first digit on the odometer must be a 7. Still sounds rowdy as ever

@tobroke1656 6 ай бұрын

Sounds like I need to drive mine down there sometime, you know just a fair comparison.

@gearhead9943 6 ай бұрын

What a cool video. Please make more cold starts like this

@brianwalker-fx6jx 2 ай бұрын

Keep it stock and add intake

@CarburetedCowboy 6 ай бұрын

Oh hell yeah please make a ton more if these.

@CarburetedCowboy 6 ай бұрын

Would love to see a bit more clearly what you do with the gas pedal to get your carbureted rigs started too

@GisellePadilla-jt6qh 2 ай бұрын

CUADRADO

@mikemech6236 6 ай бұрын

better save this the values are only going up

@midwestmechanics1921 5 ай бұрын

That's the plan, my dad bought it in 1980 senior year of highschool, it doesn't have any rust and drives as good as a new truck 👌

@bobbrinkerhoff3592 Ай бұрын

I don't know about any of your other viewers , but you've convinced me that you're too young to know what you're talking about . First off ; when these trucks first csme out , late in the summer of 1972 , we nicknamed them as " Square fenders " to distinguish them from the " round fender " trucks of 1967 to 1972 . They were never called square bodies . Secondly ; it either has straight pipes , or it has glass packs. It can't be both ways . Straight pipes has always meant , that there are no mufflers in the exhaust system .

@midwestmechanics1921 Ай бұрын

Everyone would call a 79 a squarebody online so you're in the minority there. "Straight pipe as in true duals with no catalytic converter"

@midwestmechanics1921 Ай бұрын

If you have nothing but negativity to offer maybe consider watching another channel, thank you.

@bobbrinkerhoff3592 Ай бұрын

@midwestmechanics1921 I could introduce you to a group of people that were buying these trucks brand new back in the mid seventies that would all call one a square fender . Supposedly this square body BS started with the '81 front end redesign . As for having no catalytic converter , that was the reason for the " Big 10 .when that truck was new , anything over 6001 lb. GVW was exempt. from running cats . The Big 10s came as either 6050 , or 6200 GVWs . I'm not being negative , only trying to keep the record straight . You seem to be having a problem with receiving constructive criticism .

@midwestmechanics1921 Ай бұрын

You have to remember the title is simply to get the most people to find the video. Saying I'm too young to know what I'm talking about is not constructive criticism. I'm glad you're at least very passionate about trucks.

@wyattblackwell4452 6 ай бұрын

It sounds just like my 85 k20

@Antoni-m8m 2 ай бұрын

Just a stock 350 with dual exhaust?

@midwestmechanics1921 2 ай бұрын

Yes

@KevinRichards-my5oj 6 ай бұрын

The Big 10 is Chevy's version of the Ford F-150. When the F-150 was first built in 1975, it was an optional heavy duty half ton pickup just like the Chevy Big 10 pickup at the time because the base F-100 pickups were still in production up through 1983.