1978 Chevrolet Cheyenne Pick-up

mr_s · Post by **mr_s** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:03 pm

Here's the latest addition to my 'toy list', I pick it up at the weekend all being well! It's a 1978 Chevy Cheyenne (Blazer pick-up) with a 5.7 Chevy V8 in it. I won't know too much more until I pick it up, but it has 12 months ticket! Also has a new Edelbrock carb and a set of new looking Bridgestone MT tyres (inc spare!).

Can't wait to get her in the mud

Next step (potentially) is to LPG it...
Cheers, Martin

mr_s · Post by **mr_s** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:38 am

Few more pics and a bit of info - told you I was going to get it muddy!

Me and a mate of mine decided to go off-roading at a place we know not far from Leicester in a place called Sibbertoft. It's the first time I've taken the truck off-road and I have to say it performed admirably for saying it's 33 years old!

Unfortunately it's a bit wide for most of the 'Range Rover' sized tracks at the site, so a few minutes into the day, we ended up in this position and had to be dragged out (the back left wheel didn't go down into the rut, stayed up on the bank and we sort of nosedived! lol)

Not to be deterred, we carried on - plenty of ground clearance and power

Last blast through the water!

And then cleaning the big chunks of mud off before the 50 mile trek back home (stopping at a garage pressure wash to clean underneath the chassis.... lol)

Anyone else do anything fun this weekend?

canzus · Post by **canzus** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:20 am

Here in the US of A, we call those Blazers...The Cheyenne is the highest trim level...

Yours has a custom made top and bed...

Very nice...

mr_s · Post by **mr_s** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:33 am

Thanks for the info, I'd wondered why it had Blazer on the VIN plate under the bonnet (sorry, hood!), now I know!

Cheers, Martin

chodjinn · Post by **chodjinn** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:08 pm

Nice, i love big ol yank trucks like that

5.7 litres is not 400ci;

5.7 is 350 cubic inches

mr_s · Post by **mr_s** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:55 pm

Yep, I made a mistake in the original post, I went off what the seller told me... Turns out it is a 400ci (6.6 litre) motor, rated at 265bhp and 400 ft lbs (@2400rpm!)

chodjinn wrote:Nice, i love big ol yank trucks like that

5.7 litres is not 400ci;

5.7 is 350 cubic inches