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I have an '83 Chevy C-10 pickup that runs well w/ 305 engine, auto trans, 105 k miles.?

I have an '83 Chevy C-10 pickup that runs well w/ 305 engine, auto trans, 105 k miles, but the body is quite rusted, the windshield is cracked, and the gas tank has rusted through and leaks.

I'm considering removing its fully carbureted engine and placing it in a newer truck chassis of better condition. Can you provide any suggestions on which truck model years would be most suitable? My '83 truck uses all analog instrument cluster gauges, i.e., doesn't have digital gauges, digital dash, etc.

I know if I select '81 thru '87 C-10 trucks they will have the same body style. Do you think interfacing this '83 engine w/ a late model chassis may require extensive electrical system retrofitting? Electrical connections to instrument cluster & steering column a headache?

Regards

Up to 1986, everything stayes the same, maybe a couple of different wires to the carb/emissons. In 87, they switched (most) to fuel injected and it gets all mixed up.

The swap into an 86 or earlier is very easy, all the connections are done on the engine itself, just may have to change sensor types. The hardest part will be finding a donor in good shape.

I've seen carb engines swapped into chevy trucks up to 1993, as the computer is still pretty simple up till then, and not too hard to remove it from the circuit. Worst part is dropping the tank to change the sending unit.

side note- transmisson will swap over too, unless you get a 4 wheel drive or 1 with a 700r4 overdrive. 700r4 is electronic, so may want to consider that also.

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