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I just Bought a new luv about two days ago just took some pictures. I had a 1978 Luv in rough condition and i didnt have the time or space to do it my self so i was planning on taking it to the junk yard when out of no where my neighbors friend calls me and says hey you didnt take that luv in yet and i said no why? He gave me 200 dollars with out even seeing it yet i went and got a uhaul then drove it out to his house we was super excited and so was i the new luv I bought/buying was 450 i gave him 100 the first day then the next day gave him the 200 dollars from my 78 Luv. I took the new Luv home and off loaded it and waited to get a new battery. The dash only has two major cracks in it and has the original Radio in it.










This is my terrible rust spot. When I first looked at it he told me there was one terrible rust spot i said reall? he said yes then pointed to this spot i looked at him and said this is nothing compared to my old luv he said well thats great.
This morning i put the battery in it and started he up she ran just fine we even took her through the mud a few time the other person in the Pictures is not me it is my friend Dustin who is thinking about getting on for himself.

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2006 GMC Sierra 2500 HD

Nice. If I were you I would just put the original white wagon wheels back on it if you had a full set of four (it appears one is already on the truck). I always have liked them. Just my two cents. But I really like the truck.

I wish my dash looked like that

?? You need me to send you a roll of electrical tape???

ps, looks like a lot better platform to start with this time Luv for a chevy

did you want a 4by originally??

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RIP R.J.B.

Very nice find!

And you have the bumper guards to boot...

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1978 LUV Mikado - all stock with automatic/AC

I did but at the time i had 100 dollars to my name my friend told me about this chevy luv that would be a good project car it was a lot more work than I thought and i was luck to sell it but My first plan was to get luv drop a chevy 305 in it and then lift it as much as i could and either paint it Camo or matte black. Now that i have this one I think Im going to leave it stock motor and Im going to get the original white wagon wheels on it and Im going to paint it the original blue but probably with out the 4x4 on the hood and sides. If i could find the heart rims which was a dealer option i would put those on.

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2006 GMC Sierra 2500 HD

Well i went and made a payment on it yesterday and me and him were talking and Dan was telling me that at one point he had 7 or 9 Luvs at one time and this was the last one to get rid of so he gave me all these parts I have a Smog System on my car and in packaging I have a heater in my luv and just sitting out looking to sell it if anyone is Interested I have three fans. He gave me eight tailgate latches.

All the parts he gave to me.

Extra Fans

The smog Set


A picture of the dash just becasue I didn't show it earlier.

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2006 GMC Sierra 2500 HD

Wow... very nice truck.
If there's a catalytic converter in that smog stuff, can you post a picture? I think I found the original one for my LUV, but can't figure out if it's the correct one. (lol, my grandpa cut the cat out of mine when he had it.)

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1980 4X4 LUV daily driver, as stock as can be.

Yeah I can take some pictures i was gonna take all the parts out and take pictures anyways

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2006 GMC Sierra 2500 HD

Took some pictures of some of the parts still lots to go through. I took a picture of all the smog things i have.

Thats all I have for smog

Heater


Three latches Im positve there is more than that


Two good ones on my truck then i got two undamaged

There are a lot of parts that i just havent had time to look through yet.

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2006 GMC Sierra 2500 HD

Well I went out to pull n save with my friend Dusty to find a motor mount for his 87 Mazda 626 and while I was out there I ran into a white 1978 Chevy Luv that looked very familiar and looked at it closely it was my Old luv called the person up that bought it turns out he didnt want it took it there sold it for 68 dollars not even enough to pay for a tow dolly then went and bought a 300 dollar Datsun dont know the year but according to him its in better shape.

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2006 GMC Sierra 2500 HD

Kinda makes ya feel bad to see one of your old vehicles sitting in the boneyard...

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1980 4X4 LUV daily driver, as stock as can be.

It does especially when you spent hours trying to make it better and then sell it and then see that they tore it apart and through everthing in the cab then took it down there

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2006 GMC Sierra 2500 HD

Just paid the rest of my luv off and going to go get the Title under my name super excited

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2006 GMC Sierra 2500 HD

Today i got the 4x4 sticker off the hood and primered the front clip and cab not enough time for the bed yet. Some pictures also got it to run again today and the tack set on the steering colum.


Started the day moved the 22ft trailer pulled the luv in the shop and made plans. started space heater didnt keep us too warm maybe warm for 2 hours then ran out of propane the other 6 hours froze our butts off.

the stickers did not want to come off 2 and a half hours just sanding those off.


Dusty figuring out how he wanted to put the tach in there turned out really good.

Started looking at the rust spot since its a small hole think im just going to bondo it.

Taped it all off and sanded the 4x4 off which you can still see.

Front clip and cab got done bed will be next weekend.

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2006 GMC Sierra 2500 HD

Cool. Nice lookin 72 full size next to you there.

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OK, I'm over it. Where's the beer?

Its actually a 70 with a 72 milkcrate grill it has a supercharged 350 in it spent a lot of hours sanding the engine compartment of that my friends dad has a engine performance shop Cassell Engines he has a 67 chevy impala also a 1927 model t and then other than the luv the newest addition is a dragster that they are working on now and by jan should be in the garage.

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2006 GMC Sierra 2500 HD

The space heater ran out of fuel!?!?! lol, that's cause for a trip to the store. I have a couple of kerosine heaters that I run when I'm out there... 1 is a half gallon per hour (it puts out some serious heat), and the other runs for 18 hours on 1.3 gallons... lol, I make sure that both're fueled up before I start.

Schnazzy lookin' job you're doing there. You might wanna kill that rust before you Bondo it though. (viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7163&start). lol, I almost wish I still had all the 4X4 decals intact.

Oh, what colour are you gonna paint it? The original blue?
-Ret

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1980 4X4 LUV daily driver, as stock as can be.

So far i havnt made up my mind what paint color I want yet i have gone from Matte black to the original blue, to white to a flat grey my friend dusty said my luv looks great with the primer. So on what i want to paint it right now im not sure still up in the air. I will be sure to get rid of the rust before i bondo thank you. The only problem with running to the gas station is you need money for propane sadly I cant afford it. I spend all my money on my luv.

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2006 GMC Sierra 2500 HD

lol, that's a big 10-4 on the lack of cash... I have a VW project that's waiting to be finished, but can't for lack of cash.

Maybe if you use gray paint and put a few coats of clear on it'll look nice. I'm just not a fan of "murdering" vehicles... They're hard to clean (waterspots look like hell on black paint), the paint doesn't last, and they get dirty faster.

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1980 4X4 LUV daily driver, as stock as can be.