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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 2:23 pm 
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this older couple bought a place up the road from me the owner died. and they got it and their cleaning up the yard. said he just collected junk 8O so they were ditching it did a walk thru w/the old man saw 2 350's asked how much he said $75 so i looked a li'l closer at them the valve covers say 350 target master.called my buddy the engine guru he said it's probably a marine motor higher compression :lol: :twisted:
he had some datsun 620 $500 for all 5 or 6. :) not bad but ain't a LUV but might grab the '77 extended cab shortbed.
finally fell into bed of roses it might be a small bed but still a bed. :lol: lol


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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 5:52 pm 
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the '77 extended cab shortbed.
those are nice , if i didnt have a luv then my 2nd choice was a 620 kingcab short bed

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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 7:47 pm 
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The Targetmasters I have seen are not high compression. They are the 3 year 36.000 mile replacement engines GM used to (may still) sell. All the ones I have had had dished pistons, some were 4 bolt mains. If the blocks are salvageable, that's definitely a good price...

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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 11:19 pm 
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I've known a couple of target 350's to flatten cams in 20,000 miles. But this was 20-25 years ago.

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PostPosted: Mon May 26, 2008 2:47 pm 
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yeah the 350's can be saved i was planning to rebuild anyways since they sat so long.
i decided to get the '77 kingcab to go w/the luv then i figure i'd have the 2 coolest body styles of the 70's minitrucks :D


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PostPosted: Mon May 26, 2008 3:17 pm 
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I always liked the early Datsun Kingcabs. It doesn't give you a lot of extra room. It is a shame the Luv didn't have one.
We ran a Target Master in my son's Street Truck with a little racing for 2 years Then my friend put it in a Bracket car and ran for 1 season. It is sitting on the floor of my buddys shop . So it the truck.. 85 GMC stepside. He will do something with it sooner or later. He put a ZZ4 engine in the bracket car. It is on it's 3rd or 4th season as a foot brake car.

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PostPosted: Mon May 26, 2008 3:42 pm 
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hey papa?
since you've got 1st hand expierence w/the target master
how do they run as far as stock? better than reg. 350 or any probs w/them?


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PostPosted: Mon May 26, 2008 8:30 pm 
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We never had a problem. Edledbrock intake, holly carb, Modified MSD with Acell stuff, Hooker headers. It actually was a Canadian GMG with a 6cyl engine, 411 and positrac rearend. I don't remember what it ran, 1/8 mile track close to our house, 20 mile. Lonestar Motor Sports track. I'll have to check with my son on times and such... It's been 6 years or so ago. Us old farts can't remember shit...

We always thought it was funny of the warranty... 3/yrs 36000 miles. WE would have had to thrown it back to stock if we blowed it up.

Well I got to looking things up. It was not a Target Master engine, at least they didn't call that anymore. It was the 350 290hp crate engine... My bad. 24 month warranty. It was basically a long block and we add the rest. I didn't find receipt on the engine, just some of the other stuff. I bought some stuff from autoz@ne and still have that. Life time warranty stuff.I cheated, my son worked at one then. :)

I do remember that GM even had target master automatic transmissions. I know we put a few in engines back when I did that stuff for a living and don't remember any coming back, that would have pissed me off as I worked on commission . The reman engines we used were real good and they stood behind their engines. But some people didn't want a reman engine.

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