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Scored my Luv from a buddy in a trade deal. Basically I put bearings, brakes, seals on his Dana 44. It's a 1975 model. 2wd, Non-ac,4spd man, 4whl drum, factory eletric fuel pump. 160,000 mile on the odo. I have had it now for 6yrs. Basic maintenance only. Only oil changes, a clutch, batt, alt, and regulator. Run's great. It has a 32/36 DGEV Weber, it's a little picky sometimes, otherwise it gets nearly 25mpg. But alas, it is old and tired. Only can adjust the valves and change the oil so many times. She's a rattlely motor on start up. It takes on average 3-5 seconds for the Oil pressure to catch up to the motor. The tranny howls horribly on the freeway, as does the rearend pinion. The 4 wheel drums are finally getting to me. She smokes gettin off the Highway. I'm done with the old drivetrain.

New plans.
For now.(Because it's what I have laying around)
305v8-out of a 82 Blazer-4bbl,camel-hump heads, mild cam, torker manifold, 650holley
Hooker Supercomp V8 swap Luv Headers
fabricated motor and trans mounts(thanks for the pics and specs Luvtruck.com)
Th350-Transpak kit-h/d stall
10bolt rear- open, .355 gears or Dana 60 rear-spool, .410 gears(Needs to be narrowed) disc brakes
Aluminum Northern rad- Crossflow- Same dimensions as the Be-cool
Bonus material-
Front disc brake setup off a 76
150hp Nos setup
A H/D Bed mat- to haul ass...
It's hard to read this list and think that I haven't done this swap yet????????? I have most of the this stuff for a # of years now.
This has been my daily driver while I have been building my 4x4.
A 4x4 LUV would be sick too............hmmmmmmm....

looks like a nice truck. i like it... so what are you going to use for a motor ? v8 or another 4 banger

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My old but now gone Luv...

Mild Gm 305 v8 for now. Friend is trying to get me to buy his Turbo Grand-National motor/trans. It would be awsome to do a turbo motor, but I can't comit to it fully yet. To many projects. It will be fun either way.

That is a nice looking truck.

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Life is a DRAG RACE!!!
I like my Luv WILD!!!

Sometimes too much to drink isn't enough!!
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken.
http://www.wildluvracing.com

nice paint

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77-luv-stock (Selling or Parting out motor blew up)

75-luv mikado-V8 350 soon

clean and straight ride you have...good luck on the build.

Much better truck then what I started with.

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Certified pilots, looking down on people since 1903.

haha im lovin the bed cover!!!

I wished mine looked that nice. Sweet looking truck.

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In life there is the "Way things should be" and then "There's the way they are".

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