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I finally got around to buying a LUV today. 77 with a straight body NO rust (It has a plastic bed liner so I havn't seen the inside of the bed yet), Origional yellow that Still looks good. Interior is in really good condition (even the dash). Has a recently rebuilt 350 with a turbo 300 trans (I think that is what they are called), rear end out of a camero (3:54 gears). NOTE I am not Engine savy, but good enough that I am not afraid to jump in. All this for $950 (I talked the guy down from $1500.

I have a few questions:
-Is it normal for this trans to shift sorta hard. ( I have never owned a 350 before). How many gears do they have. It seemed to only have two?


-On the guage that has temp and fuel level, there is a little "c" and a "o" what do they mean cuz the one on the right, which I think is the "o" is lit up.

-what headers are you V8 guys and gals using, doesn't seem to be any room at all?

I know I will have more questions as time comes. I will ge pics up soon.

Dan



Update:

here are some pics, To view the rest of them go to:
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/paintball_dan/album?.dir=/a254










Go to to link I added to view the pics of the rust I have found

I will be pulling the engine out soon to re-build it the way I want. I also ordered the POR 15 stuff to get rid of the rust. I will post more pics as I go along

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Hey, did you get that out of the nickel?? I tried callin the guy, but got no answer. Well glad to see somebody here got it You had better get some pics up soon!!! I want to see what I missed out on By the By, Me, you and Diarmadhim need to hook up before to long. P.S I am pretty sure it is a turbo 350

yup this was in the Nickel. Drove to his house right after work. We should get together some time. I go to eagle point all the time to go play HALO with some of my paintballin buddies. I always make shure I go buy diarmadhim's house so I can drool over his maroon LUV........ I thought it was turbo 350, I'm learning.......

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yay a luv owner! sounds like a good deal for $950, good job! haha

it has 3 gears. 1 is shifting into drive, and then once you start going, it shifts twice more

I dunno about the gauges, and the headers, I dunno yet either, I haven't gotten those yet (next paycheck, lol) there are v8 hooker luv headers that I am going to get and yeah from what I understand it's a tight fit.

post pictures!!!

ps I saw you were interested in a mustang II front suspension, I am going to do that as well!

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I got my LUV!!!!!!!

c= charge, o= oil check your oil. If it has 2 gears you have a powerglide or if it is a th350 its not shifting right. If you go by Luvnit's I'll stop by when I get off work.

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dO YOU THINK THAT YOU CONTACT THE GUY THAT YOU BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM ASND FIND OUT WHERE HE GOT THE BEDLINER AT????????

dO YOU THINK THAT YOU CONTACT THE GUY THAT YOU BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM ASND FIND OUT WHERE HE GOT THE BEDLINER AT????????

The guy that I bought the bedliner from won't know where it came from. He traded a Nova three days ago for this LUV. I will go look at the bedliner and see if there is any name or identifying tags though.

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What's going to happen to our porno industry?
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cant wait to see pics of this thing!

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Ok thanks. I would really appreciate that!!!!!!!!!

Way to go, remember if you come to Salem look me up

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My old but now gone Luv...

I will.....but I won't be taking my LUV up to Salem any time soon unfortunatly

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What's going to happen to our porno industry?
These women don't just grown on trees.

Well looks pretty good for $950 Looks like you got a little work ahead of you, but looks like a good little truck to work with. Once again congrats, and have fun. If theres anything you need help with drop me a line

It's not unusual to have a strong shift from first to second, and then a real soft shift into third with the TH350. Just pay real close attention next time you drive it, and maybe even install a tach to watch your rpm.

i had a lot of rust on under the floormats on the passenger side of my luv, but it was a lot of nail sized holes that had rusted through. looks like a good truck, have fun!

my 2wd luv has no rust in floorboards and the 4wd has one spot on the pasengers side

I ordered "POR 15" and their re-inforcing mesh a while back for the rust and applied it yesterday. This stuff in amazing. you dont have to grind down to the bare metal just remove any loose rust and apply. using the fiberglass mesh I was able to cover up all the holes ( even some 2 1/2in wide). this stuff dries rock hard. As the paint drips through the holes it clogs them up. It covers up the rust and makes your floor board look brand new. I will take photos and show ya'll. oh.....the holes in the photo above were made even larger when I grabbed the pressure sprayer ..oops. I would suggest this stuff to anyone fighting the battle of rust. this stuff is so hard once it dries that not even paint thinner or acetone will remove it (I have it all over my hands and can't get it off, guess I should have read the directions first).

oh.......can't wait to finish my 383 stroker, my 350 is gettin bored .040 over right as I type. Like a little kid with a new toy.

Dan

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If everybody grows up with high self-esteem, who is going to dance in our strip clubs?
What's going to happen to our porno industry?
These women don't just grown on trees.

where can i get this por 15 stuff from

http://www.prp-porstore.com/ (free shipping for $100 or more)

http://www.por15.com/Default.asp?

I also came across it on Ebay. unfortunately anywhere you get it is will be spendy...but worth it. For a gallon of pro 15 (what I bought it is like $105, the mesh stuff is like$ 7.50 for a yard of it). If you do end up getting it, get the silver cuz it contains more metal flakes than any other colors (this stuff works well on frames too) I would alos suggest getting the "Metal Ready" it helps etch the metal so the por 15 sticks to it better.

(I don't mean to sound like a salesman but this stuff is good)

Dan

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If everybody grows up with high self-esteem, who is going to dance in our strip clubs?
What's going to happen to our porno industry?
These women don't just grown on trees.

I'm very interested to see how it turned out. My passenger side has 2 holes in it, bigger than yours, and I was looking at getting there floor pan / trunk repair kit ( http://www.por15.com/product.asp?productid=305 ) for $120. Seems to come with everything you need. Not sure how much it will cover, hoping it will be enough to do mine. I also was going to get the stuff to do my frame and underside of the bed and now maybe the underside of the cab as well, just as added protection.

Looking forward to pics.

Thanks,
Chad