I sent you a PM. The truck had factory air and I have all that stuff.Was the truck equipped with factory air?
If so, what is the possibility you could find a truck in the boneyard to grab needed pieces? Install new compressor, hoses, condenser etc? Heck, if you had the evaporator case and correct heater case, all other parts are relatively easy to obtain.
Steve Foulk out of Kannapolis NC painted the truck. Jeffrey Fenning done the body work on the truck. I'm very happy with both of them.Please tell me who painted it,very nice, and th engine clown so I can avoid him altogether.
I know of a guy that owes a diesel shop owner money. They are out of business now because this was some years ago. Everyday the shop owner went by this guy's house. He always carried his garbage to this guy's front yard and threw it out. He done this for a long time. Said he may not get his money but the one that owes him would be busy picking up garbage.
Tell me about this 205 transfer case because that is what I put in mine with a turbo 400. Mine has the figure 8 bolt pattern but I believe yours has a round bolt pattern?Man this is awesome,I don’t wanna be a know it all but if you had took the money for the 383 and swapped a crate 6.2 ls for the same money this truck when finished would possibly bring six figures .Thats just what the market wants now.I am doing an 88 Suburban 4x4 with a 6.2 4l80 205 transfer case ,digital dash with a Holley Terminator wiring setup.Your truck is gonna be a stunner.
Hate to hear stuff like this but it happens, in the end you have a beautiful truck to be proud of.Steve Foulk out of Kannapolis NC painted the truck. Jeffrey Fenning done the body work on the truck. I'm very happy with both of them.
Now the engine guy. Tim Corbett out of Concord and he calls it Corbett Performance. A friend told me about Tim so I had him come out and look at the truck(5 minutes from me) and he gave me an estimate on restoring it. He told me parts would be my biggest issue(covid). New engine $6500, vintage air $3000, change the rearend gears and add limited slip $1600, $5000 to take the truck off the frame or $85/hour. There was other things too like powder coating and exhaust...total estimate was $27000 to restore the truck. This was in Dec of 2020. I asked him how much he needed down to get started and he said 10 grand. I added up the engine, vintage air, and rear ends..came to $11,100.00. I paid him 11 in cash(lets get them parts). Jan 12 th he had my transmission rebuilt by another guy and said it was ready, plus he could go ahead and order my carb $525. So, I went and paid him for both that day. I don't like oweing anybody. Tim was to start on my truck(take it off the frame) first of Feb. First of May, I took it off the frame myself. Tired of waiting on him. He was taking on other jobs between Feb and May. Then when it came to the rear ends...he would not respond to me, so I rebuilt them myself. This tells me he had no intentions of doing my truck, yet he had my 11 grand. Supposedly, he had ordered my vintage air in Feb along with all the engine parts. Well fast forward to Oct. Body shop needs a place to put the cab. I'm waiting on the engine and we don't have a carb for it. Finally, I get the engine and he set it in the frame for me. I see my next issue is going to be the vintage air. So, I called them to learn that my vintage was never ordered. I confront Tim about it and told him he needs to check with his supply. Two weeks after the engine has been put in the truck Tim sends me an invoice wanting $1700 more dollars. The engine is now $9000 (he never said anything prior that we over budget/nobody likes surprises). He is charging me again for the carb. plus the $3000 for the vintage air (which he hasn't ordered/unknown to me)and taxes. I told him about the carb. and he took it off but added the transmission back to it. I ask him about the vintage air again and he said it wasn't holding me up. He admitted at this point he didn't order it. He lied to me, and at that point I told him we was done. I just wanted to settle up with him...give me the rest of my parts and change if there was any and we can go our separate ways.
He owes me somewhere around $1500 and his invoice admits to $600 plus but that is charging me twice for the transmission($750) and he never gave me the $160 water pump that went with the $9000 engine. His last Text to me was Dec 14th , "I will get your stuff together and let you know ASAP." I done some checking. His nice Camaro is in his son's name, his corvette is in his wife's names, his early 70 big block truck is in his dads name. His house is in his wife's(not sure they are legally married) name and his shop is a LLC in the back yard of that house. He blocked me from leaving him a bad review on facebook but he already has one from another guy. He has no skin in his own game. This is not his first rodeo. He might be okay if you have a small issue and a quick fix for cash for him but not a long term guy. If you keep seeing the same old guys at his place...they all got something in common...waiting on service but he don't care about them.
Sorry for the long post/vent. I been mad for a while but I'm getting over it. I will never get my money back and bashing him won't help me but maybe it will warn others. Sad part is I drive past his house pretty often. Good news is I received an email this week that my vintage air has shipped. I been working on the wiring this week. Last thing is I thank the lord above for giving me the talent to be able to do this truck and it was a blessing that Tim didn't take it off the frame.
Gotcha...mine came out of a 82 3/4 ton chevy truck. I got the turbo 400 and 205 out of the same truck. I will see how mine works out but I might be changing it down the road to a 4l80. I got 3.73 gears with 33" tires.205 is gear driven ,the holy grail that will take about anything you throw at it.It came in early squarebodys ,also some Fords and early Dodges.Very easy to get parts and cases for .