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Here is the only other shot of that one I got. I absolutely love it tho. Nothing like tuckin whitewalls on steelies.

And some more... I have loads more but I dont wanna overload the server. haha

First one is mine, rest are inspirations and ideas...

A 710? Pretty confident thats a 620..but a cool truck none the less. Man those rear tires are HUGE. And mike, is the 383 really 600lbs with the tranny?! Damn that thing is gonna be a bear to pull. Weighs more than my whole motorcycle! :lol:

And that mike, was exactly what I was looking for. ;) A straight up realistic view. I like my truck far to much to chop it up, so I suppose ill just put the motor in the shed and save it for some other project later on in life. I mean, it cant hurt to have a running 383 sitting around. As for the truck, ill just pull the L20 and rebuild it. Maybe do the ka swap, who knows. But thanks mike. You have saved me many hours and dollars, oh and a datsun.

I knew they were on here, I just couldnt find them. That is an amazing build..but far above what Im going for. I want to do a hey Ive got this motor lets put it in this here truck thing. Towards the end of that thread some people mentioned it was possible to put the v8 in without hacking the firewall. But you get heavier steering and less room for cooling. 2 things I never would have thought of.

So I have a 79 620, its got a blown L20 in it. But I also have a complete 1970 Chrysler town and country station wagon. The wagon has horrible body rust, to repair it would cost far more than what the vehicle is worth and my grandmother just wants it gone. It has a solid good running 383 v8 in it with an auto trans. Im thinking about putting it in the 620, along with the auto trans. Now I know this would be quite an operation but Ive got the time and space for it. I did a search for any other members swaps but couldnt find any v8 620s. Im sure there are some on here. So my question is...would it be worth it to do the swap?

Here are some more pictures. Got bored last night so I went for a drive to see what I could snap.

Well it ended up being servaral little things that my dad didnt think of. For one, the positive battery cable was corroded under the heat wrap so it wasnt letting it crank. The vaccum advance on the distributor wasnt screwed into the weights. The firing order was backwards. The plugs were shot, they barely even sparked. The fuel was pretty much pure laquer. The cat was plugged. And almost all the vacum lines were cracked or hooked up wrong. It only took a couple days of working on it after I got off to get it to fire. Then I got it to idle. Then I got it to rev. Took about 2 weeks to actually be able to drive it down the street.

Your a jerk ej25...but thanks for the blocks. ;)

Well I've been hanging out around here since just after I got my first 620. I've finally got around to uploading some pictures so its about time I introduce me and my truck. I like to refer to her as my significant other. A little background on the truck: My step grandfather bought it new in 79 to have as a good little truck for fishing trips, camping, etc. Well when my grandfather stopped driving, about 1997 or so he figured my step dad could use it as the same kind of truck. So we brought it home and used it as a spare vehicle when needed. After we had it for a year or so the motor blew. So my dad found a used motor to replace it. He stuck with an L20B. It had seventy thousand miles when we got it. It was never used much until my oldest brother needed a vehicle for high school. He drove it into the ground for two years. Never did anything to better the truck or care for it. My dad tried to keep up with the maintence as well as he could. Then my second oldest brother needed a vehicle for high school. So he drove it even further into the ground for several years until finally blowing the second motor at 100 thousand. My dad was very angry at the two for ruining such a good truck and said no one drives it. So it sat for a couple months until a friend of his offered him an '80 parts 720 for a 100 dollars. Well he took the motor from the 720(L20B) and put it in the 620 after rebuilding it. The motor would not run. It would idle for 5 seconds or so then die. He is a full time mechanic so he didnt have much time to fix it. So it sat for 5 years and over that time he replaced misc parts when he had spare time trying to get it to run.....until I realized one day how awesome it would be to have it. After some negotiation he said I could take it. But if he didnt like what I was doing with it he would take it back. These are of the day before I took possesion. So after I got it to my work, an automotive shop, I started from the top. And got it running and have been replacing everything mechanically I find wrong or broken over the past several months. Ive changed every single fliud in the vehicle. So I guess you could say this is a full restoration..but I still want to keep everything I can orginal. Now for what everyone loves...PICTURES!!! First day at my shop. First wash in over five years! Then I took off the camper. Second wash. Then I got snow tires so I figured it would be a great time to get all the original rims on. And then my friend said, "I have these three inch drop blocks and I dont have my toyota anymore..'" So I loosened the torsions to the lowest possible while saving the locknuts and I pulled the front bump stops. I got a set of chrome trim rings with the truck and I thought they would look great with some flat red paint. Brought it home to show my dad and he couldnt be happier that I saved it and am loving every second with it. I finally found my camera so Ill take a bunch more pictures tomaro. And I have a great big thank you to this forums search button. It has helped me so much to get this truck from brocken and destined dead for 5 years to major head turner/daily driver. Thanks guys! Alex

Okay Ill try and find one of those preferably. Thanks for the heads up on being to low. Ill keep that in mind. I probably won't ever be hauling loads and if I am it wont be much weight. But I live in Reno so there are numerous hills and grades but I really don't mind downshifting and taking it slow up them.

Thank you for the information. Ill write those down and start looking around. Any idea which would be best for highway driving? I commute alot so lower rpms is my main goal.

Thanks for the info. I'll give them a call monday. I'm gonna try and keep it local though. Shipping a hole driveshaft can't be cheap.

I don't mind moving the shifter hole a bit if its only two inches off. But getting a longer driveshaft sounds like it could be tough. Is there a longer shaft available from another car or truck or am I stuck getting mine extended?