For today’s Truck Thursday contribution from up here in the slushy north, I bring you this 1985 Chevrolet C/K. It’s a Silverado specification with the 6.2-litre Detroit Diesel, so certainly worthy. All of the chrome on it looks so good, even if it stands out well enough by itself.
The 1985-1987 edition of the big diesel V8 churned out 148 hp and 246 lb ft of torque, or 334 Nm in metric.
In my mind, the white bed cover is a perfect match to the navy blue paint. The truck looks just right as it is.
Truck Thursday: 1985 Chevrolet Silverado Fleetside Diesel
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Agreed, keep the truck the way it is.
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No changes.. to how it looks but I’d do a lbz duramax swap to get rid of the 6.2. I had one and on the cold winter months the glow plugs like to do a little dance and disappearing act but always random and always when it was -20°c. At least walking got me warmed up.
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My dad had a Suburban with the 6.2 diesel in it. Decent mileage, but woefully underpowered/
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Nowadays many people [in the U.S.] seem to think diesels are exclusively for
towing/hauling heavy loads, but when GM brought out the 6.2 the idea
was to bring an engine to market that could compete for mileage and not for
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As I’ve said a number of times before, I soooooo want to put one of those 6.2L Detroit diesels in a derelict Jag XJS.
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