Click here to see the exhaustive list of specifications and upgrades that have been done to the truck in its current state.

Engine Purchase Thread

Transportation and Insurance

Wiring and Exhaust

Disassembly and Prep

LS1 Teardown

Engine Mounted

Completion Anticipation

LS1 Blueballs Thread

LS1 Startup Thread

The summary and trip report

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What am I?  I'm Kirk's truck.  I don't have a name, but my plate reads quite simply: WHATLS1.

I'm a 1970 GMC C1500 pickup, or at least that's what I started life as, back in January of '70 in Fremont, CA.  I rolled out of that factory with a medium blue paint, four-wheel drum brakes, a Chevy 350 with a Quadrajet, a three-speed column-shifter manual gearbox, factory air conditioning, full chrome, and not much else.  These days, all I have close to 'left' is the blue paint (the second repaint), the rear drums, the chrome, and some of the A/C.  I've had a bit of work done, most notably a LS1 swap using the engine and four-speed automatic from a 2000 Camaro SS, front discs and lowering courtesy of Early Classic Enterprises, and a few other mods here and there.  Way too much to list here.  Suffice to say, I'm nearly a solid four seconds faster in the quarter mile than I was when I was born...not bad for a 36-year-old with 160,000 miles!