72 Highlander LWB w/ 5.3 and 6L80e

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For a long time I've been wanting a 71-72 Chevy for a daily driver and to just... well be a truck. So I bought this 1972 Highlander LWB Custom with pretty much all the options from the factory. The truck ran great when I bought it, drove it about 400 miles the first weekend I owned it. Overall, it was in great shape with the expected wear for a 40+ year old truck, some cracks in the seats, rust on the drivers side rocker, rust on passenger fender from a leaky battery, and a crappy repaint from a dumb owner along the line. As it was, the truck was perfect for what I wanted, a solid truck for a LSx swap to be used an abused but still look pretty decent and to just enjoy it.











So I drove the truck for about a total of 700 miles, went through about 3 gallons of oil when the truck finally decided it didn't like driving anymore. Instead of wasting money to figure out what was wrong with the original 350 I just invested in a friend coming to pick it up and start to work on the LSx swap. First an LSx needed to be located and just as I was about to come back to TX after Christmas I noticed a 60k mile 2011 Tahoe 5.3L/6L80e combo with harness for a very nice bargain. Had a friend that is going to do the swap for me stop by and look at it, when I asked about his thoughts he just told me "you bought it". Put down a deposit and picked up this beauty a few days later.