
It's quite clean underneath and offers dual gas tanks for bladder-bursting range on the highway. There's a 4-inch lift kit to give it towering street presence and awesome off-road crawling power, and you can find signs of decades of careful maintenance throughout the engine bay and chassis.
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Smart gearing in the 4-speed manual gearbox and heavy-duty axles mean it's quick off the line and it'll haul anything you can fit in the bed without complaint. Obviously for around-town duties with the fire department, it didn't need stump-pulling power, but you'll be rather pleasantly surprised by how well the torquey small block works. The engine is a Tuned Port Injected 350 cubic inch Chevy, which is quite an anomaly in a heavy-duty 1-ton pickup. The gauges are in good condition with legible markings and clear lenses and anyone who has been behind the wheel of a pickup in the last 30 years should feel right at home. Other than the stereo, however, it's quite stock, with only a billet aluminum fascia over the original gauges to differentiate it from its siblings. As a civil servant, it didn't need entertainment, but today it boasts a Kenwood AM/FM/CD stereo system with upgraded speakers in the doors. Original carpets are in nice shape thanks to some heavy-duty rubber floor mats, and it's pretty cool to see a big 4-speed manual shifter on the transmission tunnel.

The driver's seat shows some wear, of course, but no damage or notable issues. The all-original interior is also all-business, but with a splash of bright red to go with the gray seat upholstery, it looks quite appealing. All the chrome remains excellent and all the many marker lights give it a very official look at night. The bed is protected by a drop-in bedliner and it's worth noting that it's never been cut for a fifth-wheel hitch. Finish quality is quite good, particularly for a heavy-duty 1-ton, and few trucks look better with those big flared fenders than Chevys of this vintage, giving it a commanding look that suggests it's willing to go anywhere and haul anything. You can still see a few remnants from its fire days, particularly the extra marker lights on the front fenders, and since its retirement, it's led an easy life of car shows and light work around the homestead, where that 8-foot bed can be particularly useful. Following a repaint in the original red and white paint scheme about six years ago, this big 4x4 looks spectacular, and the regular cab/long bed combination is rather unusual to find these days. This awesome dually certainly looks right for a fire department, although it was not used specifically as any kind of fire equipment, but with just 21,495 original miles, you know it was not doing cross-country hauling. Finish quality is quite good, particularly for a heavy-duty 1-ton, and few trucks look better with those big flared fenders than Chevys of this vintage, giving it a commanding look that suggests. As a result, former fire equipment tends to be incredibly nice, as this big Chevy so aptly demonstrates. They buy trucks like this 1987 Chevrolet K-30 1-ton dually, spend years polishing them, they receive perfect maintenance, and they rarely get driven. The very best place to go for heavy-duty hardware is your local fire department.

RARE DUALLY, CORRECT COLORS, 21K ACTUAL MILES, BUILDSHEET, FIRE DEPT TRUCK!
