1978 GMC Vandura Brown 4WD Automatic G35 Pathfinder 4x4

1978 GMC Vandura G35 Pathfinder 4x4

1978 GMC G35 Pathfinder - “The Alien” This beast sits at 8’6” tall with a 4” spring lift on 33’s. It is surprisingly able offroad, and turns heads everywhere. I don’t care where you drive it, you will have new friends with stories. You can assure them this van is still living it.

Vehicle Details

Vehicle is being sold as-is, where is, and does not run. It will have to be towed at your expense and risk. Clean title in hand.

First the bad:

The engine developed a nock after a brief overheat due to faulty fan relay. Pulled it and never got to diagnosis.

Only two areas of cancerous rust (pictured)

Now the GOOD:

The engine was a $12k build by a local race shop on a Motown 400 sbc 4 bolt main with quality innards finished with dart heads and a Holley Terminator EFI. Dual fuel pumps and inline filter on high pressure lines. Long tube headers. This engine was dyno’d at 475 torque and 500ish hp!

Transmission is a Th400 from PATC reinforced and has a corvette servo for thick crispy shifts.

Custom fabricated front and rear bumpers with a Warn 10k winch, LED floods, full size spare, tow points, towing hitch, rear power point, and trailer brake booster setup.

4” spring lift front and rear. Previous owner fabricated and repositioned the front springs to reduce bump steer.

Original Dana 44 front axle with lockers (Original Pathfinder lockers included but one of them has some damage on the splines).

Rear Axle is a Dana 60 axle out of a 2003 Chevy dually (disc brakes) limited slip. I believe these are geared 3.83.

I am also including two front doors out of a ‘79 that have the wiring, motors, and hardware for power doors and windows. They are in good shape, but they are the same blue as the slider.

The interior has been completely wrapped in dyno mat expect for the hood to increase insulation and reduction of road noise (also no one can hear the screams and such from the inside). Cool wood interior on top of foam insulation between supports on walls and ceiling.

Newer seating for off-roading installed. Front seats are Cabelos and the the two bench seats are from a 2013 sprinter van and have their own seatbelts. They are removable via the factory quick release systems for full payloads and customizable for off grid living. Van accommodated my family of 6 for two weeks roughing it. We all slept inside the van ( front seats recline fully to flat, one on a bench seat, and three on an insulated floor I fabricated from foam insulated sheathing and carpet pad.

Cargo tie downs in the cargo area. Mounted hi-lifter Jack. Dashboard has some cool diamond plate accents and the vehicle comes with 2 amps to run the 12” sub and 4 6x9 pioneer speakers. Loud enough to make any location a party.

I have literally filled the van with every spare part I have. A brand new spare starter, extra custom cold air intake, fuse blocks, exhaust clamps, fluids, bolts, driveline parts, hoses, a whole box of misc high pressure fittings, fuel line fittings, interior fans, dynamat, vacuum gauges and pump, lubes(;-), bearing driver/puller set, oil filters, lug nuts, gaskets, damn near a case of brown primer. The list goes on and on but favorite are the original service manual, repair manual, and wiring diagrams (very cool and very practical)

He’s a bad mama-jama that will drop jaws (and other things) in the city and on the trails. Won some awards all cleaned up, and lost many an hour parked next to streams and mountain vistas with a cooler at his side!

• Make: GMC
• Model: Vandura
• Trim: G35 Pathfinder 4x4
• Year: 1978
• Mileage: 99999
• VIN: TGR358U502018
• Color: Brown
• Engine size: 406 SBC
• Fuel: Gasoline
• Transmission: Automatic
• Drive type: 4WD
• Vehicle Title: Clean
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