A tale of three trucks or, three trucks enter, two leave

[renegade6]

This may end up going into two separate builds, but for now it will be one. To start we have the following:

The Wife's truck: 72 K20 long bed stepside with a 350/350 and pretty plain. It had a partial restoration and while it looks good, they did some shortcuts on body work that will have to be addressed later. It has a low idle miss that goes away with RPM and I think the cam is probably about gone. The plan is to leave it pretty plain, but put a 6.0 LS and 700R4 to help with driveability.

My truck: 72 K20 Long bed with a 396, 700R4 and an Old Air conditioning system. Fortunately, it hasn't really been messed with so, what you see is what you get. Runs fantastic and minus some minor brake issues, made a 5 hour trip when I bought it. Plan is to fix the rust and body work and put a flatbed on it. I don't plan on going back completely stock, nor do I plan on making it a show truck. Just a good running truck to use on the property and tow with. Depending on funds, I may go fuel injected, but will have to see

The donor: 2001 Sierra 2500 2WD with a lot of miles. Even though it has high miles, it runs great. This one isn't going to make it out of this alive. Engine is going in the Wife's truck, flatbed is going on mine and the rest will be parted out.

Way Ahead: I'm going to start with the engine and transmission swap in the wife's truck and then start bodywork on mine.

Stay tuned.

[First c10]

2 builds?? Sounds like me for a couple years!!! sub'ed!

[renegade6]

It's actually 3

I have a 63 Biscayne https://www.pro-touring.com/threads/90718-63-Biscayne that I have a major mental block on and it is waiting for the two most expensive pieces, body and interior.

Originally Posted by First c10

2 builds?? Sounds like me for a couple years!!! sub'ed!

[First c10]

well then I have 2-56 chevys a bel air and 210 after the truck!!!!

[renegade6]

I don't feel so bad. I will have to remember this when getting into debates with the wife.

Originally Posted by First c10

well then I have 2-56 chevys a bel air and 210 after the truck!!!!

[First c10]

Originally Posted by renegade6

I don't feel so bad. I will have to remember this when getting into debates with the wife.

You will probably still not win !!! lol

The 63 is a cool build. I really cant wait for the truck to be completed so I can work on the cars!!!

[renegade6]

Engine removal and wiring harness build.

Had some time and help this weekend to pull the 6.0 out of the Sierra. Pretty uneventful and based on how the inside of the engine looks, I thought it might have been replaced at some point however, the VIN on the engine matches the vehicle so, guess it has 253K miles on it. Going to change lifters, oil pump, valve springs and gaskets and see how it works.

For building the harness I followed the steps in LT1Swap.com and no surprises. It helps that I have a lot of wire loom and have a bit of experience wiring. Now, to see if it will work without any check engine lights.

[renegade6]

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