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06-03-2023, 06:59 PM | #1 |
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1968 K10 Shortbed Stepside
Its been a long time since I have been on this site, but I have a new temporary project that I'd like some insight on. This is my mom's pickup and she lives in a town of 90 people in Western Nebraska, and the next big town, 1200 people is 30 miles away, so she couldn't find a mechanic to work in this for her. I Just brought it back to Alabama with me and it looks like the reverse detent in the transmission has lost its C clip, which only allows 1st and 2nd gear. She has asked me to fix it, and the more I dig into this thing it seems like a rare bird. Factory 292 and 4 speed, but it has a 250 now, short bed stepside and its the plain model as far as options go, from what I can google there were between 1200-1700 of these made and those numbers came from various sources.
I plan on pulling the transmission and fixing it, removing the cab lights, all the grab handles (she is 4'10") the LMC chrome doo dads, grille, , and maybe pulling the 2" body lift off. What do you all think about it? Last edited by LockDoc; 06-03-2023 at 07:58 PM. |
06-03-2023, 08:00 PM | #2 |
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Re: 1968 K10 Shortbed Stepside
If you’re mother bought it new then i would never sell it and if your mother didn’t buy it new i would never sell it, that’s my best advice
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06-03-2023, 08:55 PM | #3 |
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Re: 1968 K10 Shortbed Stepside
I think she has had it for 3 years, but she needs regular sized long bed for the farm and this one just doesn't cut it. I will take a few months to get it closer to stock, and if a 292 pops up I'll swap it back in. I don't know how popular these are, but it definitely worth putting some work into.
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06-03-2023, 11:30 PM | #4 |
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Re: 1968 K10 Shortbed Stepside
If she asked you to fix it I would only do as she asked and fix the transmission. Is it your idea that this truck "isn't cutting it for her"? I hope you will honor her request and not find a way to keep it in Alabama.
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06-04-2023, 09:20 AM | #5 |
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Re: 1968 K10 Shortbed Stepside
Its not staying here, I do enjoy digging into the history and working on small fixes. It rides rough and I see someone put a rear sway bar on it and the mount is only 1/2” from the bumpstop. Thats the first easy win.
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06-04-2023, 10:18 AM | #6 |
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Re: 1968 K10 Shortbed Stepside
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I have 2 complete, running 292's but not really interested in shipping something like that. LockDoc
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06-04-2023, 01:38 PM | #7 |
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Re: 1968 K10 Shortbed Stepside
Cool 4x4!
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06-04-2023, 03:29 PM | #8 |
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Re: 1968 K10 Shortbed Stepside
Shipping engines gets expensive, once the heat dies down tonight I'll go mess with it some.
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