Yep, another rusty K-20 and swap meet score. - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**too much stuff** · 05-04-2016, 10:48 PM

You guys (and gals) have it made in the dry states. And this one has had a cab swap and was redone in the 80s even. No buffing out this one! Has some good parts, but probably not worth saving.
Hit up a swap meet on the way home and found a few goodies there also.
Enjoy the pics.

**70cst** · 05-04-2016, 10:52 PM

Always hate to see these trucks rust apart

**kwmech** · 05-04-2016, 10:56 PM

Wow, I guess I am spoiled in Calif in regards to

swamp rat · 05-04-2016, 11:19 PM

I donno man, i think a little expando foam bondo and she'll buff right out!

**special-K** · 05-05-2016, 06:05 AM

Looks about 75% rust free yet. Glass looks good! Good thing they ran mud flaps to save the paint from unsightly chips

palallin · 05-05-2016, 07:38 AM

What kind of condition is the chassis in?

**steelhorse** · 05-05-2016, 08:10 AM

Re body it.

67ChevyRedneck · 05-05-2016, 08:14 AM

Eesh! I'm from NY... seen way worse, but that's pretty bad!

If you cut up the cab I'd be interested in the drip rails around the door if they're solid (they actually appear to be?)

bill3rail · 05-05-2016, 08:18 AM

She looks fine to me... She'll run like that for another 45+ years!

CG · 05-05-2016, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by special-K

Looks about 75% rust free yet. Glass looks good! Good thing they ran mud flaps to save the paint from unsightly chips

Haha, you just dont care for the mud flaps do you?

fwayne · 05-05-2016, 03:14 PM

You need a tetanus shot after looking at the pictures!

In The Ten Ring · 05-05-2016, 03:19 PM

The "tetanus shot" joke was pretty funny.

That truck is what mine looked like before the bondo job in 1990.

**Dieselwrencher** · 05-05-2016, 04:46 PM

Nice score on another K20. I found a 70 K20 burb that had a massive tree fall on it that is about as bad as your truck here. Nice parts scores too!

frenchy51 · 05-05-2016, 05:43 PM

Definitely not a Cali truck. Gun laws here suck but we have nice iron truck-wise....

**too much stuff** · 05-05-2016, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by 70cst

Always hate to see these trucks rust apart

Being from ohio, you know that. I remember your truck when you started on it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by special-K

Looks about 75% rust free yet. Glass looks good! Good thing they ran mud flaps to save the paint from unsightly chips

It is 75% rust free. Missing metal doesn't count as rust. I wouldn't be surprised if the windshield was rusty too....

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Originally Posted by palallin

What kind of condition is the chassis in?

Fair at best.

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Originally Posted by bill3rail

She looks fine to me... She'll run like that for another 45+ years!

Since it doesn't run at the moment, I hope it doesn't run like that for 45 years. The PO said it ran great when he parked it due to loosing the brakes.

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Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Nice score on another K20. I found a 70 K20 burb that had a massive tree fall on it that is about as bad as your truck here. Nice parts scores too!

Thanks. The parts score was at the MN state fairgrounds, and the truck was from Mankato area.

**jocko** · 05-05-2016, 09:06 PM

"Ralaaax, my old man is a television repair man, he has an awesome set of tools... I can fix it"

57taskforce · 05-05-2016, 09:16 PM

Drivers front fender looks good!

**too much stuff** · 05-05-2016, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jocko

"Ralaaax, my old man is a television repair man, he has an awesome set of tools... I can fix it"

Funny, the pics actually make it look better... If you look at the drivers door handle, or where it would be, that is a hole through the door so you couldn't even bolt a handle to it.... but maybe with an awesome set of tools...

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Originally Posted by 57taskforce

Drivers front fender looks good!

Front clip isn't too bad.

**jerry moss** · 05-05-2016, 09:55 PM

metal eating termites ?????? you scored some goodies at the swap meet congrats.

**special-K** · 05-05-2016, 10:38 PM

That's one truck those aftermarket doors just might fit. Just push up on the roof to close. I have seen California trucks rustier than that... seriously.

**68bowtie** · 05-06-2016, 12:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by special-K

That's one truck those aftermarket doors just might fit. Just push up on the roof to close. I have seen California trucks rustier than that... seriously.

california's a big state. the coastal areas are real bad.

un4gvn! · 05-06-2016, 01:17 AM

Looks like another farm truck. Drop in a 800 horse power big block Chevy in it and go racing. Watching that truck pick the front tires off the ground and run ten seconds or even nine with all the weight rusted off. I bet peoples jaws will fall open. I'll be watching for it.

**special-K** · 05-06-2016, 07:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 68bowtie

california's a big state. the coastal areas are real bad.

Yeah, these were coastal trucks. I had a '72 Blazer from New Mexico in the early-80s I found in Virginia. Never driven in Eastern winter. The owners had come East and discovered Assateague Island National Seashore. There were beach vehicle permit stickers on the bumper and rust bubbles in the lower front rear quarters. I actually bought it for parts but started thinking to restore. I washed it down/flushed it out when I bought it, drove it some, and washed it out really well a few more times. That salt gets in the pores of the metal and keeps on eating. It wouldn't start, no fuel out of pump. New pump, same thing. That's when I noticed the gas smell in back and all the dead grass. Tank had a Hickey skid plate and from salty sand being between the tank rotted out. I dedicated it to parts and it just kept on rotting from the bottom up. One day I went to it and the hood was up. I thought someone had been messing with it till I saw it was still latched and the hinge springs pulled the skin apart. It had really nice tinted glass, though! Chrome bumper still looked great, too. The original owners probably enjoyed the great dunes out there and had no idea how different that beach sand is

fwayne · 05-06-2016, 09:58 AM

special-K You are correct. If the salt gets in, it can slowly but methodically destroy a vehicle. My good friend went ONE time to the coast in his 1970 Mustang. The rest of the time was spent in Texas, and garaged. Even though He tried to wash it very well , the damage was done and years later the car looks like a northern winter car, rust everywhere. Pretty tough stuff that salt.

**Todd68Chevy** · 05-06-2016, 11:26 AM

Nice parts truck and pile of parts. I need to find a few swap meets like that around here.

05-04-2016, 10:48 PM	#1
too much stuff Roadtrip! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Grand Rapids MN Posts: 13,691	Yep, another rusty K-20 and swap meet score. You guys (and gals) have it made in the dry states. And this one has had a cab swap and was redone in the 80s even. No buffing out this one! Has some good parts, but probably not worth saving. Hit up a swap meet on the way home and found a few goodies there also. Enjoy the pics. Attached Images __________________ 67 gmc custom lwb dakota truck. Sold...And bought back 69 swb 4x4 project (in progress) 70 c-10 lwb texas truck 70 4x4/BB/bkts/posi/tach(retired) 70 swb (wifes) 70 jimmy camper 71 K-5 factory 2wd 71 cheyenne 4x4/tach/posi/ plow rig 71 Cheyenne20 BB, buckets, tach, tilt, 4 speed 72 jimmy CST wyoming rig 72 jimmy Colorado rig 72 lifted texas 4x4 3/4 ton burb 65 fury conv. 383/auto 65 chrysler 300 "L" 413 auto

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70cst Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: New Madison, Ohio Posts: 21,339	Re: Yep, another rusty K-20 and swap meet score. Always hate to see these trucks rust apart __________________ A husband can be right...or...A husband can be happy. 67-72 Chevy and GMC Trucks...The Classic Truck for the Classic Folk. 1970 CST Two tone green, 402BB, 400 Automatic, Tach, Buckets, AC, AM-FM, Tilt, GM CB, GM 8 Tract, LWB, etc JOHN 17:3...The better side of "LIFE" Remember: Everyday is a good day...Some are just gooder!

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kwmech Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Colfax-California Posts: 8,383	Re: Yep, another rusty K-20 and swap meet score. Wow, I guess I am spoiled in Calif in regards to

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05-05-2016, 06:05 AM	#5
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,859	Re: Yep, another rusty K-20 and swap meet score. Looks about 75% rust free yet. Glass looks good! Good thing they ran mud flaps to save the paint from unsightly chips __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ Last edited by special-K; 05-05-2016 at 09:05 AM.

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palallin Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. James, MO Posts: 1,239	Re: Yep, another rusty K-20 and swap meet score. What kind of condition is the chassis in? __________________ '69 Longstep K-10: 327/SM465/T-221/Closed Knuckle Dana44/12-bolt.

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steelhorse Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Franklinton NC Posts: 1,309	Re: Yep, another rusty K-20 and swap meet score. Re body it.

05-05-2016, 08:14 AM	#8
67ChevyRedneck Hittin E-Z Street on Mud Tires Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 23,090	Re: Yep, another rusty K-20 and swap meet score. Eesh! I'm from NY... seen way worse, but that's pretty bad! If you cut up the cab I'd be interested in the drip rails around the door if they're solid (they actually appear to be?) __________________ Jesse James 1967 C10 SWB Stepside: 350/700R4/3.73 1965 Ford Mustang: 289/T5-5spd/3.25 Trac-Loc 1968 Pontiac Firebird: Project Fire Chicken! 2015 Silverado Double Cab 5.3L Z71 2001 Jeep Wrangler Sport 4.0L 5spd 2020 Chevrolet Equinox Premium 2.0L Turbo 2011 Mustang V6 ~ Wife's ride American Born, Country by the Grace of God 1967 CST Shop Truck Rebuild! My 1967 C-10 Build Thread My Vintage Air A/C Install Project "On a Dime" Trying my hand at Home Renovation! 1965 Mustang Modifications!

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bill3rail Registered User Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: LI, NY 11801 Posts: 1,140	Re: Yep, another rusty K-20 and swap meet score. She looks fine to me... She'll run like that for another 45+ years! __________________ 1970 C10 8' Fleetside, L6 250, 3 on the Tree. The most basic of pickup trucks!

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fwayne Registered User Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Midlothian, TX Posts: 55	Re: Yep, another rusty K-20 and swap meet score. You need a tetanus shot after looking at the pictures! __________________ 1970 GMC Stepside Short Gone...Factory 350 V8 Now...4.8L LS

05-05-2016, 03:19 PM	#12
In The Ten Ring Registered User Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: West Virginia Posts: 6,421	Re: Yep, another rusty K-20 and swap meet score. The "tetanus shot" joke was pretty funny. That truck is what mine looked like before the bondo job in 1990.

05-05-2016, 04:46 PM	#13
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frenchy51 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Orland, Nor-Cal Posts: 617	Re: Yep, another rusty K-20 and swap meet score. Definitely not a Cali truck. Gun laws here suck but we have nice iron truck-wise.... __________________ 1972 Highlander PAC B 400BB-SOLD 1974 K5 Blazer-6.0 swap 1974 C20 Long Bed 454 1977 GMC HeavyHalf several adopted orphans

05-05-2016, 09:06 PM	#16
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05-05-2016, 09:16 PM	#17
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05-05-2016, 09:55 PM	#19
jerry moss Born Psycho Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: brentwood,cal,usa Posts: 4,734	Re: Yep, another rusty K-20 and swap meet score. metal eating termites ?????? you scored some goodies at the swap meet congrats. __________________ jerry moss 72 cheyenne super K20- tilt,tach,vacuum,speedwarning,buckets,shoulder belts,am/fm,tow hooks,bumper guards,toolbox,aux. fuel tank,posi front and rear,plus other goodies!!! SOLD 69 suburban K20-tilt,tach,vacuum,speedwarning,buckets,shoulder belts,am/fm,4 inch all spring lift,4 speed, 14 bolt full floater, dana 44 HD,warn winch,posi front and rear,tow hooks,plus other goodies. 73/80 chevy/gmc K20 SB400,turbo 400,205,tilt,a-c,gas hog. 77 K/5 cheyenne blazer-daily driver/beater. SON HAS IT NOW BRENTWOOD,CALIFORNIA

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special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,859	Re: Yep, another rusty K-20 and swap meet score. That's one truck those aftermarket doors just might fit. Just push up on the roof to close. I have seen California trucks rustier than that... seriously. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

05-06-2016, 01:17 AM	#22
un4gvn! Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Latrobe, Pa. 15650 Posts: 341	Re: Yep, another rusty K-20 and swap meet score. Looks like another farm truck. Drop in a 800 horse power big block Chevy in it and go racing. Watching that truck pick the front tires off the ground and run ten seconds or even nine with all the weight rusted off. I bet peoples jaws will fall open. I'll be watching for it.

05-06-2016, 09:58 AM	#24
fwayne Registered User Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Midlothian, TX Posts: 55	Re: Yep, another rusty K-20 and swap meet score. special-K You are correct. If the salt gets in, it can slowly but methodically destroy a vehicle. My good friend went ONE time to the coast in his 1970 Mustang. The rest of the time was spent in Texas, and garaged. Even though He tried to wash it very well , the damage was done and years later the car looks like a northern winter car, rust everywhere. Pretty tough stuff that salt. __________________ 1970 GMC Stepside Short Gone...Factory 350 V8 Now...4.8L LS

05-06-2016, 11:26 AM	#25
Todd68Chevy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Shelburn Indiana Posts: 3,977	Re: Yep, another rusty K-20 and swap meet score. Nice parts truck and pile of parts. I need to find a few swap meets like that around here. __________________ Note: All parts I have for sale are also for sale locally. I currently own: 1940 Chevy Fire truck (project), 1946 Chevy truck (project), 1946 Chevy 1 Ton pick up, 1953 Chevy school bus (storage area), 1968 Chevy C10 (I have drove for 26 years), 1994 Chevy C2500 (daily driver), 2005 GMC crew cab K2500 (parts hauler) and more trucks for parts.

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