1972 K10 Ebay Truck
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Sooo.... in 2016 I was working in Kuwait; and one night I got a little click happy on ebay and bought a 1972 K10 in Sacramento California.
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Fortunately, the former owner agreed to store the truck for me until I got back to the USA. So in January of 2017; my dad, my brothers and I loaded up on tools and spare parts and headed from Kansas to California.
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We ditched the lame camper, did a little tune-up work in the Best Western parking garage, and headed for Kansas.
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Naturally, we stopped for gas, refreshments, and a few minor repairs.
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Of course, we couldn't drive through Arizona without taking a few scenic detours; we had to stop and see the Grand Canyon.
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We took a little cruise on Route 66, and stopped to see the petrified forest and the painted desert.
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Of course, if you drive north in January, the weather is going to go south. After 6 days on the road, we rolled back into Kansas with a great new truck!
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Fabulous story. And the old truck made the trip!
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Great story:metal:
What's the plan ? Just drive and enjoy? ... |
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That is cool. I would love to do something like that one day.
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Nice. Gotta love a good road trip!
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Let's get this party started with a little archeology. It was built in the Fremont plant in February of 1972. It's a custom deluxe package with 350 engine, 4 speed manual, 3.73 rear end. The engine has been replaced, but everything else seems to be original
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Great Deal that the build sheet is still there:metal:
There was a spot on mine where you could tell it used to be:waah: .... |
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Any chance you could post your actual build date from your build sheet so I can add it to our build date project?? We are keeping a running numerical order by plant based on the build sequence of the truck vin. |
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Awesome that is some valuable Information, thanks for the contribution!
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Got her cleaned out and removed about 5 miles of extra wiring.
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I decided to start with the most important system on the truck...the brakes! I couldn't bear to throw away an original set of Delco calipers, so I decided to rebuild the calipers and cylinders myself. First time doing this; very straightforward and parts were cheap. I can always downshift if they fail : )
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Further down the rabbit hole. Rear differential fluid change uncovered a chewed up carrier and a grooved axle, so now it's got a Yukon positrac, new axles, ring and pinion gears.
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Body coming off, no turning back now.
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Sweet ride!
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What rear axle is that?
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Computer bit the dust over the winter, just got a new one; time to upload some progress! Hacked out the inner/outer rockers, forward cab floors, and mount support plates. Rolled the whole mess outside and blasted all of the hidden joint areas and weld seam edges.
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