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1968 K10 rebuild #3
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I Bought this truck about 7 years ago and it has been through a few stages. First it was lifted with 31s,
TH350, SBC 35 and had some rust. I fixed all the rust and painted it back to white. drove it like this for years Day I Picked it up Attachment 2152546 after rust repair and fresh paint Attachment 2152547 second redo of the truck was a NV4500 and 4BT cummins swap. this can be seen at the following thread link. https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=725052 I drove it like this fo a few years and decided to go back to V8 gas power. I blew up the trans on the way back from picking up the replacement motor and ended up deploying for a year. it sat broken for almost 4 years. |
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after sitting for a few years i collected parts. made it a short box
Added 8 inch lift. 40 inch tires, smooth rims and am currently building a 383 stroker for it. Attachment 2152548 Attachment 2152549 Attachment 2152550 Attachment 2152551 |
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Just curious, what is the purpose of the board full of nails facing up? (other than to cause a need for a tetanous shot....lol)
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1st, thank you for your service. Good looking truck especially at the new length. Just curious about your gear ratios going from such a low end high torque setup to a 383 high end torque platform. Where do you think you will end up?
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one thing that happened over the last few years of outdoor storage was a windstorm throwing
the stock hood about 200 feet from the truck. I am going to try and fix this. Attachment 2152864 Attachment 2152865 Attachment 2152866 |
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The bed has the most rust in it. I got this to replace the long box
with the understanding that i have the long box for patch panels. all the rust it has i have the correlating part to weld in. over all it is not horrible for the south. you can see here it sat upside down for some time Attachment 2152868 I will be replacing this header with my old long box one Attachment 2152870 |
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Was able to put in some work over the last few weeks.
Tore the truck completely down to the frame. I then disassembled the bed I will look at the long bed parts I have and mix and match and then patch from the rust free long bed sides. Attachment 2157453 had an issue with my cab removal hoist operation and luckily the front window I already planned on replacing was the only casualty of it. I made a dolly for the cab and pushed her into the garage. Attachment 2157454 moved all the body that I don't want to get wet into the garage. Attachment 2157455 |
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So after the body was removed I went thru the body to look for issues.
Attachment 2157456 The first issue I found was the very front crossmember had sheared the rivets and was pulled forward four inches. this must have be done from a chain or something pulling the truck out before my time. The other side rivet was loose. Attachment 2157457 Next Issue: both rear cab mounts looked like this I still need to weld in the plates I made. Ran out of Gas for the welder. Attachment 2157458 To fix the crossmember issue I welded in the new leaf spring crossmember in solid and plated the frame and made braces. this is ten times as strong as before. Attachment 2157459 Then rolled it out pressure washed it and painted it with chassis paint. Attachment 2157460 |
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I then moved on to the motor. It is a 4 bolt main .30 over chevy 350 block. the specs are: 383 forged crank,
590 600 inch lift cam, roller rockers, 72cc ported heads, 150cc domed Wiesco pistons. 11.1 compression ratio. The carb is a 750 CFM with a Edelbrock performer RPM intake and a MSD ignition. Between the motor I bought with a lot of the extras and the new parts I am only at $900 on this combo. Motor came complete just redid the internals. should be good for around 500HP and the same TQ or more. Attachment 2157464 Cleaned the block up and checked everything. Attachment 2157465 Ordered a 383 summit crank and Wiesco 150cc dome pistons. I now had 383 cubic inches. Attachment 2157466 With these pistons and the 72 CC heads i have 11.1 compression ratio. Attachment 2157467 I put the flywheel clutch and trans onto the motor and got ready to put it in the chassis. Attachment 2157468 |
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Next Step is to fire the motor up and finish the exhaust. then onto the body work .
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