1984 K10-The Rock

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For some reason Chevy always has a narrower track width in the rear! They say it’s so the rear tires don’t go in the same track as the front (for traction).

Well I don’t like it on a street truck! So we added 1.25” billit spacers to each side.

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Much better!

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Here is the new digital gauges installed in the OEM cluster. We are now wiring them. Pictures today.

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That stock horn was really bothering me, so we opted for an air trumpet horn. We decided to mount it behind the grill so there was nothing between it and the offending driver but space and opportunity!

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Here’s the digital gauges all mounted in the OEM cluster

And here’s with the key on!

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So we didn’t get to terribly much done today. We did finish cleaning the dvr side bracket and accessories. We struggled getting the AC clutch off the pass side. We will tackle that tomorrow.

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Although it doesn’t look like got much done, we actually accomplished quite a bit.

We got all the wiring done. All prettely loomed. Using cloth wire covering. We also cleaned the Alternator and painted the pulley/fan

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We finally got the serpentine drive on! Looks killer! Just need to get a different belt (deleted the smog pump).

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after like three trips to the parts store, we had the right belt!

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lookie what I picked up for $80! Saved me like $530! I’m going to have it powder coated in "super chrome". With LED lights it ought to set the truck off pretty good!

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Some 6x9 boxes we made a template for. Brought the template to my friend with a plasma table to precision cut it for me. If this works as well as I expect, they will be for sale on my website.

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We got a whole lot done today, but not much picture worthy. Our roll bar had 3 light tabs welded to the front of the bar. I thought they showed be on the back and that there should be 4 of them. So Alex set out to make that happen

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Kick panels are finally in and wired

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Going to pick up the roll bar from powdercoat tonight. Here’s a couple teaser pics

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We made up for a day accomplishing basically nothing with a day of many things!
dechroming in process. 3rd pic is our new roll bar in place. The last two are completely dechromed and cleaned

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The only rust on this truck was in the tailgate! So we replaced it with a good used one

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cut out steel ready to be bent 2nd pic is the speaker boxes bent. The last 2 are showing the excellent fit and finish. Then we painted them in hammered black.

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The first two are after paint but before installation. The next two are the speaker installed in truck. These are attached using 3M automotive double sided tape. They are for sale on my website and fit 73-87 Chevrolet and GMC trucks.

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We added twin USB ports. All the stereo wires run up and over the doors, behind the trim

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audio text (before subs) https://www.facebook.com/OSGcustoms/...4895558832854/

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so we added one of those distressed American flag vinyls to the rear window

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Obviously it had jumped time! (1)
Here’s the timing chain disassembled, ready for the new one (2)
New timing set laid out on the bench (3)
Some idiot had installed the crank sprocket 4 degrees retarded (4)
We installed it at 0 (5)

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these are the brackets we made to make our Bull Bar work (1)
I have no idea what this bar came off of, but I’ve never seen one on a squarebody. So we made it work (2)
Looks pretty Tuffy, huh? Just wait till we put on the lights! (3)

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Finally the new dashboard came in! We spent some time putting the interior back together. The new color matched forever sharp steering wheel and the new hammered black truck instrument bezel installed. Really starting to take shape!

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The new functional ram air installed.
And the LED's for the bull bar