1977 K5 "Sparty On"

[Hoss7979]

Wound up with/ an extra piece of DOM tubing after ordering a pierce for a buddy of mine. He's doing the same setup of ram assist & crossover as me. Think I'm gonna put a hoop behind the drivers seat to attach the harness to......

 

[Hoss7979]

Finally was able to get the steering wheel done w/ the help of a little buddy! Loctited & pinned in 2 spots.....




Also picked up a 3500 stall torque converter today!!!

 

[Hoss7979]

Got the fuel cell drained today, the bracket for the line locks mapped out, and measured for a pierce of steel for the shifter mount.....

 

[Hoss7979]

Was finally able to work on the new shifter area again after both kiddo's being sick for a week. I removed the middle seat awhile ago, now I found a piece of stainless to put there to mount the shifter closer to me......


Also got my return line fitting in the mail yesterday....

 

[82355]

Why the quick attach steering wheel?

Martin

 

[jekquistk5]

Why the quick attach steering wheel?

Martin

I was thinking mud racing. Not a lot of rocks in Michigan

 

[Hoss7979]

Yep mud truck & it's rather difficult trying to get out of a race seat w/ a steering wheel mounted solidly.

 

[Deuling]

Yep mud truck & it's rather difficult trying to get out of a race seat w/ a steering wheel mounted solidly.

Agreed. Im even stupid skinny and have to tilt my tiny steering wheel up to get out of my beard seats.

 

[Hoss7979]

Agreed. Im even stupid skinny and have to tilt my tiny steering wheel up to get out of my beard seats.

This was the only solution I could think of really for me.....being big boned and all!!

 

[Deuling]

This was the only solution I could think of really for me.....being big boned and all!!

Seat sliders are nice too.

 

[Hoss7979]

Seat sliders are nice too.

Ya i adapted my racing seat to the sliders, just don't wanna move it back & forth every time

 

[Hoss7979]

Finally got the shifter mounted......

 

[Hoss7979]

Look what came to the door yesterday!!!!

 

[Hoss7979]

Did a little trading Zelda this past weekend and ended up w/ a truck tailgate! It's almost to nice to go on my beater.....

 

[Hoss7979]

Guess it's time to get to spraying some stuff!!!

 

[Hoss7979]

83ChevyK5Blazer gave me a pair of hinges to try for my tailgate but they don't fit in the tailgate. The bedside hinge measures .795 OD but the tailgate only measures .740 OD....... Do I trim the tailgate to fit or keep looking for hinges that fit???

 

[82355]

There are two different hinge styles.

Martin

 

[Hoss7979]

There are two different hinge styles.

Martin

You mean thickness?

 

[82355]

I am not sure. I know they have to be matching, I don't remember what the differences were.

Martin

 

[sreidmx]

Looks good, how do you like the poly seats? I'm looking for a cheap stop gap seat ...