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1983 K5 trail truck/dd/ R.I.P. 03/14/18
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After getting it back and moving to my duty station in oregon I set to work getting it how I want it. I started with a 4 inch rough country lift and some used craigslist 33's
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y5mgisi
1 ton status
I like it man!
So I left it half ton for a hunting season, and wheeled it some before I felt like going bigger. I found some 3/4 tons and bought a set of 37's.....
i grew up in coos bay, lived out in millington. wouldn't mind moving back there if they had jobs worth a damn.
Wheeled like that for a while... Then the inside of my door rusted out, resulting in the window shattering way up in the woods. So I went inland and got some clean doors.
So after I swapped out doors my paint was all off and after too many beers I decided camo would be awesome...
And that is nearly how she sits today, the transmission decided to lock into first at inopertune times so I just got done swapping in a Th400/208 I got from natemc 
I also went thru and regasketed my motor and swapped my cracked flex plate. I also swapped in a 89-91 grille.
I also went thru and regasketed my motor and swapped my cracked flex plate. I also swapped in a 89-91 grille.
Wow small world to find someone from coos
ya i live in Wyoming now and you would not believe how many people in wyoming are from Oregon lol.
i still have a house in millington, so if i ever have a reason to move back there i have options.
nice looking blazer.
i still have a house in millington, so if i ever have a reason to move back there i have options.
nice looking blazer.
Nice Build 
Looks like you started with the twin to my old K5, think mine had some more cancer in it though
Looks like you started with the twin to my old K5, think mine had some more cancer in it though
Mine has plenty of cancer, especially now that she is on the coast. Its nice to see another k5 with that paint job, I think the brown and white looks good all cleaned up.
So this weekend I started on cutting out the rusted rockers and replacing them with some 2x4 box. I also started on some new paint.
bryanspeed1
Registered Member
nice 83
andyblack
Registered Loser
I had the same thing occur with my 700 recently and I also swapped to a TH400/NP208. How are you liking yours so far? I haven't driven mine enough yet to see if the gas mileage went down any.
It's going to take a lot of orange to cover that camo.
It's going to take a lot of orange to cover that camo.
After I got the downshift switch adjusted right it drove pretty good. The instructions with the b&m switch sucked. Yeah I still have alot of painting to do still.
magik235
Still Alive
Looks good
Thanks for the complements she has definently come a long way.
she has definently come a long way.
andyblack
Registered Loser
Are you talking about the one on the gas pedal? I haven't been able to get mine to work yet at all. I'm going to mess with it this weekend. Right now if I come up to a hill and need to downshift, I have to reach up and move the shifter on the column. LAME.
That orange looks WAY better than the camo. Good choice.
Martin
Martin
