Looks like a good foundation, didn't see any rust in there.
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74 K5 Clifford's Budget Rebuild
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Blazer looks great! I love seeing full verts! How did the hammered black turn out? I have been debating on doing that with my frame.
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I'll start posting pics of what I did in December in a hour or two. It came out nice though. It's not extremely durable like some of the other chassis specific paints but for 12 dollars a quart you can't beat it
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That stuff looks pretty good!
That does look nice.
Martin
Martin
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Thank you, I brushed it on with a cheap brush and thinned 50/50 with acetone
Might be a good time to reinforce the frame where the steering box is.
Looking good.
Looking good.
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So after I got everything painted my mounts came in, so I finally got to reassemble Clifford
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I definitely want to, it's actually assembled and driving right now. But I'll be going back in there to reinforce it when I do crossover steering
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Here's some more!
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Originally I was planning to put a good wrench 350 in the k5. As you can see I also have a 68 c10 that I had a 468 bbc built for. I drove it around but felt the the power would be better suited for the much heavier k5. So I pulled the bbc out and dropped the 350 sbc in the c10
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The fenders are Chinese garbage and made it difficult to line everything up. I decided it would be easier to pull the axle than to take the front clip off again. Here's a pic of me making sure the cherry picker was up to the task
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And the transplant begins
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For anyone that is thinking about buying motor mounts from diy4x, I think they are beefy and they fit quite well.
CrpMag122
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Very nice. Looking forward to following your build.
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Time to get caught up to present day. Here are the photos from Jan 2016 to March 
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Beware the bolts supplied in the motor mount kit need a washer to prevent the bolt from bottoming out in the block. Here is a pic of the mount next to the bolt threaded all the way in the block
