cdoggwsu
1/2 ton status
Lookin' great, good to see another PNW'er around here (Olympia, WA here...currently living on the eastside).
CK5
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'79 K5 Build for the PNW...(Pic Heavy)
- Thread starter dirtygoat
- Start date
cheyennek20
1/2 ton status
That's alot of great work, Keep it up!!!
Lookin' good! 
Where've you been, that looks like a textbook CK5 build.
Where've you been, that looks like a textbook CK5 build.
dirtygoat
1/2 ton status
Thanks guys...
I've been hiding on the local forums...
I'll keep going thru my pics and updating the earlier posts, so keep an eye on them over the next few days...
I'll add the most recent stuff as it's being built...
I've been hiding on the local forums...
I'll keep going thru my pics and updating the earlier posts, so keep an eye on them over the next few days...
I'll add the most recent stuff as it's being built...
dirtygoat
1/2 ton status
Some cell pics...
I know they look like crap, but you get the idea...
I know they look like crap, but you get the idea...
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dirtygoat
1/2 ton status
Just about finished with the passenger side slider...
dirtygoat
1/2 ton status
Here's the front...
Still need to cut off the bottom left one...
Still need to cut off the bottom left one...
dirtygoat
1/2 ton status
Just need a few more pieces and the cage work is done...
sierra896
1/2 ton status
Nice looking build! Also like the way you are passing on you knowledge by letting your boys do some of the work! They will really appreciate it when they get older. Subscribed.
djkawash
Registered Member
cdoggwsu. GO COUGS!
Im gonna b comin up for school in the fall. I got a stock k5 that I wanna wheel w/o gettin any body damage. ( Just fixed it all a year ago). got any recommendations. I may throw on some heavier springs to lift it an inch or so. Runin 31's. Im from cali and wanna do some wheelin while im up there.
Im gonna b comin up for school in the fall. I got a stock k5 that I wanna wheel w/o gettin any body damage. ( Just fixed it all a year ago). got any recommendations. I may throw on some heavier springs to lift it an inch or so. Runin 31's. Im from cali and wanna do some wheelin while im up there.
Lookin good Luey!
Wheelin up here without taking any body damage is pretty had in a fullsize. I get at least a scrape or a dent every time I go.
Wheelin up here without taking any body damage is pretty had in a fullsize. I get at least a scrape or a dent every time I go.
cdoggwsu
1/2 ton status
Are you coming to WSU or UofI? Either way
. I don't wanna hijack dirtygoat's thread, shoot me an e-mail with the same username I have on here @hotmail.com
dirtygoat
1/2 ton status
Yeah, like Brian said... In the Seattle/Tacoma area it's really tough to keep a fullsize straight... That's why I've narrowed, bobbed and doved my rig...
All my buddies that run Blazers don't have a straight body panel left on their trucks... It hard to find someone with working doors on a K5 that runs our trails...
Elbe Hills is the closest place to me and we've got a trail called the Busy Wild that destroys just about anything that enters it... Not just fullsize rigs, but Yotas and Heeps as well...
I'll have to post up some pics of the Busy for everyone after I get the truck done and run it...
All my buddies that run Blazers don't have a straight body panel left on their trucks... It hard to find someone with working doors on a K5 that runs our trails...
Elbe Hills is the closest place to me and we've got a trail called the Busy Wild that destroys just about anything that enters it... Not just fullsize rigs, but Yotas and Heeps as well...
I'll have to post up some pics of the Busy for everyone after I get the truck done and run it...
cdoggwsu
1/2 ton status
I've never been to Elbe in a fullsize but I've seen what it does to the Toyotas and I can imagine how a K5 would fare.
When I was living over there we spent most of the time out on Capitol Peak or up in the Olympics sticking to trails/logging roads and the occasional mud pit so aside from scratches or the occasional dent from a tree limb body damage was fairly minimal.
When I was living over there we spent most of the time out on Capitol Peak or up in the Olympics sticking to trails/logging roads and the occasional mud pit so aside from scratches or the occasional dent from a tree limb body damage was fairly minimal.
dirtygoat
1/2 ton status
Got a little more done today...
But, it hit 100* here today and it was just to hot to keep grinding and welding...
But, it hit 100* here today and it was just to hot to keep grinding and welding...
That thing is going to be invincible, I used to live up that way near Bremerton WA, but havent been there too much since joining the Corps 7 years ago. Would love to get stationed up there some how though. Heard yall have been having a massive heatwave lately though
dirtygoat
1/2 ton status
Yeah, it's been pretty hot here... Got up to 106* on wed...
Didn't get much done today...
Mounted the orbital...
Didn't get much done today...
Mounted the orbital...
dirtygoat
1/2 ton status
Well, I got a little more work in today...
Cut off the old shock mounts on the 14b, so I can inboard the rear shocks...
Then I started on shaving the diff... Still have some grinding to do...
Then brought the 38.5s back over to figure out the wheel wells...
This is close to ride height...
Cut off the old shock mounts on the 14b, so I can inboard the rear shocks...
Then I started on shaving the diff... Still have some grinding to do...
Then brought the 38.5s back over to figure out the wheel wells...
This is close to ride height...
Thats gonna be pretty low. It'll look good!!
