82 k5 build "K80"

[MT86K5]

Things lookin like its gonna be a beast.

 

[y5mgisi]

Like it so far!

 

[Vetteracerx]

AWESOME fab work!!

 

[63chevyll]

Yeah, very nice fab work, and very cool.

I'll be following this one too.

 

[yakmastermax]

great looking welds

 

[rockhard69]

nice welds, truck should go anywhere when you are done.

 

[MJB774X]

nice welds, truck should go anywhere when you are done.

hope so, still missing lots of key components....gears, lockers, tires.......
it's a work in progress....slow progress

 

[MJB774X]

how can I move this to the "driveway"? I just saw that build threads go in there

 

[90Suburban]

Subscribed!

 

[MJB774X]

my buddy just got a torchmate, he was telling me I should make the shackle brackets with multiple holes kinda like the one off ones I made- but better, to sell? I wanted to put a feeler out there to see what you guys thought? I wouldn't make them as tall and I would make a better design......do you think they would sell?

 

[MJB774X]

update-just ordered some comp motor mounts from diy4x......hoping to dump the motor in when I get them, trying to figure out something for the trans mount (more solid) to work with the poly motor mounts

 

[MJB774X]

part of my problem in the progress is not knowing exactly what I want....keep it street and hwy friendly or hack it up and make it lean, everytime I work on it I just stare and think about what I should and shouldn't do, well today I made up my mind, heater and ac gone, inner fender wells gone, factory wire mess gone. right now I'm taking the front sheet metal off, now I'm debating on pinching the front end?

 

[MJB774X]

 

[K85 Octane]

dunno man, but you got one hell of a mess on the floor lol

any updates?

 

[MJB774X]

yeah I just haven't been taking pictures....I'll get some together shortly

 

[MJB774X]

motor and trans in

 

[MJB774X]

stripped the interior out, what a task..... lots of prep (scrapping, sanding, welding holes, patching rust) before I can paint it. spent all day with a heat gun and puddy knife. filled up two trash cans worth of carpet, panels, insulation. oh yeah, I cut the dash out too

 

[xenomarine]

my buddy just got a torchmate, he was telling me I should make the shackle brackets with multiple holes kinda like the one off ones I made- but better, to sell? I wanted to put a feeler out there to see what you guys thought? I wouldn't make them as tall and I would make a better design......do you think they would sell?

I would probably buy them, I would need more details as to how much lift they give, what springs are easily used with them, etc etc

 

[MJB774X]

tackled the rust, I started to go back and forth on how and what to do, I'm done with that, I'll never get anything done so I grabbed a scrap peice of 20g and did the 20 min job approach

 

[MJB774X]

a thick coat spray paint bed liner and done