89' K5 Project "Cheapo" Tackling some low budget items for now

[Miller75]

Current Specs:
89' K5
sbc 350cdi TBI
sm465
np241
10b Front & Rear
4" Rough Country Lift

Current plans:
Rebuild from the ground up.
This is the state it was in when I picked it up.

Current Condition:

Future plans:

 

[BoondocK5]

lets see 'um...

 

[magik235]

Nice start to your project.

 

[yellowK20]

Where at in MN?

 

[Miller75]

Where at in MN?

Bethel - Saint Francis area 45 to a hour north of Minneapolis

 

[Miller75]

Right now I'm looking for a place to do the tear down. (For safety reasons have little kids and I'd never hear the end if they would get hurt.)

 

[yellowK20]

ah ok cool neat truck pretty clean for MN

 

[andyblack]

I like the OE gray color. What kind of paint did you use?

 

[Miller75]

I like the OE gray color. What kind of paint did you use?

Rustoleum smoke gray best 30 dollars I ever spent.

 

[andyblack]

Rustoleum smoke gray best 30 dollars I ever spent.

Sweet. I just painted mine with Rustoleum flat black. Got lots of compliments so far. Cant's beat it for $34 per gallon.

 

[Miller75]

Sweet. I just painted mine with Rustoleum flat black. Got lots of compliments so far. Cant's beat it for $34 per gallon.

Agreed the only downfall is its not UV friendly and will fade over time but for the cost I'm not going to complain.

 

[Miller75]

Stumbled across a picture of my ideal truck.
http://coloradok5.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2891376&postcount=207
Looks like it will be time to start some fab up of a fiberglass tonneau cover and cab back.

 

[andyblack]

Those setups were all the rage in the '80s and '90s. I wonder if the cover would crack when the frame flexed. Good luck.

 

[magik235]

I like that style as well. Good luck with fiberglass fabrication. It can be done.

 

[Miller75]

Made some minor progress today pulled the top off, cut the tail gate out that the PO welded in place and removed the sun visor.

Friday I think I'll pull the driver and passenger windows get the doors ready to get halved and mock up the potential boat-siding measurements.

The pic below was taken before removing the tail gate & sun visor.

 

[Miller75]

Took the truck out for the first run w/welded diffs tonight. Although no crazy deep mud but some shallow slippery stuff. Which easily became a issue in 2wd but locked in 4wd pulled right through hopefully the axles hold up for a bit. Overall I'm happy with the results!