Condolences on your Dads passing - I lost mine in 2019.
And I think it’s great that you are giving the ole family truck a bunch of love - hope it provides great memories for ya.
I do have a question or a comment on some parts on your truck,
A friend of mine and me ended up with a 1978 K/30 Cab Chassis Wrecker from a shop we worked with years ago - this shop bought the truck new and never modified it but it had a few things on it that always puzzled us and through your pictures I see that your Cab Chassis has the same puzzling parts.
Both trucks are 78 Cab Chassis’ and are part time 205 with the SM-465 but have full time slugs in the front hubs ( did y’all change those out ? ) but here is the really odd part.
On the rear spring hangers they are 2WD versions ( they don’t extend past the frame as much as K/30 ones do and therefore shorter than normal K/30 versions ) and to make up the height difference there is a short block in the back that this era trucks normally did not use.
Also on the K/30 wrecker it had a 4WD shifter knob that was for a 203 ( it was a normal 205 shifter but just came with a full time knob ). Also, the truck came with a front Spicer style cv-joint front shaft instead of the Saginaw style that was phased in GM trucks a year or two earlier. Just curious if your truck is the same ?
It’s good to see another 78 K/30 Cab Chassis that has the same components - I don’t bring these oddities up to too many folks because it’s hard to prove that these things were factory correct.
Could you post up more pics of these parts and the SPID sheet if possible ? Thanks
And I think it’s great that you are giving the ole family truck a bunch of love - hope it provides great memories for ya.
I do have a question or a comment on some parts on your truck,
A friend of mine and me ended up with a 1978 K/30 Cab Chassis Wrecker from a shop we worked with years ago - this shop bought the truck new and never modified it but it had a few things on it that always puzzled us and through your pictures I see that your Cab Chassis has the same puzzling parts.
Both trucks are 78 Cab Chassis’ and are part time 205 with the SM-465 but have full time slugs in the front hubs ( did y’all change those out ? ) but here is the really odd part.
On the rear spring hangers they are 2WD versions ( they don’t extend past the frame as much as K/30 ones do and therefore shorter than normal K/30 versions ) and to make up the height difference there is a short block in the back that this era trucks normally did not use.
Also on the K/30 wrecker it had a 4WD shifter knob that was for a 203 ( it was a normal 205 shifter but just came with a full time knob ). Also, the truck came with a front Spicer style cv-joint front shaft instead of the Saginaw style that was phased in GM trucks a year or two earlier. Just curious if your truck is the same ?
It’s good to see another 78 K/30 Cab Chassis that has the same components - I don’t bring these oddities up to too many folks because it’s hard to prove that these things were factory correct.
Could you post up more pics of these parts and the SPID sheet if possible ? Thanks
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