Hey All,
New to the forum, thought I'd throw out my intro. I'm Tom, live in the suburbs of Minneapolis, MN. Grew up with a father that worked for Ford, but somehow have ended up with virtually all of my cars being GM. Wierd.
Currently own a 1985 Chev K-10, 305, 700r4. Stock, essentially. Had an old Camaro that was going to be top of my project list, but had to sell that off last fall, due to a few economic troubles. Realized that my truck and I are probably stuck with each other for a while, so I'm interested in finding ways to have a little more fun with it. There's a lot of neat looking rides on board here, from what I've seen the couple times I've browsed the forum over the years. Finally decided I might as well register here. Should get some great ideas, I think.
Previous trucks = a '75 Suburban 3/4 ton, w/ full time 4wd and a 350. Also had a 70 C-10 way back in High school, had a tire-destroying 350, that I had more than my share of fun with. Have had several vehicles over the years, but the current fleet consists of the pickup above, a 97 Old Cutlass Supreme, a 94 pontiac bonneville SSEi, and my 84 Buick Regal T-Type that's in storage. Also enjoy snowmobiling in the winter, in both MN and WI when I can find snow. My wife and I have a couple Polaris sleds, that don't get near enough miles put on them.
Have a kid starting college this fall, so not having to chase to hundreds of HS sporting event will hopefully leave me more time to turn wrenches. For so long, the fleet of old vehicles has kept me too busy with basic repairs, so I felt I never had enough time to wrench for fun. Hoping that changes.
Work in architecture, have for the past 18 years. This fall will be 12 with my current firm. Business is kinda bad, but I've made myself fairly hard to replace, not only by working hard, but also being handy enough to fix most anything that happens to break around the office. Computers, light fixtures, plumbing, etc. It's not glamorous, but keeps it interesting.
Looking forward to seeing you all around the forums.
TomS.
I live in Panama City Beach, FL. and my buddies and I love searchin for new trails and deep mud holes. Its funny any offroader knows your bound to break sometin! and dats what most of them HATE, but my buddy keith and I like it most of the time when it doesnt hurt our wallets tooooo much. We love to fabricate, weld (learning), working on stuff, learning new modifications to do on our trucks, etc. My buddy Keith he's 17 as well and owns a 1989 K5. I joined CK5 in high hopes in meeting new offroaders and some expert advice on new modifcations I can do to my truck. Im sure illl have MANY questions. I'm 17 im FULL of them. 
front, and FF 14B Rear Lincolin Locked. 16.5 super winch. 36" TSL SX'S it's work in progress.
. Ive got a 79 k5 that im putting back together. I rebuilt the 350 transmission, and got a GM crate 350. im pretty pumped to get it done. It has sat in my yard for about a year non-running and I just got tired of looking at it just sittin there.
