Emmettology 101
3/4 ton status
Day after I brought my '90 home:
A few weeks and alot of sweat later:
A few weeks and alot of sweat later:
CK5
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Let's see your K5 progression
- Thread starter CK5
- Start date
When I first bought it.
My wife testing the 10 bolts
Poser
As it is today
My wife testing the 10 bolts
Poser
As it is today
GEORGIA GABE
1/2 ton status
first pic of the k5, after the 4 inch lift and 33 bfgmt
and then the top came off and it went to beasly knobb
the next modification was Tellico OHV.... I call it a modifiacation, not as much in regard to the k5 but more in how it infected..err affected me.
next came the 35s and some homemade bumpers
then I herculined it and put a snapon toolbox in the back ( the tool situation is getting revamped right now)
then came the rollbar and rock sliders
next I decided to build my own convertable top (still a work in progress)
this is just one of my favorite shots
I decided to build a rack for the convertible top (Dixie Run 05 Tellico)
next I made the windows of my hardtop removable ( note the straps holding them in)
I look forward to having something else as a daily driver, I will probably buy a 2500hd in the spring as a tow vehicle. Then I can afford for the truck to be down long enough to really get some stuff done. eg axles, cage, narrowing and boatsiding. I still plan on keeping the truck fairly operable, the ac still blows ICE COLD and its mostly watertight for now
gabe
and then the top came off and it went to beasly knobb
the next modification was Tellico OHV.... I call it a modifiacation, not as much in regard to the k5 but more in how it infected..err affected me.
next came the 35s and some homemade bumpers
then I herculined it and put a snapon toolbox in the back ( the tool situation is getting revamped right now)
then came the rollbar and rock sliders
next I decided to build my own convertable top (still a work in progress)
this is just one of my favorite shots
I decided to build a rack for the convertible top (Dixie Run 05 Tellico)
next I made the windows of my hardtop removable ( note the straps holding them in)
I look forward to having something else as a daily driver, I will probably buy a 2500hd in the spring as a tow vehicle. Then I can afford for the truck to be down long enough to really get some stuff done. eg axles, cage, narrowing and boatsiding. I still plan on keeping the truck fairly operable, the ac still blows ICE COLD and its mostly watertight for now
gabe
Leper
1/2 ton status
8_YOUR_H2 said:
Good god of all things holy....
Very funny statement. Awesome pic.
micah
1/2 ton status
8_YOUR_H2 said:
Good god of all things holy....
haha, I guess I'll take that as a compliment
jk5blazer
1/2 ton status
this is April of this year....not bad though for $750.00
And like stated in an other post" a few weeks later and a whole lot of sweat later, and maybe a few tears.
Well I'm almost done, right..............................
And like stated in an other post" a few weeks later and a whole lot of sweat later, and maybe a few tears.
Well I'm almost done, right..............................
82dieselburb
1/2 ton status
Here is a pic of my Jimmy that I bought a little more than a year ago.
When I first got it I was planning on making just a beater trail rig.
You guys know how it is.....You start with a few upgraded parts and next thing you know your addicted .
Well a year later,several injuries,and alot of $$$ its about 95% complete.
When I first got it I was planning on making just a beater trail rig.
You guys know how it is.....You start with a few upgraded parts and next thing you know your addicted .
Well a year later,several injuries,and alot of $$$ its about 95% complete.
BigCountryx
1/2 ton status
Before
After (For Now)
After (For Now)
Unfortunately we never got any before pics but this is pretty much what it looked like:
It was an 84 CUCV we picked up on a sealed bid for $1100. Actually had 36000 miles, very hard miles.
We stripped it down to bare metal and painted it 71 Plymouth Lemon Twist Yellow.
This is what it looked like before CK5
33's, 2.5" lift and that's about it.
Here's a shot from our drive to Blazer Bash this year.
Now I've got 37's, still running 1/2ton axles, and rear Detroit. I've also done a lot of sheet metal trimming and denting, too.
My avatar is also a Blazer Bash pic, courtesy of Pauly!
It was an 84 CUCV we picked up on a sealed bid for $1100. Actually had 36000 miles, very hard miles.
We stripped it down to bare metal and painted it 71 Plymouth Lemon Twist Yellow.
This is what it looked like before CK5
33's, 2.5" lift and that's about it.
Here's a shot from our drive to Blazer Bash this year.
Now I've got 37's, still running 1/2ton axles, and rear Detroit. I've also done a lot of sheet metal trimming and denting, too.
My avatar is also a Blazer Bash pic, courtesy of Pauly!
I'll keep it to simple 'before and after' pics for the moment. I will have a bunch of updates to photo and post, that will be soon.
From the day I brought it home for $400 till now $4000 later
more pics along the way in my sig!
more pics along the way in my sig!
MattK
1/2 ton status
day after i bought it
lifted, still on bald 33s
35's
3/4 tonned, gov locked rear, lockright front geared, 37's, shackle flipped, etc.
mudlocks
still gettin stuck
lifted, still on bald 33s
35's
3/4 tonned, gov locked rear, lockright front geared, 37's, shackle flipped, etc.
mudlocks
still gettin stuck
y5mgisi
1 ton status
I wish i had befre pics of mine still but basicly i got it from Ryan (topdown) for $400, was totaly stock had a blown up 400sb and was 1/2 ton. I did a 4" lift swaped in 3/4 ton, swaped in 500, and put some new(used) rubber on it. i think ive got about $1800 into it at this point(including purchasing the truck)ive still got to get a 205, and deal with dive lines and get new tires. so heres my after pic...
Well, not exactly a progression of the same K5, but this is where I started off. Stock 77 with lots of body filler and 33's on stock wheels (who needs a 4" lift
), taken in 1987 on Assateague Island, Virginia:
And this is where I am today:
), taken in 1987 on Assateague Island, Virginia:
And this is where I am today:
TruckNutzDude
1/2 ton status
I like the S10...
That's what I was thinking of doing with my rig but I don't want to use an automatic. I'd hate to lose the SM465!
That's what I was thinking of doing with my rig but I don't want to use an automatic. I'd hate to lose the SM465!
Fife
1/2 ton status
This is a great thread and it was brought up in this thread soooo I'm longer responsible for this 
. In closing, REVIVAL 
. In closing, REVIVAL 
The day it came home, paid 800 for it with a built 350horse three fiddy with 6k miles on it and a ton of rust back in 2007-
some junkyard panels and 33x13.50 ltb's
4 inch lift, winch, paint a couple months later-
had a dumb idea for 3 inch body lift, 38x13 TSL's, cut out flairs
a few thousand $$$ later, tons, and a flat deck later. Basically how it sits meow, it did start as a budget build. ha.
some junkyard panels and 33x13.50 ltb's
4 inch lift, winch, paint a couple months later-
had a dumb idea for 3 inch body lift, 38x13 TSL's, cut out flairs
a few thousand $$$ later, tons, and a flat deck later. Basically how it sits meow, it did start as a budget build. ha.
The blazer, actually kind of stuck to a budget for it. Bought it in 2009.
how it sits now, only thing I havent touched is trans/t case. Pretty much everything else has been swapped out/modded in some way.
how it sits now, only thing I havent touched is trans/t case. Pretty much everything else has been swapped out/modded in some way.
