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Pusher Man
For those of you following my never-ending search for a K5, we may be nearing the end of the story. Kim and I looked at a 1990 Jimmy this afternoon, and other than a few strange rust issues(more on that below), the truck is solid, in very good shape with a mint interior, and runs very well.
The odd thing about this truck is that is has a couple of very rusty spots underneath, yet the rest of the truck is virtually rust free. And when I say rusty, I mean metal flaking on touch. I am familiar with the bad spots on K-series rigs, yet in my experience, when things start to get rusty in one spot, they get rusty everywhere.
This truck has four bad spots- whatever the support structures are called that are located on either corner of the floor pan below the rear seat are falling apart, the inner cab corners at that same location look pretty weak, and there is some minor rust at both sides of the tailpan and upwards along the tailgate opening. The weirdest is a full on rust though hole in the indent that houses the gas filler tube. Beyond this, the truck is virtually rust-free??? My old 84 had rust issues throughout the whole truck, but this 90 looks great other than what I've mentioned above. I would appreciate some serious input from CK5 body guys on how to take care of these areas.
Onto the pics:
The odd thing about this truck is that is has a couple of very rusty spots underneath, yet the rest of the truck is virtually rust free. And when I say rusty, I mean metal flaking on touch. I am familiar with the bad spots on K-series rigs, yet in my experience, when things start to get rusty in one spot, they get rusty everywhere.
This truck has four bad spots- whatever the support structures are called that are located on either corner of the floor pan below the rear seat are falling apart, the inner cab corners at that same location look pretty weak, and there is some minor rust at both sides of the tailpan and upwards along the tailgate opening. The weirdest is a full on rust though hole in the indent that houses the gas filler tube. Beyond this, the truck is virtually rust-free??? My old 84 had rust issues throughout the whole truck, but this 90 looks great other than what I've mentioned above. I would appreciate some serious input from CK5 body guys on how to take care of these areas.
Onto the pics:
