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handloader90

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Old Iron 2.0

*** K5 is long gone, current project starts on Page 25 of this thread. ***

Current Specs:

• '79 K5 Custom Deluxe
• Oil burning 1 piece RMS 350 SBC, Casting #: GM5.7LG, ID #: V0219PJC (’88 Truck 350 SBC, 195 H.P.)
• Edelbrock intake/Edelbrock 1406 Carb
• Good, working SM465/NP205 combo
• 10/12 Bolt
• 35x12.5x15 Cooper STT's (measure out to 33.5” tall) on mismatched black daytona wheels
• 4" or 6” lift springs w/ 4" blocks in the rear (MFG. Unknown)
• Tranny/T-Case cross member has been lowered roughly 2”-3” with blue poly bushings
• 10 bolt has been shimmed to correct the pinion angle.

So this is my 5th K5 and 6th Squarebody that I’ve owned within the last 3.5 years. I’ve gotten rid of some, sold some, traded some and I always default back to a K5, I can’t get enough of them so I’ve decided to keep this one.

I traded a nicely Patina’d ’79 K5 that I ended up doing a lot of work to (Old Iron Build on here) for a ’76 Jeep CJ-7 that I later found out was in horrible condition, rusted out, close to ½” of body filler covering most of the body etc. I traded the CJ for a ’78 K5 Custom Deluxe with a 383 Stroker, TH350/NP203. The ’78 leaked like a sieve from everything that could hold fluid. Then I traded the ’78 K5 for the current ’79 K5.

Funny story on the current truck, the kid that owned it at the time was driving to my house to drop it off and “lost steering” about 500’ from my house, he smoked one of my neighbors mailboxes and ended up in a pretty steep ditch, blew out the DS front tire, sheared the center bolt on the DS front leaf pack, blew the banjo bolt out on the DS front caliper… the headlight bezel on the DS was hanging off, rear spring eyes on both front springs bashed the frame above them a little bit, the DS axle shock mount got mangled to hell and the DS front shock was pretty much destroyed.

I loaded up my floor jack, a spare tire, some sockets and a tow strap and went and pulled him out and got him back to my house.

I fixed everything the following day and it didn’t cost too much to get everything back in good shape. The high pressure line from the P-Pump pissed fluid from between the hard line portion and the fitting at the P-Pump end, got a new line from O’Reilly’s, bled the steering system and everything was good there.

The truck has some rust in the inner wheel wells, rockers, cab floor. The sheet metal around the door striker on the DS isn't looking too hot but it’s hanging in there. The rust isn’t bad by any means and will...
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I replaced the ghetto fabbed cowl hood with a nice unbent hood that I had hanging around. I took the topper off and put on a truck tailgate that I had. I had a set of beater "trail doors" and cut them at the window frame for a cool semi half door look lol (they'll be cut lower one of these days and have diamond plate welded in the top to close things off).

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The truck is going to be a family trail truck and hopefully a crawler.

I have a set of CUCV tons, D60/14BFF, 4.56's, Detroit in the 14BFF.

2 SM465's, one is mated to a 205 and the other one is just the tranny itself.

355, mild cam... still putting parts on it.

I've got some DIY4X stuff floating around, 14 Bolt disc brake brackets, pinion guard, HD diff cover, an assortment of 3/8" thick shackles.

I sold a ton of DIY4X and ORD parts to fellow CK5er's when I was down in the dumps and parted my '76 SWB.

I've got an 12 fuse EZ Wiring Harness floating around, Blue Sea HD battery kill switch and an array of other stuff that will find it's way into the K5

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bent72 said:
BTW, How well did that work ?
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Well my driveway was covered in globs of mud, it knocked a lot of the caked on stuff off. The whole plan was to get the hard dirt to turn back into mud then take it to the car wash and blast it off shortly after. I never did make it to the car wash though.
 
Thanks fellas, a lot of money has freed up due to a second income in the house so parts should flow in steadily. I just gotta fit time in between work and the family to put it all together.

The biggest thing for me is trying to keep the truck driveable and trail ready throughout the whole process.

Wheels and tires are holding me up right now with the 1 tons too, I can't make my mind up on what to get, I want a tire that's good on and offroad. I'm looking at the BFG K02's, I had the K/O's and liked them a lot but I'm not sure about how they would hold up aired down and on some rocks.
 
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Better pics of the tailgate (not that it's anything new or cool). I painted one of my spare fenders that I plan on putting on the K5, I rolled on some Rustoleum Smoke Grey, prep was minor... I used my hand sander with some 220 grit discs and knocked the old rattle can flat black down a little bit, no primer was used.

I thinned the first coat with Acetone and it started to harden quicker than I thought, the second coat I thinned with mineral spirits and it was a little better. I thinned both coats until the paint dripped off of the paint stirrer in 1 consistent stream for about 4 or 5 seconds. The first coat was pretty much dry at about 4 hours, it had a little tack to it but not enough where you could leave a fingerprint in the paint, I laid the second coat after that.

Trail truck paint quality and easy touch ups for future scuffs and scrapes. I really like the battleship grey color too.

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bent72 said:
You sir, painting right over that dent?
You can be on my team
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Those fenders are off of my old truck and I think I whacked a tree or something out on the trail so I kind of like it lol.

Are you in the Springs?
 
handloader90 said:
Those fenders are off of my old truck and I think I whacked a tree or something out on the trail so I kind of like it lol.

Are you in the Springs?
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I'm up on the North west side of Denver.
The current CO Crew has a handful of us in each pueblo, springs, castle rock, denver, and Northern CO
 
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