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Ole' Blue (84 K10) My First Car
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Still back in high school. You'll notice the difference in wheels. After blowing up the 12 bolt for the 2nd time (clutch drops and speed-shifting), I bought, rebuilt, and installed a 14bsf in the rear. I had no clue there were 2 different 14 Bolts and also had no idea how to check for gear ratios. So for 3 years I ran with 4.11 rear, 3.73 front.
This was an attempt at flexing (she's all stock).
This was an attempt at flexing (she's all stock).
ZZ4 crate engine. This was in my grandfater's 78? K10 when he spun a cam bearing. He gave me the engine. I rebuilt the whole thing...then spun a rod bearing 6 months later. It's been rebuilt again and has about 30kmi on it.
This is the gauge cluster my father made for it. He used exhaust pipe and a piece of sheet metal (clearly). He hollowed out the factory bezel and mounted this panel in place so it used all the factory hardware and mounting. His only regret was that he didn't realize at the time that the panel slopes away from the driver as it moves down. Otherwise, it turned out amazingly well. I love it.
The bow-tie is a wingnut for an air cleaner. He recessed it and built a box around it that holds one of the stock GM gauge lamps, so when the headlights are on, this thing lights up.
The bow-tie is a wingnut for an air cleaner. He recessed it and built a box around it that holds one of the stock GM gauge lamps, so when the headlights are on, this thing lights up.
My father and I swapped Astro van bucket seats into the truck (very...very custom seat brackets). I put a 12" subwoofer between them and my father built a custom center console to go on top of the subwoofer box (he's pretty skilled in upholstery). The other picture is the CR Lawrence power rear slider (got it for free, otherwise, it's pretty dumb, haha).
These are the "unistrut skid plates" that got me so much crap during my initial post, haha. As ghetto as they are, they were meant to be a temporary solution when my friends decided to go from an easy trail to Red Cone with only 2 days notice. They've now been on there for 3 years and still holding up very well. I'll worry about a real solution at a later point, but for now, they actually work very well. Let the funny comments roll ;-)
Its fun looking back at crap you have done that you are not exactly proud of... but keep at it!
This reminds me of my first truck, beat that poor truck up and ended up rolling it.. still drove it home.
Keep on keeping on....
Keep on keeping on....
Yup, totally understand, haha. What ever it takes to ensure I'm getting home.
Offroad damage. Was wheeling up near Allenspark, CO. lost all steering. I was able to drive it directly forward into a clearing, off the trail. Got into my friend's truck, drove all the way back to Aurora. Picked up a knuckle from a fiend, tons of tools, jack, generator, lights, etc. Wheeled back to the truck and tore apart the axle, swapped the knuckle, and drove it out.
Scary part was, all the play the steering has always had was gone once I hit pavement. If you look at the sheared studs, they are rusty. This may have been bad for a long time. Luckily it failed on the trail and not at 60mph up Peak-to-Peak.
Scary part was, all the play the steering has always had was gone once I hit pavement. If you look at the sheared studs, they are rusty. This may have been bad for a long time. Luckily it failed on the trail and not at 60mph up Peak-to-Peak.
