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Project Overtime: 1978 K5

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swettysblazer

swettysblazer

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Project Overtime: 1978 K5

I just picked this up on Friday. It is a 1978 K5, Dana 60 front, 14 bolt rear, 4.10's. The frame is immaculate, body is very very good. Needs a motor, trans, t case, front clip, and the normal little stuff that goes on with something like this. It was a project of someone's and they just lost interest in it, so I got it for a smoking deal. Plans right now are to put it together and make a nice driver a little bit at a time. Onto the pics!

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lucky they didn't get it road worthy with some of the u-bolt getto in the rear / tcase drop spacers / and I hate steering block spacers on king pin 60's .

also nice 60 with a spicer trac-loc posi = light duty unit . power-loc is the HD unit .
 
sweetk30 said:
lucky they didn't get it road worthy with some of the u-bolt getto in the rear / tcase drop spacers / and I hate steering block spacers on king pin 60's .

also nice 60 with a spicer trac-loc posi = light duty unit . power-loc is the HD unit .
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I'm going to be fixing all the booty fab on it to get it right.

You're saying this has a posi in it?
 
I hate you! Was going to say lower but then said naw D60. Crazy what you can find when you don't live in NC.
 
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East coast truck? What the hell was he planning on doing with 3/4" plates stuck to the top of rear spring plates????:D
 
Its got the brace already, and the frame is painted with Imron already, so I am kinda hesitant to weld anything to the frame unless absolutely necessary.
 
Thanks dude! Yeah, it'll be a work in progress, but hopefully not too long before it sees the road again.
 
swettysblazer said:
Its got the brace already, and the frame is painted with Imron already, so I am kinda hesitant to weld anything to the frame unless absolutely necessary.
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I hear ya.... but on the flip side they always crack so I would recommend doing it now.
 
skunked said:
I hear ya.... but on the flip side they always crack so I would recommend doing it now.
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have yet to brake one on my own trucks . I run k30's and 35-38" tires and 8ft or 9ft snow plow on the 1 truck .

all I have ever done was ord bolt in .

and my first truck was a k10 frame with 1tons and 38" tires.
 
sweetk30 said:
have yet to brake one on my own trucks . I run k30's and 35-38" tires and 8ft or 9ft snow plow on the 1 truck .

all I have ever done was ord bolt in .

and my first truck was a k10 frame with 1tons and 38" tires.
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Not broke, just cracks from the steering box hole(s).
 
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