RingMaster4x4
1/2 ton status
Just get it smoged and finish it. I also bought my 72 it on my 15th B-day and there is no way in Heck I would very sell it becasue I know I would regret it. Good luck!
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So TWo people want to buy my K5....
- Thread starter rjfguitar
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My information may be a bit dated here, but does Calf still have that alternative fuels clause? If so, just set it up to run alcohol, then after you get yer cert, run the good stuff till the next smog inspection is due. Or, since it tends to stay warm enough out there to avoid most alcohol vaporization problems, just run it on it permanently.
beater_k20
Banned
hi pinion said:Its your deal man, but if i were you i would sell it , find a clean first gen and put the sickest baddest motor in it you could build,something to the tune of 500 HP, 3/4 tons with upgraded shafts, ,etc,etc, and NO SMOG EVER.
jacob, some of us do like creature comforts. my 93 doesnt have power windows, or power locks. and although it does have cruise, doesnt have tilt (aftermarket cruise- factory cruise isnt available without tilt in 93). i'll be heading to the boneyards in the next couple weeks to find the power door guts and proper door panels, and i have an email into the cruise manufacturer to see if its possible to wire their setup to a stock cruise switch. oh yeah, i put a set of Eagle 589s on it on Friday. bodywork will come when my dad gets better. the billet grille to go with the 94+ composite headlight conversion is on order. man, i guess i'm gonna have to go change my sig line. ANTI-BLING just doesnt fit me anymore. what's happening to me? BOBBY YOU'RE RUBBING OFF!!!!
Welcome to the good side.beater_k20 said:jacob, some of us do like creature comforts. my 93 doesnt have power windows, or power locks. and although it does have cruise, doesnt have tilt (aftermarket cruise- factory cruise isnt available without tilt in 93). i'll be heading to the boneyards in the next couple weeks to find the power door guts and proper door panels, and i have an email into the cruise manufacturer to see if its possible to wire their setup to a stock cruise switch. oh yeah, i put a set of Eagle 589s on it on Friday. bodywork will come when my dad gets better. the billet grille to go with the 94+ composite headlight conversion is on order. man, i guess i'm gonna have to go change my sig line. ANTI-BLING just doesnt fit me anymore. what's happening to me? BOBBY YOU'RE RUBBING OFF!!!!
Jake,
I don't want a 1st gen, I don't like the body style, nor do I like the front clip on the 70's trucks either. The later trucks are quiter, more updated, have more features, and a better body style IMHO. I don't like simple Jake, I like goodies, gadgets, and gizmos....
Oh and to the pens and pencils thing....I had the cable break that controls the flap on the floor or vent flapper dealy, I took 1/2 a pencil and stuck it in there to hold the flap on the vent position, worked great and is still there. That would be what I call a cheap trick.
Beater,
You are going to try and put in power windows? My K5 is a Silverado but has no power windows or door locks. How well do the aftermarket power kits work?
I guess I've made up my mind, I'm keeping it! After talking to BAHA BLAZER on the phone and hearing about what he has done I think it will be fairly easy to get it registered.
beater_k20
Banned
rjfguitar said:
try hell. i'm gonna do it. never messed with aftermarket stuff before, but have converted more than one non-power truck of the 73-87 body style using stock parts. everything just bolts right in.
rjfguitar said:Trucks go for different sums in different areas. Do you know all the details on my K5? I may not have some fancy cross over steering or a fancy locker but I have a stereo system that costs more than what most folks have in their front 60's here.
I told the guy I want at LEAST 10K, he said call him if I want to do it. A price has already been decided, if I wanted your help trying to figure out the blue book on my K5 I would have asked you. I asked what I should do.
It doesn't matter what you have in it. It doesn't matter what you think it's worth. If you want to sell it, the ONLY thing that matters is what the buyer thinks it worth, what the buyer is willing pay for it. And yes Bobby, I know enough about your K5 to know that it's not worth $10k. So does everyone else on CK5.
How many times have you mentioned your Weld wheels and tires? Your $$$ stereo? Like I said alread A used vehicle is NEVER worth the sum of it's parts. Unless of course your talking about a "classic" hotrod or sumthin similar. A K5 is hardly a classic. I have somehwere between $2500-$3000 into my D60. Not to mention my time putting it all together, setting up gears etc. Theres no way in hell I could ever get $3k for that axle. $1500-$2000 at most prolly.
No ones saying your truck isn't a nice truck dude- It is. But not $10k nice.
PsychoticDeadGuy
1/2 ton status
dude, there are places in cali that you can get anything to pass smog. my buddy got a toyota with a blown chevy 350 to pass smog. i will call him and ask where he did it at but there are places out in cali that will pass anything. i think they do it by the engine and not the vehicle.
Z3PR
Banned
Are older K5's smog exzempt ?? If so, find one old enough and transfer over all your goodies. Then sell the remains. Think how cool the first gens body style is. 
PsychoticDeadGuy
1/2 ton status
he said he didnt like the 1st gens.
metto
Registered Member
i think his problem is he wants a show K-5 and we all want to wheel our k-5's. personally i think you should get a newer 88-98 ifs truck and "pimp" and "bling" that one out as much as you want. it seems that for all the shows and street driving you want to do, there is no point in having a SFA k-5. you might as well get a 3/4 ton IFS truck and lift that. they can be had for cheap in good shape, just look around.
tin man
1/2 ton status
It may be alot of trouble but, you could build a smog legal dummy motor to swap in during smog check times.
Hmmm, looks like when I go to do my body/paint I'll be looking for a pair of power doors at the 'yard.
I never asked you or anyone else what they thought my truck is worth....so why are you still posting in this thread? I relize you can't get the same amount of money back out of aftermarket parts that you payed for, I've got over 20K in the truck anyway. Jethro, I ALREADY HAVE A BUYER AT 10K! If I want to sell it, 10K is what I'm getting. Would I pay 10K for it myself? No, I'd probably go for about $8,500 if I wanted to buy it.
Let me know who smogged it for him.
Z3PR, try and keep up with the conversation....
Just kidding. Yes, the older trucks are smog exempt, '74's and earlier if I'm not mistaken. Like I said, I don't like 1st gens or the 70's trucks either, I think they are ugly. I like the square fenders and hedlights of the 80's trucks.Um.....I don't want some worthless show truck. I am building an all around nice truck that could be daily driven, restored and clean enough to take to a show, and take it to all the blazer Jamborees and get it dirty. I don't want a piece of junk beater nor do I want a worthless show truck, somewhere in the middle. Just a nice, clean restored ( and modified) truck that can do a little of everything.
I hate the 88-93 trucks, they are ugly and the IFS is problems IMHO. No thank you.
beater_k20
Banned
rjfguitar said:
here's an idea... what's smog exempt? if a '76 is smog exempt, buy a solid '76 body shell and title. transfer all your stuff over, INCLUDING YOUR FRONT CLIP! then you've got the front clip that you like, and its an easy bolt together deal, and smog exempt to boot. could also go for a 73-75 for the full convertable. K5s look sweet with the 81-91 clip on them and a full convert.
So why are you getting all butt hurt?
Anyways, I'm still posting cause I can do whatever I want. Get over it.
hi pinion
3/4 ton status
For heavens sakes , heavens to betsy, just sell that thing and get a 75, and be done with it. So your willing to switch over elctric windows in your 85, but your not wanting to do it in a smog free 75? That dont make any sense brother. 
It would also be cool to find a 75 (not a first gen) for 500, do some cosmeticts to it, and throw your junk from your 85 into a 75. 
I think it would make for a better deall all the way around. Especially for a guy like you who has tools galore available.
It would also be cool to find a 75 (not a first gen) for 500, do some cosmeticts to it, and throw your junk from your 85 into a 75. I think it would make for a better deall all the way around. Especially for a guy like you who has tools galore available. 
K5MONSTERCHEV
1/2 ton status
This whole thread is silly. I told you last year I could get it smogged for you. 
Too much work. I have no motivation to basically swap a frame. Thats more work and time I've got.
When you can actually read a thread correctly, and not respond to a question that was never asked....then we can talk civil.
Jake, just because you don't like your '85 and want to sell it doesn't mean I should. Granted, your truck does have some money into it, but mine has a WHOLE lot more including hundreds of hours in labor.
Read what I said to beater, I have no motivation to swap anything over another truck. I've got hundreds of hours ion my current truck and while it was fun putting the motor, suspension, etc......I don't want to do it again on this truck or something older.
Yeah, it's a little short and would prefer to take it up to 10" on 35's like my current truck but figure I would have to do a 2" body lift along with the 8" lift and would be more work.
Could he still do it? It wasn't yourself directly correct? I almost sent you a PM but bothers me is because the smog was due last August, if I am correct, I will just have to turn around and bring it back in August of 2006, two smogs in 14 months instead of two years because I didn't do it right away last year. Besides, after I talked to Baha Blazer he says to just get a PO box in my nearest non smog county and go to their DMV, and transfer it into that county. Works for me, since My family has a cabin in a non smog county with no mail delivery.....it's perfect....it stays at the cabin as a summer fishing and hunting truck but I have to have a PO box because there is no mail delivered at the cabin.
I'm going to try it, if it doesn't work I'll bring it over to you.
zcarczar
1/2 ton status
Yeah, dont sell it, that would be stupid. Back when my K5 used to look nice 
I would get asked about once a week if I wanted to sell it. Of course I said no all the time cause it would have been stupid and I would've lost a lot of money.
I would get asked about once a week if I wanted to sell it. Of course I said no all the time cause it would have been stupid and I would've lost a lot of money.
Get off your high horse you self-righteous twit. You aren't impressing me with your pseudo sophistication.
What purpose did your thread have other than to ask for others opinions? Do you expect people to only respond to your exact question or comment? The very nature of a bulletin board is for people to voice their opinions. What I get from you is that if someone voices an opinion that doesn't jive with your perfect world, you get butt hurt. It's called reality Bobby. Live in it.
