Story of two '72 K5's build

[chalet2506]

awesomeness

 

[scottishdave]

Well....Let the frame sit on 67-72chevytrucks for a while for $100 but nobody wanted it and with the move to Cali soon It had to go...


Hauled her off along with the 52's, the front springs and some 16.5" steelies that nobody wanted.

Easy 100bucks at the scrap yard, just makes me sad the frame couldnt go to good use....atleast it is back with its body though, somewhere in the same mountain of scrap.

 

[sponsoredbydad]

Damm! Are all the front yards that big.

 

[NorCal69]

Man, that sucks that you couldn't get rid of it.

 

[scottishdave]

Damm! Are all the front yards that big.

The Front yards are the small bits.....My back yard is well over an Acre, lol Most of it is wood's, maybe 1/4 acre of cleared grass then woods. But outside of my property is woods also, so....

This is the south my friend, we dont pack em in like sardines.

 

[pblaze725]

Do you neighbors even realize that their property value has doubled this month?lombardi

 

[scottishdave]

Do you neighbors even realize that their property value has doubled this month?lombardi

They are some lucky people, Not everyone can live next to a GMOTM winner.

 

[Deuling]

They are some lucky people, Not everyone can live next to a GMOTM winner.

There he goes again.....

 

[scottishdave]

Do you neighbors even realize that their property value has doubled this month?lombardi

Hey, He started it this time

 

[max 02]

How wide were those 16.5`s

They look like 8s or 10s from the pic.

 

[scottishdave]

No clue...I was gonna run them way back when I had 4 HMMMV tires.

 

[scottishdave]

Man Driving this sweet k5 around sure is fun....


Uh oh....What is going on here?

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Well it was fun while it lasted...Time for this

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To go in This.

 

[ashman]

awe, yes. the 'ol "drive it in on the rims, 'cause it won't fit in the garage" drill. lol, good times! I remember it well.

 

[scottishdave]

I refused to pay much money for rims. All the junk yards wanted $25 each for some 15" 6-lug steelies. No way I am paying 100 for something I am going to trash.

So i went exploring around a scrap metal recycling place and dug and dug and dug for 4 completely different rims. And payed $30

The two fronts are only 14" which means i had to take the calipers off.

One of the rears would not clear the drum, so i took the drum off.

Which left me the drivers side, rear Drum brake as my ONLY mans to stop Did the whole, put it in Drive, jump forward, kill the ignition and roll to a stop. Took about three rounds of that number to get her in there.

 

[ashman]

lol, hey, whatever gets it into place man! at least you now have a fun winter project to work on.

 

[bp71k5]

Hmm, not a bad idea...


-Brian

 

[Z71paramedic]

That's classy chit right dar...

 

[sponsoredbydad]

Aren't you moving in like January?

 

[Kota4bye]

Aren't you moving in like January?

yeah, this?

 

[scottishdave]

Yeah man...more like first week in Feb, but yep.

You see, I have this brand new GM crate engine sitting there, been sitting there for over a year. I dont want or need to move across the country with an engine. So i figured, why not throw the brand new one in there before the move instead of rocking the old one and selling the new one?

Gotta have the thing running like a top before wheeling with you guys out there.