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My cucv donated the lift and bumpers to the crew cab. Red k30 gave the hub caps. An old white crew cab gave me my round pattern 205 I built for the cummins swap.
Killed an 02 dodge for the dana 80 and a 72 dodge w200 for the dana 70 front.

For the blazer my nv4500 came from muddinmannys truck build. I also have his old radiator and fans. Very grateful for those parts. My 60 came out of a buddies blazer years ago. He quit wheeling and gave me a great deal. The bbc came put of a local guys wrecker that his dad built in the 90s. I got alot invested in these parts being recycled.
 
this whole truck donated its vital parts to let others in my project line get done faster . i only scrapped the body as it was to far gone from rust .

STUBBY . . . . R.I.P.

i even used the frame on another project . cut out 33" and shortened it to std cab long bed length .

i figure i reused 90-95% of it .
 
So far all the mechanical parts I've saved off other trucks have not had to be used yet..some other parts like doors off my '77 GMC I saved are still stashed away in my shed..lots of trinkets still await their next use too..
 
My '70 got the complete front clip and tailgate from my old '68 C10 after I parted it. The engine and trans from the '68 went into my '72 C10 along with the wheels.
Of course my current project got the axles, steering and engine from the old '72 K5.
I have parted lots of other trucks for a few things here or there, then sell the rest, and make money.

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Most of them, i think its easier to figure out what is still stock on my truck.
 
Great topic @Bent77.

From my old 75 my 91 got the front lift springs, steering wheel, front seats, windshield and tach.

From Larry's Dad's K20 wrecker came the D44 8 lug axle for the front of my 91.

My 75's hood and spicer lockout hubs went to Bent. The full top, windshield and doors went to a guy in Pueblo to make a full vert out of another K5. The frame went to my buddy Ian, but didn't end up using. My old 35's went to another local guy for his Suburban. Plus a bunch of little stuff got sold off through the classified part of this site.
 
Great topic @Bent77.

From my old 75 my 91 got the front lift springs, steering wheel, front seats, windshield and tach.

From Larry's Dad's K20 wrecker came the D44 8 lug axle for the front of my 91.

My 75's hood and spicer lockout hubs went to Bent. The full top, windshield and doors went to a guy in Pueblo to make a full vert out of another K5. The frame went to my buddy Ian, but didn't end up using. My old 35's went to another local guy for his Suburban. Plus a bunch of little stuff got sold off through the classified part of this site.
I’m blaming @AgDieseler for the idea
 
My 205 was pulled from a 92 Dodge that had been wrecked. My buddy put the 12v in his M715

The clutch in it now came out of the bent72 when @6872xtc did the tear down. Also ended up with the serp set he had on that donor he has behind the house. Have a sneaking feeling it’s days are numbered too

Hood came off @ZooMad75 aforementioned K5. Have the spicer hubs in the tool box
 
My s10 is a laugh.

Frame from my trooper, motor from a friend, front end from the old flatbed but clipped down, trans and tcase from the welding truck, some trans clutch parts from the race truck from when it was stick, tires from @ryoken 's mutt, steering column from my friends s10.
 
My original intent was to reuse everything except the 14 bolt from my old K10 in my Blazer but the M.A.W. mindset hit so I only used the Spicer locking hubs, 4spd, NP205 and D60. I'm not sure if the Spicer's, 4spd or D60 qualify as "carry overs" though because I made significant changes to each, the NP205 is really the least changed (yokes & billet covers) part from the K10.
 
Started with a clean 91 r1500 burb
added frame brackets/crossmembers from two mid 80s diesel burbs to make it 4x4
used 8 lug diffs from 80 3/4 ton burb
used 400/205 from yet another diesel burb
used 454 from scrapped 1 ton two wheel, rebuilt and added tbi
drove it this way a couple years till th400 crapped out
added 465/205 from 80 3/4 ton burb
scored a gear vendor from a wrecked suburban
added 60/14 bolt from scrapped army truck
 
I’m blaming @AgDieseler for the idea
You can PayPal me the royalties.

There was no build prior to my Suburban, but it does have parts from the fleet, past and present, and other misfit trucks. Some highlights:
  • The rear 14 bolt was from a donor 81 3/4 ton pickup at the deer lease. It had the small 11" brakes, and I took both that and the front 10 bolt.
  • For a while, I ran the stock 56" springs off that same truck
  • The 6.2 came from an M998 that I scored along with the engine crate and a bunch of spare parts
  • The TE06H turbo came out of a junkyard 6.9 Ford somewhere in Houston
  • My brother's 96 6.5TD donated a cracked intake manifold, which I welded back up and stabbed onto my 6.2
  • The front 60 housing and knuckes came out of a junkyard in College Station, TX, while the hubs were in a random parts pile in Clayton, OK. I build the rest piece by piece from random ebay auctions, scrap yard scrounging, and a handful of online catalogs; just one or two years before ORD put all the D60 rebuilt parts on one page.
  • The intercooler was a local score off a T-boned Dmax...should have nabbed the engine while I was at it.
It's always fun recounting where these parts came from, and my dad, brother, and I have a good time reminiscing about their acquisition, assembly, and installation - the grief and the triumph.

David
 
Ran it as far as I could, drove put and fixed what was broke. Still the same truck.

Let's you and I run against each other at Ram Off Road Park at the Dirt Riot tace.
 

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