Restomod 72 K10 "Good Memories"
 

My first vehicle ever was a 72 K20. There is a pic of it somewhere on this forum. Dad had a 67 2wd when I was young. He then purchased a 72 K10 lwb new when we moved to Mammoth Ca. Whenever I am driving my old truck it always warms my heart. I am finally starting the restomod on my 72 K10 short box. Dug it out of the garage. Has been sitting there since 2008. Purchased maybe 20+ years ago from a shop teacher in Bishop California. Drove it home to Simi Valley. Even after sitting for years it was easy to get running again. Disconnected fuel tank, installed temp gas tank under hood, new battery and poured a bit of gas into carb started right up! Did not run well. Rebuilt Edelbrock Quadrajet that had bad float needle, accelerator pump and now it starts easy and runs well.

Spent most of the weekend disassembling. Went off to painter yesterday. Was told 60-90 days until ready to pickup. Know the painter and I will help out with stripping and more prep. Minimal rust, minor cab corner repair and upper part of drivers rocker. Filling the saddle tank doors. New 90 Blazer tank going in the rear. I am super excited! Have an LSA and 6l90 to install. 1 ton running gear. AAM 11.5 with disks and Dana 60 converted to 14" Ram rotors. Deaver 64" leaf packs in the rear. Front will be a 4 link with King or Fox coil overs. Will try to update thread.

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Dissasembled

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Awesome start I will be fallowing you thread. Love the engine choice.

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LSA, one tons, and coilovers. Eyes widened when getting to that part of your post. :thumbs:

Looking forward to following this one!

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Unfortunatly my dad's 72 he purchased new was totaled in a rollover that almost ended his life. Otherwise it would still be in the family. Due to his degraded state from emphysema he passed a mere 6 months after the accident. I will be using parts scavenged from the wreckage in my rebuild to remind me of him even though I do not need them. Spent some more time at the body shop yesterday taking off the rest of molding, gutting the interior and removing gas tank. Found a bit more rust repair work needed near right kick panel. Brad (body work, paint) assured me it is no big deal. Have new body mounts arriving next week from Wes at Classic Heartbeat to replace the ones I purchased from LMC. Will get them installed along with the nos core support I purchased 15+ years ago next week. In my haste to get out of the shop I forgot pics. Next time there I will try to remember.

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The tailgate on the truck is obviously not original. A guy rolled into our shop about 15 years ago in a beat to h e double hockey sticks rust bucket 68-69. Had an absolutely perfect tailgate on it. Mine was okay, had a slight bow I had done repairs on it. The owner of the truck that came in said he got the gate for $100 from a guy that took it off right after purchase to install a camper. I offered $300 + my tailgate. He refused my offer saying the truck would be restored. About 3-4 months later he called me back to accept my offer. Unfortunately the gate was not as nice any more. Scratched up on the inside with surface rust starting and a small few dings here and there. Not bowed and no damage to top edge. Was a little disappointed but still grabbed it. Glad I did!

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Found the post with my first vehicle https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...3&postcount=27
Had bullet holes in it, did not run. Put a junk yard engine in and a guy that worked for my mom painted it for a case of beer and the cost of paint. My friend borrowed my truck to take his girl friend to the prom in that truck LOL. My 5' wife (girlfriend then) climbing into the truck. Out in the hills every weekend. The awesome memories.

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Nice truck and project...Im in.

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I was always going to paint original colors. Painter assures me it looks beautiful as new. My wife hates the color. Wants all one color. As to all one color, that is a hard no. I will definitely stay two tone. She wants blue though. IDK? Still have some time to decide.

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Nice plans for your truck.

Blue and white always a great option.

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Spent a few hours at the body shop today. Removed the last of the molding that was on the tailgate. I also converted my dash to factory A/C. Thanks to Randy loaning me his templates it was pretty easy. I really did not want all the trouble to install the complete A/C dash I have.

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underliner6 and 86454k30 nice blue and white trucks!

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Along for the ride on this one. Glad I caught it at the beginning. I'm looking forward to seeing the progress. It looks like you've got a great truck to start with.

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Pic of the SPID

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Richard is your truck original paint? Wonder if the middle white was added?
I’m getting confusing and conflicting answers on my 72 Cheyenne super k10 short. Mine is listed like yours and has the white middle
Looks like a great truck you have!

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Bed, right fender and hood has been resprayed. Rest is original.
I can see the original two tone on the bed at the fender well. Pretty obvious that the white between the moldings was there from the start.
I had posted in another thread about my thoughts on the the two tone. Jocko confirmed that the RPO code listed on my SPID was correct for Deluxe Two Tone with white between the moldings. From what I understand it is the code that matters, not the description.

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Nice project, following along

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Short trip to my brother's place in Idaho to help him out. Body shop is getting a project out the door before going full time on my truck. Got a few more things taken care of on the truck since back. Removed the reproduction passenger door skin and installed the nos skin I have. Body lines now line up and the top edge is correct to allow for the wing window. Inside of doors is in real good condition. Hard to see but holes are located for original below eyeline mirrors.

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In one of the previous pics you can see damage on the core support. Right headlight was recessed about 3/4" Purchased an nos core support many years ago anticipating this. Installed. Also removed heater box, fan and controls.

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New cab and core support mounts arrived from Classic Heartbeat while I was away. Removed the LMC mounts that were installed shortly before garaged. They were to low, never looked right. Cab was 3/4" to low in back as can be seen in the original pics. Now it is about 1/2" to high. A bit hard to make out in the pic as there is evidence of paintwork done on the bed. Have some adjustments to make.

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I’m on board too. Keeping interior color the same or possible switch depending upon paint color?

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Interior will change if exterior does. Interior is med bronze with parchment door panels, belts and visors. Seat has been re upholstered so I do not know. Column, steering wheel and dash pad appear to be saddle. Arm rests appear to saddle that was color changed to parchment. Door panels are decent as well as visors. Arm rests are okay except for slight wear. If I stay with the bronze. Will probably keep everything parchment. Have a real nice parchment dash pad that has been stored for years.

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I'm watching.

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Some more work done. Body work is going now. Cab corners, bed sides, aux fuel doors and cab fuel delete.

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Installed 9" body lift on bed.

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ok .. I'm in to see the progress....

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Visit to body shop on Friday. Cut out the firewall and installed the correct factory A/C opening I scavenged from a wrecked cab. Body work is moving along. Exterior of bed should be in primer by the middle of the week. Will post pics then. The wood body lift on bed is just to make it easier to work on bed and cab. Though truck will probably sit about an inch higher with the new springs, the 40-41.5 inch tires will add another 5" to the ride height. It is really great that Brad lets me work on my truck at his shop. I really wanted to do it all myself but never have done paint and I was concerned about spraying without a booth here in California. An added plus is I can have more input on work done and save some $.

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No pics of progress as I have not been to the body shop. Going to go by tomorrow. Only the owner there and I will be cautious. Found this pic yesterday going through some stuff. My dad helping me out. Probably around 1982-83

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My wife has been on my case about going to the shop, rightly so as she is a RNP. I did run over today though. Bed is in primer, tailgate almost ready for primer and left/right rockers and kick panel repairs stitched in. Did not do much my self. Just rebuilt the door hinges with new pins and bushings obtained from the parts board.

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Few more

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Let me know if you want to sell those auxiliary fuel doors....and looking great btw.maybe I'll see you in Johnson Valley at the Hammers one day

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I misplaced one of the doors and will have to look for it. If I can find it they are yours for shipping cost.

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Thanks I'll be glad to pay you for the hassle

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This build is gonna be awesome. That LSA is an animal. I spend a bunch of time on a certain 5th Gen Camaro forum when I’m not around here. I’ve been gathering parts for a cam swap and LSA conversion to my 2010 SS. It looks like you had a really clean starting point.

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Can you or someone else tell me what blue this is?

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Thanks! Doing a few bolt ons, cat delete, blower spacer, headers, etc. Gilmer belt drive, I am using a 10% overdrive. Hopefully get few extra pony's with the dyno tune.

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That looks like medium (aka Hawaiian) blue - see my Blazer build link in the signature below as it's the same color. I get a lot of compliments on the color.

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Heck yea. That should run really good. I bet you can get close to 600 to the wheels depending on how much boost you run. I’m shooting for 650 in mine when I do the swap. I’m gonna run a decent blower cam and 2” headers in mine when the time comes.

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Did some work today. Cut and capped the front fenders for more tire clearance. Oddly found some rust through on the left fender cap. Cut it out and made a patch. Still need to finish weld.

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Few more of truck progress.