73 K10 started when i was 15
 

So the story of one of the most important things in my life is my truck, it is a 1973 chevy cheyenne 1/2 ton I am the second owner and the first owner was a family friend, it has undergone 3 motors not sure how many trans and same t-case. I 4.11's in the rear 3.73's up front (previous owner's sons convinced him it would be better blah blah blah thats a different story). So when i started this thing it was like three different colors rust spots everywhere, rust holes which i still have not fixed permently and two weeks after i got it running boom head gasket blew... now keep in mind I was 15 no job no nothing this is a father son project and I love my dad more than anybody for sticking through this with me. So pictures are in oldest to newest order


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Any body help me out? I have a ton of pics but don;t know how to upload them without using photobucket i tried the attachments thing but it keeps saying failed and photobucket takes forever!!!!

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click on Manage Attachments and then you can up load them from you PC. Hope that helps..

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Okay well it kept saying failed so i just threw em on photobucket here are some more pics

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...nknight013.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...nknight014.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...nknight015.jpg

I never had any pics of the engine before the head gasket blew but this is what it looked like once i took the heads off

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...adjob09006.jpg

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From there i took out the block had the block looked over changed the oil pump cleaned out the surface rust. Had the heads re machined, sandblasted heads and intake bought misc parts, radiator, water pump, etc... Got it running. Then i rattle canned it

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...adjob09008.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...adjob09009.jpg


Those pictures were minutes after i was done sprayin

Re: 73 K10 started when i was 15
 

What motor is in it?

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I have a 350 with edelbrock Aluminum heads forged pistons aluminum intake holley truck avenger 670 mild cam

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Havn't done much to the interior really lookin for new seats though!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...nknight005.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...nknight007.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...nknight010.jpg
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Re: 73 K10 started when i was 15
 

you can have the seat out of my 74, the cover is a little chewed up, but the foam is in great shape. plus i know where you can get a new cover for it for pretty cheap. i recovered my seat, and its probably my favorite part of the interior. and you definitely want to keep the bench seat, can't tell you how many times its come in handy ;)

Re: 73 K10 started when i was 15
 

what are your plans for it?

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I want to eventually put a 6" lift on it some bigger tires different rear gears redo the interior/engine bay learn how to weld patch up some holes learn how to paint get some nice black paint on it with a couple of oarnge stripes I would love to flat bed it but when your 16 atm its all a dream....

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Recently redid the exhaust super 40's with turn downs before the axle put a new axle in it blew the old one. new master for brakes still gotta redo the rear drums

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i wanna hear them 40's :D

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Pretty decent project. You can pick up some new window cranks at your local parts store.

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So its been a long time comin but I'm going to try to keep this updated, Been working on the interior a lot lately here is a link http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=421478