62 K10 frame sees the light of day
 

I finally bought tires; I just couldn't resist pushing it outside and washing the dust off. It's getting very hard to find American made 235/75R-15's in a black wall these are Firestone AT's... So so much work to do......

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Lookin good,Lookin good...

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It`s all in the details. Looks great so far.

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Looks like your on the road to a nice truck!

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I wish my frame was done like yours--nice job. did you rebuild your leaf spring bushings? and if so how hard was it taking them apart?

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That looks great :thumbs:

Do you happen to have part numbers for the shocks you used?

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Yes I replaced pins and bushings friont and rear. I also replaced the shackles on the front. The front end rear spring mount bushings were really tough. I was afraid the rear springs would be hard but they came right apart. The shop manual says to use a slide hammer to remove the pins; but I used a brass drift and drove them inwards. I'm glad I replaced everything it really snugged up the suspension... I also replaced a couple of broken leaf springs..

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On the front I used Rancho RS5008 and the rear RS5114. I'm a little worried about the length of the rear shocks, as it sits they're almost extended to the max.. I hope after the cab and bed areinstalled Things will work out. I'm not planning on any off roading..

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on the rears on my 64 i used rs5601 but they do mount differently on the inside of the frame and mount off a bolt coming thru the middle of the frame. there is a chart for length and length of travel from the manuf.
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Off to a great start.

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Looks good! Keep at it!

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gonna be a good looking truck especially the color