1965 K10 Long Fleetside Restoration
 

Began our restoration of a 1965 K10 a few weeks ago. We are in the tear down stage. I'll document as much as I can as we move along. Thanks to Captainfab, aotte1 and a couple others for their previous build threads. My son and I are in a huge learning curve and enjoying it! So, here are a few pics. Truck has a dealer installed winch on the front and a heavy duty rear bumper. The truck has 63,000 original miles. Has a 292 with 4 speed tranny. Its been sitting for more than 20 years. My father-in-law recently gave it to me and my boys. And here we go!

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Rear bumper was removed and then the bed was removed. The factory original spare tire has never been removed.

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Now onto the front. The winch and bumper cam off first, then onto the fenders and front end. The truck is still outside the shop. Working on clearing a little more space, then the hood and inner fenders will come off.

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More front end removal.

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Well done, nice progress!!

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looking good, thats one heck of a front bumper. i really like the sledge hammer picture, it shows your not messing around!

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:lol: That bumper has a steel box holding the winch. Pretty heavy! The sledge hammer was used by my 14yr old son to knock out all the wood. And he got'r done! :sumo: