[James McClure]

Street: I'm in the process of restoring an 84 K20 now. A stripped to the chassis rebuild. I don't know where on the cab corner this perforation is or how large, but if it is as small as you say it is, just fiberglass it from the rear. Sandblast the whole area front and back beforehand. Mine was way way WAY beyond that point. I've driven mine since 88 and it's got 465,000 miles on it!! It's been thru the mud, the blood and the beer. Not to mention many salty northern winters and untold cords of firewood skidded out of the woods. It was a REAL mess. Floors were gone, you could see through the doors and the box sides flapped in the breeze. I'm doing it up right. ALL the pre-made assemblies like doors, fenders, inner fenders, box sides & tailgate are GM parts. Box floor & inner fenders are LMT as is the radiator support and repair panels. I cut out ALL the rusty stuff and welded in replacement panels, then sandblasted the whole thing and painted the bottom with POR and primed it. Then I fiberglassed the entire bottom of the cab inside and out and sprayed it with bed liner material and dropped it back on the chassis. ALL the external panels got a coat of bed liner material on thier insides and the box floor got it on both sides as did the front box panel. Now the painting begins. Black base coat, with "bass boat" metalflake and an overcoat of white perl and several clear coats over that. I have lots of pictures of it as it went through the process, but the only one that matters is the finished product. When it's all done I'll post some. jim