Thread: My 82 K20
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Old 03-24-2011, 10:07 AM   #6
osbornl1
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Re: My 82 K20

well its got a 350/sm465/np205 14 bolt ff with locker and 8 lug 10 bolt up front.

the leafs have 8 per side in the rear. has 4 inch lift blocks (yuck) and 4 inch rough country springs in the front. Its currently got mis match 33's on it and has tons of grunt. It looks like theres room for some 35 or 36'' tires in there.

my plans are to do a partial restoration. I plan on spending 5-7 grand on it between now and the fall.
Hoping to put a nicely build 350 or 454 in it cant decide there yet.
Rebuild the tranny
Repace the seals in the np205 and both axles. I would like to source some CUCV axles to swap in to get 456 gears and a dana 60 up front.
New gas tanks unless i can fix leaks and possibly sending units.
Fix the rusted spring shackle buckets and do a rear shackle flip to do away with the lift blocks.
do an 84/85 style front grill conversion. Its got the ugly 88-91 work truck front end.
fix all bed and cab mounts and replace bushing etc
fix the inner and outer rockers and cab corners. Theres only a few spots on the floors that need patched.
drop it off to my buddy who does body work and let him do his magic painting it a darker blue like the new camaro color and paint the interior metal black.
Replace all interior pieces with black such as door panels, dash pad, seat, vinyl floor and replace all gauges.
If money allows after all that i would like to put a front winch bumper and 12000 lb winch on it.

Here in the next few weeks i will be pulling the bed and fixing spring shackle buckets and doing the shackle flip. Along with fixing/replacing gas tanks and sending units. I will post up some pics and updates as i go along.
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