1968 K10 Shortbed Stepside

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by eodcoduto

I will keep my eyes peeled for a 292, they don’t come up around me very often. I was out in the stumps for a while blwoing things up, and I retired about 4 years ago. 29 Palms stinks for young single guys but I had a great time out there.

I never got to the Stumps. I was short. My Squadron did a short small element Det there in the late '70s. I stayed with the main body at Yuma. My Folks had moved to Tucson. I was commuting from Yuma to Tucson on non-duty weekends. When it seemed my stock 292 wasn't performing on that run. My stockcar boy buddies sparked me into a full metal rebuild at the base Special Services hobby shop. A thousand bucks and some weeks later, I was breaking in a 292 w/.030-over HD rebuild.
I secured a '63 292 core from an auto parts guy for $100 maybe 20 years ago. I'm thinking of putting it in a '67 K/10 Suburban.
Semper Fi.