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04-14-2019, 08:31 PM | #1 |
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Finally...20 year 1972 K20 restoration complete!
Guys, I know that many of you know how long a restoration can take, especially when you are doing most of the work yourself and are an amateur like me, not to mention the cost and other factors. But after 20 years I am now driving my K20 once again. Here's a brief story and some pics...…..
I bought this truck right after I got my first real job in September of 1991. It was listed in what was called the Metro Piston which was a local car trader magazine in the Lexington KY area (see pic of the ad which I still have). I bought it from the son of the original owner who had recently passed away. The original owner had used this truck to climb around the mountains of eastern Kentucky visiting some of the oil wells that he operated. The truck was in pretty good shape when I got it and I used it for a daily driver up the late 1990's at which point it was pretty rusty. First I disassembled the bed, then it sat for a while. I did some more work on it, and then it sat for a while, and so on. But I never lost track of getting it finished and now that I'm back driving it again, it seems exactly like the same truck it was before, which is what I wanted. I just wanted my old friend back. It will take a few posts to get all of my pics out there. Thanks for listening. First the original ad, some old pics and the SPID.
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04-14-2019, 08:38 PM | #2 |
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Re: Finally...20 year 1972 K20 restoration complete!
Nice! 20 years is a chunk of time! Way to stick with your passion.
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04-14-2019, 08:39 PM | #3 |
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Re: Finally...20 year 1972 K20 restoration complete!
Now some pics of it all prettied up. Some with hubcaps and some without. It didn't have hubcaps when new and never had them when I drove it years ago, but I picked up a set a while back and I think they look good on it. Also the rear bumper is a recreation of the one that was on it when I bought it, which was a custom job by the original owner. A local welder fabricated it based on old pics that I showed him.
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04-14-2019, 08:40 PM | #4 |
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Re: Finally...20 year 1972 K20 restoration complete!
As a proud oil field worker and K20 lover myself, I love your truck and the history behind it! Can’t wait to see all the pictures! You did a fine job!
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04-14-2019, 08:45 PM | #5 |
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Re: Finally...20 year 1972 K20 restoration complete!
I have never given names to my trucks but my daughter calls it the "Big Orange Truck". Then I say, "but Honey, it's 514 Medium Red!"
Big Orange Truck it is.
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04-14-2019, 08:51 PM | #6 |
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Re: Finally...20 year 1972 K20 restoration complete!
Magnificent!
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04-14-2019, 09:26 PM | #7 |
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Re: Finally...20 year 1972 K20 restoration complete!
She is absolutely stunning! WOW
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04-14-2019, 09:29 PM | #8 |
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Re: Finally...20 year 1972 K20 restoration complete!
Looks good! Looks tough!
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04-14-2019, 09:30 PM | #9 |
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Amazing pickup. I applaud your perseverance. Enjoy!
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04-14-2019, 09:42 PM | #10 |
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I love your truck ! Great job ! Not too many of these survived the Kentucky weather and the work the owners put them through.
I also remember the 'Metro Piston'. Here's a photo of my old copy from Jan 1980. Note the corvette and K5 on the cover. Good old days?? You better believe it.
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04-14-2019, 09:44 PM | #11 |
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Very nice work! More pics please
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04-14-2019, 09:47 PM | #12 |
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I like it! It looks like you did a great job...
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04-14-2019, 10:00 PM | #13 |
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Awesome job, very nice
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04-14-2019, 10:00 PM | #14 |
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Beautiful truck!!!!!!!
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04-14-2019, 10:10 PM | #15 |
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Great job! Looks super.
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04-14-2019, 10:13 PM | #16 |
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Looks perfect! Thanks for sharing. Hey! You're not too far from where about 99% of my relatives live - in and around Flemingsburg. Your truck will look right at home on those old country roads.
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04-14-2019, 10:13 PM | #17 |
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Man you have some serious dedication. Cool story. Cool big orange truck.
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04-14-2019, 10:20 PM | #18 |
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Re: Finally...20 year 1972 K20 restoration complete!
And here I was thinking my 10+ year old build on my dually was long! 😂
Great job on your truck! It’s absolutely beautiful!
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04-14-2019, 11:51 PM | #19 |
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That's awesome looks great.
Here I'm thinking holy crap 20 years. Then I think back and I'm 15 years into my 73 and 2 years into the 68.
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04-15-2019, 01:47 AM | #20 |
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That is a sexy truck. I can see why you have kept it all these years. Beautiful job on the resto
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04-15-2019, 02:38 AM | #21 |
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Excellent resto on your truck. Be proud and enjoy it and I'd leave the hubcaps on..
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04-15-2019, 07:28 AM | #22 |
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Looks fantastic
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04-15-2019, 07:58 AM | #23 |
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Darn good looking rig. Well done!
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04-15-2019, 08:16 AM | #24 |
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I love it, priceless!
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Nice, very nice. Great inspiration.
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