Another New Guy...

[jc06vmax]

Hey all my name is Jake from up in the mountains in East Tennessee. Long time lurker here. I have been looking around for a first gen K5 for a while and finally found what I was looking for about a month ago. I picked up this 71 Jimmy (350, th350, 4wd) from a guy in Knoxville who just wanted rid of it because it didn't run. It had been sitting in his back yard since '95 apparently. A new tank with some fresh gas, a carb rebuild, and a few cans of Sea Foam was all it took to get it running pretty smoothly.

The PO had told me that the guy that owned it before him had restored it (I'm assuming some time in the 80s..?) so it wasn't completely destroyed like most of the Blazers around here, but the rust monster has still got a hold of it and will need some addressing.

All and all though I'm pretty happy with it. It's hard to find these trucks around here that haven't been completely eat out with rust or beat to death out in the woods. I'm excited to really tear into things here within the next few months and see what I can come up with.

Just wanted to check in and say hey to everybody. I look forward to learning some more from everybody on here...seems to be a lot of great people and great info. I'm also on silveradoss.com with the same username...I know there are a couple guys on here from there but not sure who...

Anyways, here's some pics









...and one with my dd. '06 gmc vortec max. oh how i'd love to have a lq9 in the jimmy...