Big Red 1979 K5 4x4

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Well, after a long and not so exciting story of selling my babies - 67 C10 to put a down payment on my house, and my 93 Chevy Pre-Runner to buy the Blazer, I picked up this little gem. It looks much better than it is to be honest. The prices of K5s in Hawaii went up a little since my last one.

Here is when I know after a month of owning it:
1979 K5 4x4 Cheyenne
-350cu with an edelbrock carb, air cleaner and valve covers, D.U.I. Street Strip distributor, rusty cracked headers and exhaust - it is a dog... low power but she doesn’t smoke and starts right up... just massive exhaust leaks (she sounds like a barbie corvette after the batteries die)
-400TH Tranny with a deep sump aluminum pan, had a burned out vacuum modulator so it shifted hard... fixed that and it shifts smooth as butta.
Not sure on the lift but it appears to be 4" (maybe)... springs and 2" blocks in the back. Rear is a 12 bolt and 10 bolt up front... both are likely stock gearing and 33x12.5 tires on rallys. Oddly, the rallys are offset 15x10" rear and 15x8" front.
-The interior is clean with decent carpet all the way back, Recaro seats up front and no back seat. I found a back seat but it is grey so, need to get a neoprene cover for it to match the front.
-The body, well... she looks good! It had a quarter size rust hole under the windshield, on the drivers side A-pillar and the pass side rocker is shot/drivers side is starting to bubble up. Also, there is rust just behind the door on the pass side, mid body. It looks like she had some bondo spread and its cracking in spots. Not too bad but the rust process in Hawaii is quick if you let it go.

Here is what she looked like when I get her: