Project Daily Driver 77 K10

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This is about the time I started REALLY thinking about the next step. I was single when I bought this truck and it was a back up toy rig. It's roll changed throughout the course of this thread, and about a year ago it changed again. When my wife got back from PA school, we bought her a new RAV4, and I started driving her 1996 Toyota Tacoma. The Taco is a great truck. It has just under 210k miles, is a V6 auto extended cab with an auto start, cruise control, and A/C. Oh and it gets 15-20 mpg in mixed driving.

The return of my wife from school has been great. We are camping and fishing and getting around the state quite a bit like we did before grad school. We also got a great little puppy this spring. All the changes have relegated the K10 to work truck duty, which it has done well. We have also taken it camping. The 4.10 gears and no OD are fine around town, but make for long road trips with frequent fuel stops.

This summer we took a trip out to the old Nebesna Mine, and my sister in law wanted to join us, which was awesome. We ended up taking the K10 AND the Tacoma. My wife and dog and I don't fit in the cab of the K10, so it actually worked out well. We justified it by bringing a ton of firewood and having bonfires every night

The K10 also needs paint and a fair amount of body work. The previous owner did a pretty good hack job on some replacement panels. I'd also like to get rid of the aftermarket EFI and get something stock that is a little more reliable and doesn't require constant header bolt tightening and scorched cap and rotor replacement. So to recap I need the following to get the truck where I want it:

A different motor
Overdrive trans
1 Ton axles installed
Traction devise (don't want to keep the gov-lock)
Paint
Body work
Tires
Shackle flip to go with 3/4 springs
More space.........

See where this is going?