Project Park Service - 67 K10 shorty

[Twisted78SS]

I picked this up not long ago, always wanted to round out my trucks to having one of each (A short wide, a 2wd Blazer, and now a K10 shorty)
According to the owner, she started out life as a Park Service vehicle doing the usual chores that take place in a park. Moving materials, Garbage hauling, etc... hence the name.

Current plan for the winter of 2013 is to get her up and on the road with minimal fuss.. Next year it will be back to the shop for an overhaul top to bottom, which includes taking her back to a full on 1967..

I found this locally from a really nice guy who I could tell hated to let her go, but has his hands full with other projects. He things started by both gathering some restoration parts, and refurbishing a few others.

When I picked her up, we loaded not only the truck, but filled the cab and my Blazer to the brim with parts.

Here is how she looked the day I found her.



Some of the things he got started on, were a newly rebuilt / recovered seat and restored door panels.


Plus he seems to like powder coated parts, so he had several of them done including the glove box door, core support, grille, wheels, front bumper, and a few brackets here and there. He also had the gas tank completely gone through and it looks better than new.

He also found a pretty nice clip off of a 68 50th truck and swapped out the front clip, and doors.


He removed the non original engine a previous owner had installed, a stock 350 which I did not need, but he left the remaining running gear intact. As you can see from the firewall, the truck was originally red, confirmed on the SPID.


Speaking of the SPID, he saved the original glove box door from which I was able to decipher the following..

Serial number - KS147Z160750
Paint - 04514AA
Model - KS10734 W/B - 115
04F76AA - FRT WHEEL LOCK HUBS
04L25BA - 292 CI IN I-6 ENG
04U15JA - SPEED WARNING IND
04Z252AA - FOAM SEAT
04C42CA - DELUXE AIR HEATER
04K28GB - FUEL FILTER EQ
04M20GD - 4 SPD TRANSMISSION
04U663DA - PUSH BUTTON RADIO
04Z53CA - AMMETER - OIL GAUGE

Yup, for anyone paying close attention, she came from the factory as a short wide, but now has a 68 step side bed on her. I actually like her as a stepper, and already have a 67 step side bed and a set of front fenders to use.

Underneath, she's all stock including the closed knuckle Dana 44, but he did replace the front springs with brand new one's from Benz Springs in Portland. I don't yet know the gear ratio, but will once I dig in and change fluids, inspect the brakes etc...

First up, I am going through one of the spare engines I have, it's a 350 from a 72 Blazer that had been recently rebuilt. I'm going to give it the once over and do both a cam and head swap.. (I'm not a fan of the 882 heads)

Beginning the tear down.


OK, that's brings things up to date, more to follow...