85 K10 Build

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Hello from central NY. Long time viewer but never been much of a contributor on this site.

So to start off, in high school i bought my first truck, an 85 K10. I looked for a very long time to find one that fit my budget and was worth fixing up. Most of you probably know how bad our vehicles rust up here and how hard it is to find a decent older truck. Eventually i found a truck about 150 miles away down in the catskill mountains and struck a deal. The previous owners were a nice young couple who lived in PA and were interior designers. They bought the truck from an old man because they thought it would be "cute" to drive around. I ended up paying $2500 for it all said and done. It looked all original and had a 305/700r4/208. I got it home and ended up having to replace a head on the gutless 305, no big deal. I then drove it like that throughout the rest of high school. Right after i graduated i swapped out the 700r4 for an sm465, i just had to have a stick. I drove it like that for a while then other things got in the way and its been on the back burner ever since. The good news is i always put it away in the winter so i didn't have to drive it in the salt and i got a daily driver.

While in college i bought a duramax and just finished building that up the way i wanted so I'm hoping i can make my square more of a priority now. This might not be the most active or exciting build as I'm still on a college budget, but i will try my best to keep it updated for whoever follows along or checks in. Im building this to be a good, fun driver, not a show truck by any means.

Below ill add pictures of how it was when i bought it, how it sits now, and the parts I've accumulated for the build throughout the years.