What did you do to your truck today!

[Rob H.]

I picked up a 69 K/10 awhile back to use in converting my 72 to 4x4. When I pulled the bed I found alot of rust on the frame and spring hangers. So being the frugal individual I am, I talked to my neighbor and he had a 71 C/20 with leaf springs down in his junkyard (yes I know there are differances in the C vs. K frames, but I could deal with that). I went over last night and drug it out of the weeds and cut the bed off. Went back this morning and torched the rails into behind the carrier bearing cross member and picked it up with the front end loader and carried it over to my place. We were flooded last year so the frame from the 71 was covered with mud. After knocking it off I found more rust, behind the front spring hanger on the drivers side, basically same place as on my K/10 frame. So I took it back and dropped it off in the junkyard where I got it from. Back to plan A (cutting down a 78 K/10 frame), but anyway here's some pics of the rust.


And what I found on the new frame!