74 K/5 Screamin Green

[glimmertwin01]

ok time to start a new thread with my latest acquisition a 74 K/5 cheyenne
wit a decent interior..
no motor no gate 400 bux.... solid for a northeastern truck

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more pics they did a great job removing the motor nothing is hacked!

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more pics the drivers side torsion box and front cab support are toast..... hoping to fix that first..

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and my 78 K10 parts donor nice runnin non leaking 350 4 bolt NP203 and TH350 all working....decent 33x12.50 's plus misc parts and a plow 900 bux...
it will plow my driveway till spring then get parted... NO paperwork for it...

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scored a tailgate for 45 bux yesterday so today since it was 45 out i decided to take the carpet out to see what "treasures" i would find... it surprised me that it wasnt that crusty.... OK you guys out west...no laughin...LOL

[glimmertwin01]

a couple pics of the rocker/ floor the pass side is not too bad and torsion box is complete and solid... the driver side... well lets just say this.... I have to reconstruct the torsionbox from scratch after replacing the inner rocker/ outer floor and replace the cab support...
then place a new floor section
any parts you folks have laying round for this bucket that might help or advice feel free to chime in...

[russgt]

My drivers torsion box did not survive the winters here in wisconsin either. We ended up making new ones for my 76. If you are interested I could send you a print of what we did and you can make your own. its not going to look factory but it will work.

[glimmertwin01]

anything you can forward would be great...i need to make a couple of those too... by torsion box i mean the panel under the floor that is welded to the lower rocker and connects to the floor outside of the frame rail....
all the convertible ones had them from 69 till 75.... see pic for an idea what im talking about my 72 has them this pic is on the passenger side...

[russgt]

Ah, I think I meant to say rocker box? I will draw up plans this weekend.

[glimmertwin01]

cool man.. and some drawings of the mid floor support... I have other questions to ask ya.... ..as you can see mine has its own issues.

[glimmertwin01]

got my full quarters this week.... the left is off an 85 it has very minor rust and will need repair where we torched the "safety roof" post off of it but for 30 bux ill take it! the right is an NOS full quarter.... $100!!!!! should save alot of time on body work!!!!

the only things left now to buy is front cab flor supports and floor patch panels, I have the OE style rockers and backers already... I have located a pair of solid doors on a 73

I installed my tailate and window regulator and installed an OE crank I got off a guy on the Evil bay... I still need to figure out ohow to remove the lock cylinder out of it since it came without a key and is in the lock postion so i used the one i had and swapper the crank handle...

..cant wait for the weather to lift some so I can begin cutting off the old rot...

[glimmertwin01]

the goal ..is to make it look like this one i saw on Ebay last year

[Ger]

Looks like a typical chevy from up here in Canada, Alberta.

[glimmertwin01]

so they dont rot out up there like they do here??? LOL I like it because its a full removable top K5 ... otherwise theyre a dime a dozen here... if i wanted the half roof

[Ger]

Oh they rot up here, believe lol, and finding good genuin parts are hard. The removable tops are awsome, don't see to many up here.

[glimmertwin01]

i cant imagine they go "topless" up there too much either... im installing a cab cage that will double as support for a custom soft top (like a cab) in conjunction with a tonneau cover.... NO carpet but rhino lined and factory rubber floor mats up front

[Ger]

Topless up here is usually Jeeps and cars, not to many trucks, but when you see one you can't help but stare. That will look good, and carpet is a pain if your doing mudding

[glimmertwin01]

got the motor and transmission out of the plow truck along with the plow assembly off and said bye Bye to the truck... I got 2 clean 79 doors and $100 for the carcass... traded the visor for a flex plate.... Ill post pics later.... Not too bad plowed my driveway all winter, a nice runnin 350 with a TH350 and a plow... $800- like $150 for doors and $100 cash... say 550 for a plow and drive line... motor and trans dropped like 4 drops all winter... but i cleaned em up and resealed the valvecovers that werent sealed very well... rebuilt a 74 truck carb.... Got a 73 harness from a donor....
once I get the stuff from Bigdnew Ill be pretty much set... this week / weekend i plan to remove the dead TH350 and drop in the motor n trans..

[glimmertwin01]

well spring has sprung
got work done..... did the motor transplant from the plow truck (which went bye bye) and got her in and running with rebuilt carb .. still needs a good tune up but shes got a good motor and trans.. and it was ambulatory until saturday.... swapped in the tach dash.... and.. well look at the next couple posts yes I have my work cut oout fabricating...and waiting on some parts from Don

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now pictures of the rot removal and the truck with a cwol brace to help re allign the tub for the grafting of front and rear outer sections I think Im going to have to fabricate a floor brace abd a few other goodies as most of the repair panels arent really designed for this application ( the first series of Gen2 K5's are kinda unique in their construction..)

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and some more

[palposity]

Wow....I have a couple of those rusty cabs in my shop too! I feel your pain!

[glimmertwin01]

more work done on friday removed rotten sub frame and fabricated one outta L channels Im still not the best welder but its in there solid

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now the fabricated sub frame and the fitment

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weld her in place a little POR15 and look the door and rear quarter styling line finally match up