'74 Round Eye Stepside Project

[KAC]

Took some pictures today of the truck sorry if the picts are kinda crappy was taken with my cell phone...

1st 2 are of the sticker in the glove box i couldn't read what some of the stuff said is there a decoder of some sort for these codes?





Tranny pan (judging by the pan shape is it a th350?)



Shiny Oil Pan

[KAC]

I haven't posted in a while, i went out to take some pictures so here they are...










I'm not sure why those pictures are smaller than the 1st one.... i'll try to fix it later

[KAC]

I'm Back!

I have been searching craigslist in my local area for a perfect "donor" Truck to get mine up and running and here it is! I paid for it and have the title in hand I just have to pick it up on Friday.

Heres some details on it:

Its a '85 SWB it happens to be a non-running 305 w/turbo350, the guy said when he bought it if he remembers correctly it was the water pump and its been sitting since about Feb/Mar 2008 and he didn't want to see it just rot away. The body of the truck looks pretty good 'cept for a dent behind the front tire on the drivers side and the rear bumper is banged up. I looked underneath to see if the frame was rusted, cracked or bent didn't see any. Hopefully I can have one of my trucks running by the end of this weekend. I'll be sure to take more pictures on Friday when I pick it up.

(I forgot my good camera when I went to look at it so these are taken with my Blackberry)

Heres the pictures i have for now :

The Interior with a Cloth Yellow Bench Seat (with a roll of body molding)


The Engine bay w/Air! (hopefully that works)


The Gauges (the Dash was crap... I meant Cracked)


The Exterior


Another one of my Round Eye for Comparison


A better view of the The Engine from the previous post


Again


The Tailgate on The Round Eye

[355bullet]

nice! so u are using that frame for the stepside?

[KAC]

Yessir, my plans haven't changed. First things first, i'm putting the engine from the '74 in the '85 and gonna drive around the '85 for a while then change out the beds, then cabs... etc

I can't wait!

[355bullet]

nice!
let me know when you want to sell that fleet side bed.
My brother might be interested.

[KAC]

Originally Posted by 355bullet

nice!
let me know when you want to sell that fleet side bed.
My brother might be interested.

Will do, is he gonna use it for parts?

[355bullet]

na, he needs the whole bed. Years of abuse caught up, hard 4wheeling.
He painted the truck few years back but that bed is done for, lol.
I found him a clean 90 front end to a sub, now the bed is next

[KAC]

Originally Posted by 355bullet

nice!
let me know when you want to sell that fleet side bed.
My brother might be interested.

Originally Posted by 355bullet

na, he needs the whole bed. Years of abuse caught up, hard 4wheeling.
He painted the truck few years back but that bed is done for, lol.
I found him a clean 90 front end to a sub, now the bed is next

I thought you had meant the whole truck thats why I asked if he wanted it for parts. LOL! it was early... but now i see you just want the bed, I'll let you know when I'm done with it.

[KAC]

Got My Donor Truck today!

I finally got the truck to me earlier today, got it next to the '74 and took some pictures.

But 1st, When I got the truck home we noticed a puddle on the trailer when we were taking the truck off (we figured it was just stored rain water) When we got it in the driveway we decided to check out the truck and see what was wrong with it. So, We connected a fresh Battery, poured some fresh gas in the carb and it fired right up! Then we realized that we didn't check any of the fluids. SO, I immediately shut off the truck and we checked the fluids/belts.

There was no water in the radiator, Oil, Tranny Fluid and the belts were good
so we decided to top off the radiator with some water. As soon as the radiator filled up i noticed the truck was gushing out water... (it looks like the hose was on)... its leaking from the Freeze plug. ... Also, the fuel pump seems to be out/going out (its buzzing). I noticed that the parking brake was on the whole time we were pushing the truck.... so i don't think it works.

I am hoping to switch out the Engines ASAP (just not this weekend)

Anyways....

Here's the pictures:

Sport Mirrors


Stock Height


Fleetside vs. Stepside?


The Seat looks really good in this photo


Killer Wheel Cover


Side by Side


Round Eye vs. Square Eye?


The Girls


The Engine Bay of the '85



Look at the taillights on that one

[spudz]

SOMETIMES!! you can get lucky and stick a new freeze plug in and be ok if it didnt bust the block. If its hard to get to you can get one of those rubberish ones with the bolt in the middle to tighten. Looks like too nice of a truck to part out... how about I trade you for a 76 swb parts truck I have with a clean frame? lol then you would have the right cab mounts and stuff. But if you must.... Why dont you just pop your other motor in and keep all the a/c stuff, swap front clips and install bed and forget about cab swaps.

[355bullet]

na, he wants to keep the cab of the stepside. Thats the soul of the truck.

[KAC]

Yea the cab has all the memories in it... I did think of keeping the cab from the '85 & changing the front clip so I have A/C but if I remember correctly the '74 has A/C

How difficult is it to change the front clip?
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[KAC]

Originally Posted by spudz

how about I trade you for a 76 swb parts truck I have with a clean frame? lol then you would have the right cab mounts and stuff.

If you were A LOT Closer then i would consider it...
I'm hoping to get started on the trucks this weekend or next.

[nbpro]

nice Project