Ol' Brown - 1985 K3500 SRW slow build

[MTCK]

I used some POR15 on my floor pans after I took the little bit of rust off with an abrasive disc on a die grinder. I scuffed the por15 in the door jambs where it was exposed then primed and painted.

[400/400]

Cool truck. Looks like your truck is the same color as my '85. Is it Indian Bronze Metallic?

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Originally Posted by twangismythang

Nice lookin truck, I'm in to follow the progress..........

Thanks

Originally Posted by MTCK

I used some POR15 on my floor pans after I took the little bit of rust off with an abrasive disc on a die grinder. I scuffed the por15 in the door jambs where it was exposed then primed and painted.

I'm definitely looking at POR15 for the floorboards after repair. Then hopefully some FatMat and a black carpet kit.

Originally Posted by 400/400

Cool truck. Looks like your truck is the same color as my '85. Is it Indian Bronze Metallic?

It sure is. My last C30 was the same color, it looks really good after some polishing. Hopefully my current truck's paint will look as good.

This was the C30 fender after some work:

[400/400]

I used Chassis Saver, similar to POR 15, on my floors. It's intended to go on rust for good adhesion. I sanded all non rusty metal well with 60 grit sandpaper before I brushed it on. It seemed to adhear pretty well then I installed some insulating mat and a thick rubber floor liner.

[y5mgisi]

For the polishing, i used nufinish on my 77 and couldnt believe how good it turned out! Here are some pics of when i was doing the hood.





Before,



After,

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Originally Posted by 400/400

I used Chassis Saver, similar to POR 15, on my floors. It's intended to go on rust for good adhesion.

Thanks for the tip, I'll have to check out Chassis Saver.

Originally Posted by y5mgisi

For the polishing, i used nufinish on my 77 and couldnt believe how good it turned out! Here are some pics of when i was doing the hood.

Dang, nice job!

Finally got my tires on today! I must be getting old because it took me forever and now I'm sore as hell.





Showing her good side









And her not so good side (dull):






Overall, I'm very happy with these Coopers and glad I went with Dyna Beads. There was no way I was going to mess with balancing these, especially with the little caliper clearance I have now after ditching the 16.5" wheels. She rides pretty damn good for an old 1 ton.

I was also surprised how well these tires fit with stock suspension. I'm almost thinking a 4" lift would be too much now.

Noticed today it would diesel for a second or two after shutting off, I'll have to look into that next. I REALLY don't want to put money/time into the quadrajet because I'd like to swap in a fuel injected motor (TBI at the very least) at some point.

I'm sure it needs a rebuild, but I'm afraid it will never run right after I tear into it. I bought Cliff's Q-jet "bible" a while ago but its mainly geared for high performance stuff, not an actual rebuild guide. I was "this" close to pulling the trigger on one of Cliff's SR rebuild kits for my old C30, but got cold feet and ended up selling the truck.

[y5mgisi]

That sure seems taller than stockbut eieither way, it looks amazing! So the tires are smooth on the highway with the dyna beads? How much did it cost to do theset of 4 tires with tthem