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03-05-2016, 10:48 PM
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Found my K
Been around for a while on the 2wd side, been looking for a 4x4 for a while and drug this home last Tuesday night. 1972 K2500 4speed Sierra Grande. It's all there, not molested. It's a project, needs to be gone through...will keep updating with progress.
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03-05-2016, 11:17 PM
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Re: Found my K
Nice Truck!
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03-05-2016, 11:29 PM
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Re: Found my K
Nice find!!
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03-05-2016, 11:30 PM
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Re: Found my K
Congrats, and welcome to the K club!
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03-05-2016, 11:33 PM
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Re: Found my K
Looks like a real nice project. Congratulations
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03-06-2016, 10:09 AM
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Re: Found my K
That's a great looking truck. Would love to score one of those myself!
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03-06-2016, 10:14 AM
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Re: Found my K
Agreed Mike C!!!!!
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03-06-2016, 04:26 PM
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Re: Found my K
I love your new truck, nice find, love 3/4 ton 4x4's my favorite trucks
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03-06-2016, 09:21 PM
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Re: Found my K
very impressive truck
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03-06-2016, 10:54 PM
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Re: Found my K
You lucky dog! Are the shifters not chrome?
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"BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ |
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03-06-2016, 10:57 PM
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Re: Found my K
nice truck , ac cab , this will be nice
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03-06-2016, 11:20 PM
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Re: Found my K
Very nice find ,looks great .Tell us how you found it .
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03-07-2016, 08:22 AM
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Re: Found my K
Great looking truck!
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03-07-2016, 11:30 AM
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Re: Found my K
Disappointing to some, this truck did not start life as a 4x4. Upon inspection I discovered the VIN did not match and the SPID was tipped off the glove box door. I chose to buy it anyways as it was too nice to let sit in the PO's shop and rot.
I have had some time to crawl around under it and get it running. I have not run the frame #'s yet but it is a correct 71-72 4x4 frame with the Dana 44, sm465, np205 and what i think is a ho52 rear end. The truck leans 1" lower to the driver side both front and rear. I believe it is in the springs after pulling some measurements. Is this common? 3934635 stamp on the rear axle. VO806TDJ stamp on front pad of the engine. Posted via Mobile Device |
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03-07-2016, 01:57 PM
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Re: Found my K
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03-07-2016, 10:41 PM
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Re: Found my K
Congratulations ,
Good lookin pickup ! |
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03-08-2016, 10:23 AM
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Re: Found my K
nice truck i had to go to rapid city s.d. to get one there is a shop in hiram ga. that works on them.
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03-10-2016, 10:26 PM
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Re: Found my K
Congrats on your K and a GMC to boot...the originals are so hard to come by...
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03-12-2016, 08:49 PM
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Re: Found my K
Congrats! Looks like an excellent project.
Ray
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03-13-2016, 12:27 AM
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Re: Found my K
Looks like the paint is pretty decent, is it original? Any rust? Some people shy away from the converted 4x4's, to me it's not a big deal if done correctly. My 70 K2500 was a 4x4 conversion, they used the original body with a 4x4 frame and the K vin to match.
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Zach 1970 Chevrolet Custom Camper K20 1971 GMC Super K2500, 12V/NV4500 swap in progress 1971 Chevrolet Custom C10 1972 Chevrolet Custom Deluxe C20, 5.3/4L60E 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, 455/TH400, 3.73 posi 2004 GMC Sierra 2500HD, LB7/Allison, CCSB 2005 GMC Sierra 1500, 5.3/4L60E, CCSB |
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03-13-2016, 10:15 PM
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This was a straight forward body swap onto a '72 4x4 frame. The HO52 has a 1971 stamp on the 4:10 ring gear but the open knuckle Dana 44 may be a later model but I have not looked into that yet the tag reads 409. The last week has been sorting out the brakes and finding parts. The passenger drum of the HO52 was empty except for the wheel cyl...driver side is all there so I can match parts. Apparently these brake parts aren't all that obsolete. I just bought the 11.154" brake pads off of Amazon (part #PAB248DR). Both Summit and Oreilly's carry the 1-1/8" bore wheel cyl (part #WC49680 & WC49681) and you can get the parking brake hardware kit from Oreillys. 11.154" Drums are still available from the above. The truck runs and has good oil pressure but I havnt let it run for an extended period, it needs a windshield, bench seat cover and exhaust and it should be road time! Test and tune, it will be a driving project. Needs spring bushings all around and I found that it either has 2 different springs up front or one is badly worn. The passenger side has spring spacers between each leaf and the driver side has none. The truck sits to the driver sit 1" lower, I think a rebuild or new front springs will solve this.
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03-14-2016, 10:46 PM
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Re: Found my K
Nice start for a project! Maybe you can get the moderators to move this thread into the 4X4 projects and builds section?
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