Experiences with Softopper on a K5

[79vette]

This truck is a CUCV I am in the process of civilizing. It has a sm465 swap with a 2 speed manual overdrive trans in front of it, NP205, vintage air AC, as much soundproofing as I can jam into it, and I have a 6.5 turbo in the garage waiting to go in. I love the truck as it is and would just drive it forever if it was up to me, but I does make a lot of noise.

It's loud enough I can't talk to a passenger on the highway, so I have an intercom system out of a Cessna and everybody wears aviation headsets. None of the women in my life enjoy the headsets however (apparently about half the people in the world spend a bunch of time on their hair and don't like matting it down with headsets ), and the truck is often used for long highway drives to camping and rock climbing areas. I've been told it doesn't matter that we're going camping and everyone's hair is gonna be messed up pretty soon anyway...

So I've either got to quiet it down, sell it and buy a new Jeep/Bronco, or get a trailer and a tow rig. Of those options, making the K5 quieter sounds the best to me

I spend a lot of time in Death Valley and elsewhere in the high desert, and even there did fine with no AC for many years. An open window and a damp towel on my neck was all the AC I needed. But again, it's not up to me lol