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Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Twentynine Palms, Ca
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1968 K10 Shortbed Stepside
Its been a long time since I have been on this site, but I have a new temporary project that I'd like some insight on. This is my mom's pickup and she lives in a town of 90 people in Western Nebraska, and the next big town, 1200 people is 30 miles away, so she couldn't find a mechanic to work in this for her. I Just brought it back to Alabama with me and it looks like the reverse detent in the transmission has lost its C clip, which only allows 1st and 2nd gear. She has asked me to fix it, and the more I dig into this thing it seems like a rare bird. Factory 292 and 4 speed, but it has a 250 now, short bed stepside and its the plain model as far as options go, from what I can google there were between 1200-1700 of these made and those numbers came from various sources.
I plan on pulling the transmission and fixing it, removing the cab lights, all the grab handles (she is 4'10") the LMC chrome doo dads, grille, , and maybe pulling the 2" body lift off. What do you all think about it? Last edited by LockDoc; 06-03-2023 at 07:58 PM. |
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Re: 1968 K10 Shortbed Stepside
If you’re mother bought it new then i would never sell it and if your mother didn’t buy it new i would never sell it, that’s my best advice
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Re: 1968 K10 Shortbed Stepside
I think she has had it for 3 years, but she needs regular sized long bed for the farm and this one just doesn't cut it. I will take a few months to get it closer to stock, and if a 292 pops up I'll swap it back in. I don't know how popular these are, but it definitely worth putting some work into.
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Location: Azle,Texas
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Re: 1968 K10 Shortbed Stepside
If she asked you to fix it I would only do as she asked and fix the transmission. Is it your idea that this truck "isn't cutting it for her"? I hope you will honor her request and not find a way to keep it in Alabama.
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Location: Twentynine Palms, Ca
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Re: 1968 K10 Shortbed Stepside
Its not staying here, I do enjoy digging into the history and working on small fixes. It rides rough and I see someone put a rear sway bar on it and the mount is only 1/2” from the bumpstop. Thats the first easy win.
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Re: 1968 K10 Shortbed Stepside
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I have 2 complete, running 292's but not really interested in shipping something like that. LockDoc
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Re: 1968 K10 Shortbed Stepside
Cool 4x4!
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Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Twentynine Palms, Ca
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Re: 1968 K10 Shortbed Stepside
Shipping engines gets expensive, once the heat dies down tonight I'll go mess with it some.
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Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Twentynine Palms, Ca
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Re: 1968 K10 Shortbed Stepside
Its been a year but the K10 is back on the road. As usual things snowballed and once the transmission was out, I couldn't leave the leaking rear main.... so now it has a rebuilt engine. Stock rebuild with a .040" over bore, the head was cracked so it has an earlier head the machinist had, I'm not sure on the head year but it doesn't have the water temp port in it.
Quite a few small things were fixed, cleaned, and rebuilt and it runs great. I went to put it up for sale but I wanted my 9 year old daughter to drive it once, and as soon as that video was seen, she was gifted the pickup as an "early inheritance". So now that it is hers, its time to tackle some of the things we (I) don't like. The cab lights, grab bars, aftermarket column, body lift and so on. The 250 will stay for a long time unless a cheap 292 pops up. Right now I'm researching some things like the correct dash bezel, what color the grille should be, stock tire and wheel sizes, and so on. |
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Re: 1968 K10 Shortbed Stepside
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I notice you're at 29 Palms, and your handle begins with EOD. Are you a Marine? And do things go BOOM at work?
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Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not. |
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Re: 1968 K10 Shortbed Stepside
I will keep my eyes peeled for a 292, they don’t come up around me very often. I was out in the stumps for a while blwoing things up, and I retired about 4 years ago. 29 Palms stinks for young single guys but I had a great time out there.
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Re: 1968 K10 Shortbed Stepside
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I secured a '63 292 core from an auto parts guy for $100 maybe 20 years ago. I'm thinking of putting it in a '67 K/10 Suburban. Semper Fi.
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