1971 K10 Stepside - Getting a Roller Roadworthy

[pjmoreland]

I picked up an NV4500 yesterday. Bought it from a guy way out in the desert in eastern Nevada who pulled it from a 1993 2500 WT with a V6 about 6 years ago with the intention of using it in a project that fell through. He said the truck had a little over 100,000 miles on it. He told me this after I had paid him for it. Hopefully that is accurate. It spins smoothly in all the gears. That's all I know at this point. He included a couple of shifters and a couple of original bell housings. My understanding is that the original bell housing won't work because the slave cylinder hangs down on the passenger side and will interfere with the front driveshaft. He also threw in a bunch of old Holley carbs and parts. I don't think I'll be able to use any of them on my SBC since they are 850 CFM models. Traffic on the way back was pretty bad because Running Man just finished up.

This transmission is a 2WD version, so I will be converting it to 4WD by installing a new main shaft and tail housing.

[loudchevy]

Sweet Project, Sub'd to follow along.

Those leaf spring brackets look scary with those square tubes booger welded to the bottom of the frame! ORD makes some really nice stuff. I have their Shackle Flip hangers on the rear of my K5

PO was really rocking out with (2) 6x9's cut into the bottom of the doors.

[pjmoreland]

Originally Posted by loudchevy

Sweet Project, Sub'd to follow along.

Those leaf spring brackets look scary with those square tubes booger welded to the bottom of the frame! ORD makes some really nice stuff. I have their Shackle Flip hangers on the rear of my K5

PO was really rocking out with (2) 6x9's cut into the bottom of the doors.

I really hope those booger welds are as weak as they look when it comes time to grind them off. It's gonna take way more time to remove them than it took to make them.

I will be welding up those gigantic speaker holes, but on the bright side it made it very easy to reach inside the door to help roll up the sticky window.

[57taskforce]

That’s a nice haul. I didn’t realize you could get a V6 with a 4500, I always figured they were all 3500’s, and I also didn’t know you could get a 88-98 2500 with a v6. I learned a few things today.

[pjmoreland]

Originally Posted by 57taskforce

That’s a nice haul. I didn’t realize you could get a V6 with a 4500, I always figured they were all 3500’s, and I also didn’t know you could get a 88-98 2500 with a v6. I learned a few things today.

I wasn't aware of that either. Based on what I can find doing a google search, the NV4500 was offered in the 88-98 W/T model, along with a V6, to increase the tow rating of the truck. Strange combo.