1987 Chevrolet K10 to K20 and repairs

[MTCK]

Cool truck and story. I'm following.

[Greenlee]

Nice truck!

[olive drab]

New wheel cylinders and brake springs. The brake shoes that were on there to begin with were pretty much brand new so I just sandblasted and painted those too

[olive drab]

Big shoes in the rear aint that how it goes?

[olive drab]

Ive got a 49 gallon fuel cell from a giant pontoon boat I have been thinking about using but havent made up my mind yet. I need to relocate the gas tank so I can later build some rock sliders but until I figure out what Im gona do here I just went back to stock for now. Sandblasted the tank mounts and patched the gas tank where it had a couple rust holes

[olive drab]

Heres a picture of the fuel cell Im thinking about using. A short bed with a tool box and spare tire already takes up enough room...

[olive drab]

gas tank in

[olive drab]

I mounted my shocks upside down because they are non directional but put them back to normal cause they looked dumb upside down lol

[olive drab]

got a wheel mounted in the tire

[notchbackgta]

Originally Posted by olive drab

gas tank in

Is that a stock tank? I don't know the later ones, but that tank may get me where I want. If it's stock, could you tell me how wide that is at the seam?

[olive drab]

Originally Posted by notchbackgta

Is that a stock tank? I don't know the later ones, but that tank may get me where I want. If it's stock, could you tell me how wide that is at the seam?

The tank is stock and the seam where the tank is made together is roughly 11 inches. The metal arounds it sticks out a bit further but can be bent down. I took several measurements and pictures but cant upload them from my phone. I will upload them from my computer at work in the mornin. I think its a 16 gallon tank... maybe 18

[olive drab]

Well, maybe I can put pictures on here from my phone.. it said it failed to upload?

[msgross]

nice build

[7dee2]

Looking good, nice work sir!

[notchbackgta]

Originally Posted by olive drab

The tank is stock and the seam where the tank is made together is roughly 11 inches. The metal arounds it sticks out a bit further but can be bent down. I took several measurements and pictures but cant upload them from my phone. I will upload them from my computer at work in the mornin. I think its a 16 gallon tank... maybe 18

Thanks, I am trying to figure another way to get the tank out of the cab in my 69 and I think that may work for me to side hang under the bed, I dont want to put it where the spare is in the back

[olive drab]

Originally Posted by notchbackgta

Thanks, I am trying to figure another way to get the tank out of the cab in my 69 and I think that may work for me to side hang under the bed, I dont want to put it where the spare is in the back

The tank is roughly 42 inches long and about a foot tall. Figured you might want those measurements too

[msgross]

Originally Posted by notchbackgta

Thanks, I am trying to figure another way to get the tank out of the cab in my 69 and I think that may work for me to side hang under the bed, I dont want to put it where the spare is in the back

Mount the spare in the bed, saddle tanks aren't the safest

[Zane M]

Nice work so far!

[notchbackgta]

Originally Posted by msgross

Mount the spare in the bed, saddle tanks aren't the safest

A saddle is safer than in the cab and I don't like any of the fill options with the tank in the spare area

[matthew21lutz]

So I just found this, thought you might like this idea?

http://www.fourwheeler.com/project-v...y-k10-revival/

[notchbackgta]

Fleetside

[matthew21lutz]

Originally Posted by notchbackgta

Fleetside

Well there's tons of room between the outside bedside to the inner bed side, could get a custom fuel cell made or buy one that would fit inside and saddle strap or custom mount it to the inside one.

I've thought about doing it for my future k30 build. Still have dual tanks but, moved up for more clearance. Summit has a huge selections of fuel cells, need to measure but, this might work?
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/rci-2171a/overview/

[MTCK]

Looks a little tall at 17". Have a floor and bed floor to contend with.

[notchbackgta]

Originally Posted by matthew21lutz

Well there's tons of room between the outside bedside to the inner bed side, could get a custom fuel cell made or buy one that would fit inside and saddle strap or custom mount it to the inside one.

Huh? There isn't any real room between the inner and outer bed on a fleetside, plus that still doesn't solve the fill issue being in the bed somehow. I plan on putting a sleeve in the factory location through the floor and running the filler through the sleeve to the underside of the cab, it may involve notching the cab corner, which isn't a big deal since I need to replace that too

[olive drab]

Been a few weeks since I last posted some progress. I fractured a finger over the 4th of july weekend and havent dont much haha.

I pulled the truck out the garage and put on a couple tires to see what its gona look like.