Drug home an old friend this weekend

[Pop's C-10]

I can relate,,,i jus lost mine in june from tha same thing...i got his truck...good luck with tha build

[N2TRUX]

Regrets for your loss bro. So I gotta ask, did the bunny family stick around or split the scene?

[DirtyLarry]

Originally Posted by N2TRUX

Regrets for your loss bro. So I gotta ask, did the bunny family stick around or split the scene?

Funny you should ask….At first I didn’t even know they were hiding in the quarter panel. I worked on the van for at least 30 minutes after bringing it in the shop. As soon as I walked across the shop to grab a drain pan I heard a bunch of racket and saw little fuzzy things running around. All but two split the scene while one hid in the quarter panel as I dropped the engine. There had to be at least 5 in there. One hung around inside the van for a while then hopped out ran out of the shop. For all I know, the last one was still there after I moved the van back outside.

The quarter panel is blocked off from the interior of the van so I wasn’t too worried about them tearing anything up. Actually, I am more worried about Coyotes tearing the van apart to get to the rabbits. My neighbor’s Silverado got $1600 damage a few months ago by Coyotes trying to get a rabbit hiding above the driver’s side plastic inner fender. The Coyote tore up the fender, fender flare, inner fender and destroyed the wiring harness by the ECM on the driver’s side. It looked like a crime scene! I guess that is what we get for living in the boonies.

Pop’s C10….It indeed sounds like we can relate all too well. I am sorry for your loss as well.

[old Rusty C10]

sorry to hear about your dad.... those trucks are awesome! I cant wait to hear the story when you rebuild the wrecker

[y5mgisi]

I sure do love that color scheme! But then, im kinda partial to it. My dad handed me down this truck when i was 14. It was beat to pieces from years as a hunting truck so i did the regrettable thing and put its guts into another truck. here is some pics from way back when.

[y5mgisi]

couple more.

[DirtyLarry]

Y5mgisi,

That is awesome! Your Sub and our truck look like they belong in the same family. We even have similar old family photos!

[rfmaster]

Sorry to hear about your dad passing. Some of the photos bring memories (the punk kid one is a great one)

//RF

[MTCK]

Love the two-tone yellow and white rigs! That will be a fun resto to watch. Here's the old blazer - three tone after the spray on bed liner found the bottom of the body panels. That crew in front of the suburban looks like TROUBLE.

[y5mgisi]

Awesome Pics! My ultimate goal is to get another burb and build a "tribute" burb. Same color, interior, everything.

MTCK, Any more pics of the blazer?

[USSkoval]

Great pics fellas!

[Dieselwrencher]

Love the old pics guys! Keep them coming if you have any more.

[MofoG23]

Yep - awesome pictures...if you have more, please keep posting them!

[TheWhiteElephant]

[TheWhiteElephant]

Originally Posted by MTCK

Love the two-tone yellow and white rigs! That will be a fun resto to watch. Here's the old blazer - three tone after the spray on bed liner found the bottom of the body panels. That crew in front of the suburban looks like TROUBLE.

Yeah, MTCK--I wanna see more of that K5. What size tires and wheels are those?

[MTCK]

Sorry to hijack, and also sorry guys, no more pics of the blazer. I built it, wheeled it, broke it, fixed it and sold it. Just too big of a project to make it work right with that much lift/tire/hp. 36x12.50 TSL Radials.

[SS Delux]

Just wondering how much you would want for the 427 after you pulled it ?

[DirtyLarry]

Originally Posted by SS Delux

Just wondering how much you would want for the 427 after you pulled it ?

I am not sure yet as it will be a while before I swap in the 454. If you are in Windsor, ON freight alone will be outrageous. If in Windsor, CO….different story.

[SS Delux]

I wouldnt ship it i would probably make a trip out of it, and yes I am in windsor on

[y5mgisi]

A younger brother to yours???



http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/ctd/2160126965.html

[y5mgisi]

Get any work done on this thing yet?

[7.62]

Wow, I'm sure your Dad is smiling down on you. Thanks for sharing your story and pictures. That truck just shines and is one of the best looking trucks I've ever seen. Very Very cool.
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[chevy427big block]

would it be possible to get a pic of the alternator brackets?

[DirtyLarry]

Sorry 427bigblock, I just noticed your comment. You wouldn’t want to see this alternator bracket as it was a scabbed together 454 bracket to accommodate an old school 100 AMP alternator anyway. It wasn’t pretty!

Well, after 2 years of pondering back and forth I had to make the tough decision to scrap this truck. It was a very tough call to make being my dad bought it new, I learned how to drive in it and it was the first vehicle I really learned to twist wrenches on. Lots of memories around this truck. In reality the body was completely wasted as everybody panel was either full of body filler or some degree of rust that would need to be dealt with. Even at that, the body could have been replaced from a donor truck but then there where the frame issues. The frame was broke years ago near the right rear upper shock bracket where it received a less than sterling repair. Pretty pathetic repair actually. It also had the typical breakage near the gear box so I had to call a spade a spade and dismantle the poor ole girl.

With help from friends this past weekend we spent two full days pruning the 427, 465/205, D44 front axle, 14 bolt FF rear axle as well as the slide in wrecker unit. The axles will soon be installed in my Polar Bear Suburban and I plan to rebuild the 205 to replace the noisy 205 in my K10. Before I drop this 14 bolt in the Suburban I plan to remove the 13” drums and backing plates to swap them with the 11” drums and backing plates that are in my K10 as the K10 could use bigger rear brakes than the Suburban will ever need. I also plan to have the stock wheels sand blasted and repowder coated to throw in the Polar Bear Suburban as well. The 427 and 465 trans will be sold. The wrecker pieces will be saved for a possible tribute truck at some other point.

It really hurt to do this but it had to be done…..



For those in Colorado familiar with the towing PUC numbering system, this is a very old PUC number. T-10 dates back to 1948. Today PUC numbers are way up in the ten thousand range. My dad got this low PUC number when he purchased an Exxon station in 1974 that came with a 1948 Ford wrecker. That said, this PUC number originally started on a Ford.


Everything I wanted is almost off. We pruned the axles off after it got on the trailer


You should have seen the hack job weld on the inside of the frame. Ugly!












I would have never dreamt the end of the road for this truck would be stacked on top of two Oldsmobiles


The SM465 and NP205 cleaned up well


The 427 cleaned up nicely too



Now time to get busy putting the new parts cache to use. Hopefully, the Suburban will be going under the knife to install these axles and a lift kit in the next month or so as time permits.

[WarBeard]

Shocking photos!