My new 1971 K20

[Lemield]

I finally got the shell and the mudflaps off the new K20. Looks a lot better to me.

[Lemield]

Just had my seat redone by Jesse Lee's Auto Upholstery in Denver. He is 3/4 of a mile from my house....kind of an old looking place but he sure does nice work and FAST! He had my seat done in a week! Charged me $325.00 plus tax...$330.41 total. I had him add a bit of a cutout to the seat in the middle to help clear the transfer case shifter (shifter was moved back due to the overdrive unit in the truck). The fabric I picked is called Silverado...fitting for a Chevy truck I think. I'm really pleased.

[slikside]

That truck was nice with the shell on it.....now it's awesome!!

Really looks cool minus the shell and flaps.

The seat looks pretty sharp. I have orange and black as well, but the orange/black houndstooth doesn't appeal to me, and black/white might be too much of a contrast. This Silverado fabric looks real good in there.

Congrats on a great find, and the right improvements!

[Lemield]

Just checked my mileage today.....17.8 MPG around town....not too bad....

[mr48chev]

That is one good looking truck. I like the daylights out of that seat material too.

That `17.8 mpg is something to write home about too. I don't think my 71 GMC could get that coasting downhill with the engine off.

[Lemield]

Thanks for the kind words. I cover ALL ends of the fuel mileage spectrum....
my big block gets 9 MPG, my stroker gets around 14 MPG, my K20 gets 17 MPG and my diesel Beetle gets 44-48 MPG.....

[Vintage Windmills]

Curious what highway mileage you can get. Oh, good score on the K20, usually they are worked to death and molested- since they were always in demand to be used for winter work and attracted kids and the offroad crowd who wanted to "customize" them. Yours was one of the few to stay standing.

[Lemield]

Originally Posted by Vintage Windmills

Curious what highway mileage you can get. Oh, good score on the K20, usually they are worked to death and molested- since they were always in demand to be used for winter work and attracted kids and the offroad crowd who wanted to "customize" them. Yours was one of the few to stay standing.

I don't know what it gets on the highway yet but I'm taking it hunting next month so I should be able to find out.....

I looked for two + years to find this one...and I saw a lot of 'not so good ones' before I found this....

[Ozark Tim]

Thats a nice K20!
Hey FYI, my 85K20 6.2 gets 19-20 on the highway with no turbo. Just drove it 400 miles in the past few weeks and filled it up last night. Took 21 gallons of #2. Thats 19mpg. Not bad, now if it just looked like yours...

[Lemield]

Looks pretty dang nice to me!

[77shortstep]

great looking truck, love the seat and that its a 6.2. would like to hear a vidoe of it running or driving.

[mahanian]

Nice truck!

[pat 70/71]

I don't think you could have done much better! Fantastic truck, enjoy it and keep an eye on all the 6.2 issues ( looks to be in really good shape) I'm sure the man that owned it would be very happy you got it. Cheers, Pat
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[birdistheword]

After hearing the good numbers of around 20 mpg it kinda makes want to forget about throwing fuel injection on my 454 and swapping in a newer LS or going the 6.2/6.5 diesel route. And very good looking truck.

[Lemield]

Originally Posted by special-K

You did great buying that with a 6.2 to boot. I've be considering doing that swap in my '72 K2500. It has a Banks Sidewinder kit on it,huh? I'd like to know how the tach is picking up RPMs,when you get a chance to look it over more. I'm guessing there's a sensor at the crank pulley with a magnet on the pulley,maybe?

Hey Tim....the tach is triggered via the alternator....found this out when I put a new alternator on the truck this weekend....sorry it took me almost a year to answer your question....