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Re: 71 K-20 tow/haul truck
I ordered the code 522 basecoat today. I already have all the other stuff. Now still waiting for spring so I can DD the chevelle.
In hindsight I wish I had kept those old wagon wheels and tires so I could leave them on for paint. Slowly piecing together all the trim too. Still need 1 upper fender spear and both bed pieces, and several of the lower.
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Re: 71 K-20 tow/haul truck
Very nice! Are you looking for NOS or just good used stuff?
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Ryan 1972 Chevy Longhorn K30 Cheyenne Super, 359 Inline 6 cylinder, Auto Trans, Tilt, Diesel Tach/Vach, Buckets, Rare Rear 4-link and air ride option Build Thread 1972 GMC Sierra Grande Longhorn 4x4 1972 Chevy Cheyenne Super K20 Long Step side tilt, tach, tow hooks, AC, 350 4 speed 1972 C10 Suburban Custom Deluxe 1969 Chevy milk truck 1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR STG3 Cam Super T10 1940 Ford 354 Hemi 46RH Ford 9" on air ride huge project Tired of spark plugs? Check this out. |
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Re: 71 K-20 tow/haul truck
Good used, although all I have so far is new but that was not my original intent. Ended up lucking out on an ebay auction which ended on christmas. Got 1 NOS fender spear and 2 NOS door trim (all upper) for about $90 shipped.
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Re: 71 K-20 tow/haul truck
I started thrashing through the steering components yesterday. Today was crappy and raining. Got the new steering box installed, that can be a bear by yourself. The old one was very sloppy, but not surprising since I believe it to be original. Removed the center link to install new tie rods. Since I already had that inside I also cleaned it up and painted it.
I have been storing a friends power washer and that made it about 1000 times nicer working under there without all the caked up mud and grease. Most of the upper and lower trim is now on its way too. I think i am missing 3 small pieces and that is all.
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Re: 71 K-20 tow/haul truck
Sounds like great progress!
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Re: 71 K-20 tow/haul truck
I got all the above mentioned steering parts installed. Drives like a new truck now! I can hardly believe it. Also installed a new rag joint and even had a chance to clean & paint the drag link.
Paint and trim are here, c'mon spring! I suppose I could start drilling out spotwelds on the old rusty rocker panel since it has to be providing about 0 structural support at this stage in its life. The truck always had some aftermarket front sway bar until I recently removed it. It bolted to the leaf springs. I have not noticed one bit of difference without this installed. It has a rear sway bar too.
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Re: 71 K-20 tow/haul truck
Some more progress today, here is a good shot of the driver's side rocker:
![]() ![]() Inner is not too shabby! ![]() ![]() Cleaned it up and shot a few coats of epoxy primer on it. I still have 2 or 3 spotwelds I couldn't get to, so it looks like I'll have to remove the fender. Anybody know how big of a pain this is?
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Re: 71 K-20 tow/haul truck
looking good! That inner is nice for an original...
What about just unbolting the lower mounting point of the fender...should let you get to the spot welds...
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Re: 71 K-20 tow/haul truck
I'll give that a try, thanks for the tip.
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Re: 71 K-20 tow/haul truck
Today I installed a headlight relay kit. It really makes a nice improvement over stock. But it is still 2 daggers of light in front of the truck so now that I have the relays installed I will try out the H4 upgrade.
I removed the bottom fender bolt and the next one up which attaches to the inner fender and that fender would not budge so it sounds like I'll be removing the fender to finish this job. I need to replace the bottom of the kick panel and a little of the floor next to it so it will wait. Parts ordered! I really need to get working on that GTO again. These projects have got me back in the spirit again. Luckily the rust is gone from the goat and it is sand bondo time.
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Re: 71 K-20 tow/haul truck
Sounds like nice work getting done. What H4 upgrade are you going with? My brother just did a 6k HID bixenon kit on his dodge, and I think I'm going that route.
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Re: 71 K-20 tow/haul truck
Probably just the cheapie upgrade. I've noticed that if you look on ebay at the ones for 71-72 chevelles they are much cheaper than the ones listed for trucks. A 7" headlight is a 7" headlight.
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Re: 71 K-20 tow/haul truck
There are a lot of ugly ricer stuff on there too!
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Re: 71 K-20 tow/haul truck
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I have a benchtop sandblast cabinet on order which will be here tomorrow. I am looking forward to removing parts/brackets and painting them. The weather is starting to get nice so I will probably blast the wheel wells (outside) too.
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Re: 71 K-20 tow/haul truck
I got the rest of the old rocker off. 3 quick spotwelds were all that was left. Now that I have been under the truck again I see that moving the lower leg of the fender back is and would have been the preferred method but I did not know there was another bolt on the back of it! So I removed 15 bolts and still couldn't remove the fender and ended up using that method anyway.
New rocker panel should be welded in today sometime. I am very happy with the fit of it.
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Re: 71 K-20 tow/haul truck
Success! Turned out great. The rocker doesn't really lay flush with the rear part of the cab but what do I expect for a repro taiwan piece.
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Re: 71 K-20 tow/haul truck
My truck finally fits in Eastern Oregon. I bought a gun rack.
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Re: 71 K-20 tow/haul truck
Sweet ! I needs a gun rack too !
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Re: 71 K-20 tow/haul truck
That is funny stuff!
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Re: 71 K-20 tow/haul truck
Turns out the guy who posted those didn't actually have them anymore. No matter since I found brand new ones for less on amazon.
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Re: 71 K-20 tow/haul truck
truck looks very nice
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Re: 71 K-20 tow/haul truck
Well, one final update. Almost 2 years ago we had our first child, and the 71 being my only truck it was time for an upgrade. (I got a 2005 2500HD quad cab with the 8100 vortec, it loves gas almost as much as the 71 does)
The truck has mostly sat for the last 2 and a half years and it is finally time to part with it. A guy from CA is taking the bus up and will drive it home, almost clear down to L.A.! Now I got hunting for a new project - going to look at a 59 bel air.
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