1972 K10 Project "Daily Driver"

[onebadbowtie]

Originally Posted by Chevymaniac

That bumper turned out better than i thought. Nice and clean fit too. Looking forward to the finished product.

The parts coming far lmc do not seem to be of good quality. Makes me have second thoughts wether or not to order stuff from them.

Im very pleased with the bumper so far and it survived its first haul to lol

i have ordered lots of parts from lmc and they have really quick shipping and this is the first problem i have had with them so idk

Originally Posted by HEISEL

I got my window felts from "classic Chevy truck parts of America" Classicparts.com. I put them on 3 months ago when it was 100+ with no probs. If I were you I would call LMC and let them know what's going on. They should help you out. Classicparts.com seems to have much better prices. Good luck. That a beautiful truck
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i have thought about calling them but just figured it wouldn't get me anywhere. i have ordered a few small parts from classicparts with no problems so may just try that route. And thanks for the compliments i wish i could afford to drive it more but going to college full time and having a part time job doesnt leave me with much extra cash lol 4 more months then its time for the real world

[DBear]

Nice truck bud....I see you live in Parsons? Do you know any of the Kendall's?

[onebadbowtie]

Originally Posted by DBear

Nice truck bud....I see you live in Parsons? Do you know any of the Kendall's?

Thanks man! and no not that i know of.....

[LEEVON]

Ha, I love it! Putting your truck to work...as it should be. You've got a nice original engine bay too.

[onebadbowtie]

Well i finally had time to get my bumper finished up this weekend and im very pleased with how it turned out.

I think my next plan of action will be exhaust and a new front windshield

[onebadbowtie]

I also sold my 250r a few weeks back and bought another atc70 for my girlfriend so we can ride together. Im going to be moving to Tulsa at the end of December and need some extra money

[Dieselwrencher]

Nice work on the bumper, and cute 3 wheelers!

[Mattman2010]

James bumper is looking good. Good luck with graduation and the move! Wheres the pics of the 3 wheeler with the small go cart tires?

[onebadbowtie]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Nice work on the bumper, and cute 3 wheelers!

Originally Posted by Mattman2010

James bumper is looking good. Good luck with graduation and the move! Wheres the pics of the 3 wheeler with the small go cart tires?

Thanks guys! and here you go lol

[onebadbowtie]

Exhaust appointment scheduled for friday morning. I'm going with true dual exhaust with 2.5" pipe using flowmaster 40 series mufflers and no show tips in the bed corners $340 installed

[martindc1]

Originally Posted by 72GMCK-2500

Yeah i know some of the 90's gm 3/4 tons had 6 lug axles but i doubt they'd have a light duty 3/4 in back then. I'm thinkin its a factory screw up or i have a rare piece . It would be nice if it had the 16.5 inch 6 lug wheels, they are rare and were for heavy duty 1/2 tons and blazers!

My guess is that your truck got an axle swap early on to give better gear ratios for the road. Otherwise it would either have 4.11 or 4.57. I've never heard of a 67-72 3/4 ton to have anything but 8 lug axles. Maybe it was a type of thing where the dealer drove it around some before the original owner bought it and the dealer thought it would do better for highway driving with 1/2 ton axles. Its hard to say what the original story was, but it is a rare piece indeed.

To the original poster:

Awesome truck. Do you know what gear ratio the axles are?

[onebadbowtie]

The exhaust got put on friday and it sounds great! Thanks To Rod's Eastside Exhaust they do great work. I will be driving it all this week to school

[onebadbowtie]

Haven't been on in a while. I got moved to Tulsa and stuck in an apartment for 7 months. I recently bought a house with a garage! Nothing like being in debt till 2043 but on a good note the 72 will soon be moving to Tulsa with me so I can start driving it more. Last weekend and changed out the old plugs and put new belts on it. It got a new windshield today but they broke it while putting it in so they will be coming back tomorrow to try again. So maybe in the next few weeks I will get it down here. Some off the next few projects on it will be a more comfortable seat, thinking 95-98 bench with folding armrest, and new shocks. Any suggestions on a good set reasonably priced shocks for a stock height truck?

[onebadbowtie]

Originally Posted by martindc1

To the original poster:

Awesome truck. Do you know what gear ratio the axles are?

Sorry i missed this before. it has 3.73's according to the SPID

[onebadbowtie]

Picked up a bench seat out of a 90's Chevy truck. No arm rest but driver quality seat for $150 not to shabby I don't think

[onebadbowtie]

Well my parents brought my truck down to me Friday night. Dad said the steering belt was slipping so i tightened it up and no more squeaks. Next i removed the old seat and cleaned out the cab. I put the new seat in for a test fit. The front 2 bolts lined up but i will have to fab some brackets for the back. In the mean time i took it for a test drive to see how the seat felt and the truck started over heating. So today i changed out the thermostat and no more over heating. The old one was froze up. I also had a side marker light that was out so i started messing with it and found a wire pulled out of the plug. O'Riellys carries the side maker light plugs in stock so i got that fixed. My house doesn't have 220v plug in the garage so im going to have to find some one in the Collinsville/Tulsa area that will let me borrow a welder for about 20 minutes once i get the brackets cut so i cab weld them to the seat frame.

[onebadbowtie]

So tonight i decided it would be much easier to just dill two new hole in the floor and put some big washers on the bolts. I also spaced the seat up off the floor in the rear about 5/8" to help the seat set a little more level. The truck is now ten time more comfortable to drive and im happy with the fittment.

[onebadbowtie]

This weekend i traded a non running 4.3 out of a 89 chevy for a really nice 72 chrome front bumper. I got it put on last night and snapped a few pics today but for some reason i can not access my photobucket account so pics to follow sometime some hopefully.

I also replaced the upper and lower radiator hoses tonight because ever since i changed the thermostat i have a a small leak from the upper hose.

Any suggestions on a good set of shocks?

[MTCK]

Good progress! I like the way that seat looks. I got Bilstiens from off road design. You'd probably have to put on the F250 extended front shock mounts to run them but the ride is great.

[onebadbowtie]

Originally Posted by MTCK

Good progress! I like the way that seat looks. I got Bilstiens from off road design. You'd probably have to put on the F250 extended front shock mounts to run them but the ride is great.

I like the Bilstiens but thats a little more than id like to spend! thanks though

[onebadbowtie]

Finally got access to my photobucket account! so to the pics

[onebadbowtie]

I have been having problems with my truck being slow to turn over when it gets hot. I did a bunch of reading and decided to check the timing. So tonight i bought a timing light and started checking. It was set at 14 degrees so i backed it down to 10 degrees and now no more problems. So i snapped a couple pics will i had her out.





The man cave



Free Bumper to anyone who wants to come get it. Its not perfect but definitely usable.

[onebadbowtie]

Also anyone running the KYB gas-a-just shocks on there K-10's? I think that is what i have decided on.

[Mattman2010]

Truck is looking good buddy!

[onebadbowtie]

Originally Posted by Mattman2010

Truck is looking good buddy!

Thanks man! Now go get to work on yours lol