1972 GMC "the beast" c20

[dnorris009]

Originally Posted by 292farmer

believe load in pic is 4 above bedside as that was the last load got 58 bales that load. normally it was 3 about 47 bales a load so none fell off on the bumps. the bales were roughly 35-45 lbs so given 47bales 1645-2115lbs a load. plus me and my brother 165+180 makes 1990-2460lbs the last load at 58bales makes 2375-2955lbs moved 256bales total so i think the truck proved its worth!

Your right, she's a Beast!
great to see the 'ol girl at work.

How's the new carb & headers working out for Ya?

[292farmer]

lol u should've seen my brothers face when i took off in 4th gear. the headers are great, i feel that carter carb is too lean which isn't surprising since it came off a jeep 258 and i havent tuned or rebuilt it(got carb from scrap yard). so haven't felt whole effect of headers. im planning on getting a 2bbl carb i got setup with a custom built adapter to my stock intake, see if that helps

[292farmer]

thinking about starting the resto on the 1974 c60 me and my dad got, while doing it think im gonna take and see if that np540(assuming it still has stock trans)fits and swap it into my truck it dont got an overdrive as i thought but it does have better gear spilts then this sm465 does. the sm465 will work in the c60 as it has a 2 speed rear end. so will help split the ratio gaps.

[RCbowtie69]

looking good, keep up the hard work

[67chevy1series]

yes my truck originaly had 4 11 gears and a 327 so it was ready for the drag strip or haulin

[292farmer]

well the 14 bolt axle didn't work out turns out its a semi floater....but since we've had 48in snow in nh a local garage that had a flat roof, paid me 150$ each time to clean the roof 3 times, and i decided to trade that money for a rear end gear swap so the beast has 4.13's now!!! so much better then 5.13's
not that ive gotten the chance to drive it yet. no brakes...but! i got all my new parts this week(minus 3 coming tomm). cost me 170$ just for the two drums yuck. about 270-300$ total.
plus while at napa trying to get a price on a 1bbl carb, the owner instead refused to give me a price...but instead gave me free parts!! as in 2 1bbl carbs and a 261ciI6 3x1bbl intake and exh manifold combo. so i at least bought the 21$ rebuild kit off him for one of the carbs.
and i also got cliff ruggles quadrajet book and...the inline six power manual by lou santucci!!(still being shipped, grrr...) so long story short this build thread will be seeing lots of pics and typing in these next few days lol thank god i needed to search button my thread and i MISS DRIVING MY BEAST!!!

[lowbucktruck]

Congrats on the rear-end gear swap... and congrats on the soon-to-be daddy status! Life-changing event for sure. Hope all goes well.
Love what you are doing with your C20. Great to see your truck hauling hay and earning its keep!
I'm working on my '72 Cheyenne C20 and she was a farm truck most of her life.

[292farmer]

thank you! im very excited for the big day, ive been so busy lately building the nursery, and working on the new house that i havent touched my truck sigh...but im hoping to finish it in the next two weeks, my wife says if i get the exhaust quieter we can take the truck home from the hospital im keeping my fingers crossed. yeah the truck was bought as a farm truck and even if i get around to a full resto it still will get farm used lol. do you have a build thread?

[292farmer]

well got the carb rebuilt for the truck, hoping to get the fuel inlet, and fuel line for it today so i can get it on!

[67chevy1series]

kyle nice work! i like the shifter tip!

[292farmer]

yeah me too i got it installed to day and also cleaned out my basement to work on my 14bolt, its got a 4.10 case and locker and is a semi-floater? also cleaned out the garage...ie i shoveled snow down to the ground, if its warm enough tomm i'll start the rear brakes and the brake lines.

[sbc383rulz]

yeah that is a semi floating 14 bolt, thats no locker either thats spider gears sitting in there. with you were closer i have a D60 3.54 gears sitting at my dads place. good luck wiht the baby! we just found out my wife is pregnant! truck looks good!

[Maxxd07]

X2 on the semi floater, it would have come out of a 3/4 ton from the 80s. The 1tons had a full floater in them. I know what its like working in them conditions since its almost March and we just had -28 this morning on the thermometer! Seen alot of them temps this winter. Build looks like fun and from the snow pics maybe a 4wd is in the works?

[292farmer]

yeah no locker i knew that but was still thinking locker as my uncle told me lol damn my brain. got some more brake work done today @ 29* lol im really wondering what the po was thinking looking at these brakes as he used wire ties! and it seems my coil spring wheels cyl dont fit. too big so im gonna try leaf spring ones, im hoping i assembled everything right as i got nothing to go off of grrr....

[lowbucktruck]

The old girl is looking good, farmer! I'm digging the headers and Thrush glasspacks on that truck, she must sound GOOD! I hope your wife is doing okay. I imagine you are busy with work and taking care of her.

Hey, I don't actually have a build thread, I'm way behind on that. Have to pull the heads off my baby and give em a serious valve job. Will post some pics soon.

[292farmer]

wow i feel like superman! lol well we had our son THOMAS JOSEPH JAMES SMITH on march 14th he was 8lbs 2ozs! hes been keeping me busy lol. finally got some time today after helping the father in law pick up his new washer and dryer.(got his old ones in return) to work on my truck i took off the bed so i can fix it up, and clean/paint frame post pics later

[292farmer]

and some more

[292farmer]

and the last, btw did i mention i was stupid and did this all alone? i think it looks kinda cool with no bed, im gonna make a wood flat bed for this summer so i can take my time working on the orig bed. plus im sure a wood bed is lighter and maybe i can pick up a mpg or 2 lol and i love the wrench i found rusted to the nut on the bumper bracket i smacked it with a hammer but it didnt budge!

[propanemudtruck]

It's really cool to see another project in the BIG Garage and good ventilation! Well even though we're miles away, it's good to know we share similar stories on the vehicles and the garage situation. Hoping to build one NEXT year... Congrats on the kiddo, I've got two daughters 1 and 3 and wouldnt trade for the world! As for the 20° working conditions, I feel for ya. I get plenty of time to do that working on the plow truck through winter. It was mid 30's this weekend working on the truck and it felt really good. The wife was froze to the bone and I was happy to take all the layers off finally. Good luck with your build and I can't imagine how big of a brick sh*t house you could pull down with the SM465 and 5.13's! Sounds like a good combo for a demo or wrecker truck.