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Re: 72 K30 Build
Nice!
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Thanks you guys! We’re thinking it should hold a window OK, here’s how the upper is looking just needs a little more luv on the lip and filler will catch the rest.
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Re: 72 K30 Build
Looks like it should hold the window gasket just fine.
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This is how the entire back panel looks.
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Re: 72 K30 Build
Looks good!
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Great build you got going on here.
The cab looks great. Good work. Too bad you are so far away as,I have a 71 c30 frame laying out in the weeds !
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Nice job, not even a hicup...
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Thanks Trevor.
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![]() Thanks man, you expressed interest in this earlier on so we've been trying to document the heck out of it. Hope it helps you with your RV cab repair when the time comes.
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But first, once i get my garage organized i need to start on the rat's rocker repair..
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No we are not testing the new body work strength (it passed by the way)! Starting to flip the cab like a pancake to get better welding angles…
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OMG, Save Grandmas' quilt and go buy a moving blanket at Harbor Freight....
![]() To clarify what you just did to close in the pass thru was done only with a flanger correct? you mention a bead roller which i don't have and never used, don't even know if you can flange with a bead roller at this point LOL!
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Subscribed...
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![]() Yes just used a HF pneumatic flanging tool (turn down air pressure or the tool doesn't live). Here is a link that will help explain the bead roller technique a little. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRZb9Zm36sQ Quote:
Discovered what you are saying when we mocked up the 72 sheet metal on the 84 frame. To get the core support back far enough with the long springs we would have needed to do that swap even on the newer frame to make everything workout. It was really great meeting you guys and we made it back safe and sound! Thanks Tom & Thomas!
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Brett, since your looking for a frame have you considered using a K/20 frame ? that's what I'm going to do on my K/30 build. I have looked at both my C/30 wrecker and my K/20 and they seem to be the same (size and thickness) Coop
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![]() Whole thread here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=659340 Specifics & some engineering info here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...75&postcount=9 Great read and an eye opener for the frame differences I think.
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WOW!!! information overload, looks like the K/20 frame is still your best bet, but I'm more confused. I've measured my C/30 and my K/20 and all I can find is the 30 is longer, I'm sure there is some difference in rear spring mounts and such.
I'm going to take my K/20 down to the frame, use the 20 suspension and put the dana 60 dually front and dana 70 hd wide under it and go from there, yes I know i'll have to redo the spring perches on axles but that's not a problem and bingo a K/30 pickup. Now, I don't know about there but around here 67-72 1 tons are like hens teeth, so what I'm saying is a K/20 frame and suspension would be easier to find. yes if your gonna do some serious work with it I would want the stronger 1 ton frame but for me I'll never work it harder than I have my K/20
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Brett, likewise meeting you too. Good luck on your builds! Thanks, Tom
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![]() But since we don't and a little history with us is that we have a history of over working our trucks, I guess. Bent a new Dodge Dakota in half that had less than 10K miles on the odometer towing too large of a trailer with it. Broke both rear springs in a new Dodge Durango R/T, oops! Broke both frame rails on my 68 GMC 1/2 ton "Little Gorilla" all this damage just towing cars to car shows last ones were even with my smaller open car trailer. This doesn't even count any actual heavy lifting the family might want or need to do. Truck is going to be used as a trailer towing 4x4/work type truck with mild off road use. Not too tall (old guy w/flatbed) heavy duty factory look is important. And with our history a 1 ton frame is a must. ![]()
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Oh forgot to mention that after wadding up the Dakota we went for a F250 Super Duty diesel "Who's Your Daddy" and ended up frying the trans twice and mucked up the chipped computer but man that was a towing machine when it worked. Got PO'd after the second trans and the computer, told the Ford dealer it sucked and I was going to get rid of it and buy an old Chevy!
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So are you trying to find a longhorn frame or c30 157" wb frame?
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Ok Brett I guess after all that a 1 ton IS in order, jeezz I hope you never ask to borrow my truck, LOL I hear ya , I've worked the crap out of my wrecker, can't count the number of times I've had the front wheels in the air. do you have any leads on a 1 ton ? Coop
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![]() After plenty of head scratching I keep coming back to something JJorgensen52 said in his similar 72 GMC build. Quote: "I think, after going through this, that it's not terribly difficult if you have a little bit of fab skill, but the front swap would be vastly easier using a '67-'72 K20 donor, as the frame components are the same in the front between 20 and 30 series trucks. That would solve all of the fitment problems I've had and make this a pretty straight forward swap." http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...7&postcount=54 Really liking the vastly easier and straight forward parts of this statement! ![]()
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So Big Kudos to D & L Truck Parts out of Junction City, OR forum vendor “DLTruck1973” Tom & Thomas they have fixed us up big time!
First we ordered 71/72 K20 front spring hangers, shackles, front bump stops & outer bumper brackets, both engine & trans/transfer case cross members (next best thing to a K20 donor). These parts arrived very quickly and are practically like new, hot tanked and packaged with care it was like Christmas opening the box. My thoughts were we can use these parts and do mockup on my C30 frame nub while the frame search continued. But in some of my correspondence with Thomas I asked about a C30/Longhorn frame. These guys have everything I swear and go the extra mile! Once they were sure we were serious and could arrange shipping they brought in a Longhorn and processed it so we could get the frame we needed! WOW! ROAD TRIP, YES!! ![]() What a great facility they have there, it was like 67-72 heaven, we got to fill our short list plus some other goodies I couldn’t resist and have been looking for for years. I just can’t thank these guys enough it really gave this project a shot in the arm so very impressed with them! Second picture is somewhere in Idaho on the way home.
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