72 K10 Frame Off

[72LSK10]

Hey guys,
After years off beating my truck up in the rocks, snow, sand, dirt and mud, I've decided to retire her and begin the frame off process. I'm currently working on my 72 SS LSX Nova frame off and my brothers' 72 Chevelle SS clone frame off as well. This will slow me down a little but I'm shooting to have all three done and road ready by Spring.
The tear down started last Monday, here are some pic's of the process so far.












Side marker gone






Found a 1/4" of bondo on the doors and other panels throughout the truck


Bought a parts truck to make the process go faster


I will be using the doors, hood, cab and a few misc parts


Fame, suspension and misc brackets will be sent to powder coat next week.

[chevy71c10]

Great project! Wow, your flying through the build. Keep the pics coming
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[TruckGuy5772]

Hey man, looking great. Here's my 72 K10 rebuild thread. Mine's stuck at the body shop for awhile, LOTS of rust which is all gone, but now it's getting all the parts to line back up aka corner panels,doors,rockers...Good luck with yours and i'll keep an eye on your thread too http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=478703

[72LSK10]

One light gone

Second one in the process

Passenger lower section smoothed out

It would be nice if they made a short bed version so added cutting and welding could be eliminated


Driver side ready for blocking



Daylight is gone earlier and earlier so I'm limited on what I can do when I get home from work now

[1972hays]

nice keep them coming

[72LSK10]

No more markers

[72LSK10]

Today's progress

[72LSK10]

Didn't get much done this weekend, last night's wedding kicked my **s. Started to remove more parts from my truck getting her ready to remove the cab so I can send the frame etc to blast and powder coat.

Amazing how several years of off-roading ruins what was once nice and shinny



I spent a little bit of time cleaning my other frame off this morning, it's been collecting some dust inside the 10x20 canopy that's been concealing it for about a month now. Guess this is what happens when you take on too many projects simultaneously




This is my brother's Chevelle that I've been working on also,

[72LSK10]

Not too much progress today

[72LSK10]

Progress over the last two days, I've been working late oat work the last few days.


My brother came over and helped me get the cab off today


Frame, diff's, core support, etc should be off to powder coat next week.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Looks like you have a few projects and all are pretty nice...

[72LSK10]

Originally Posted by FRENCHBLUE72

Looks like you have a few projects and all are pretty nice...

Thanks FRENCHBLUE72,
I wasn't planning on embarking on three frame off's at the same time, I guess some of my best work is under stress

[72LSK10]

Originally Posted by FRENCHBLUE72

Looks like you have a few projects and all are pretty nice...

I see you have a K5, my dad bought me a '71 K5 when I was about 13, so he could have "Big Black" (the K10 I'm doing right now) and I would have the K5. Unfortunately, a tenant of his back when I was 14-15 kept bugging him and he eventually gave in and sold him my K5. He then later bought me my 72 SS Nova (the silver one I'm working on).
Nice K5, I will be looking for one and a C10 swb sometime late next year to add to my collection.

[72LSK10]

A little bit more progress







A little bit of cleaning and the frame is off to powder coat

[RCbowtie69]

Lookin good,keep the pictures coming & hope to see more of your build.Keep on truckin'

[72LSK10]

Originally Posted by RCbowtie69

Lookin good,keep the pictures coming & hope to see more of your build.Keep on truckin'

Thanks RCbowtie69,
It's getting dark by 5 now so progress is slooooooooooow. Paint should be done by next week, gotta clean the yard by the second weekend in
Dec. for a party. Looks like I have my work cut out for me

[72LSK10]

This is the only cancer I found on the cab


The bolts put up a fight



No more antenna

Found the right front frame damaged/bent, looks like the the truck was hit or hit something before my dad bought her 25 years ago, also found some lose rivets.

Working on the firewall, sucks, I have a bad cold and it's flippin' cold after sundown, not to mention it gets dark by 5:30

[72LSK10]

Not much progress lately



the radio cut out was about 3/8" too big all the way around, tried to get a double din deck in but I would have had to delete the ash tray and that wasn't an option. so, single din it is.

Fuel filler neck is gone


Doors where ready for wet sanding, then I noticed the primer bubbling up, the metal looked solid but somehow it looked like bondo bliste4rs even though there was no filler. Had to cut all 4 corners and tig in new sheet metal


Another set back but got it done in less that 3 hours


Inside of the doors where already painted, oh well, need to re-shoot them again

New metal tigged and all smoothed out, ready for wet sanding now


Tailgate is ready to wet sand

Firewall is ready to wet sand and shoot

[72LSK10]

Got a bit done today after work

[Ridnhi]

wow! you move quick. keep the pics coming

[72LSK10]

Thanks, I should have the bed floor cut and welded up today, I'm shooting to have the spray on bed liner sprayed on today as well, only problem is that some of my neighbors get on the phone and call the cops on me due to the noise. No fun. I've been going at it since July 4th when I started on my Nova's frame off, they are a bit tired of me now FKM

[72LSK10]

Bed floor being shortened


All the welding is done


Body going back together to paint the truck on Sat.

[72LSK10]

She's ready for paint on Friday, if the paint booth is available.








My frame is still not quite ready for powder coat, I still need to finish squaring it up a bit more. Looks like I will send it out next week and just switch frames before cut and buff.
I hope Friday is a go, it's supposed to rain this weekend, that will put a hold on paint.

[72LSK10]

Painted the truck yesterday, got home too late to post pics. Hope you like them, she's still on the long bed frame, waiting to fix her original frame.
First thing in the morning

masking process in the booth, amazing how long this takes


first coat on the bed







My reflection on the front bumper

Leaving the paint booth

Everyone at the paint shop kept asking why she looked so awkward, I had to keep telling them that it's a short bed truck body on a long bed frame due to a bent frame.

[thor]

Nice! You're hauling azz on this project. Love the Nova too!