"Project" 1970 K10 Step Side

[4eye4valve]

Hello all.
I recently purchased a 1970 K10. Ive been wanting one of these trucks for a very long time and I finally found a promising ad on craigslist about an hour from home. After going look at it, I had to have it. It’s a surprisingly solid truck that had a recent paint job, but wasn’t all put back together. It ran decent, but due to the fact it didn’t have any brake lines on it, I was unable to test drive it. We struck a deal and I brought it home. Its a factory SWB, 4X4, 350, 4 speed, NP 205 truck. I have a ton of plans for the truck and I hope to get some advice and pointers along the way.
Here are the pics from the po's house where I looked at it.

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I took it home and immediately began cleaning it out to get started on the repaint and found something pretty cool.
A picture of the truck from im guessing the early to mid 90's wearing its original paint colors. Was a nice looking truck.

[JayB331]

Nice find! Looking forward to watching your progress on this truck.

[Rust_phoenix]

That is a really nice find, sharp looking truck, looking forward to this one too!

[4eye4valve]

Thanks guys.
I thought i might give everyone a little info on the planned build. Ive always been a big fan of military vehicles. And Ive always wanted a military themed classic 4x4. So the first part of the project was to get it all stripped down and trailer it 600 miles to Memphis, TN. I worked in Memphis for a number of years and built some really good relationships with other shop owners, painters, etc. So a friend of mine who owns a body shop agreed to repair some of the previous bodywork and do an all over paint job for me. I chose a PPG paint that they call grey beige. Its basically desert tan in a matte finish. He is nearly finished with it and i should be picking it up on Dec 7. Now mind you im not building a show truck, so i told him not to really spend too much time making the body perfect. I plan on using this truck and i dont want to be sick to my stomach every time it gets a scratch.
The rest of the plan for te truck goes like this:
1 ton axles with discs and crossover steering
8" lift from Off Road Design
A lot of other ORD parts
Carbureted 6.0 swap keeping the sm465/NP205
Thats a broad overview of what i have planned, there will be a lot more as the build progresses.
I have a few more pics to post as soon as i figure out the hosting thing. Trying to use Flikr.
Please be patient with me on the build, i work offshore and that doesnt give me a lot of time to work on the truck. But i will post updates and pics as often as i can....

[4eye4valve]

Here are a couple pics from the few days I had it at home..

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Loaded up and headed to the painter..

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After reading a few of the build threads on here, I realized it may seem like Im doing mine a little backwards.
The reason I chose to have it painted first is because my painter had room for it, and I was about to be gone overseas for work for a couple months. Seemed like a good time to have him knock out the color change.
So after he got started, he was able to send me a few progress pics here and there.

Sorry for the images being sideways. still don't have the picture uploading thing figured out.

[4eye4valve]

Finally got some pictures with the new color!!

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Couple more...
Hopefully I will be able to make the trip up and get it next weekend...

[JayB331]

Looking good! That color's going to be awesome

[4eye4valve]

Originally Posted by JayB331

Looking good! That color's going to be awesome

Thanks.... Im pretty happy with the way it looks. Cant wait to finally see it in person this weekend!!

[Posted]

That is going to be my trucks twin!

[Posted]

where is this truck? Really curious to see it now.

what color is this? minie is 71 corvette sunflower yellow with pearl in the clear.