78 GMC K25 "build".

[y5mgisi]

I have had this 78 K25 GMC for about six years now. I got it just goof off with and work on here and there. So far thats all thats been done. It was my DD for a while, and now its just a yard debris/junk yard runner. But i plan to change that over the next little while.

I plan on doing a tuff country ex ride 2" lift in the front, 56" spring swap in the rear with an ORD 2.5" shackle flip. Hoping it ends up level. Then i'll do some 255/85-16 toyo MT's on the steel wheels. I got a new bed for it to fix up and replace the one thats on there. Around that time i will also fix the few rust spots on the cab and paint it. For now, here is a bunch of pics.

Pics from the original CL add.










Swapped the tires out for the ones on my burb,




Left the door open one time,



And found the my taking a nap in there...



More in a sec.

[y5mgisi]

Took it to mudfest one year.

[y5mgisi]

Also in the snow,







Being put to use around the house,




Next to my subruban.



"fixed" my power steering pump bracket.






Did ball joints.



Pickup and burb.

[y5mgisi]

At the dump,



Being used,






At the dump again,



Home from the dump,




Yard debris,



At the yard debris place



New and old.

[y5mgisi]

Re painted the white stripe with rattle cans.

Before,



During,

[y5mgisi]

Got a quadrajet to rebuild and replaced the edelbrock that the truck came with.



New fuel pump and line,





Put a tilt column in,



Got some steelies and painted them white,




Did body mounts and got some hub caps.

[y5mgisi]

It got snowed on.

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Got some "new" tires.







MAde it into a swimming pool,





Water weighs alot.




Next project,





New bed,

[y5mgisi]

And lastly for now, one of my more favorite and recent pics, Just got done emptying a load of rock out of the bed.





So follow along as i continue to goof off with the truck and hopefully start the more serious part of the "build" soon.

[ryanroo]

that is a sweet GMC. looking forward to more!

i had an '80 K30 with that same burnt orange and white paint. love the look

[y5mgisi]

Thanks! Me too! Its somewhat unique and i think its pretty timeless! Im dieing to get heavy onto this project! DirtyLarry on here has me dreaming of an 8.1l but logic says i'll just drop a 5.3 in like i did with the burb. We'll see. That phase is probably next winter after i get the paint and body stuff done.

[rgunlock]

Hey, glad to see you started a thread. Nice truck, and cool that you've gotten to use it so much already. I got to drive mine on/off the trailer - that's about it. I'll be following along on yours.

[y5mgisi]

Somehow i skipped the part where i swapped out these seats for a normal bench. The seats were ok but not what i wanted. I seem to not have a pic of the bench?

[DirtyLarry]

That’s truck is looking great! She is a clean survivor that is for sure. Surprised you didn’t like those buckets over a bench. I usually don’t like aftermarket seats but anything has to be better than the factory bench.

[y5mgisi]

I don't know what it was about them that I really didn'tlike but they just ddidn't do it for me. I sold them for a good chunk of change and got the new bench for free. A long time ago, I had a truck with a stock bench that had been recovered in carhart material. I really liked it and I think that's probably what I'll do with this.

[y5mgisi]

Also, now that our Halloween party is over, I'll be getting more serious on this truck pretty quick. First thing is to start body work on the new bed. I just can't decide if I want to do a single stage urethane or if I wantto do a base/clear setup! Nothing looks worse than a 10 year old base clear job tthat's starting to show its age. But from what I gather, it's much easier to make a base/clear job look good. Aperently, single stage metallics are hard to do for a first timer.

[bowtieguy79]

Originally Posted by y5mgisi

Nice looking truck! Love seeing these old trucks getting used like this!

[rusty76]

Really cool truck. I love the colors on it. I'll be keeping an eye on it for sure.!

[y5mgisi]

Thanks! Right now its sitting with a bed full of dirt from a recent home project. Gotta haul it off this weekend.

[y5mgisi]

I had pushed the "new" bed out into the side yard to clear the way for our haloween party fastivites. Between then and now the lawn got really wet and made it impossible to push the cart accross the grass. So i enlisted the help of the quad. Worked great!



Then once it was back in my tiny garage i officially got started on the bed. Didnt get much done but this morning i got the trim off and cleaned up the side so that i can start in on the body work.

[rgunlock]

Let the FUN begin!

[y5mgisi]

Paint thread.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=648826

[rusty76]

Cool.

[y5mgisi]

The 78 helped move to the new house this weekend.

[77K10Silverado]

Nice score on the bed!! Hows the build coming? I love the truck and your progress.