This is my truck. It is a 1984 Chevrolet K10 Shortbox. It has a 350 V8 and a TH350 automatic transmission. Of course it is also 4wd. The first shot is what the truck looked like when I got it. Actually, it looked worse than this, but this is the first picture I have of it. It had a huge hillbilly angle iron bumper on the front that was welded to the frame. I had already taken that off before I took the first picture.
The second shot shows the truck with a new hood, front fenders, grill, and new factory front bumper. I also had most of the body work done and most of the truck primed.
This shot shows my cousin's truck in front of mine. Notice the rally wheels and new tires that weren't on my truck before. That huge dent in the door was applied by my cousin. I already had a new door to hang and he wanted to give me some incentive to get it done.
This shot shows my truck (the one that was mostly black primer above) in its current state. It was painted by Pete's Main Street Auto Body of Moscow, Idaho. This shot was taken the day I left to move to Florida from Idaho. This was two days after I got the truck back from the body shop and I worked for both those days (and tried to get packed to move) to get the truck back together. As you can see, the new door was hung, new wheel well moldings were added, new drip rails, new windshield, new slider (It had one, but one of the latch bars was missing, so I had to replace the whole window), new trim rings on my wheels and new mirrors. You can't see the new door panels or the power windows and locks. I also put a new trim panel on the new tailgate and a trailer hitch. You might notice the late model molding on the bottom of the two tone. I had to add a tape stripe at the top of the dark blue paint which I hoped I wouldn't have to. The masking job wasn't done too well at the paint shop and I had to cover the fuzzy line. I copied my cousin's truck's looks, but I liked what I saw in his and now we live 3000 miles apart so I didn't think it would hurt.
Update: November 10, 2002. It's been quite a while since I updated anything on this page, but my truck is still going strong. I used it to move a couple more times since the last update and have just recently changed the front and rear gears to 3.73 with a Detroit Truetrac in the rear. My tranny died so I replaced it with a 700R4. I installed an engine in 1999 that has the same specs as the 330hp GM Performance Parts crate engine. I have obtained a rare 1981 tach cluster that is sitting on my shelf ready to go in.
Update: June 28, 1998. I recently moved from Orlando, Florida to Ballston Lake, New York. I towed a U-haul trailer again and this trip was not kind to my truck. I noticed the front axle making some noise about 300 miles out. I chose to keep going rather than stopping to fix it. I made it ok, but the problem turned out to be a lock nut that came loose on my front left wheel bearing. That caused the bearing to loosen up and broke the left front hub. This also destroyed the left front spindle ($$$). The front bearings, left spindle and hubs will be replaced. I am waiting for a new spindle to come in from GM. The loose bearing also caused the left front rotor to wear the brake pads on that side down to nothing. My next project will be replacing the rotors and brake pads. (The pads on the right side look like new). I think the bearing has been loose for some time since there was always a lot of brake dust on the left front wheel. Live and learn. I should have repacked the front bearings a year ago. I bought Warn supreme hubs that I have had my eye on for a while.
I finished installing my A/C system in early June and soon after found that the evaporator I got from the junk yard was indeed junk. Replacing it shouldn't be too hard, another future project.
Otherwise I installed the tranny temp guage I had wanted in my ashtray
hole, it was nice to have while towing that trailer. I also bought
a canopy and had it painted in Florida before I left. It was nice
to have during the move up here but will be stored off the truck most of
the time to make it easier to drive.
Update: May 13, 1998. As you read before, the transfer case was rebuilt and a 12-bolt rear axle were installed in my truck before I moved to Florida. Since being in Florida, I have installed a headliner.
Check out my air conditioning installation.
This truck has done very well for me for the last six years and I don't plan to get rid of this truck any time soon.
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