Originally Posted by fishnixon (Post 8158916)

Hopefully I am gaining ground on my “Fawn” interior quest. Thought I’d share the progress, and this is not an endorsement. This company is going to send me three swatches...2 different Fawn colors and a Champagne color...see color charts...I am crossing my fingers.

Originally Posted by fishnixon (Post 8219293)

Between cold weather, snow, two kids in basketball, work… I haven’t had time to work on Dumptruck Dolly. I have been looking for parts in the meantime, and would consider the time being well spent… Tonight , I have secured the purchase of a 1968 K20 , 283 V-8 with 4 speed. I will be utilizing this truck for the transformation of Dolly into a four-wheel-drive dumper. I do not have pictures of the truck presently, but I do know the truck. History on this one goes back to 1994. I was working in Willmar Minnesota, and a farmer had this truck in his field, with a for sale sign. When I moved to Ely, I drove it home, but stalled out on highway 35 North when the distributor give up the ghost… The points worked themselves loose and you can imagine the rest of the story. After getting at home, I put dual exhaust on it, drove it around for a while, and then sold it to my brother. He did not use it much, it’s been parked in his driveway sinse 1996. Now it will come back home to me. When I dig it out of his snowbank, I will put up some pictures. 👍

Getting it out of the snowbank might take some time yet, and I may have time to work on the truck as it sits now with 2 Wheel drive, so if the moderators can hold off from moving this to the 4 x 4 section until I start tearing the K20 apart, that would be great. Thanks

Originally Posted by collin70k/20 (Post 8219471)

Just read through the whole thread, awesome build I love the old c30s
. Nice job man!

Originally Posted by 68Gold/white (Post 8219628)

Cooper Restorations has a Fawn cover, they state it is not an exact match though.

Originally Posted by 68Gold/white (Post 8219633)

Are you going to just part out the 68 4X4? Might be able to convert it to 2WD if you wanted to...of course we have not seen a picture of it yet...

Originally Posted by fishnixon (Post 8219730)

I will check it out… Thank you for the heads up.

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OK, I checked out the site...but I did not see anything about a seat cover, nor a dash pad in Fawn...they did not have color samples either (if the color was going by another name.) If you have seen something that I missed, let me know. Thanks

Originally Posted by Advanced Design (Post 8249982)

The picture of the three trucks is a good one. Nice find! Love that roll back too. Did you build that one?

Originally Posted by BlueBullet (Post 8250132)

Sweet!! Let the fun begin!! Can't wait to watch the transformation.

Originally Posted by CG (Post 8278644)

So Im not even close to knowing how this works ... Do you take the spring mounts from K20 and just line everything up so the wheels are centered in the wheel wells on the future K30? I know there is more to it than that, but is that the basics? What all else are you going to have to do to the front area to make it 4x4 compatible? Aren't 4x4 engine cross members different? What about rear gears matching the new front axel? And how about the C30 style wheels, do they just bolt to the 3/4 ton axel like any 8 lug wheel would? Are you changing out the dually rear or keeping it?

I know, a bunch of questions haha! I have a C30 and extra 3/4 ton running gear. The cab is spoken for but I have another and an extra cab light roof. Probably nothing I would ever do, but I'm really cleaning house right now and I have a just in case pile lol.