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Re: Scott's 1972 Chevy K-20. A place to start.
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Re: Scott's 1972 Chevy K-20. A place to start.
Finished up the front squirrel cage cover-up:
![]() Also, there was a spot on the right back of the cab that always looked suspicious to me. I went after it with the wire-wheel, and was sadly surprised with this swiss cheese section: ![]() ![]()
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So, I had to take care of it:
![]() ![]() ![]() Not perfect, but with a little bit of body filler I think it'll look good. Have just one hole left to close up, but the garage was about 110 when I quit at about 4 yesterday afternoon.
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Thanks Zellway, trying to keep after it, but summers in the Phoenix area limit the time I can spend in the garage...
Thanks Tinkermc, it ain't pretty, but it is my truck...
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Now that I've gotten the passenger side done (forgot to take pictures before I turned it around in the garage) I've decided to get to work on the drivers side. Didn't get the inner sill/floor piece from Grumpy's on Friday since it wasn't in stock, so I didn't get a chance to measure it out. That didn't stop me from cutting away though.
Starting pictures:
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Cutting and peeling away the rocker:
I'm amazed at the amount of debris that has accumulated inside of the rocker over 40 years. ![]() ![]() And finally got it out:
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Continuing to plug away at the rust repair...
From this: To this: And from this: To this:
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Re: Scott's 1972 Chevy K-20. A place to start.
Truck is looking great. Although I appreciate a slammed 2x4 and all there is something special about a 4x4 build. Someday I want my 77 to be that nice for now it's just a beaten up driver that's getting a big block
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Thanks Tony. This is going to end up with a little bit more than a big-block. I've gotten the wife to agree to building up a Duarmax/Allison combination. While I've not nailed down the specifics yet, I know that the body-work on the cab is going to be the starting point. Hopefully, next year it'll go under the re-power process.
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Awesome. I am decently knowledgeable about dmax's and have torn one down pretty completely so if you need help let me know.
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I will remember that. I've been wanting to go diesel power for some time now, but after looking at the work that's gone into the cummins re-power I'm thinking about keeping with the chevy line-up... will wait and see, but I don't think that it'll happen before march/april of next year. We'll see what is around the bend. Right now, I keep focusing on getting rid of the rust in the cab. It's just a pain when the outside temp remains over 1oo...
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So, I have the same truck and didn't see a shot of what exactly you're running for wheels but I'd like to get something decent for mine. What do you have for wheels/tire size and brand? I got those ol steelies and while they'll work for what I want to do, I'd like to find something just slightly more aestetically pleasing...
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Truck looks great, always liked that body style K20. The orange is also a great color choice. Keep up the good work, it will be killer w a D-max.
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Looks like spray foam in the cab cornors that is the worst thing a person could do . It just eats up the metal faster.
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Well, it has been a while since I've had time to work on this over the weekend. I did manage to get my replacement parts from Grumpy's Truck Parts before they went out of business.
![]() In the boxes I have two doors, a front fender and a tail gate. I'd picked up the inner wheel wells earlier as well as the other front fender. Those pieces had all gotten pretty beaten up, and was easier to replace than it was for me to reshape.
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Finally got all of the pieces buttoned up over the long weekend.
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And, FINALLY...
Time to start putting pieces back together!! ![]()
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Man....I like it. always loved these trucks as 4x4. Rocker repair look real good sir.
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Thanks Jeff, this one seems to be taking forever, but I continue to move forward on it.
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Forgot to mention that I had put the bed back on the truck. The rhinolining seemed to add a little bit of weight to the thing, and 4 of us struggled a bit more than normal. It also broke the dolly that I had built a number of years ago. (No pictures of the broken dolly, but we managed to move the bed before it collapsed.)
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I also put the new tailgate on the truck. The old one suffered from the typical bow in the middle, and it was rubbing my rear bumper, which had managed to scratch all of the paint across the back.
The handle was dirty, but no rust on it... ![]() It ended up lining up nicely. Required one quick bit of trimming to clear the latch on the driver's side. ![]() And like I said it was a good fit, but not perfect. ![]() ![]()
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Of interest, and being a bit on the cheap side, I'd been scouring eBay for a while to find tow hooks. I've seen them running from about $250 - $400, and have decided that I really didn't want any gold plated tow hooks (didn't think they'd match.)
So, I found a couple of old, heavy-duty military hooks that measure about 9" long, 5" from the base to the top of the hook, and about 3" wide. Haven't quite figured out just where or how to mount these yet, and will need to wait till I get the front bumper back on before making the final decision. So today, I'd cleaned them up a bit, and gave them a shot of paint.
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that was cool man. You have he right idea there my friend.
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