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#1 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Austin/San Marcos
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Well after about 15 years of having my eyes on this truck I finally was able to get my hands on it. I have watched this truck go from near mint condition to what it is today but it did allow me to get it for the steal of a price I got it for. I am only the 3rd owner of it and it only has 74k miles on it most of which are from being flat towed to Mexico and south Texas. 1981 chevy K20 292, sm465, 208 transfer (going to change for a 205), 410 gears. It's not a fast truck now but it will climb a mountain in low gear. Plan on getting it road worthy first and fix the body, disc brakes on the rear, then get the the good stuff and drop an LS motor in it. I will update with pics as I go, going to be a slow process but I am excited.
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#2 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Dec 2012
Hunt In: Looking for a lease. Hunted Gillespie county for over 40 years. The search begins...
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sweet old rig
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#3 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: North Texas
Hunt In: Young County Mostly
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Keeping the Manual tranny?
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#4 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Austin/San Marcos
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#5 |
Associate Sponsor
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Victoria, TX
Hunt In: Victoria
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Following
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#6 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Plano, Tx
Hunt In: Lampasas and anywhere else I can!
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Sweet truck man! Gonna be following along for sure, love those old chevys
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#7 |
Four Point
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Arlington, Texas
Hunt In: West of Vernon
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Nice. I'm excited to watch this build
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#8 |
Eight Point
![]() Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: WAXAHACHIE, TX
Hunt In: RED RIVER
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Very cool
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#9 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Lewisville,Tx.
Hunt In: Hunt Co.
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Let me know if you need any body parts. I've got an 81 that I'm fixing to pull apart and scrap. I'd sell the parts cheap.
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#10 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Austin/San Marcos
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#11 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Crawford, Texas
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That will be a beast.
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#12 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: magnolia,tx
Hunt In: /east texas
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Perfect project truck
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#13 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Austin/San Marcos
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Well this is just an hour of the work tonight I got done. Seat is out and cab scrubbed from top to bottom and got the front end apart and getting new pads seals and getting the rorors turned.
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#14 |
Four Point
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Oklahoma
Hunt In: Fort Cobb, OK and Three Rivers SE OK
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Can't wait to see it finished.
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Ten Point
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Lewisville,Tx.
Hunt In: Hunt Co.
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#16 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Portland, Tx
Hunt In: Three Rivers, Tx
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Funny how seeing things takes you back in time. That skinny steering wheel is the same one I clinched onto when Dad finally allowed me to drive down dirt roads in the drivers seat without sittin on his lap. I can hear that funky blinker noise too!
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#17 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Austin/San Marcos
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Well I finally finished up the brake system and front hubs. Was going to do disk on the rear but gong to run the drums for now maybe here in the future. Everything in the brake system got replaced or rebuilt except for rear drums and brake lines. Front hubs got all new bearings and seals. Transmission and transfer case come out this week so I can drop a new clutch in it.
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#18 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Austin/San Marcos
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Well today I was able to pull the drive shafts then transfer case, transmission, and clutch. As you can see the previous owner got the clutch just a little hot. Going to clean everything up paint it replace the fluids, new clutch, and get the fly wheel re surfaced.
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#19 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Feb 2015
Hunt In: Hill Country
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Nice old truck... Congrats on the find .
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#20 |
Nubbin' Buck
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: cameron
Hunt In: milam county
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always wanted a truck like that
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#21 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Austin/San Marcos
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Well I got the tranny put back in it and everything set back up. I am going to take it this week to get inspected cross my fingers it will pass and I can drive it part time until I save money for a motor to swap in it.
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#22 | |
Four Point
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Taylor tx
Hunt In: Coleman, south texas
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#23 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Bulverde
Hunt In: Menard
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Very cool
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#24 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Austin/San Marcos
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Well after going away from here a little while because of life I have since done a little bit of work to her.
Started on the body work then after much debate i decided to stop everything and get the ls going. Found a 6.0 forsale with everything so I went with it. Here is the current status of it I cant wait to finish it, but a long ways to go. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk |
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#25 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Round Rock, TX
Hunt In: Cuero, Brownwood
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Nice!
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#26 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Lorena.
Hunt In: Mills
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nice
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#27 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Austin/San Marcos
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Well after many hours I only have a few small touch ups then off to the exhaust shop and its final dyno tune.
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#28 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Belton TX
Hunt In: Any place I can.
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Sweet!
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#29 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Austin
Hunt In: Texas
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hi-tech for 81
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#30 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Austin/San Marcos
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First time getting it washed up after getting it back together.
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#31 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Central Texas
Hunt In: Texas, Nebraska, Missouri
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my first truck was a candy apple red 1983 K10. loved that truck
nice ride! |
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#32 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Centerville
Hunt In: 20' up a tree in Leon County
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Awesome work reminds me of my highschool ride.
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#33 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Magnolia
Hunt In: The woods
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Cool trucks. My dad had an 82 that I wanted BAD!
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#34 |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Porter Texas
Hunt In: Polk County
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What gauges are those? My boys 89 K5 is in need of a new set pretty bad.
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#35 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Austin/San Marcos
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#36 |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Wylie,Texas 75098
Hunt In: Eastland County
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Love the square body's
How's the 6.0 LS install working out Keep up the good work |
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#37 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Austin/San Marcos
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Well not to bad numbers made the other day on the dyno. Going to upgrade my injectors because i maxed them out at 5100rpm so i still have some room to move up. The truck flat out MOVES now.
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#38 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Arlington
Hunt In: Comanche & Eastland
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That's a cool project.
I like what you're doing with it! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
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#39 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: North Fort Worth
Hunt In: Gregg and Smith Counties
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Well done sir, well done
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#40 |
Administrator
![]() Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Right behind you...watchin.
Hunt In: Texas
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Nice truck!!!
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#41 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Brazoria Co
Hunt In: Brazoria Co, public land
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Awesome
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#42 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Mar 2016
Hunt In: Ok,Tx
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Nice project, looks great
Where you get dash gauge set up from ? |
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