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Offline 440sixpack

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I'm the new guy
« on: July 06, 2019, 03:07:43 PM »
Hi everyone.   new guy here from OR.  been messing with rigs for the last 40 years but I now have my first square body. 

I took the time to find a totally rust free CA 2 owner K10 short wide Silverado.   it looks  nice but it's not a show pickup at this point.  it's my plan to make it one.

So I have a lot of questions , I'll try not to make them too boring.

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Re: I'm the new guy
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2019, 03:12:19 PM »
Welcome to the site.
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Re: I'm the new guy
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2019, 05:31:36 PM »
welcome from maryland
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Offline zieg85

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Re: I'm the new guy
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2019, 05:46:41 PM »
Welcome from the St. Louis, MO area!
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Re: I'm the new guy
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2019, 05:12:23 PM »
Welcome from SoCal!

What year? Never heard of a 'short wide',, short step side?

Look forward to more...
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Offline 440sixpack

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Re: I'm the new guy
« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2019, 06:24:17 PM »
no it's a short wide box , ( fleet side )  .   they made a lot of them, not sure if it was more than the step side or not though.

This pickup was sold down in your area new but came to the Sacramento are in the 80's.   even here on the high desert rust free square body's are a hard find.  I looked at a lot of them before this one popped up.  I literally cannot find rust anywhere and I've looked hard.   along drive down there but worth it.

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Re: I'm the new guy
« Reply #6 on: July 08, 2019, 08:27:03 PM »
Got it! Those looks good IMO. I think the shorty's really bring out the 'square' in the line.

Both of mine, the K-10 and C-10 have step sides, little round but I think they look good too.

Glad for your rust free baby, the '80 C-10 I found in the local mountains had been sitting for 10 years in a very dry back yard. No rust either.

1957 Apache 3100 235 Inline 6, 3 on the tree
1973 C-20, 3+3 454 4BBL TH400  Water Injection
1978 K-10, 350 4BBL TH350 NP203 M.M. Part time Kit/Hubs
1980 C-10 under construction