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General Site Info => Welcome => Topic started by: JApple on December 23, 2022, 08:57:02 am
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Thought I would say hello from Texas. I finally retired, so I'm hoping to have time to finally start working on my 85 K10.
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Welcome from Central California. That truck looks pretty nice just the way it sits. Excellent platform from which to begin your adventure! Looking forward to watching the progress.
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Welcome neighbor.
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Welcome from the St. Louis, MO area
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Welcome from SoCal San Diego- land of fruits and nuts!
Nice rig, what do you plan to do to her?
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That's a good question.. I go back and forth exactly what I want to do. Needs new paint, but the passenger door is oil-canned & hood has hail dents. Has a little rust around the windshield I need to fix before it gets worse. Currently is runs great. I have had to fix minor issues over the years. -Heater core, window motors, fuel pump, A/C, spider gears, minor electrical shorts, etc...-Learning as I go. I'm trying to determine how much money to spend on it. It sits outside and there is something to be said about not having to worry about storms & parking lots. So I'm pretty fickle about how nice to make it.
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Welcome from AL! I was just in TX during Thanksgiving to visit my brother in McKinney.
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For a truck kept outside I've been thinking this stuff might be a good way to go and not bother perfectly smoothing out all the dents even.
https://www.raptorliner.com/
You can find lots of YouTube videos on guys doing whole reprints with it.
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I haven't heard the term 'oil canned', do you mean dents? I get the hail part. ;D
Well, you can walk a little farther in the parking lot to get to the store, and you can set up a manly canopy to park her under.
As an aside, I notice that the K trucks have a level stance and the C trucks have a slight rake. I guess that is/was the factory accounting for actual loads being freighted.
The reason I ask is I am putting together a C10 and installed coil spring shims to level her out. I tend to like the level look of my K10. Don't know if others have an opinion... ;)
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Welcome from Texas as well :)
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@mr diesel.
There is an 80 something K5 around town I’ve seen that has done the bed liner all over. I’m still not sure what I think about it.
@johnnypopper.
Oil canned = stretched metal. I’ve been told you could heat it up with a torch to shrink it back, but it takes talent. Most just replace the door. The body of my truck is straight with no dents. Just the hood & passenger door needs fixing. I’m not sure about the stance. I prefer level also.
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Thanks! My lexicon has increased!
I too have heard that, I tried it about 40 years ago, it worked to a limited degree on a big punch on the side of fleet bed.
We didn't have U tube so had to live with it. It was a work truck after all... 8)
You'll find quite a brain trust on this site.
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Welcome from Tx here also. Nice truck
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