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Title: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: hotrod24 on February 11, 2008, 02:06:42 pm: ok last year i started this thread and project and it never got where i wanted it to, because of the engine and the spot the truck was in and not having any shelter, so i just kept posting in different places because i did not know if i was going to restore it or not. i put a new fender on that i got from a member on here but things did not work out. I also redone the interior but ended up tearing it back out because of the floor, rockers and kick panels, also started on the suspension last year because of leaf spring hangers and rust and ended up putting it back together because i got a carport and had to move the truck but anyway to make a long story short i got the carport up here, the truck and my 383 all in one place now i am trying to bust a rock out so i can put up a retaining wall and get back on the truck.

p.s If you are wondering what this link is i created a site last year and posted it on here of the truck but i will have plenty of pics along the way

http://www.geocities.com/hotrod22dls/
Title: Re: my 78 chevy truck
Post by: Captkaos on February 12, 2008, 08:56:55 am: How about linking some pics in the post?
Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: hotrod24 on July 30, 2009, 09:00:48 pm: i know most of you have seen my truck already but for the ones that have not and for me here you go it was not bad looking the fenders was pretty rusty and that was actually the only rust that was on the body besides the rockers and cab corners now the interior it just looked like a old work truck before i redone it but i made mistake when i put carpet down i did not pull up the rubber mat untill later and when i did all i found was rust and holes so i ended up stripping it

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old and dirty
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few interior rebuild pics
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Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: hotrod24 on August 03, 2009, 06:39:24 pm: here is some pics of me stripping the interior again and for good this time and also here is when i took the whole dash out

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Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: hotrod24 on August 03, 2009, 08:54:54 pm: ok this is the tear down of last year

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Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: hotrod24 on August 03, 2009, 09:44:46 pm: some more tear down pics

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Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: hotrod24 on August 03, 2009, 10:45:29 pm: ok this is where i am at right now i found out that my cab is from a 2wd drive and somebody cut a hump out of a 4x4 and riveted and welded it to the floor so now i have to cut it back out because it is rusting the whole area around it. So what would be the best tools to use for this job?

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Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: hotrod24 on August 06, 2009, 06:35:45 pm: today i got the hump almost out but had to quit because i had plans but
i did get it cut around to the other side

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Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: hotrod24 on August 10, 2009, 05:58:12 pm: ok i got the rest cut out and what a hack job lol man. i think i might find a 4x4 cab and cut the hump out of it or maybe just find a new cab who knows but i should in the next week clean up the rust and paint it.

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Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: cdpence69 on August 17, 2009, 03:47:14 pm: where did u get ur door panels
Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: hotrod24 on August 17, 2009, 03:57:13 pm: oh i just painted them with black plastic paint and silver
Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: hotrod24 on September 08, 2009, 04:20:13 pm: ok it is off finally and it took only three of us please forgive me for the bad pics

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Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: hotrod24 on October 17, 2009, 06:11:21 pm: ok well it has been a interesting week with my 383 or so called 383 ;D but other then that i have got a lot done, i got the motor out, which was a 305 and the gas lines, brake lines, supension, axels. One thing on the front axel, never unbolt the tie rods never, i did and the tires went flop lol but the frame is stripped except I need to remove the rear leaf spring hangers and a few other odds and ends and then i need to get it sand blasted and also i had a heck of a time with the cherry picker on dirt. I will have more pics soon

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Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: hotrod24 on October 23, 2009, 04:28:11 pm: hey what is the best way to get the front and rear hangers off? i have heard with a torch and make it cherry red and take a chisel and hammer and knock the rivet off. will one from a lowes work good?
Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: Donut on October 23, 2009, 05:17:04 pm: Didn't we go through the spring hanger thing about a year ago? :D

I hear ya about the cherry picker on dirt, if the gravel/dirt is level you could try laying down a few sheets of plywood. (it helps some)

You don't "need" a torch for the spring hangers. What I did was grind off the head of the rivet, then drive the rest out with a beater and a punch.
I had no need to do the fronts, but I don't imagine it's much (if any) different.

You've come a long way since you got under cover.
Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: hotrod24 on October 23, 2009, 05:44:51 pm: lol yea we did, my bad well i have been grinding all the old rusty hangers rivets but the back rear spring hangers, i want to save and i did not want to mess them up with the grinder. i could probably get them being very careful and work slow but the front ones are good and a grinder wont fit i just want to take them off because rust might be behind them but i dont know.
Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: Donut on October 23, 2009, 09:15:45 pm: Whew! I thought I was getting more forgetful with age (my wife says I am ::))

If you have access to an oxy/act torch (and have moderate skill) you can "wash" the heads off the rivets, and not damage the hanger. I don't remember if you can gain access from the backside. (Grind them off the back, and drive them through)
Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: crazedhick3 on October 25, 2009, 12:47:59 am: Take a die grinder with a cutting wheel. cut an "x" in the head of the rivet. then knock the head of with an air chisel. lots of noise and time consuming but works pretty good. i probably did thirty rivets like that on my frame.
Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: thirsty on October 25, 2009, 10:05:19 am: I just recently stripped 3 frames of all the brackets to do a 2wd to 4wd conversion. I used a torch to burn the heads off then a air chisel with a punch end in it. I tried to only use the torch on the side that I was not using but sometimes I had to cut the head off on the side I was using, in that case if the rivet didn't come out for me then I used a grinder to remove the rest.
Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: hotrod24 on October 26, 2009, 05:11:34 pm: thanks, i am using all the brackets and one rear hanger, all the rest is junk and they get the grinder i will try the x thing i dont have a torch right now. i could get one from lowes or some where that might help
Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: hotrod24 on October 29, 2009, 05:14:35 pm: ok the x thing worked thanks alot
Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: Blazin on October 31, 2009, 07:04:27 pm: years ago I had to remove all the cab mounts from a frame to install on another. I just used a cold chisel with a good edge on it and a big hammer.
Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: hotrod24 on November 09, 2009, 11:48:36 am: ok got some more cut off wheels and rust wheel for my grinder, oh and a propane tank so i am ready lol

pics to come
Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: hotrod24 on November 13, 2009, 05:40:09 pm: well the propane did not work, as well as i thought it would i got to get these rivets out i got the heads off its just that they are stuck.
Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: thirsty on November 13, 2009, 06:02:48 pm: Make sure that you have removed every bit of the head and keep pounding. You will get it.
Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: hotrod24 on November 13, 2009, 07:38:24 pm: yea i have been cutting x in them and taking my air hammer and knocking the head off them, i was doing good untill i got to the middle cross member. now i cannot get the rivets out of the frame. well i can but the cross member i am having heck of a time, i think i am going to have to take the bottom of the crossmember off so i can get the rivets out.

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Title: Re: My 78 k10 restoration
Post by: hotrod24 on April 07, 2010, 05:49:23 pm: ok well this post and project has been over for sometime but have not got a chance to explain back in the winter my project was not going any where and money was hrad so i looked at the one thing that i was not using at the time and the olny thing i had to get some cash and first things first all I had was a frame, a cab, and 2 axles so there was not much there for a project, but I know a lot of people start from scratch. Anyway, since my block was cracked it just pee'd me off more than ever so that put me down on my project some. and then come needing some cash, so I took all the metal around my house and scrapped it and things got worse so I scrapped the axels and what ever else I could find. I just sold some parts to a good friend of mine, that helped me out alot! but since I am out of the hole now, I am trying to find me a 67-72, going for a new body style. Chris would you please take this post off and thanks for all your help and advice that was given to me. I will have another 73-87, just right now I am looking in to another body style because of my project.

thanks