77 K10 mud bogger

[codyC10kid]

Kay,theres a LONG story behind this truck of mine, My buddie had it after his uncle's died,one day we went out rinding quads he didn't see the approach and Calvert (night time ditch riding) and 50mph jumped the quad rolled it a few times and totaled out the quad(my brothers quad)So in return he had no money but the pickup,So the 77 was now my bros.When we go it it didn't run (flexplate bolts where loose,carb work)So i pulled the 350 out replaced it put new plugs and wires in,got it running....needed a new steering column(they broke the key ignition to pull it on a trailer (i found a key under the seat year later) lol,SO one day i told my bro i do all the work so sell it to me (he did,i bought it for like i think $200)I then put a junkyard rebuilt once apoditime tranny in it.it leaks,it will get fixed soon,Motor is really week,the rocker arms sit sideways and make a loud clink noise and burns oil like you wouldn't believe.I got a motor out of a 95(K1500 my lil bros)I'm rebuilding it right now...any way the body of this truck is was really Bad,Dents and rust every ware...80 Rad. support,I have newish bumpers off a 74,Just like new fenders and hood off my 78,different cab and doors from a 76,Box from a 80...the cab has lil rust I'm going to replace with new panels...plans are to paint it flat black with flat clear coat....OH rims and tires paid $1000 for just like new Cooper discover STT 285/75R16 Eagle polished aluminum 16's <<<what it looks like now 4/24/2012

[bake74]

     As far as posting pics, go the tech section and read how to post pics to the site, or post to like photo bucket and use the "insert image" button, (above that looks like Mona Lisa ).
     Sounds like you got a project in front of you, glad you are fixing up the truck.

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I hate to be that guy, but any chance you would take an extra 3 minutes and add some grammar?  Not trying to disrespect, just saying, that was a mess to read. 

For the pics, you can also create a photobucket account, and upload there.  Then copy the "IMG" code and paste into your posts.  Very straight forward. 

Good luck with the truck!

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I love those front-ends!

[thirsty]

Are your plans to make it into a serious mud bogger or just an everyday truck? (asking because of the thread title)

That looks like a great deal for what you have invested in it!

[codyC10kid]

My plans are to make it into a daily driver go where i want kinda truck theres was previous patch work to the box,Who ever did it,didn't do it right,they used rivets insted of welding and where they cut the box you could see a crack and rust started again,So I'm going to take my brothers box sides off his 82...and on top of the cab theres a rust hole (ill be fixing)....All together i have about under $1600 into it,that's the price of the truck tranny rims,tires and body($1000 for the tires) not to bad i don't think

[hotrod24]

Sounds like you have come a long way....

[codyC10kid]

I got my motor back from the machine shop last week. Bored it .030 over



Stock crank,Eagle I beam rods,Keith Black Hypertectic flat tops,Clevette 77 bearings,Compression ratio is ruffly 10.1:1

yes i know my floor is dirty

I plan on port and polishing the heads and intake,Reseat the valves....More to come soon i hope,OH almost forgot,The motor that was in the truck when i got it,I took the valve covers off and found a nasty suprise....ALL of the valve stems,rocker arms where messed up....They sat on the stems cruked and the rocker arms were worn bad and i had a few bent pushrods. Not good

[Irish_Alley]

is your floor dirty or just used?

[hotrod24]

The block looks great cody. I cannot wait till I start on my 250 inline 6 lol...

[codyC10kid]

is your floor dirty or just used?

  used hard lol

[codyC10kid]

Got some more pics today,Ill get some more pics of my cylinder head porting.and a few of my motor build



My body panels are weird looking because I'm gonna paint it gloss jet black and I'm going to remove the panels to do so...just a project   that air cut off tool i used to trim as lil as posible of the fender off,they started to cut my tire and i was no no no lol

[codyC10kid]

Well,money is tight right now,so i cant paint my truck...Althoooo I have a 78 2wd with matching colors (no motor or tranny) Because the 2wd hump on the floor isn't tall enuf and i don't want to cut the floor open,I'm installing a 3 inch body lift. I'm gaining 3 things from this body lift,1 i will have a lil more room for my 33's 2 i wont have to cut the floor 3 its almost to tall to fit in the garage ...Because i don't have my kit yet and needed room lol i used extra body mounts that just so happen to be 3 inches i found that Prudy cool,i was stoked lol,So let the pics begin.....


WARNING: I did this to get the cab inside and out of the rain


What i did was just  use some extra mounts


Works well with a 3inch body lift


Yeap thats not good lol


I cant wait till my REAL body lift arives =)


Theres my tach location.I love it there,cool place for it(visers don't really go up tho lol that's OK)

So tell me what you think...ill get my box on this weekend and hope to have it together

[thirsty]

That will make putting your body lift in easier with the cab already lifted up for you to work on.

[codyC10kid]

OK got my 3 inch body lift,and polyurethane body mounts....
Sagging in the back because the way i took the pic...Other than that it sits lower in the front

Frame shot...See that bracket in the wheel well....there on both sides WHAT ARE THEY FOR!!!lol doesn't make seance to me

another frame shot

box needs very little work





brother 95 and mine