1978 Chevy Scottsdale K10

[xgruntusmc]

My plan with this is to yank the engine, hot tank, bore 30-40 over, hone it and build it up from there with nothing all that special except an oversized cam and 200 or 215 cast heads.  Once that is done i'll give it a 6" suspension lift, 3" body and slide 37" IROC SS tires on it.  then through out i'll be picking away at cosmetic issues to pretty things up a little.  the interior needs some TLC, especially the door cosmetics.  it's currently got the stock 350 4BM, it's got a 12 bolt rear with 3.07's but i'm planning on changing the gears to 3.73 before too long.  I'd love to change the bench to a set of buckets but we'll see if that ever comes to pass.  I got lucky though as there isn't a bit of rust on the dang thing to be concerned about as the only rust i've been able to find isn't even big enough to put a pinkie in and that's on the bottom of the rocker.  it's got a new alternator, fuel pump, intake, carb, valve covers, and headers.  since i've been in the military since 2000 i really haven't had an older vehicle that i could work on and that's what drove me to this and i'm slowly picking away at things on it.... The pics were too big to upload here so I included a picture of the photobucket link where i've put a few pictures up..

http://s982.photobucket.com/user/Adam_Gilbeau/story/34521

[bake74]

     Nice start, looks pretty good from the pic's.  You will need to fix a couple of light's though.

[dvdswan]

looks like you got a nice plan started for this. 

[xgruntusmc]

yes dave it'll take awhile but i plan on building it into what i previously stated, time and money will dictate though of course as to how long it takes.  yes bake i've got one marker light to replace but nothing too serious and all the lights are functional so it's not a huge problem that i foresee.  for right now though it's a great work/hunt truck that me and my family enjoy.  do either of you know how difficult/expensive it is to convert the bench to bucket seats?

[bake74]

      Are you talking low back bucket seats or high back bucket seats ?  There are several threads on here that have both conversions.  I personally like the low back bucket seats and like the way this member did his seats, even has part #'s.

http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=24412.0

     Qualitex Seating & Manufacturing, L.P. sells all kind of seats if you want differen't styles.  Here is another one that is well done with high back buckets, it's a 40 - 20 - 40 split seat.

http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=27233.msg229093#new

[xgruntusmc]

dang that looks awesome.  i wouldn't go with such nice flooring only because of my intent for the truck but everything else is something for me to shoot for.. thanks for the link