1975 K-10 Project

[87max]

If I had my choice of any vehicle it would be a cts-v wagon. I have to imagine what a hoot your car is.

[BBM3]

In hindsight I should have ordered one instead of one of my two CTS-V sedans.
A track day car with an LS motor, Brembo's, Tremec 6 speed manual, IRS, etc. etc.
But what's this?.... It's a Wagon, a true sleeper.

[roundhouse]

In hindsight I should have ordered one instead of one of my two CTS-V sedans.
A track day car with an LS motor, Brembo's, Tremec 6 speed manual, IRS, etc. etc.
But what's this?.... It's a Wagon, a true sleeper.

things sure have changed

You can buy a Cadillac station wagon....
With a manual transmission .....


But you can't get a regular Chevy pickup with a manual ....


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[87max]

how bout a pic of those bad boys? there's not many vehicles that I see & say I wish I had that, however the wagon oh ya.

[BBM3]

In hindsight I should have ordered one instead of one of my two CTS-V sedans.
A track day car with an LS motor, Brembo's, Tremec 6 speed manual, IRS, etc. etc.
But what's this?.... It's a Wagon, a true sleeper.

things sure have changed

You can buy a Cadillac station wagon....
With a manual transmission .....


But you can't get a regular Chevy pickup with a manual ....

Not only that, the first generation CTS-V's could only be had with a 6 speed manual.
No option for an automatic.

Some say the 60's and early 70's where the good old days for American muscle cars.
I think "the good old days" are right now.

how bout a pic of those bad boys? there's not many vehicles that I see & say I wish I had that, however the wagon oh ya.

I never had a wagon.
I had two CTS-V sedans.
A picture of the last one in on page 7.

[87max]

nice, I tend to agree todays vehicles have brawn & brains. Diesel p/u that have as much torque as a class 8, cars that idle & put out 600 hp that was unheard of not so long ago. A buddy of mine specializes in mustang tuning, theres always something wicked on the dyno & the tuning all done by laptop in the drivers seat between pulls. I never would of guessed it years ago.

[BBM3]

I haven't had time to work on my truck the past couple of weeks other than to repair the heater control.
My OFF/HEATER/DEF lever was broken off. Not wanting to spend big bucks on a reproduction I found a rough one for $10 on CL yesterday that had a good lever.

While I was repairing mine I cut a new black lens backing to replace the original wrinkled one, polished the lens, and lubricated the cables.

Spending $10 and a couple hours time was a whole lot more rewarding than simply whipping out the Visa for a plastic reproduction.

Works and looks almost as new.



(The "wrinkles" in the picture are a reflection of my shirt.)

[LTZ C20]

Nice job.

[cvbear]

What did you make the black backing out of?

[BBM3]

Nice job.

Thanks LTZ,
I really didn't think it would turn out like it did. I originally only planned to get it functioning.
Once I had it on the bench the "While I'm at it" bug bit me.

Top Tip:
I dripped a bunch of Break Free CLP into the cables and they now operate almost effortlessly.

What did you make the black backing out of?

I used heavy black construction paper I found around the house.

I may replace it with adhesive backed vinyl at some point mainly because I cut the paper one too short.

[LTZ C20]

Lots of us have that bug.

[BBM3]

Unfortunately it has been over a month since I last worked on the truck.
Yesterday I replaced all 10 of the well used rubber front suspension bushings with Urethane.
Took it for a drive today and I think it is as close to as built as it can be.
The only things I haven't replaced on the front steering and suspension are ball joints and shocks both of which are good.
It runs and drives really well unlike the scary truck I bought this January.

One thing that still bothers me is the apparent difference in ride hight from front to rear.
The rear looks like it is sagging even though it is not.
When I measure from the center of the hubs to horizontal body line the rear is actually about 3/4" higher than the front.
I realize the front and rear wheel openings differ and that is what causes the illusion of the rear sagging. It just bugs me.
I may have my rear springs re-arched or buy new to add 1" - 1.5" of rear lift.

All that I have left to do under the truck is flush and bleed the brake fluid and rebuild the Z bar.
After that it is on to re-fitting the doors, fixing the impossibly difficult to operate manual widows and a ton of cosmetic items.

[LTZ C20]

Those old rubber bushings are nasty haha. I like the urathane ones much better too.

[BBM3]

Yep most of those bushings were done.
The new Energy Suspension Poly's make a big difference.
I also discovered some of the fasteners were way under torque spec.

I replaced the fuel pump today and it seems to have solved the warm weather fuel starvation problem.

Brake fluid flush and bleed tomorrow.

[enaberif]

Park on a flat surface and measure ground to lip of wheel well to get an accurate measurement.