1985 GMC K10 build

[1967KaiserM715]

Dark jade metallic for sure. If it was me, I'd go for either a darker cream color or a light shade of tan brown. In the pic, the dash pad looks too much like white and not much like cream to me. Just my opinion tho.

Funny you say that it looks white, because it looks like a bright yellow, almost like a John Deere on my computer.

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[LTZ C20]

That's weird.

[1967KaiserM715]

I lied about the yellow...not really, but it turns out the cable went bad for the monitor, didn't notice it until later, when it went completely and everything was yellow.

anyways, it is I believe a Dupont brand aerosal paint? NO it was Dupli-color, I remember now, it was a desert tan, definitely lighter in color then the cap(I even sprayed over a chocolate brown, dark saddle color dash.) I do like it with the trim, but am not sure with the green---color matching is not my forte.

got the bottom of the gas tank painted, working on how to route the wiring on the frame, I would like to get the rear light and fuel transfer switch harness hooked up before the cab gets put on.

[1967KaiserM715]

Body Work.....don't think I need to say anything else. And as such only have one pic, hopefully more before full prime and paint.







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[1967KaiserM715]

About 18 hours this weekend and I got the door done and some of the fenders, also stripped the passenger door one dent smack dab in the middle along the body line.

Tomorrow I will primer the door, and see if I need to get some high build as well, I blocked that door for a while still looks like it has a few low spots, I'm not looking for perfection, the truck will be a daily, but getting the majority of dents smoothed out.










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[1967KaiserM715]

Stared at it the last few days, was sick most of last week so got nothing done. Trying to do something productive I pulled the rubber from the body mounts out of the cups, I now only have what appears to be 4 usable cups and washers, and 3 bolts. The bolts are easy to get but I need to find some of the lower washers, these are proving to be harder to find then the upper cups.

Any ideas on where to find them besides the unmentionable?


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[1967KaiserM715]

Slow work on body panels. Also working on steering box brace, and cleaning up the better body mount cups. Using rust oleum rust dissolver-leftover from another project, supposed to be reusable; and so far is working pretty well.

Got a side by side, they looked identical before the dip in the solution for about 2 hrs. Have a much heavier rusted cup I am leaving in overnight, if it too long I will know, and I can just order another cup, as I know I need 2 more.






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[1967KaiserM715]

And more Body work, getting there, the CUCV door and Fender were the worst, and although I pulled a majority of the dents, the few stubborn ones were also in the worse location, still need to fill a little more in some areas.







painted the oil cooler, need to get some lines for it. truthfully it doesn't look that much different, only a few small areas were starting to oxidize or rust.



and two body mounts ready for the cab, all four are done, only put 2 together for a picture. I do need 2 more cups and 2 washers for the radiator support, they were beyond help.



and finally what I need to do to the bumper. it looks like it was for a 90's chevy, 36 wide VS. the 34 of our trucks. so I took the old bumper and grabbed the brackets, and now all I need to do is cut off the current brackets and install the other ones.

[1967KaiserM715]

Little more sanding, and filling...and so on and so forth.

And while I wait for the filler to dry enough for sanding/filing I do other small projects.

Tonight I managed to get a plate made up and mounted to the bezel to house my tachometer, and EGT gauge. I eventually plan to do a fuel pressure gauge too, as loss of fuel pressure could mean several things, but most importantly having proper fuel pressure reduces wear on the injection pump.



The black rectangle needs to be cut out, and then my Auber EGT gauge can go there. The panel itself is held to the bezel by three screws, I cut the cubby off so the gauges would fit.

[Captain Swampy]

It keeps looking better.  We had to replace all the body mount cups on Bedazzled. I'm looking forward to seeing the gauges mounted.

[1967KaiserM715]

EGT gauge in, and pulled the frame out into the sun. Hoping to have exhaust welded and cab sitting on frame by Sunday night, I plan to do all the body work while it's on the frame, plus it'll be nice to not have to worry about scratching the paint dropping the cab on after the fact.






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[LTZ C20]

It all looks nice, it really does. BUT, your tach is upside-down.

[1967KaiserM715]

Yeah, noticed the tach was upside down later, but I only threw it back on for the picture.

Exhaust is all tacked up, need 1 more hanger, maybe 2, and 2 clamps-I'm going to leave the muffler removable, AND when I pull the exhaust to fully weld I will be installing a V-Band clamp on the down pipe for easier removal later if needed. I don't really want to have to remove the exhaust in the near future, but you never know.

Couple before, and then a couple tacked, it was threatening to rain so I had to hurry up near the end to get it covered again.



















That's all for now.

[LTZ C20]

Got it. What size pipe are you using and what muffler? I like that your using a flex pipe, those are good to help reduce vibration and allow flexing as needed. It looks good.

[1967KaiserM715]

Thanks.

3" to the muffler, then 3.5" the rest of the way. Muffler is a dynomax, 17224 ultra-flow welded round.

Definitely figured the flex was required, everything fit nice, but definitely wanted to reduce the risk of cracks forming in the down pipe, it really should be a part of every exhaust system, it's a lot of weight hanging out there.


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