Prongs 1979 K10

[ccz145a]

Dang. That looks good!

[Prong]

Pics should be back up tomorrow. Installed sound deadener in doors, door weatherstrip, wired up rear speakers, and piddled around with other odds and ends today.

[Prong]

10/12 Update:
After the snitch of a neighbor jammed my guy up with the city over code, there was a week downtime making everyone happy.  So with that out of the way, he returned to work on the truck. Doors were painted on the inside, so now they're nice and shiny too. I reinstalled seats and carpet, back window, undercoated floor pans and rockers, backside of the rear bumper, made up new hardline for the fuel pump, and dyed the kick panels and console. IMO, SEM's Palomino is the closest match I've found for the buckskin/saddle color interior. Anywho, the doors will be rehung and built on Tuesday complete with new weatherstrip/channel/felts. Bed will be shot in the morning, and should be ready to wetsand/buff towards end of week. We're planning to button things up complete by Saturday as long as the neighbor doesn't cause him any more problems/delays. (There must have been crud on the camera lense, because there's no blotches on those seats.)

[79diesel]

where did you get your carpet from? i like how you did behind the seat...did you just glue it to the back of the cab?
looks great

[Prong]

The carpet is ACC (sold here I believe). I had the interior shop redo the seats and install carpet for me originally. After this truck turned into a major project, we had to pull the carpet out to weld up cab corners (didn't want that new carpet catching fire). The back panel piece was done by ordering an extra yard and he ran some nice piping around the edges. There's about a dozen stainless steel screws/washers (looks really trick) that go around the cab seam at the top that secures the carpet (also just like the factory did it). This is a factory bucket seat truck, and the original carpet was done the same way.

[Prong]

10/19 Update:
Well, it's 95% done. Saturday, he shot the bed's underside with bedliner, while I built the doors. All new rubber, new LH window regulator, blasted the inside of doors with 3m self healing wax, greased window tracks, and hung the door panels. Today, I helped hang the tailgate, rear bumper and hitch, got my vent visors on, and did a little detail work. Only thing left to do is a final buff/polish, detail the interior, hang the rest of the body moulding and trim, and blast some color matching bedliner into the bed. Should be all done on Tuesday.

[Captkaos]

NICE!

[Prong]

Well, it's finally done. Got the last of the mouldings on today, and he did a final polish this afternoon. Only thing now is to fix a weeping rear main seal and this thing is ready to hit the road. The only thing I did on this project I dislike are the running boards. However, because of the gravel roads I drive to and from my hunting and ATV riding spots they are a necessary evil, otherwise those rockers get blasted by gravel really bad. You'll have to excuse my photography skills and equipment (ancient camera) because, these pics don't really capture the shine of that finish.

[79diesel]

that turned out great! thats awesome you use it as a truck... im digging the sunroof too

[VileZambonie]

Looks beautiful! I'd consider ditching the running boards though...

[CruzinHigh]

Man you got a right to be proud!  It looks fantastic!  Great job!

[MudMonster85]

wow!! That looks great! A+ job.

[bmaier]

Looks awesome man! Great job! i agree with the running boards...i used to have ones just like that and took em off. since you dont like them but think you need them maybe you should go full length with them. i think it might look better, just my .02.

[Prong]

Thanks for the compliments. I learned with my other 79 that without any rocker protection, the paint gets shredded in a hurry on those gravel roads.  I don't think clear bra or chip guard will hold up to that beating, hence the running boards. If there was some way of getting around it, I would ditch them.

[ccz145a]

Great looking truck! Nice work.