84/82 K20 Build Thread

[84k20Northern]

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First thing is the frame resto. I spent all my free time this summer tearing the body off of the K20 and sent it to the scrap yard. Now i need to prep the frame.
Here is what i'm dealing with. It looks really rough but it actually cleans up quite well. I am using a chisel and hammer and grinder with a flap wheel right now but once i get it in the garage i am replacing the hammer and chisel with a Needle Scaler.

 

[84k20Northern]

Here's how it looks once it is cleaned up and ran over with the Flap wheel

 

[84k20Northern]

It seems as there is some sort of rubber coating that is flaking off this frame. I was thinking some sort of Undercoating?

 

[84k20Northern]

Here's the 82 C20 that i am going to use for the body. This thing's mint. Not a spot of rust on it as i got it from an old guy from alberta who used it to haul a camper around during the summer.

 

[84k20Northern]

Here's the only problem spot on the frame. It's going to get patched while its in the garage.

 

[89Suburban]

Damn hell of a project your diving into. Looks good after hitting it with the flap wheel.

 

[84k20Northern]

Damn hell of a project your diving into. Looks good after hitting it with the flap wheel.

Yup! It's gonna be alot of work but its been going good so far. I'm going to get it into the garage this coming week. Going to install a 4 inch lift on it and im gonna need to replace a bunch of frame rivets with bolts.

 

[84k20Northern]

What do you guys think of painting the frame with roll on box liner?

 

[84k20Northern]

Went out and got the frame down to the garage and started knocking the big rust flakes off with a needle scaler before i bring it in the garage

 

[84k20Northern]

Some spots on the frame actually still have the original paint underneath the undercoating. Other parts are rusted right through the paint and some spots are getting pretty thin.

 

[84k20Northern]

Here is where it currently sits while I am knocking the big chunks of rust off.

 

[84k20Northern]

Here's the other end of the operation. The motor is a 350 with a 4 Bolt main and the trans and transfer case is a Turbo 400 coupled to a NP208 Transfer case

 

[84k20Northern]

Here's where the project is going to live for the winter. Have to give a shout out to my dad for putting up with all the sleds, truck parts and motor parts that always seem to end up inside the garage

 

[89Suburban]

I would love to have a son that filled my garage with projects, I would be proud. I'm all alone in my garage. My girls are growing up and getting less interested in that type of stuff.

 

[89Suburban]

Here is where it currently sits while I am knocking the big chunks of rust off.

I got to give you credit for doing that out in the snow like that. Determination.