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Vincent

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Springfield Oregon
First Name
Vince
Truck Year
1978
Truck Model
K10
Engine Size
350
Hello from Oregon. I am a full-time student in pre engineering. I was in an automotive tech program and wasn’t having the best of times in the program so I decided to leave and start studying engineering since it was kind of ruining my passion for automotive.

I have a 78 Silverado k10 that I got when I was 15. My dad won in it a raffle and gave it to me as my first vehicle and a project for us to build together. Thus, began the obsession… It had about 50,000 original miles on it and ran and drove great. It was a Sunday driver for the owner before me so it was in really good shape and had an easy life. I drove it as is for a while my dad and I accumulated parts for it, to build it up and make it something special. The tranny eventually went out so we decided to pull her in and start the tear down.

We tore everything down to just the frame and the cab. It has all new bushing/rubber everywhere. There is nothing we hadn’t gone through or touched. Since it was a full time 4x4 truck we rebuilt both front and rear ends, and added locking hubs to the front and a new transfer case. We got a built 700R4 and put that behind the motor. The frame was all stripped, cleaned, and painted. New shocks, tires, and wheels. Went through all the wiring and re did a lot of it and added some electrical to it. New LED’s almost everywhere but still kept the original look. Motor was torn down and in great shape. We put in a RV cam, aluminum heads, rocker rollers, headers, and a weiand 144 roots blower.

There is a lot more I still want to do to it and don’t plan on ever getting rid of it. This is a truck I plan to hand down to my kids someday. Glad to be apart of the community and sorry if this was too long winded. Have a great day and here are some pictures.

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Shorty81

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North West ohio
First Name
Darren
Truck Year
86
Truck Model
K20
Engine Size
496
Welcome from the Buckeye State. Nice Chevrolet.
 

Preston

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Location
Mechanicsville VA
First Name
Preston
Truck Year
1983
Truck Model
k10
Engine Size
350
Awesome truck !!!!! :grd:
Welcome to GMSB from Virginia
 

Old77

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Kansas City, Mo
First Name
Jacob
Truck Year
1977/1990/1991
Truck Model
C10 longbed/R1500 Burb/R3500 Dually
Engine Size
350/350/454
:welcome:
 

animal

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Georgia
First Name
Lee
Truck Year
1986
Truck Model
c10 silverado
Engine Size
350ish
:welcome:
 

WFO

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Texas Panhandle
First Name
Dan
Truck Year
1986
Truck Model
K20
Engine Size
350
Welcome from the Texas Panhandle.
 

Dutch Rutter

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Location
Independence, Or
First Name
Joshua
Truck Year
1984
Truck Model
K20
Engine Size
5.7
Always glad to see another Oregonian join up. Welcome and nice truck! I now have blower envy.
 

Charlie

Mopar by Birth. Chevy by Choice.
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Euless, Texas
First Name
Don
Truck Year
1974
Truck Model
Cheyenne 10 LWB
Engine Size
350/TH350/AC/4 BBL Quadrajet
:welcome:
 

donnieray

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Location
Roanoke Rapids NC
First Name
Donnie
Truck Year
84,85,86.
Truck Model
86 C10, 84 K10 MM7 NP833 option truck, 85 K10.
Engine Size
350,355;350.
Welcome from NC. Very nice project!
 

1973c10

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Oregon
First Name
Don
Truck Year
1973
Truck Model
C10
Engine Size
454
Welcome aboard :boti:
 

Daveo91Burb

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Vancouver, WA
First Name
Dave
Truck Year
1991
Truck Model
V2500 Silverado Suburban
Engine Size
Vortec 383, modified TBI/4L80e
Welcome from Vancouver, WA! That motor looks like it will do the job quite nicely.
 

1987 GMC Jimmy

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Mississippi
First Name
Jesse
Truck Year
1987
Truck Model
V1500 Jimmy
Engine Size
350
Welcome! It’s nice to see other college occupied people doing this thing of ours. I just graduated myself, and I feel like I can see the light at the end of the tunnel on the major major stuff my square needs. Are they ever done, though? No.
 

K201979

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Location
Winona, missouri
First Name
Hippie
Truck Year
1979
Truck Model
K20
Engine Size
350ci
Welcome from missouri. Nice truck, and great story!
 

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