80's K30 SRW really really close to me on FB Marketplace

[83Stepper]

80's K3500 SRW Chevy
Really thinking about doing this and just getting another frame from a 3/4 or another 1 ton and just building it from the ground up. Being in Massachusetts I'm going to have to find a cab with a title but don't plan on getting it registered for a while since it'll be a project that I'm going to take my time with.

Anybody have any experience with putting a drivetrain from a K30 SRW under a dually 1 ton, 3/4 or half ton pickup? I've done K20 springs on a half ton K5 but not a K30. And if I was doing it under a dually frame, what would I be looking for to do the swap?

 

[legopnuematic]

The big prize with the truck you shared would be the SRW Dana 60 front, and the (what should be) an NP205, maybe a synchro 205?

Verify that is really is a K30 by identifying that it is a Dana 60 kingpin front (not a 10 bolt) and the frame rails should be 8” tall in the middle, not 6” like a 10 and 20 series.

The rear should be a 14 bolt full floater on a SRW K30.

Dana 60 swapping 1/2 and 3/4 tons is fairly well documented and pretty common. If you were to use a dually frame and planned on keeping it a dually, you might be better off to use the SRW 60 as trade stock/sell it to fund a DRW 60 front as the dually fronts are not as valued as the single wheel. It can be converted with the appropriate parts though.

 

[83K31003]

K-30 frames also have different rear shock mount locations and brackets for both SRW & DRW trucks - plus the 30 series has specific rear spring mount width spacing ( which is why the shocks are inboard of the frame rails on the 1-Tons ).

 

[idahovette]

I don't think I would put off getting it registered, titled, whatever. Too many things happen over time and all may be lost, including the paper work you need for the registration. YMMV

 

[Grit dog]

Man, geography sucks when it comes to this.
Out here on the opposite coast, when these trucks get parted out, clean cabs sometimes go to the junkyard.
A guy I bought some parts from, I wanted A pillar and firewall windshield sections to fix what though was way worse on the blue truck. He cut out every chunk I wanted except the one around the vin because he need the vin attached to be able to junk the cab (no rust). Like leaving the nuts on a buck so the gamey can verify your tag.

 

[HOTFOOT]

Where in mass? I have a 60 dually front 3 miles from lime rock park racetrack.

 

[goldpack]

this thread is almost 10 months old, and that parts vehicle with weeds around it is listed as sold on facefoot marketplace,


so antique parts ideas for mixing/ matching, will have to fish for their piles elsewhere

 

[83K31003]

Oh man, I absolutely missed the date on that post - my apologies for responding to a dead thread…