sonicbluezx3
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- Joined
- Jul 31, 2012
- Posts
- 200
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- 9
- Location
- North Carolina
- First Name
- Steven
- Truck Year
- 1986
- Truck Model
- K10
- Engine Size
- 6.2
Hopefully I have this in the right spot, but I just acquired a 1978 K5 Blazer from my father in law. He bought it from the dealer back then and is the only owner (well, until me). He takes very good care of the things he owns. For whatever reason, I guess gas prices and the fact that he bought a newer truck, back 5-10 years ago he parked it at his neighbor's house back in the woods and let it sit.
Now, I'm sure some of you are familiar with my K10 that I did a frame off restoration on. He saw that and figured the K5 would be better off with me than sitting in the woods.
It has a 400, 4wd, red interior with a white exterior. It's actually in very good condition other than a few problem areas. I literally just had it delivered on Friday and so far have just cleaned out the engine bay (there were a bunch of squirrels in there apparently eating nuts) and the interior (and mouse poop...yuck). I have more cleaning to do tonight, and then I'm going to see if the motor is any good.
My question relates to rust repair. On my truck, I ended up replacing most of the body because the rust was so bad (it was an Illinois truck, even the frame was rusty...). This truck has a solid frame... still painted actually. I know there are some patch panels out there, but I haven't found any for the panels I need to replace. How should I go about fixing those?
Here are some pictures:
Now, I'm sure some of you are familiar with my K10 that I did a frame off restoration on. He saw that and figured the K5 would be better off with me than sitting in the woods.
It has a 400, 4wd, red interior with a white exterior. It's actually in very good condition other than a few problem areas. I literally just had it delivered on Friday and so far have just cleaned out the engine bay (there were a bunch of squirrels in there apparently eating nuts) and the interior (and mouse poop...yuck). I have more cleaning to do tonight, and then I'm going to see if the motor is any good.
My question relates to rust repair. On my truck, I ended up replacing most of the body because the rust was so bad (it was an Illinois truck, even the frame was rusty...). This truck has a solid frame... still painted actually. I know there are some patch panels out there, but I haven't found any for the panels I need to replace. How should I go about fixing those?
Here are some pictures: