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[brian83k10]

hi i own a 83 k10 long box silverado. i have a 350 small block and a 700 transmisson. i plan on lifting it about 3 to 4 inches and swapping my long box for a flatbed and repainting. i would love some advice on how to restore it thank you for any advice you have.

 

[AJII]

Surely you're not serious?

 

[marks86]

ok we need pictures, amount of rust on floors, what you wanna do with the truck

 

[brian83k10]

ok we need pictures, amount of rust on floors, what you wanna do with the truck

i attached the two photos i have right now i will take more detailed photos in a bit

 

[brian83k10]

ok we need pictures, amount of rust on floors, what you wanna do with the truck

Surely you're not serious?

yeah i bought the pickup my freshman year of highschool and have been doing little bits at a time but i will be a junior now and my body and i can paint it and do soome of the body work and i have a friend who will teach me how to add a lift and help me out with the motor and trans and all that. if i wasnt serious i wouldnt be on here im just looking for some help and advice.

 

[AJII]

If you want help and advice, you have to do more than say I have a truck with a 350 and I want help on restoring it (which is what your post said before you edited it).

Spend some time searching here and on the web. These trucks are 30 years old, there's not a whole lot that hasn't been done. This is a great forum with a ton of knowledgeable people, and you'll get a long more help if you spell out what it is you want to do and need help with.

 

[brian83k10]

ok we need pictures, amount of rust on floors, what you wanna do with the truck

these are the rost spots i could find my floors look just fine. and i wanna lift it and turn it in to sort of an offroad vehicle but nothing extreme

 

[brian83k10]

okay thanks i wanna paint it midnight blue and pearl white instead of the red and silver it is now. i am debating of bedlinging the interior. i also wanna swap my long box for a flat bed and build custom bumpers and add a lift to it and some bigger tires and fix the rust and probable next summer i will work on getting a new transfer case and rebuilding the rearend and possibly putting in a bigger axle but im still unsure on all that.

 

[marks86]

my first advice to your restoring process, clean the truck real good, I mean gunk the whole nine, then go to all those little rust spots and get alittle 30dollar can of POR15 from napa and just apply it and it will stop your truck from rusting, that dirt that sitting in the cab coners will make it rust in a season.

I only say this because you have a really good foundation to start with it looks like, whereas I started with a truck with missing cab corners and huge wholes in the floor

 

[brian83k10]

my first advice to your restoring process, clean the truck real good, I mean gunk the whole nine, then go to all those little rust spots and get alittle 30dollar can of POR15 from napa and just apply it and it will stop your truck from rusting, that dirt that sitting in the cab coners will make it rust in a season.

I only say this because you have a really good foundation to start with it looks like, whereas I started with a truck with missing cab corners and huge wholes in the floor

alright, thank you. iim undecied on buying the lift before a flat bed and i have a new color idea. for it and is bodywork really hard? my buddy and i can paint it he hasnt done any body work yet but i figured my pickup would be a good start.

 

[mohawkben]

Nice truck body work done correct is a tedious process but can be learned that being said if your going to turn it inroads a offroad rig you probly are not going to try and make the body work perfect just good enough for a new color correct..and is your bed in as good of shape as it looks

 

[marks86]

if your light on patience (like I am) body work is not for you.

as for the lift vs flat bed, I would take the bed off see how it looks paint the rear half while its off and install the lift with no bed...so I guess kinda do both at the same time

 

[friscobob]

Paint the back of the cab while the bed is off. For an off roader check out online "painting your car for $100". With inflation it's now $200.
Bob

 

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[HotRodPC]

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