69 K10 "Project Plow Truck"

[CELA-69K10]

Ok, so here is my first build ever. I got this truck as a partial trade towards a car I was selling. It was the equivalent of $650... which seems like a good deal. I have a couple pictures, and many more will be following as I have time to move forward. I hope to have it in pretty good shape by summer. It runs and drives and the 4 wheel drive works fine as far as I can tell. When I got it, the distributor and carb were messed up by the PO, so, with new plugs, HEI, carb adjustment, battery, oil change, and some gas she started right up. The oil was half full of antifreeze, so, it was pretty much a given that we are going to do some work on the engine. I have a 4bolt 350 in my shed from a 74 monte I had, that will be going in the truck.
When I first brought the truck home, I had to drop it in my driveway. The wifre sure didn't like that, so.....I have a big bay garage I rent for my equipment and tools for my business, so, the truck was heading there. I drove it the short distance down the road to the garage, and it shifted and drove fine, even in 4wd.

Main goals:

1. engine swap
2. bed floor replacement
3. pull the few dents in the rear fenders
4. get two doors from another truck
5. fix few tiny holes in roof
6. put rally wheels on
7. minor interior/exterior cosmetics
8. rear bumper

The truck came with a working plow setup, but, I may not leave it on there. I already have a plowing business with new equipment, so the plow would be more for looks. My new stuff is red, so this truck may get painted red too, with a fisher stainless plow to match also! Who knows

Anyways, here is a few pics, with many more to follow!

[jason65]

Welcome and good luck with your build.

[Yukon Jack]

Will be fun to watch your project. Are the axles, tranny and transfer case all original?

[CELA-69K10]

so far as we can tell they all seem to be original...but we haven't really dug in too deep yet. The new engine is going in this week and we are going from there... the main goal is to get it running and driving and tackle one thing at a time. I am geading to the shop to do a bunch of before pictures tonight before we rip out the old engine and work on the bed...

[CELA-69K10]

so one of the more obvious issues is the bed, and we are going to try and salvage it for now by replacing/repairing the cross members. the most aft cross member rusted through and dropped quite a bit, and the others are not completely terrible... we are starting to cut the bolts and get that out pending the new engine going in this week also

[CELA-69K10]

drivers side rocker....

[CELA-69K10]

interior

[chevyboy73]

update! update!