C10 TO K5 conversion.

[desert-rat]

https://youtu.be/UHKvTEcRx1Q
Action starts around 4:30 in the video.

Has anyone here done it? Seems cool but I wouldn't do it.

[1970cstblazer]

They missed the fact that the LWB forward rear wheel opening lip shape are specific to them, and easy to spot. Blazers and SWB bed sides have the same wheel opening lips.

[truckster]

I don't understand... why not just buy a Blazer or Jimmy?

Even worse, there's a guy in the comments on the video who says he wants to turn his Blazer into a longbed... WHAT???

[tutone]

I watched that awhile back. Very interesting and if I had a blazer top laying around, I think I would tackle one. But I don't so maybe somebody will start a thread on here with a conversion.

[raidmagic]

Originally Posted by truckster

I don't understand... why not just buy a Blazer or Jimmy?

Even worse, there's a guy in the comments on the video who says he wants to turn his Blazer into a longbed... WHAT???

Because you can buy a long bed for way cheaper than you can buy a Blazer.

[KQQL IT]

Originally Posted by 1970cstblazer

They missed the fact that the LWB forward rear wheel opening lip shape are specific to them, and easy to spot. Blazers and SWB bed sides have the same wheel opening lips.

After that bunch of modifications. Sure that is low on the list of concerns

['68OrangeSunshine]

Just another fake Jimmy.

[70STOVEBOLT]

Also, no K5 in ‘68

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by 70STOVEBOLT

Also, no K5 in ‘68

And no Jimmies in '68 or '69. MY 1970 was their debut. IDK if St Louis was cranking out many C/5s either. GMC never badged the Jimmy as a K/5 or even K/750. It was a whole hog K/1500 from the git go.

[palallin]

Originally Posted by raidmagic

Because you can buy a long bed for way cheaper than you can buy a Blazer.

But is the bottom line cheap enough? Those mods cost.

[lugnut]

Guess I must be old fashioned but seems like a waste of a nice looking, clean 68 GMC to me.

[chewychevy67]

I was just thinking to myself "if I had that gmc I'd run it just the way it is" . Wish I could find one that clean around here

['68OrangeSunshine]

While I respect their chop/cut/rebuild/ skiils, I wondered why they had to pick on a perfectly nice truck? But I gathered they were a bunch of soulless morons. Out to make a radical video for a producer with no clue, but he heard the '67- '68 C/10s were the hippest thing.

[CKfan]

I must be the only one that liked the "idea." A lot of metal work always gets my respect if done well and it actually worked. That counts for something.

[chewychevy67]

Oh I agree. The work is fantastic. It's not easy to get that but he built something that already exists I guess is my thought. I would rather use those skills towards something more unique. But that's just me.

[special-K]

I liked that truck a lot. It's a shame these mousse heads can't respect these trucks for what they are. That was a nice truck that had a lot of usefulness left in it. Now, not so much

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by special-K

I liked that truck a lot. It's a shame these mousse heads can't respect these trucks for what they are. That was a nice truck that had a lot of usefulness left in it. Now, not so much

It's tragic, what Reality TV has done to our Country.

[tutone]

I grew up in the 60s and 70s. A new v8 squarebody truck in 1977 at Jack Wilson Chevrolet in Paducah was around 3 grand all dressed up like I wanted, you know, short bed, white spoke wheels, four wheel drive, air cond, all that stuff. Trouble was, I only had about 800 bucks to my name. And I got that from mowing yards since I was 12. No bank would loan me money without a cosigner, so I never did get to buy that new truck in 77. Now that many years and many trucks have cycled through my life, I appreciate those folks who were able to keep 50+ year old vehicles out of the junkyards and crushers. Without those visionaries, you or me would not have an old truck or car to enjoy. If you are one of those people , thank you. I look at todays world a little differently, Things like, youtube, BJ auctions, Ebay, and reality shows like Gas Monkey, Graveyard Cars, etc, can only be good for our hobby. There are many of you in their 60s, and 70s and beyond, and you ,like me probably hated all those in the beginning. I did, but there is a generation, or three behind us that need to carry the torch when we are gone. Alot of them may only see these old cars and trucks on tv. As far as cutting up trucks to make something else out of them? Guilty as charged, but if you don't want to, fine. I love em all. We have so many talented people out there in this world, and I hope I never quit learning.

[KQQL IT]

K5 2wd is a 75k unit.
A fabricated one on a roadster shop chassis is still 50- 60 ish.
C20 is $7500 to 14k- kinda makes sense

[Tuff Gong]

Overall, I think that's a really cool build. If that's what you like and you have the skills why not go for it.

[indymachinist]

Appreciate when a person spends their own money and builds their own project. Would you do it differently? Great. Buy your own stuff and build it your way.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by tutone

I grew up in the 60s and 70s. A new v8 squarebody truck in 1977 at Jack Wilson Chevrolet in Paducah was around 3 grand all dressed up like I wanted, you know, short bed, white spoke wheels, four wheel drive, air cond, all that stuff. ................................................... .......I did, but there is a generation, or three behind us that need to carry the torch when we are gone. Alot of them may only see these old cars and trucks on tv. As far as cutting up trucks to make something else out of them?

That's the problem. They're carrying torches and cutting up thousands of trucks so generations beyond them won't have the trucks to carry on. I am grateful to see remaining original vehicles from generations before me that I would have hot rodded. The thing is, there wasn't all this media pushing that and a whole industry like there is today at anyone's finger tips. It's all happening at an exploded rate

And, I sat down to order a '77 Stepside K10 just the way I wanted in '77 also. It was $7,000. The older 4wds were $2,000-3,000. I paid $2,000 for the '69 Dodge W200 I bought that same year

Originally Posted by KQQL IT

K5 2wd is a 75k unit.
A fabricated one on a roadster shop chassis is still 50- 60 ish.
C20 is $7500 to 14k- kinda makes sense

Makes sense to an investor. I don't buy trucks to sell. I buy them to enjoy and that's what all of us did through the years. we never got what we had into anything ever and never expected to. why do you think so many old school customs, hot rods, and race cars are now barn finds?

Originally Posted by indymachinist

Appreciate when a person spends their own money and builds their own project. Would you do it differently? Great. Buy your own stuff and build it your way.

I believe in that as well. But things have changed so much which is putting that out of reach, what with so many following the trends set by this hugely expanded media. And with it becoming all about the money. It's not this guy and that guy in your town anymore. It's all over and it's not the working man's hobby anymore. Look at what I'm doing. I have two 67/72s. one is a nicely optioned original that I am respecting as it was built. That is where the interest in these trucks all began and continued through many decades. The other I am building from parts any damn way I feel like it. Get it? The truck in this video was a fine pieces of rolling stock that got hacked up without any conscience, no respect for these trucks themselves. All they see is something to cut up and dump tons of money into. I have a heart and soul and conscience, therefore that bothers me. And it's not just one or two, it's thousands.

I'm sorry folks. But I realize I tend to look out farther ahead and deeper than the average population. I know I'm standing out here like the sore thumb. It's how I've always been and the truth usually catches up to the rest. I'm not in control of the world or what anyone else does. But I am in control of what I see, think, and say. Sorry if you don't agree. I never was a follower

[palallin]

You're not alone, Tim.

[tutone]

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And, I sat down to order a '77 Stepside K10 just the way I wanted in '77 also. It was $7,000. The older 4wds were $2,000-3,000. I paid $2,000 for the '69 Dodge W200 I bought that same year
Per Speciak K

You are probably way more correct on the price than I was. I can't exactly remember the number, but it was an astronomical difference between what they wanted for one, and for what funds I had. Not trying to hurt feelings, or rile anybody up, but this is EXACTLY the same reason that a man buys a longbed and makes a shortie out of it. Without the law of supply and demand, you could pick up a good used 72 for 12-1500 like you and I could in the 90s. Heck, I'd see a dozen a week or more on the road. I appreciate all of them, and I love to be lost in a sea of C10s at a big show. Maybe the aftermarket industry is a little overzealous in pushing conversions and kits for them. It is the same over in the tri five world. 4 doors to two doors, coupes to convertibles. Anything you want. Plastic surgery on the cars has changed the face of the industry. I guess the only difference is now it is shown to us on the boob tube. Where I draw the line is misrepresentation. It is the unscrupulous person getting involved for profit, that ruins it for us all that ticks me off.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by tutone

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And, I sat down to order a '77 Stepside K10 just the way I wanted in '77 also. It was $7,000. The older 4wds were $2,000-3,000. I paid $2,000 for the '69 Dodge W200 I bought that same year
Per Speciak K

You are probably way more correct on the price than I was. I can't exactly remember the number, but it was an astronomical difference between what they wanted for one, and for what funds I had. Not trying to hurt feelings, or rile anybody up, but this is EXACTLY the same reason that a man buys a longbed and makes a shortie out of it. Without the law of supply and demand, you could pick up a good used 72 for 12-1500 like you and I could in the 90s. Heck, I'd see a dozen a week or more on the road. I appreciate all of them, and I love to be lost in a sea of C10s at a big show. Maybe the aftermarket industry is a little overzealous in pushing conversions and kits for them. It is the same over in the tri five world. 4 doors to two doors, coupes to convertibles. Anything you want. Plastic surgery on the cars has changed the face of the industry. I guess the only difference is now it is shown to us on the boob tube. Where I draw the line is misrepresentation. It is the unscrupulous person getting involved for profit, that ruins it for us all that ticks me off.

I figure the truck used in this conversion wasn't so cheap. A truck needing full restoration could have worked for this project. It could have rotted out cab corners and across the back of the cab at the brace, as they do. header panel rust above the windshield wouldn't matter either. My point isn't against modifying, it's against hacking up a perfectly fine truck that perhaps thousands would appreciate owning, as well as generations to come. If I hadn't started watching the video and seen that very nice truck being driven in to it's murder den I would not have said a thing against it. That guy has no shortage of money, obviously

I decided not to get a loan for a $7k truck and that's why I bought the '69 Power Wagon that I ended up doing a frame-off body swap restoration on when I was 22. I did all the work myself with no shop