New '68 K10 'Burb owner

[Dr. Strangelove]

Greetings!
Been lurking for awhile, time to say hello.
Just acquired a '68 from the original owner.
She has some pretty serious cancer in her rear quarters,
But runs well with her #s matching 327.
Had a '67 C10 longbed in Highschool. Love these trucks.

[68panelman]

Looking good, shame about the quarters. 3/4 ton?, Other specs?
Welcome to the forum

[Dr. Strangelove]

Thanks.
She's mostly stock other than the bumpers the PO had custom made years ago.
D44 front, 12 bolt rear. Has a spring over. I'm planning 4" of lift and 1 ton axles eventually.
( thinking of going FF Dually rear.. )
Original #s matching 327 and SM465/t221.
Manual steering too. A power steering conversion is planned as well as a junkyard TB/FI swap.

The rear sheetmetal is an issuue... was thinking a solid 67-72 longbed (bed) might make a cost effective donor? I'd like to replace the rear plywood with steel anyway...

Currently I'm trying to figure out my fuel sender wiring.
She has a new tank, but the wiring in between the fuseblock and tank is... missing.
The metal tab labled fuel is missing from the fuseblock too.. just an empty hole.
Can I bypass the block and printed circuit and wire straight to the guage?
It's the same 3 post GM used for eons...

Still learning, but I love the simplicity in general. Nice to be able to crawl ino the engine bay and sit on a fenderwell to work again..

[sunnstone]

Nice stuff you got there. I look forward to seeing you do some upgrade. Welcome to the forum!