Hey everyone Im Matt,
This is my '97 Chevy K1500. Always had a thing for these trucks. I bought this truck in Feb. 2015. Mostly stock and missing a tail gate lol. Truck was used on a farm and I could tell from all of the Spanish cds and Spanish lottery tickets I found inside. The truck has some rust to deal with but its not too bad. Needs cab corners and rocker panels, fenders and some rust repair on the frame. The bed of the truck was dented and rusted out. Motor and transfer case are supposed to have around 15,*** miles and the transmission had been rebuilt in December 2014. Interior was dusty dirty and had rips in the seats. Here are some pictures of the truck when I first bought it. As you can see I had a great chance to test the 4X4 out. 350 Vortec, Auto with push button 4x4
I found a new bed for $100 that has some dents but almost rust free. Ive painted most of the frame, put a tail gate and herculiner in the bed. I put seats out of another truck at the junk yard in. Old seats were cloth 60/40 bench seats. New ones are 40/60 bench with 2 tone blue. They are in really good shape. I changed all of the lights out to aftermarket black styled. Painted the grille to match the truck. Had true dual flowmasters 50s installed from the Cats back with stainless tips, 3 inch body lift with new poly body bushings. I had to fix a few bad frame mounts while doing the body lift and installing the new bed. I bought some 17 inch Mickey Thompson wheels off craigslist and repainted them satin black (not perfect but decent looking). Bought a set of mastercraft tires for them 285/70/17.
Here are a few pictures from today.
There are still other things I have done to the truck that have slipped my mind. I call the truck my parts hauler as I am restoring a 1979 Camaro Z28 and until its finished the truck will be maintained and slowly fixed up. Im currently fighting ball joints and a lower control arm with a rust hole. Its a slow build but I wanted to join the forum to get ideas from other members and help when I just cant figure it out on my own.
Future plans:
Real paint job (bed is just rattle can temporarily)
Suspension lift instead of the body lift.
Cab lights
Police spot light
Thanks for checking out my truck!
This is my '97 Chevy K1500. Always had a thing for these trucks. I bought this truck in Feb. 2015. Mostly stock and missing a tail gate lol. Truck was used on a farm and I could tell from all of the Spanish cds and Spanish lottery tickets I found inside. The truck has some rust to deal with but its not too bad. Needs cab corners and rocker panels, fenders and some rust repair on the frame. The bed of the truck was dented and rusted out. Motor and transfer case are supposed to have around 15,*** miles and the transmission had been rebuilt in December 2014. Interior was dusty dirty and had rips in the seats. Here are some pictures of the truck when I first bought it. As you can see I had a great chance to test the 4X4 out. 350 Vortec, Auto with push button 4x4
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I found a new bed for $100 that has some dents but almost rust free. Ive painted most of the frame, put a tail gate and herculiner in the bed. I put seats out of another truck at the junk yard in. Old seats were cloth 60/40 bench seats. New ones are 40/60 bench with 2 tone blue. They are in really good shape. I changed all of the lights out to aftermarket black styled. Painted the grille to match the truck. Had true dual flowmasters 50s installed from the Cats back with stainless tips, 3 inch body lift with new poly body bushings. I had to fix a few bad frame mounts while doing the body lift and installing the new bed. I bought some 17 inch Mickey Thompson wheels off craigslist and repainted them satin black (not perfect but decent looking). Bought a set of mastercraft tires for them 285/70/17.
Here are a few pictures from today.
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There are still other things I have done to the truck that have slipped my mind. I call the truck my parts hauler as I am restoring a 1979 Camaro Z28 and until its finished the truck will be maintained and slowly fixed up. Im currently fighting ball joints and a lower control arm with a rust hole. Its a slow build but I wanted to join the forum to get ideas from other members and help when I just cant figure it out on my own.
Future plans:
Real paint job (bed is just rattle can temporarily)
Suspension lift instead of the body lift.
Cab lights
Police spot light
Thanks for checking out my truck!
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