Thread: 1972 Chevy K30 Longhorn Build

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Cut and lengthened RH intercooler pipe



Painted frame with POR15 chassis coat black and painted link bars chevy orange for now. Ran exhaust. Had to go with a stack for now until I can figure out how to get exhaust through the back when the suspension is dumped.







Aired up.



Aired out.



Rebuilding transfer case and modifying it for RH drop.




We sanded the bed down and I gave it a quickie paint job with hot rod flatz hugger orange. Man, I was really surprised how well it came out. If I would have gotten more paint, it would look even better! I found all of my trim I've been collecting over the years and installed it all.



Bed back on truck.



Built stack. I went with 8" because the front cross member in the bed sat so far back that it looked dumb with a 5" stack 4" behind the bed panel. The 8" looks better, and I had the material on hand.

Here's a video of start up after we got the injection lines bled out. This was 2 weekends ago.



We thrashed on this truck through July 4th. Good Guys started July 5th here in Des moines. We took the Corvette there and went back Friday during the day and got the truck done enough to take it to Good Guys for saturday. It was a lot of work. The truck isn't finished, but it is closer than it ever has been since I've owned it!

On the trailer.



At Good Guys
















That brings it current. Now to take a chill and get back to the Excursion, and then start on my mom's 68 Mustang!

Originally Posted by glennsexton

Nice! Very nice Ryan!

Thanks Glenn!

Congrats on all your hard work! Looks very very nice!!!

Thanks. It's nice to see more parts on it than sitting on shelves. But more importantly, it can move it's self around.

I haven't gotten this truck finished, but I'm tying up loose ends here and there when I have time. It had an oil leak which was partly the injection pump, and the tappet cover. Swapped injection pumps and fixed the tappet cover. I finally finished my air filter pipe and put it on. Then I had to remove it and modify it so I can get the wheel wells in. My Dad got tired of looking at my dull wheels and polished them real quick too.

I just painted the RH inner wheel well today and I will install it in the morning and then tye up wires and stuff. I'm trying to make it more presentable because I'm taking this to the All Truck Nats in Kansas City this weekend.

And now even more eye candy! You gotta be running out of pieces soon I think!

Have fun at the show.

The old chebbie looks good, Ryan! Have fun in KC!

Thanks guys. Yeah, I think I almost have all the pieces on it. Well not really. There's still a lot left to do. Isn't there always?

Last night I got the RH inner fender painted and this morning I installed it. Then I had to beat on it so the air filter would go on. I will have to redo these inner fenders later on.................







The above picture was before I tried shutting the hood. The hood hinge got all up in the air filter's goods so I had to rearrange it again.



I finally drilled the mounting holes for my front bumper reinforcement bars and installed them. This is another part that is different from 2wd to 4wd on these trucks.





Tomorrow I have to install my new headliner and trim, install the sun visors, touch up some scratches, I'm going to try to paint the black on my trim, and clean the bed out. Then it's off to KC!

This truck is so FLIPPIN COOL Enjoy the show Safe Trip

How's this beast coming, Ryan?

It's in limbo right now. I removed the 5 speed trans and am swapping in an auto because I want to be able to do some racing this summer with it. I also am installing front air ride this spring. This has changed my game plan............. I'm now switching front axles to a 79 Ford D60, cross over steering, I'm going to have to pull the cab and engine to do this work. Not what I want to do but I want the air ride on the front. So currently it is sitting with no trans and tcase.

Still awesome work even if it is temporarily down. I'd love to do a build with a diesel and an older truck somewhere down the line.