1996 K1500 Build

[djp73]

Flares on, working on removing glue residue from the trim strips. Paint is a little rough and it's going to need some rust work on the rockers so I will probably do tan durabak when that happens.

Rear is lower than the front by about 2", need to decide/measure and figure out what to do there, probably leaning toward new ORD springs.

It's not as "squatted" as it looks in the pic, there's a significant drop off at the rear.

 

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Working through the little things.

 

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Got the Pro Comp add a leaf in, brought the rear up nice.

Snow bank flex test.

 

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Before/After

 

[thezentree]

When I was in high school I had a 97 Yukon and was collecting parts for a 60/14 SAS.

Turns out that's not a feasible project on a high school budget, but I love seeing these OBS trucks get refreshed and built. ESPECIALLY in a road salt state.

 

[highwest]

I’m not a Chevy guy, but what a great build! Throughly enjoying this! ?

 

[djp73]

When I was in high school I had a 97 Yukon and was collecting parts for a 60/14 SAS.

Turns out that's not a feasible project on a high school budget, but I love seeing these OBS trucks get refreshed and built. ESPECIALLY in a road salt state.

been wanting to put a solid axle under one of these trucks for a long time.
pretty clean for the year and location, my C1500 is even better

 

[djp73]

I’m not a Chevy guy, but what a great build! Throughly enjoying this! ?

thanks!

 

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Been slacking on updates. I'll drop a few now.

 

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Sometime last spring we did a drive train test. Off the side of the driveway. Drove right up as expected.

 

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Vintage tuning. Did this primarily for speedometer calibration but it also firmed up the shifts some.

 

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Original hood was badly faded and cracked. Got a used replacement way back and that had gotten pretty rusty, even had some holes in it. Ended up winning a raffle through my friends speed shop and used it to get the hood. Had it painted and put it on. Shiniest thing on the truck!

 

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Mild shakedown ride.

 

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Next set of wheels and tires.

 

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