r/squarebodies

1985 Silverado K10 Original 305.

Hello I’m redoing brakes on my 77 and the 11 inch wheel cylinders don’t fit my 11 inch brake setup the drums are 11 inches no doubt. Only a 13 inch cylinder fits. Should I keep the 13 inch cylinder and just do the shoes and hardware with 11 inch stuff?

Very confused Napa told me to F off

400 small block V8

Restoring (a little) of my interior on my 85 c10 silverado.

Has new injectors and rebuild kit in it. Has been sitting for 8 months

Curious if the exhaust smoke and drooling injectors is an issue. Seems to start and run just fine.

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I had 1, but a tornado came through last week and wrecked the shop and it was next to it on stand. Whose got 1 in north Texas

Still putting in work in an old tired stock truck

I’m no mechanic, or body work guy. never had the time, just started tinkering. this was a gift from my dad, 1984 K20. Supposedly the 350 went bad, neighbor that owned a shop, had a 327ci out of a 60’s corvette laying out back. Motor and labor tossed it in for 500$. My dad picked me up in this truck for his visitation days for 8 years. My step mom taught me to drive stick in it. After that every other weekend I used it to feed and bed cows. I’d like to make this super pretty to pass to one of my kids. I’d like to fix what’s here, keep as much of its “originality” as I can. But I think I need a new door. Is the cab floor too far gone, just find a better cab. Where do I go for body parts? Looks like it has an HEI distributor? I think I can look for a number on the back of the head to figure out what motors in it for sure?

On my dad's 1978 c10 we've rebuilt the whole brake system lines and master cylinder plus a proportioning valve. We bench bled the the master cylinder but hisses a little from the bottom when pressing the brakes now is that normal? And it has a spongy pedal. The front brakes work but the back drums wont engage. Do we need to just keep bleeding them or is there another issue?

Just as the title suggests, does anyone know if the cc/wiper stalks will swap from a gmt400 (obs) to a square body column? I'm asking because I just bought a '94 k2500 suburban with a 454. I'm planning on swapping the suburban drivetrain into my '86 & will be keeping it TBI. I would like to use as much of the donor vehicle as possible to tastefully modernize this old truck.

Decided to see how the new Chevrolet tailgate letters would look on my squarebody. I'm diggin it.