1973 Chevrolet Other Pickups

K10 Standard Cab Pickup

383

Automatic

CKY143B142448

Clear

Gasoline

I'll give you a little history about the truck & myself. My name is Brad and I own a automotive & truck mechanical repair shop. I've been in automotive repair business for 21 years. I've owned my own shop for 8 of those 21 years. It's all I've done. Ok, enough about me. I purchased this truck in September of 2007. The truck came from a private owner in Georgia. The body and interior is pretty much exactly as it was when I purchased it. It did have a 4" suspension lift on it and I recently removed it and set it back down to factory height. It had a 402 c.i. engine and a TH350 transmission with the NP205 transfer case. Eventhough I didn't do any body or interior work to speak of, I did do extensive drive train work. I'll explain that in more detail below. I removed the engine, transmission, and transfer case from the truck about 3 years after I bought it. I wanted to replace the tired 402 with something fresh and I wanted an overdrive transmission. The engine I put in it is a 383 c.i. and the transmission is a 700R4. I did keep the NP205 Transfer case. Engine: The engine I put in it started life has a 350 c.i. 2-bolt main. I had it bored .030" over and had the mains splayed and it's now a splayed 4-bolt main with billet main caps. After the mains were drilled and tapped it was align bored with BHJ Tooling. I bought a 383 stroker kit from Eagle. Obviously the block was relieved to accept the stroker crankshaft. It has Mahle Pistons w/ file fit rings.. It has a Miloden 7 qt. oil pan. The cylinder heads are cast iron Pro Action 48cc heads. I bought new bare castings and bought my valve train components seperate. I could look up the valve specs if anybody wants to know the specifics. I don't remember off the top of my head. The cylinder heads have screw-in studs with guide plates. It has a hydraulic Comp Cams Mega cam w/ matching valve springs. It has Harland-Sharp roller rockers mated to chromoly push rods. The valve covers came from GM Performance Parts and are polished aluminum center bolt style. It has a Dart aluminum intake manifold with a Edelbrock Performer 750 cfm carburetor w/ electric choke topped with a K&N Air Filter. I bought a new MSD HEI billet distributor. It has Hedman Elite Series ceramic coated headers. I purchased a GM Performance Parts SBC serpentine belt kit with all new components. I put a new 4 core radiator in it with dual electric cooling fans. They run off a thermostat probe that's in the radiator and cycle on-off as needed. When I installed the engine all the components were brand new. Including fuel pump, water pump, power steering pump, a/c compressor, alternator, & high-torque gear reduction starter. All the air conditioning components were replaced at that time too. Including compressor, condensor, and evaporator core. The a/c needs the hoses installed and some wiring completed before it's functional. I just haven't done it yet. If that's a deal breaker for anyone, I would gladly complete it for additional costs. The new drive train has about 3,500 miles on it since install. I don't drive it much. Last summer I only put 500 miles on it. Transmission: I had a friend of mine that owns a local transmission shop build the 700R4 Lock-up Transmission. He built it with Kevlar clutches, shift kit, Corvette servo, and a billet faced 1,800 rpm stall torque convertor. I did install a big auxillery cooler as well. I also tweeked the governor set-up after installation to get the shifts perfect. I installed a lock-up controller made by B&M so you can control lock up from within the cab. Transfer Case: Like I said earlier I did keep the NP205 Transfer Case. It is date-coded 1973. I completely disassembled it and had it hot-tanked to clean it. I bought a rebuild kit for it, which consisted of new seals and bearings, and put it back together. The internal hard parts were real good shape. Really the only reason I disassembled it was to simply have it hot tanked to get some of the grease and grime off of it. It functioned properly when I bought the truck. Differentials: The differentials have 3.73 gear ratio. I did not do any work to either differential other than remove the differential covers for inspection and refill with fresh gear lube. There is no unusual noises or whining coming from them. They function as they should. Suspension: The front leaf springs are new. The rears are the ones that came on it when it bought it. When I removed the lift I simply removed the blocks from the rear and put new shorter u-bolts on it. I had to replace the front springs to get it back down to factory height. It had 35" tires on it with aluminum wheels. Obviously I couldn't utilize them any longer once the lift kit was removed. I bought these steel wheels and had them sand blasted and powder coated. I bought new center caps and trim rings and installed them. I put 31x10.50R15 BFG's on it as you can see. The tires have less that 100 miles on them. I had to replace the shocks as well along with the steering arm when I removed the lift kit. I recently replaced the rear wheel cylinders and brake shoes and necessary hardware. The truck runs and drives nice down the road. It cruises on the highway at 70 mph at 1,800-1,900 rpm's. It does have dual fuel tanks with the factory switching valve that works as it should. It also has the factory tachometer. Overall this is a nice truck. I put a lot of time and $ into it and have thoroughly enjoyed it. It's got some small dings in the body and some stone chips down low on the rockers. There is one small spot on the hood above the driver's head lamp about the size of a nickel that is bubbled (see pic). Im not real sure what it is. Its been there ever since I bought the truck. It has not gotten any bigger. The worst spot on the truck is in the passenger side door jamb right where the cab corner meets the rocker panel. It as well has been there since I purchased it. It's the same size now as it was 8 years ago. I'm trying to remember everything to put in my ad and I'm sure I missed something. If you have questions, please ask me.