The H1 Goodyears are great if you don't plan on taking them offroad (10 ply sidewall cause they are bullet proof and don't have side lugs) and have 400+ horsepower to turn them (they weigh a ton) also they are 16.5" tires so wheels are limited unless you run H1 wheels. You can get both cheap but would need to have them recentered which isn't cheep.

 

Dang, i never thought about the weight. i probably wont ever get them, i just really like the look of them....i guess ill just wait till i can build a mall crawler

 

i might have found another 350 v8....just got to find out more about it besides "it was rebuilt by the guy who owned the truck before me"

 

that fell through..the guy sold the wrecked truck with the motor and tranny still in it. back to looking

 

Sorry to hear that Tay. Hope you find one cheap, soon!

 

I like your rig man, I LOVE K5's, especially those early ones like you've got. I'd get a 305 to drop in there, I've had 3 different 305's and could not blow 'em up, no matter how hard I tried, you can buy 'em for next to nothing too because EVERYONE wants 350's and EVERYONE talks crap on the 305. When they were new, the 350 only had something like 20 more HP than the 305. Again man, I LOVE that K5, it looks like it's pretty straight too.
If you want to run those H1 tires, you can probably find an adapter that would let you run 8 lug wheels on your 1/2 ton axles, and I know there's a couple of places that make wheels to fit your needs. I've had a couple buddies that ran those tires and they both said they were pretty good off road, but I've never seen anyone run 'em off road with my own eyes. If you can afford it, I'd LOVE to see those 35x15x15 TSL's or the 35x16x15 Boggers on the Beast!

 

i am putting the whole project on hold indefinitely. i need a new laptop and the time and money id have to put into it in order to get it on the road+ insurance where i have 20 something days to drive it before i couldnt for 7-12 months just is not worth it. im kinda sad that i have to say this but i doubt she will ever see the road again.

 

Those K5s are awesome, I have one I call "Black Beauty", it's a 71, just like yours (short bed slabside matte black chevy) but no cage and it still has a top. They can really rip!

 

theres one of these in my JY COMPLETE... he wont let anyone touch it... all original... i want it so bad...

 

huh, thats too bad. i always hate to see them rotting away like mine will be over the next several months

this morning we had a carport built around it and hopefully we will be able to park it and the 74 under there. i also found out that the motor is not locked up like i thought it might be....i might just get a JY starter and try to start it up again.

 

I like the k5. We've got a '74 sitting in the shop with manual transmission three speed + low gear. Engine is a 5.7. Last time we used it was to tow the Duck amphibious in the shop and i drove it in low, no headers on the engine WHAT A BEAST!... that was like 3 or 4 years ago...

 

i restored a 2 cheyenne C20 an went through two starters... there only $20 at autozone...

 

bing, so i am scheduled to be here in disney until may 13 (unless i leave beforehand) so it gives me a bit of time to try and save up for this. im thinking that i will get out of jeeps for a while to build this and have a beater for a DD (still have the olds 98 sitting in the driveway)since i am going to go to school to be an auto mechanic this will be my project that i work on in correlation with the classes (body, ELECTRICAL, etc) i take.

 

nice blazer i have had a few of them. why dont you rebuild your motor your self its pretty cheep and easy i have thrown one to gether with in a mater of hours for around $300 if not cheaper.

 

im not positive what is wrong with it, i still havent torn it down. i have been looking into rebuilding it myself though