1977 620 KingCab Deluxe

[]2eDeYe]

On 7/25/2023 at 8:55 AM, Wildcat Walker said:

Updates? I wish Klassicfab made the body side cab mounts. 

I sent them a nice 620 cab mount a while ago. If you ask them I am sure they will make you a set. 
 

Finally got back to this one after several distractions. 🙂
Thanks for some sweet parts Mike. 
 

 

[goes2fast]

Pretty good engineering for an aging hippy. 😂

[mklotz70]

Nice vid Steve!! 🙂  Thanks.  

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7 hours ago, goes2fast said:

Pretty good engineering for an aging hippy. 😂

I can hack as good as anyone lol. 
 

4 hours ago, mklotz70 said:

Nice vid Steve!! 🙂  Thanks.  

Thanks Mike, nice parts 🙂

Hoping to get the shock tower lowered today for full travel of the coilover. 

[]2eDeYe]

Made some more progress hacking on this thing. 🙂
 

 

[mklotz70]

I always wanted to make the next ones with more arch to the arms so there would be more clearance, but I don't see that happening now. lol  The original design was for torsion bars, so the arch wasn't needed.  I think it's pretty clear why I went with a bayonet mount and the reinforcement piece for the shock tower. 🙂

[]2eDeYe]

It is now lol.

It's too bad your not making more. It is a nice kit. 🙂

[]2eDeYe]

Finished up the shock towers, feel like I made some progress. 
 

 

[]2eDeYe]

Oics, everyone likes those right?

Supervisors wanting their truck back on the road. 🙂

 

 

first try, I think I cut this back apart about 4 times before I was happy? 
 

 

Final fit
 

 

my son got me some dimple dies for my birthday 

 

 

 

 

 

Final form

 

 

 

 

Next up is sealing the cab and fixing the rusted through battery tray area

 

 

 

[NissanNut]

Nice work! 

[]2eDeYe]

On to rust repair 🙂
 

 

[]2eDeYe]

That was fun 😄
 

 

[goes2fast]

2 hours ago, ]2eDeYe said:

That was fun 😄
 

 

If I could move that fast maybe I could get something done! 🤣

[]2eDeYe]

If only you could fast fwd the tedious stuff lol

 

some pics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Lamjam]

Are these motor mounts the same for a 4WD 720 (1984)?

[]2eDeYe]

17 hours ago, Lamjam said:

Are these motor mounts the same for a 4WD 720 (1984)?

Yes, replied to your PM. 

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The machine work on the KA24de is finished.

Now for everything else. 
 

 

[hobospyder]

very good watch, had to start it over and back up a couple times, the daughter was being noisy

[Enzo2024]

It's the wheels I think.

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I do love these wheels but I have a couple other sets that I plan on running.
Will get these refinished as they have been a little abused over the years. 🙂

[]2eDeYe]

Some progress made. 
 

 

[goes2fast]

That truck is looking better all the time, going to be too nice to ever leave.

[]2eDeYe]

Got the cab side welded up




Then some self etching primer





 

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I didn't get a pic after using the eastwood frame rail paint nozzle, but it's all inside the core support and cowl.
Worked awesome, made a mess. 

This is after the high build



 

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Color and rubberized undercoating.