[Ed Snyder]

Originally Posted by Ledslinger

I was prepping for paint the original engine spray pan (know the real name for it?) on my 1962 GMC K1000 Suburban, and was wondering if many original ones still exist. I don't know if Chevrolet K models had the same pan, its held on by four bolts that go into rivnuts in the frame. It goes from just behind the radiator to behind the tubular cross member, and it is bent out of sheet metal, and has two rubber bumpers so it doesn't rattle on the cross member.

I installed two new rivnuts that hold it to the frame yesterday, two were still good. I got it out today to see if it was worth using or to make a new one. It has a crack that I'll braze a plate on, but it cleaned up OK.

Don't know what the rarer 1960-66 rarer original parts are, not talking about rare options, but I suspect few K1000s or K10s have the original one.

My '62 K1000 Suburban does not have a pan like that. I don't know if it ever did have one. I bought the truck from the second owner in 1997. This is a "before restoration" photo.