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Yelmer , check your part number 3834112 , comes up as the rod assembly FOR the booster. The booster assembly is 3843823-assembly manual or 3848503 1966 parts book, for 1964-1966 and Bendix only.

More info on the 618082 master , this is the Bendix master cylinder, two companies were making master cylinders for GM at this time. The other was Delco / Moraine . Both are assembly line correct. Also look in the assembly manual , it shows the screw on top master cylinder. The date I believe is calendar days of the year out of 365 days ,yours 66th day of ? 1966 ? I have some with 146 and 277.

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Thanks for the info. Based on other parts and condition of this truck. I think the m/c and booster are original. Reading your last post, the 66 cast into the m/c is the day(s) cast? Are we thinking a Feb or March cast part? What is your thinking on the Bendix manufacturing timeline. Does the casting numbers start at calendar year or did it start with model year? Thanks again Frank

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Look up, or google, Julian Date Calendar , it puts the date as March 7th for 066 . Its calendar year . GM used this method on other parts also. As far as how it relates , its always before or close to before the build date of the truck. Do you by chance have the build sheet to this truck ? The master cylinder would be on that sheet also.

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Good info. I do have the build sheet (attached). Block 65, Brakes has 364. Does that correlate to anything? Is that the place that you are referring to on the build sheet?The March cast date seems good and accounts for time to machine, assemble, and ship to Fremont.

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Well , generally thats the last three digits of the GM part number. I looked in several early books and still need to dig a little deeper. I have the number 360 in several other build sheets and those are Delco master cylinder trucks and found another with 364. I will keep searching. Just another tid bit , this same Bendix master cylinder was used on 1965 1966 Impalas and several other GM brands.

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I pulled the Booster today. I am providing pics of the front and back. I have only found 2870 stamped into the booster adjacent to one of the M/C mounting studs. Should there be additional stampings? One thing I did notice was each shell has an "X" Scribed in at the the 12 o'clock or top. Leads me to believe that the booster was rebuilt sometime earlier. That is consistent with the history I know. The longtime previous 2nd owner was a mechanic and probably serviced the part himself vs just replacing. Also included pics of the booster mounted on the Kent Moore Tools the dealers would have used to service the booster in their service dept. These are shown in the shop manual.

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Still need help with this:

Can anyone tell me the individual widths for each of these boards?:

(I'm aware of the grooving/spacing)

This site does not list it:
http://www.gmcpauls.com/47-72_BedWood_Info.htm

Thanks! Kirk

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Yup

http://www.gmcpauls.com/47-72_BedWood_Info.htm

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Thanks! I did visit this site yesterday and they seem to list everything but the one I need. It has 10 boards. Do you see it on the site? Kirk

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is there a touch up paint or color code available for the grey blue on the 1960 dash ? I don't have the dark grey that I have seen, but it seems to be original paint, just a few scratches, and some cracking.

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maybe one of these https://www.paintscratch.com/touch_u...let-Truck.html

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Ok bolt gurus! I was cleaning a batch of bolts off the 62 and came across these. The ones in background are for under seat jack mount, 3 dots. The SS ones were mainly clean but the blue ones threw me. Truck is orange and had green primer under cab. Would this been engine color? There is a flag on 2, EL on 1 and 2 with E.

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New to me 63 has 526A as a paint code which is Cameo White according to my literature. Drivers side has a faded section between the bright molding that has a smidgin of red. The passenger side is Cameo White like the main body color. According to what I'm reading there was only a 2 tone of Cardinal Red for the R10 which I believe to be Corvair.
The plate also has a 4 digit paint number that has been X'd out interestingly enough.
Although it really would set off between the bright moldings to have it Cardinal Red , I don't think they ever came that way in the C series.
Your thoughts?
Still has the crayon markings on the firewall and the rear crossmember of the frame.
It's dinged and dented but retains much of it's originality.
Oh , and is Coll Pack A/C equipped although it was installed center for a colum shift and the truck is a four speed. They heated and contoured the shifter around the the A/C unit.

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My 63 is the same color with red seat. I looked into the paint between the moldings in the data book. It spells it out in there that the only color ever used was white between the moldings and that white trucks were white or body color in this case with off white. It would have made sense to be black like the tailgate lettering in my opinion and have seen guys paint red in there also but its not correct.

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Off - White is not the case here , Cameo White is. Lol
So I read the same as you , thanks.

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does anyone have a source for the correct seat cloth for the 1966 deluxe seat option, trying to keep mine as original as possible, great thread by the way

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sl66, you have a nice truck!! love the color. do you have any other pictures?

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SMS out of Oregon

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Thanks f66, I will try to figure out how to post some, and yes on SMS was hoping there might be another source as they ( SMS) seem to have a lot of bad reviews and was a bit Leary to attempt to purchase it from them, I guess we will find out,
Thanks

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That is who I got mine from. Took a little while. 6-8 weeks or so.

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did you just order the fabric or some type of Kit, I have heard they can duplicate the white strip across the top

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Not a problem. Yeah, I've heard mixed reviews as well. Of the ones I've seen in person, that's where I was told the material came from. I've seen other examples here on the forum. I've heard of long wait times.

Btw, good to see another member in my area. If you're a Facebook user, be sure to look up the C/10 Club- Tennessee page & join. Lots of good, like-minded folks in our area & surrounding. :chevy:

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Thanks, will look it up, Love Spring Hill BTW , beautiful country down there have folks in columbia

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Looking for pictures of where joint sealant was used on 1960 cab. I just had mine dipped and blasted and while I could just seal all joints, I would like to try to limit it to where the factory used it. Thank you

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On my 60 C10, previous owner(s) cut out part of the ashtray mount behind dash to fit a radio from a 67 Chevelle in there, They also drilled 4 holes around the speaker slots and mounted a 6x9 speaker with a steel grill. I would like to return to the stock speaker mount. Anyone have pictures of what that looks like?

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I can't remember if I took this picture of my '66 or if I found it on the web, but I think this is what you are looking for.

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What a great picture! I was wondering how the speaker was held in place without the typical 4 screws. Now I need to see if I can find what I need to put it back to original. Thank you for the picture.

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This is how my speaker was held in my 61

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That looks more like what mine should be. Thanks for sharing the pic

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Have a question about rear springs from my 1966 Custom Camper. I am "preserving" the under side of the truck, just replacing bushings and cleaning up the components. You can see the parts as they were pulled off and the rear springs after an overnight soak. Does the purple paint on the springs look like originals from other trucks?

Thanks

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Looks factory, probably the color code for the heavy duty 3000lb coils vs. the standard 2000lb. coils. Does your glove box SPID list the HD rear springs? Needless to say, but the 3000lb coil C 20's ride like tanks, however the standard 2000lb C 20's ride very nice.

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SPID and Build sheet show HD front springs, HD rear springs, and the additional helper springs.

Frank

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BTW, front springs are not off of the truck yet, but they look to have orange paint similar to the rear springs.

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Front springs, 66’ C20 Custom Camper, orange rate color.
Optional 7500 GVW

Also if you can save the axle U bolts,they are in good condition, they are much better then what you buy today.

Mine has the same rear springs, with 7500 GVW rating.

Les

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Les,
I will post pics when I pull mine off. They look exactly like yours.

Frank

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Here are the front springs from my truck pre-soak in evapo rust. You can see the orange markings both positioned toward the front of the vehicle. Will post after dis-assembly and clean up. Frank

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Les, Posted pics of my springs. Look very close to yours. FYI, had to cut the u bolts on my Rear. Posted a pic of the original and the replacement. Perfect,made to order, great price in Kansas by General Spring. Highly recommend. https://www.generalspringkc.com/U_Bolts_s/1964.htm

Frank

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Finally catching up with summer here and will be back to finishing the brake rebuild and tire swap on my '61 C20. These Coker retro 17.5" tires look great, just hope they ride alright.

Will post more pics as things progress.

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If those are Super Transports from Coker, the set I bought from them are great.

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Does anybody have a good frame schematic that is for a 1963 gmc half ton pickup my cab floor was completely rotted out so trying to line up new floor panels to the frame
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