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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10

Looks awesome! Whole truck pic?

Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10

Pure awesome! Looks great!

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Originally Posted by usmcchevy (Post 5012169)

Looks awesome! Whole truck pic?

Will hafta be mañana- the other three are in the bed- heck, so am I :lol:

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Originally Posted by VA72C10 (Post 5012182)

Pure awesome! Looks great!

Thanks! Should have some garage time tomorrow afternoon to finish up...
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Originally Posted by gringoloco (Post 5012161)

Okay, okay, okay :lol: Here's a pic mounted... ;)

Tease!!!!!!!!!! You know men don't like to be teased we want to see it all. :lol:

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That rim looks great! and you were right they do have a nice lip on them. tomorrow:)

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Awesome gringo.... simply awesome!

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aw.....now thats what i am talking about ..NICE

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That wheel looks awesome, can't wait to see the rest on the truck

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If you dont want to mount them it is ok I know of a certain guy with a truck on jack stands that would be interested in breaking them in for you for a few weeks till his wheels decide to show up.....

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Haha- thanks everyone :) Can't wait to get to work this afternoon...

Oh, and Al, I have a really nice set of rallies if you're interested ;)

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This thing is looking good! I will say this truck and what you have gotten done on it give me motivation to get busy on mine!

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Originally Posted by Number98 (Post 5012991)

This thing is looking good! I will say this truck and what you have gotten done on it give me motivation to get busy on mine!

Thanks a lot! I hope I can contribute even a fraction of the information and motivation I have gleaned from this forum. On that note, I'm gonna post my reply to your PM here, for everyone to see:

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Originally Posted by Number98

Hey man, I am curious about your backspace as related to your suspension...

What was your back spacing?

Do you have the narrow or wider rear? and is your front end stock 67-70? Whose drop spindles?

Thanks alot man, your truck is sweet :metal:

Front is 73-87, with Belltech 3" drop spindles and springs, but any drop spindles 63-87 (excepting CPP modulars) will yield the same front track width. Rear is a wide late-70, which is the same width as 71-up, that I swapped 5-lug axles into.

My current wheels are 7 and 8 inch rallies. The new setup is 20x8.5 w/5.25BS front and 20x10 w/5.5BS rear. I used these exact measurements on my 2wd Blazer with great success, as have many others here. If using a 63 to early-70 narrow rear, change the rear backspacing to 5" and it will be perfect. Tires, FYI, are 255/40-20 and 295/40-20 -- 28 and 29 inches tall, respectively, with decent sidewall height and just a little bit of 'rubber rake'.

These specs are good assuming a 'mild' suspension drop, up to and including bags in the stock positions. Anything past that and it gets more complicated...

Thanks for the compliment :chevy:

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Originally Posted by gringoloco (Post 5012953)

Haha- thanks everyone :) Can't wait to get to work this afternoon...

Oh, and Al, I have a really nice set of rallies if you're interested ;)

I also have a set of staggered rallies byt just no tires :waah:

they for sale if you know someone!!:lol:

http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=493534

Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10

I had a good running truck and started redoing it and it been two years & i'm still in pieces and still spending money on it maybe one day it will return to heat up the street.....Take a look>>>
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post5013139

Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10

Ok- here's a few pics to satiate you guys for the evening :smoke: They mounted up with no real problems; I did have to 'flatten' front hub dustcaps a touch and re-adjust the panhard bar for clearance out back. The fit is spot-on. Didn't get to drive it, as it's raining- and movie night :chevy:

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So is the 5.5" BS on the rear wheels good?
Or would you change that,... if it was possible?
(as in ordering billet wheels to the exact specs)

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WOW...looking great !

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Looks sweet
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Looks sweet man.
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WOW!!! very nice...Thanks for the pics, I'm satisfied now....Time to get a smoke...:lol: