Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

thanks a lot man. looks like it would be to much for me to attempt, but who knows. so if you were to do it again what would you have done differently? not put the 2x2 in the crossmember? maybe notch the crossmember for the R&P? also how much do you think the motor would have to be raised if you left it in the stock location and ran the original pulleys. since im not looking for handling just laying out. thanks again for putting up with me. lol

Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

Work resumes this weekend.

64 gets the 66's old 283. :D

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Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

Doesn't look like much, but I installed 1" spacers in the rear suspension to give it a bit of a rake once the bed is on. Got the bed wood cut to size - now to tack the supports in place and bolt everything together...

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Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

every time i see this truck i like those wheels even better. some just came up on craigs list down here for 400 bucks. i might pop on em for my awd jimmy project. looks good man!

Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

$400 is a steal!!!

Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

yes indeed. tires included with less than 2000 miles on them. they should look pretty good on a red and black s15 jimmy.

Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

I found mine on Ebay - and had them shipped from CA to MI for about $650 total - and I feel I got a good deal. :) Buy 'em! :D

Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

Closer... wanted to get it driveable before the employee auto show tomorrow - but - there's just too much left to do w/o cutting corners. Today I tackled most of the bed - I don't ever want to fork with another wood bed again. :banghead:

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The mini-tubs are for suspension clearance...

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Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

TOnight I got the tailights installed and the rear springs removed; the spring I got for the truck are too soft - and I'm beginning to wonder if they're really Jeep Cherokee springs.

I got one of the fenders painter over the weekend to try to faux-tina....

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Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

A bit better photos...

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Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

is that thing already plated ??

Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

The plate on the front is the original plate I got for it when I bought it...

These are already registered and waiting to go on:
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Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

cooool

Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

Since some of my friends were giving me crap about my shiny fender and modern tag:

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Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

Bed's done. :)

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Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

600 lb/in springs installed.
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Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

looks really good man! i absolutely love the paint on this truck. how hard is it to do the bed? mine needs replacin but anything with wood makes me nervous. but ofcourse its what i want so ill have to figure it out sooner or later.

Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

Driving and working out the bugs. Got tired of seeing shots where the rocker panel was always missing. :D

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Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

I'm not the person to ask that, lol. I made mine out of wood bought off a rack, and I used a dado blade on my shopsmith to cut the rail slots. My bed wasn't made to fit my frame - mostly because it is a 1956 89" box on a 1965 97" "Boxed" frame. I also cut off the OEM frame just in front of the rear wheels and built my own to accommodate the Tbird IRS.

So... Nothing fit. :D and I ordered bedrails w/o holes, but they sent me ones pre-punched for the 89" bed. I had to hand-fab a whole lot more by myself and had nobody to help move the bed on & off the truck. I think a stock bed with a kit that fit, or even doing your own wood and buying the rails would be fairly straightforward - if you had a helper and could assemble it off of the truck. :)

Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

dang that bed sounds like a pain in the butt! hopefully mine will be easier as it should just be all stock. maybe a small small wheel tub. nothin to major. hows she handle in the twisties with that irs?

Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

I'm working up to that. :D

I need to find some vacant asphalt and autocross around a bit to see how it does. It seems to handle firm and flat, but I won't lie - I've got one too many steering u-joints. :(

Driver's side exhaust header will get reworked soon to accommodate better shaft angle and lose the extra u-joint. :)

Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

I haz an armrest!?

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...or is it a battery box?

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Danm, I love working on this truck. :D

Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

Maybe you can find a front axle from some small foreign can and replace your shaft and u joints with that ??? a couple cv joints would smooth it out...

Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

Man, you and I think a lot alike! :D

I was thing the long side halfshaft off of a teeny FWD car... :D

Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
 

Love your build. Sorry if you mentioned it already but what crank pulley are you running?