Rebirth of Clyde
Starting to document the transformation of my truck. I have had Clyde since 1989, I got him road ready and started to drive him. Sorry no pictures of the beginning.
These are the things that I have done to my truck prior to build thread. Rebuilt front suspension 2.5” CPP drop spindles 2” drop springs 72 front sway bar Shock relocators KYB shocks Rebuilt rear suspension Rebuilt 12 bolt 3.73:1 gears Eaton Posi Relocated fuel tank Boyd’s 63-72 c10 19 Gal tank American Racing radiator 2005 4.8l fi motor 2002 4l60e trans Tune by: Nelson Performance Harness by: Clinebarger |
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Here is Clyde in 2002, high pockets and all.
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Bed rebuild. 2016
New wood, stained like MAR-K has on their site. 67-72 C10 Sport Bumper also |
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Tear down for paint
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and the dirty work begins
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also added the center AC vent and side vents from Corvette Jim
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Sanding and sanding
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interior paint, turned out darker than I was looking for but I still like it
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Exterior paint. no I didn't do a color change, I did think hard about the blue\white as well as green\white.
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more of the exterior paint work
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More paint work
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Clyde, is Looking Pretty Sharp!
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I decided to black out the rear grill area, hopefully this will make the chrome grill pop!
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removed the Dolphin gauges and went with the Autometer Classic White, with GPS Speedo
also I cleaned up under the hood, I found real good inner fenders and radiator support, blasted and painted then painted here and there and cleaned a bunch. I will replace the booster assy for a new one, the one there wouldn't clean up. |
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Sound Deadening and also added a 71\72 c10 accelerator assembly
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Only some buffing and touch up left
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after final buff and clean up
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Added some bling to Clyde today
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Very nice.
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New front springs, rear bumper on and a ball joint replacement.
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Looks better than ever!
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Wow. Got a lot done over the fall months
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Clean Machine!
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Wow!
I'm not really a lowered truck fan, but your's looks really good! |
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Thank You sir!
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Got the grill disasembled, parts sent for powder coating. I cleaned and sprayed new color on the letters, look pretty good.
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Hey Clyde, that grille looks beautiful! Also love the rest of the truck.
I have a question if you don't mind answering about the rear suspension setup you have. I have seen your other posts about the truck bed trailer you have and the sweet camper as well, and I was wondering how the truck handled it with being lowered. I want to lower mine some, but still want to be able to tow a truck bed trailer and my dad's Champion bass boat. Thanks in advance! |
That grill looks amazing!! As well as the rest of the truck.
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Got powder coating back and assembled some stuff. Found out my old HID’s had a crack in one so, getting new ones, no LED
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Looking good !
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Clyde...Your truck looks great.....What color did you paint the interior? My truck is original white so Im going back with the same color but wanted a different interior color.
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It's great to see the rebuild. Nice work.
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Grill parts powder coated, new trim rings and headlight doors. New lights, mine were 20 years old, went with some HID bulbs and will use the relay harness.
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I tried ( yeah I know) to match the grey of the 60/61 but it came out much darker than I expected and the painter expected. It’s a medium charcoal kind of color. I thought about fawn but I didn’t think it would go with my silver rally’s and seats...now I’m thinking of going with a bright blue ( like a 65 Impala)for the carpet, seats and kick panels. |
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Thanks Jimmy! |
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I haven’t driven Clyde and Bonnie( the Camper) together much, I put air bags on Clyde to handle the weight and be lowered. I had 4” drop springs and they were way to soft, almost dragging the ground. With the airbags, I just air them up to (45# driving) whatever is needed to handle the extra weight. It really depends on how much you want to lower it. 2” wont hurt you at all. |
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I really like the grille and the fresh powder coated parts. Did you use new screws for the bulb retainer rings? I'm missing some screws, and I have no idea where to get some from |
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Yours is looking really good. |
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