73 C10 "Airport HOG"
 

New to the forum my names Chris, I have a 73 c10 pictures below. It has 55,000 miles on her, yeah I can not tell either from the pics. lol. It was an airport fueler, and has never been reg all the way back to 1973!

This is what i came to pick up for $500.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...nsam/truck.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...ucksidepic.jpg

Interior shot
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...m/truckint.jpg

Mileage pic
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...truck55000.jpg

Motor Shot
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...truckmotor.jpg

After three Hours and my pops help
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o.../sidetruck.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...eriortruck.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...eriortruck.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...fronttruck.jpg

Plans are to lower it, paint it, bucket seats, cam it and have a nice street truck. will post progress as it comes. this is gonna be a budget build but i have some major plans in the budget :)

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First mod will be moving the three on the tree to the floor. will be headed to the auto parts store soon to get the mr gaskets 7667a floor shifter. pics soon

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Nice project. Keep us posted!

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Thanks. What's the quickest way to get the truck out the air? Thinking about cutting the front springs a coil and buying the summit racing 2.5 drop kit for the Rear. which is some brackets that will lower the rear leaf springs. any suggestions?

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right on!!!

i'd start by cutting the front coil as planned and buy a western chassis flip kit for the rear. ($89.00) and see where she sits. just cut 1 coil at 1st and then 1/2's after that to get her level. the flip is going to drop about 5-6" in the rear and 1 coil is "usually" 2".

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Thanks so much, where would I get the western flip kit and what does it contain? I saw a similiar kit on summit racing for $49 for the rear.

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http://www.sporttruckdirect.com/rear_kits.html part # 2104 and its $79 not $89. really nice quality kit. u bolts, axle relocator, and new leaf spring plate.

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ya this kit would be perfect. but then you would maby wana buy like spindals for front and also cut the coil. so if you get the flip kit it will lower it about 6 inches in the rear then if you cut you coil in the front and buy spindals it will lower it about 5 inches in the front. which will give you a nice level stance.

Re: 73 C10 "Airport HOG"
 

cool truck!!

:welcoem:

speaking from my experience, cutting more than 1 coil off will make it ride kinda bad. you can get 1",2", or 3" drop springs from summit for @ $99 get the 2" or 3" springs and some 2 1/2" spindles with the rear flip and you will be golden.
I cut one whole coil plus 3 inches of the next one and my '80 bottoms out on most medium sized dips and bumps, not only that but it doesn't sit level either

Re: 73 C10 "Airport HOG"
 

Ok well i'll order the flip kit and cut the front springs. Then in about a month I will order the front spindals.

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Yeah i want to do it right, but i also want to do it right now. :) so we will see.

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I hear ya there, I had been putting up with it for the cool factor. ;)
I've got most of the stuff to bag it, few more pieces and I will start the tear down :metal:

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Kool, one day mines will sit on bags too!

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this is a cool build
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as soon as shes lowered put some mothers mag polish to those slots and they will come back to life!!

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:agree: on the polish that stuff works great

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After not getting my springs and shackles to lower the truck this weekend. i found out that pick and pull was having a 1/3 off sale. so i made a trip can came out pretty darn nice here are the pics from this weekend.

New door to replace the dented one above!
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...am/newdoor.jpg

New door panels
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o.../doorpanel.jpg

New carpet
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...sam/carpet.jpg

New center console
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...terconsole.jpg

New interior including dash pad that will be painted black or navy blue ;)
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...nsam/seats.jpg

Re: 73 C10 "Airport HOG"
 

good score on the parts :metal:

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Quite an improvement :thumbs:

what are those seats out of?

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78 suburban and all this for a whoppin $115 ;)

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Nice Score!!!

are you gonna have to mod the seat tracks to work in the truck?

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looking good

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welcome and wow u are working fast. Nice truck

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wow! truck looks good, quite an improvement!!


and to joe, i have a set of these seats and center console, same color for sae if your interested

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three of the four holes are already there. the last bracket i took of the donor car.

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so you aren't using the suburban brackets?
It is my understanding that the burb floors are different?

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yes i am using the suburban brackets, the floors are pretty much the same!

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cool, thanks for the info!

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updates to build
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o.../oldbumper.jpg
^^^ oLD bumper being pulled of the truck.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o.../oldfender.jpg
^^^ old fender being removed
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o.../newfender.jpg
new fender
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o.../newbumper.jpg
new chrome bumper installed
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...ewfrontend.jpg
new look of the front end.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...ucklowered.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...trucklower.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...earoftruck.jpg

Back to be lowered this week! Also i ordered a roll pan, new tailgate and some other goodies that should be here soon!

Re: 73 C10 "Airport HOG"
 

Great progress, it's coming along nicely! And that chrome bumper looks good!

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thanks so much!

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lookin good

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looks good
now you need to polish the wheels with
mothers mag and aluminum polish

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looks good! love the bumber, should have don a sport bumber in the rear tho instead of roll pan and x2 on the polish! but its comin along great! keep up the work

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What does a sport bumper look like? And yeah i plan to polish the mags this weekend.

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I also bought the mothers power ball so it should make it a little easier to finish!

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a sport bumper is what you have

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Gotcha, naw i want a bumper similar to urs ^^^

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cool build

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Looks good man. That new bumper up front made a huge difference. Keep it up!