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Birth of a C10
Well i figured i start a thread on the progress of my 66' ive been working to replace the 65' i wrecked here:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=473562
http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/003-3.jpg So while i was layed up on crutch's and in a cast after the accident i was surfing Craigslist at trucks just for the hell of it i ran across a add that was listed weird like "chevy truck" in the part's section with no pictures for $500....so i said what the hell will just go look at it.I wasnt planning on buying another truck but thought i have the motor from the 65( that might run it was a crap shoot) and if i can build a truck for under $2500 i would do it since i could just buy a running driving truck around this area for $3000 no problem....when i got there this is what i saw: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ion2011040.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ion2011038.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ion2011042.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/011-7.jpg no motor no trans,1966 , new rubbers and ball joints up front,power steering conversion,new radiator in box,new heater blower motor,black and yellow plates,registered,have the front chrome bumper and straight tailgate and headlight buckets in bed, chrome cab trim pieces, he also through in a eldebrock 4bbl,rebuilt holley double pumper,headman headers,new habor freight sawzall in box.He was moving and had found a 1952 chevy sedan ,and the wife said the truck or the car. I told him id buy it on the spot for $400 he said ya and we signed the papers and i towed it to my pops back forty: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...8113840_01.jpg A couple of my buddys came over to my pop's house before i bought the 66 and pulled the 350 crate motor out of the 65' and i let them scrap the truck and one guy have the trans,So i dropped in the 350 motor in the 66' on crutches and had it towed to my house and now in need of a trans since i wasnt planning on buying a truck. http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/019-2.jpg then driving down a street i saw a set of wheels at the end of a drive way with a note that said leave $20 bucks in the mail box and take all four,they were 6 lug and assumed they were off the 68 gmc in the drivewayand i need them to get truck rolling since the rusted out spokes and flat tires werent cutting it!: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/030-1.jpg so the first thing i did was rewire the engine compartment and installed a manual master cylinder untill i can buy a power setup: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/023-3.jpg i got the brakes bleed and it stops pretty good for now,I then headed out to my cousin "Glendale"'s and had him weld the steering shaft for the power steering setup step 1. make sure you wear your safety approved flip-flops: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/008-4.jpg Step 2. set the shaft on our custom made welding jig: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/007-5.jpg step 3. weld! notice the pro flip-flop weding stance! spread feet wide apart so no sparks get ya!!:lol: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/009-4.jpg hows the weld look? "glendale's" flip flop weld pass's with A+ http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/011-6.jpg installed: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/022-1.jpg There's some guys that strip and sell 67-72 chevy trucks out in orangevale ca. Ray and Joe and sell parts on craigslist and on the main board .they are great guys and i buy parts from them every so often and picked up the power steering pump i needed for my long water pump setup for $65... thanks to "captain fab" for putting up with me emailing him ?'s on what i was looking for! http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/016-3.jpg mocking it up still need to clean it up and paint it... http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/020-2.jpg |
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Cool dude! Sounds like a dang good starting point!
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i didnt get a picture but i found a th350 on craigslist for $75 and i replaced the filter and gasket and had the kid next door help me install it...
then i messed with the tail gate that was bent : http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/024-1.jpg put the straight one that came with the truck on: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...tjennz/031.jpg sanded it a little and painted it red with some spray cans just to get it looking the same as truck for now: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...tjennz/035.jpg here i painted my cast to look like my shoe, but by this time i was in a walking boot and crutchs still: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...0509111748.jpg Started messing with the interior a little ,the dash knobs were old and just sitting on the headlight switch and the wiper switch and the blower motor switch was gone altogether, and it came with a chevy II steering wheel with a broken horn ring,and aftermarket gauges missing stuff and not hooked up: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/012-7.jpg so i added the chrome knob bullets from the 65 to the dash,and made my own custom horn ring:smoke: and added chrome under dash gauges: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...tjennz/027.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...tjennz/048.jpg the radio holder was already screwed to the bottom of the dash so i just figured i use it for now...i had the old cd player from the 65 and put it in: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...tjennz/029.jpg put the stock style chrome bumper on but one of the frame horns is tweaked by 3/4 of a inch so im going to try and heat and use a bottle jack to get it back over so i can put the other two bolts in: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...tjennz/032.jpg then put the chrome bullets from the 65 on the grill...i have a future plan to cut the grill part out and make the bullets look like they are floating in there but thats a future project: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...tjennz/034.jpg Started breaking the old wheels of the stock steelies i already had, the old school way!: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...tjennz/036.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...tjennz/037.jpg I live in the ghetto area of town and this is the hood dog that roams the street named "Cheese" he comes and checks on the trucks progress everyday and loves him some treats!!!!: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...tjennz/038.jpg My buddy i trade car parts with all the time gave me two 15" tires with white lettering for three stock steelies i had and i took them to Hooten tire here in sacramento and had them shaved: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...tjennz/040.jpg Greg the owner gave me a great deal two tires shaved mounted and balanced and new valve stems for $60 i still need to find two more of the same size tires with white letters and go back,,greag says to use the tires with white lettering they make a bigger whitewall then the pinner whitewall tires. http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...tjennz/041.jpg they came out great !!!!!!straight lines no lettering marks....i think i will never buy real white walls again!!! i still need to paint the rims i was in a hurry and had no time or money to get them sandblasted so i just scuffed them up and will rattle can them for now: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...tjennz/043.jpg getting ready to cut the front springs i just cut the backs for now until i buy rear bags and a c-notch and adjustable panhard bar: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...tjennz/042.jpg heres the last pic for now hope you like it i do!: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...tjennz/044.jpg The truck runs still need to fine tune some stuff and find some more parts but im still under the $2000 mark with the purchase and tow,and trading and using parts i already had,im now walking with a hiking boot on my foot with a shattered heal with a limp but i guess thats good for now! |
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You guys have no idea how dedicated this kid is.he makes most of look lazy.if he had a **** ton of money it would be crazy the cars and trucks he would build.also your cousin is a bad ass welder.:-)
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:metal:dude, that is awesome! Way to bounce right back, I am impressed at how much you have accomplished while still injured. Great job!
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Keep up the good work man hope the heel heals up ok. can't wait to see whats next..
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Great job all around.
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Looks good :metal: and congrats on your accomplishments while still recovering.
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great Job Tim, considering you were on crutches most of the time....
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The whitewalls turned out nice, what size tires are those?
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Since you had to put a U joint in the steering shaft ,I take it they didnt line up?? I found my cab mounts were soft and I had to actually trim the hole in the cab to get mine high enough to line up with the box...
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Holy $hit.....losthope....
That was a helluvawreck you had there..... Thanks for posting yer story.......Very good for training young drivers. I'm absolutely amazed at the damage that truck (and your body) absorbed. Needless to say, in most any newer rig you could have been driving......you would not have fared as well. Hats off to the best built trucks on the road.....Heavy Metal......cant say enough. Proof that God does take care of us. Glad you're on the way to recovery......The new truck looks like a real winner. |
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Wow great progress, especially with a busted leg. I broke my leg earlier this year and I didn't get anything done around the house or garage besides emptying a few beers.
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Just some pictures of the new wheel color you guys chosse on the poll i did:
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One of the previous owners had cut some holes in the doors for speakers and i had a set of 6x9's that i bought for cheap at the local farmers market and auction for my car project so i ended up putting them in the truck..They just so happened to be red accented like the rest of the truck i didnt plan that:
http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/002-10.jpg The inside of the cab just seems to white: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/001-6.jpg So i painted the inner door panel's and used some rubberized black paint to paint the arm rest's: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/003-7.jpg |
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Not much progress besides getting the other two tires i needed and shaved so the truck has all four shaved whites now,And painted the steering wheel and added a new shift knob to add to my bullet theme i got going on!
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looks great man ... where did you get those bullets on the dash, those are bigger than the ones i used on mine. (didn't use them for knobs tho) La Bomba in post #3 looks good to from the little i see ;)
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Great progress man! That truck is already looking sick.
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I think your cousin (or whoever welded that shaft) is who I need to do mine when I convert to P/S.
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Coming along nicely man, glad to see you still at it.
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Dude your truck is looking so good. DIY. keep up the hard work, thanks for sharing.
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Well I have been busy with life so i just ordered headlight parts instead of hunting them down at a pick-n-pull, so yesterday my box from LMC Trucks came with the headlight parts i needed, buckets, adjuster clips and screws, springs,bulb retaining rings and all the screws and clips...pretty pricey $106 and thats not the bulbs or headlight bezels treat all those small screws and clips like gold.....heres a picture with "eye balls" now,I had a pair of painted headlight bezel's in my parts pile i just spray canned white doesnt match the off white the truck has but will do for now:
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looks good, you should go with the clear lenses on the hood like i did on mine :D (getting rear ones too)
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looks good you should get some headlight winkers as well!
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Thanks for all the complements guys, you guys motivate me and glad to be part of this great group of people and hopefully motivate some of you ! I been wanting to make a floating grill since the 65 truck but never got around to it until so here it goes:
First i went to home depot and bought some long bolts and drawer knobs and a metal bar , i bought a fence tension bar it was smaller wide and half the price of the 1/8 flat stock bar they sell. I already had the bullets(i bought bullets for two different place's and they used different bolt sizes so i suggest buying all the bullets from one place to make it easy getting longer bolts) so parts cost me $16: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/005-10.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/004-9.jpg First i cut out the expanded metal part of the grill i still need to buy a file or a grinding disk for grinder and clean up around the opening where the expanded metal was cut out!(when i took grill off truck i cut the center support from the back side): http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/001-8.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/002-12.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/003-9.jpg Next i layed out a pattern i liked and then evenly spaced and marked the bar i measured and cut it came out to 4' in between headlight buckets: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/006-7.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/007-7.jpg Then i drilled the bar accordingly to the marks i made with the diffrent size drill bits and tightened the bolts to bar i used lock-tight on the nuts because i forgot to buy lockwashers (had to use three diffrent size drill bits because of the two diffrent size bolts on bullets and the knob size bolt): http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/008-5.jpg Then i mocked up the bullets and held the bar in place in center of grill opening and marked a mounting point on each end and drilled a hole: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/009-5.jpg These always help bed is full of empty Amp cans!: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/002-13.jpg Then i pulled it all apart and painted the bar and bolts black: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/010-6.jpg next step was to pull grill and cut the center support and then i scuffed up and cleaned the backsplash and taped and painted it black: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/012-8.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/001-9.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/006-8.jpg Painted the brackets on the backside of the headlights black: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/004-10.jpg Painted the grill white: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/005-11.jpg Put the bolt bar in and drilled and bolted it in(painted the bolt heads black) and then used black zip ties to hold center of bar to the crossed bar grill support of radiator on the to bars: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/009-6.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/010-7.jpg And here it is installed i am thinking im going to build some spacers and space it out a little farther an i need to clean up where the expanded metal was cut out in grill opening but the general look: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/011-9.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/012-9.jpg you can pull out the bullet grill bar without pulling the the main grill off truck or vise-verse.....Hope you guys like it!!!! |
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looks great...nice work!
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looks good man, i should do that on my 50 :D
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killer grill, hope your leg is doing well.
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Good job Tim...how`s the leg lately....
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The heel is doing better the doctor gave me the ok to use a hiking boot so its been about two weeks walking in one....or should i say limping around like a pirate with a peg leg;) but at least i dont have a huge walking boot and crutches anymore. It feels like everytime you take a step it feels like having a sprained ankle.The last x-ray you could see the ankle joint which the doctor said most the time you dont so thats good news...just taking it day by day and seeing how it goes no word of surgery yet..
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Great build man! I like your heater controls :alc:
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Looking clean bro... Gotta luv the Safety Sandals.....I weld, chop & cut in mine also :lol:
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well my birthday was oct-29th and i always ask for car parts or tools for holidays so my girl and some family members got me some wheel accessories: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/001-10.jpg\ i went to the hardware store and picked up some tools to clearence the stock wheel hole to except the bullet push-thur cap: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/004-12.jpg The stacked cut off wheels on a drill arbor worked the best and i suggest using this if your going to do it yourself; http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/005-13.jpg and what the wheels look like now,I might get the smaller chrome beauty ring that pops onto the nubs near the lug nuts like a dogdish hubcap would do: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/002-15.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/003-11.jpg |
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could you find out were they got the hub bullets? i want some, already have the lugnuts.
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lug nut king heres a link:http://lugnutking.com/ i think they are 8 bucks each i suggest getting 5 because one you will use to gauge the hole and it gets pretty scratched up since its just aluminum, i got 4 but already have 1 more ordered and waiting for it to come to replace the one i scratched up, the guy is cool he said everybody calls back and orders a 5th one LOL :lol:
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Not much of a update just some stuff i picked up and put on....First off i wanted a tach but i forgot the other aftermarket gauges were black and bought a white one and destroyed the packaging before i realized it was wrong ,so I maybe swapping it out later for a black faced gauge, and then i picked up a Re-pop classic accessory flashlight and holder that goes on the column, the column was to big to clamp it around so i modified the flashlight bracket to use the tach to hold it to column, it wasnt a vintage one so i didnt fell bad...
Tach: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...jennz/0432.jpg Accessory flashlight: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/042-1.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...jennz/0442.jpg |
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