DURG's Black 65 C10
 

First time on the board here, but I'm sure I'll be back often. I just bought a 65 SWB BBW Fleet Custom Cab in 500AA Raven Black last night. Originally built in St. Louis, sold new at Harold Gwatney Chevrolet in Jacksonville Arkansas for 2154.00 I need to pick it up in a few days and bring it home.Truck now has a 327 small block with a turbo 350 tranny and 3.08 gears with a new Eaton posi.I spent the last 5 years doing my 62 Impala SS and now have the truck for my next project. Not sure which way to go with it yet and need to do lots of research. I've been looking at everything from mild static drops to the drop member setups and have no idea what I want yet. The Impala is a resto mod with full air ride rolling on 18 and 20 inch wheels with a 383 stroker, Tremec TKO 600 5 speed manula and a Ford 9" with an aluminum center section and 3.70 Tru Trac diff. Here are a couple pictures of the truck and Impala.

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Put that thing on the ground with the same wheels as the car and call them twins. Car is badass, truck is clean.
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welcome killer truck

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Sweet truck!....lucky!:lol:
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Killer car and an excellent truck too! Good luck with how ever you decide to build her...

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Welcome to the forum :D

Awesome looking Impala. The truck looks pretty good.

Do you have a plan for the truck yet

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Great photo of a beautiful Impala. The truck looks to be in excellent condition no matter what direction you choose to take it.

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Nice car, rock N truck.

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Hello and :welcoem: to the board !!

I have to echo the comments on your Impala!
The 62 and 63s I think were among my faves, and it is nice to see someone with a car interest as well.

I cannot wait to get home and spend some time with my Tempest this summer!

Hope you have fun with your truck, like has already been hinted at, they are going to look sweet side by side !

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First things first. I have ordered the Coys C-5 Gray wheels in 20" and 22" that match the Impala. The wheels on the truck now are 6 lug 16" Wheelvintiques powdercoated black with their centers. They will make someone a nice set when I no longer need them. Talked to Porterbuilt last night and I am leaning toward their coilover optioned dropmember and four link setup. I put a stock steering wheel back on for now too.

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Looks like I will be going with the Touring front coil over Dropmember with a four link rear coilover setup from Porterbuilt. Trying to finalize specifics with Nate now. Damn shipping from Arizona to Maine on this heavy stuff is a killer. I'll be looking for a high hump with the mating firewall piece too.

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Nice Impala! I dig the new truck, and the interior looks to be in great shape. Look forward to seeing progress on this build.

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Good luck with the Porterbuilt swap....yes, shipping sure can hurt when it is a long distance away....it will be an awesome ride when you get it done.

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Just got off the phone with Porterbuilt. Order is placed for the Touring front Dropmember with coil overs and the four link rear with coil overs. Also ordered the rack and pinion, all the tubular a-arms, sway bar, and coil overs and springs. I'm still not planning the tear down until fall though. Frame height should be around six inches with CPP Modular drop spindles and my 20" and 22" wheels.

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That thing's gonna be killer :metal:

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Hey Durg, I'm gonna have to come check out your truck sometime, I'm right in Saco, Welcome to the board.

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Sounds good. I've been driving it around a bit. I replaced the left arm rest and added a right one also. Replaced one of the broken heater levers, new exhaust donuts and gaskets, and picked up my Nitto tires. I will be waiting on the rims for a while as the 22" rears were not in stock. I have ordered the 2" drop CPP modular spindles. I went and got a high hump today and I thought it was really good at first sight, but the left side is rotted where it bolts to the floor. I'm going back to get the firewall piece in the morning but that is slightly rotted on the left as well. I need to keep looking for a better one but it will allow me to at least cut the floor using it as a template when the time comes. I have a brand new set of Yukon Gear and axle 6 lug axles but as I am doing the 5 lug, I won't be using them. Is there any demand for the stock 6 lug stuff? They list for 192.00 each on Summit.

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A couple really nice rides there, Welcome!

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I started pulling the truck apart in anticipation of getting all the new parts. I will post a ton of pictures as most seem to like the pictures. Some will be very basic disassy pix but some guys really like that kind of stuff too.

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I've read alot of the posts about taking out the rivets in the various crossmembers and mounts. I just step drilled the holes and they punched out fairly easily.

These photos shows the progression:

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She was born with a low hump, but I have a high one located and I believe I am getting the 62 Hydraglide style bolt in front section as well.

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I just [popped out the six lug axles and have the Moser 5 lugs on the way as well as a Wilwood rear disc setup.

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Hopefully I will get the frame sandblasted in the next week or so. I can do it myself at home, it's just a matter of time and weather.

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I am impressed with the condition of this truck. Very few surprises during disassy. No more rust than I already knew about which is not much. All the hardware came apart nicely.

Stuff I either have ordered or already here:

Porterbuilt front touring coilover clip with tubular a-arms, sway bar, and Porterbuilt 4 link rear ordered. Nate already had the Ride Tech adjustible coilovers, Hyperco springs, Unisteer power rack drop shipped. I have the CPP modular spindles and I have ordered the Moser 5 lug axles and the Wilwood rear brake setup. I also have my Nitto 555 tires and am waiting on the Coy's C-5 wheels. 22" and 20" in the regular gray and machined.

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Very nice truck !!!!!

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Hey Durg, Were there any rubber pads between the bed rails and the frame when you took it apart? Also where did you find the high hump? Local?

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No rubber pads. Metal to metal. The high hump is coming from Washington state. I am supposed to be getting the bolt in mating piece and the firewall that I believe comes out of a '62 with the Hydraglide style tranny. I got a couple high humps already but they are rusted and I was going to have to cut them up to make one decent one. I have the mating piece I cut out of the firewall which also needs a little work on the left side due to rust.

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Well i moved the old crossmember out back. I don't imagine there is much of a market for this stuff?

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I needed to remove the truck arm mounts from the rear end tubes to make way for the new Porterbuilt 4 link mounts. Got that done and then blasted the housing nice and clean.

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Blasted the frame today too. What a ***** in this heat!

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Fire last night in the fire pit with 47 year old genuine Chevrolet truck bed wood!

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Installed new bearings and seals and slid the Moser axles in so I could verify fitment of the Wilwood rear brake setup.

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looks like this is gonna be a sweet ass build!!!! great work so far keep it up

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Thanks, I can't wait for the Porterbuilt stuff to show up.

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Hey Durg, What do you have for a sandblaster? Mine would have taken a month of Sundays to do a frame and rear end. I think I need to upgrade.

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Anybody know why the grease pencil markings are always upside down from the factory?

Answer: Because the truck frames always came down the line upside down and the suspension components were lowered from above. The workers would ID the chassis with grease pencils for accountability. Right before the cab and frame were mated, they would flip the frame right-side up.

If this truck turns out half as nice as the '62 Impala, it's going to be amazing. I'll be tuning in for this build. You obviously have this stuff figured out.

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[quote=chevyrestoguy;5473905]I try. I built and raced circle track cars for 15 years and won a few championships at local 1/3 mile race tracks. That taught me about attention to detail and reliability, as well as learning fabrication skills as well. I am also in the Nuclear Quality control arena as for work. These trucks are completely new to me though.

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My sand blaster is a pressure unit TIP 99'er that holds about 50 pounds of abrasive, run by an 80 gallon compressor that still needs a rest during blasting to catch up. I have always used fine grade abrasive and the current stuff is actually crushed glass that I get at crown paint. ( now Moody's I guess). No matter how you look at it, sand blasting is not fun.