66 ReinCARnation
 

This is a 1966 C10 we picked up today for cheap!
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We didn't take the bed. Didn't have any need for it!
When we got it home!
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Was last registered in 1989. It actually runs! Needs a carb rebuild... Doing that tomorrow!

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Cool truck. What's the plans for it?

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Pretty much gonna leave it like it is... Add a flat bed and rebuild the carb and some wheels and tires.

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Laying out the flat bed!
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Cool! I like that flatbed!!! I'm in for the ride! Looks like its gonna be one good build! :chevy:

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The work on the bed looks great, keep it up!

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We made a few changes... Will post some more pics tomorrow. Working on getting all the boards stained right now.

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Tore the carburetor down last night and soaked it overnight in carb cleaner dip can. Rebuilt it today and got it on and running. It will now idle. Still need a little fine tuning, but it runs nicely!
Started staining the bed wood last night. Finished it up early this morning. We chose a color from Rustoleum called Cabernet!
http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/...45e52c34f6.jpg
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Now bed is finished!
http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/...cbb4b0876b.jpg
Goal for this weekend met!

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Did a little more work today. Found out that the left rear wheel was missing the drum and the wheel cylinder and hardware were trashed. Also found out that the rear gears are shot. Good thing is I have another rear that is going to get swapped in. Got the old one out before I ran out of daylight. Also found out today that the fuel tank is full of crap. Looks like gas has been in there for 25 years since it was last on the road. This aught to be fun!
Here's a couple pics of the completed bed. Took before dark. Still need to do poly!
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Re: 66 ReinCARnation
 

Nice job on the bed.

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Thanks! We took way too long on it, with many changes in between and still a little bit of modifying all the way up to the end! But we are both very happy with how it turned out.

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Very good job on the bed! I like the color stain you used! :metal:

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That's ok, your getting the quality and fit of want you want in the long run. Looks like the time was worth the wait!!

Too bad your not just a little closer to NC...I have a stack of those drums 3 feet high.

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I'm not really that far from Fayetteville. I'm right on the line near Charlotte!

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Yeah, surprisingly we both like the color as well. I was afraid it would turn out purple, but I think it will be ok. We will see what happens once the poly goes on.

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I screwed up and moved pictures around in my photobucket account. I will repost all the pics ASAP.

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That should have all of them back in here... Now on to last nights progress!

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Rot in the rockers. Typical for these trucks.
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Right side...
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Everything cut out on the left side and cleaned up.
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New piece I made to repair this area...
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Trimmed down to fit the cut out area and tacked it place...
http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/...4d541857b1.jpg

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Last nights progress. We got all new wheel cylinders and brake hoses installed, brakes bled out. Sitting on her new shoes!
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Building a filler piece for the left side.
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Welded in
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Right side rocker damage cut out
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Right side repair piece welded in
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More repair on right side
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All tuned up! New hoses and belt. Looking good!
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In the process of trying to clean out the fuel tank... I think it's a lost cause and we need to just buy a new tank.
This is the nasty mess that is coming out of the tank! 25 year old gas is pretty disgusting!
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Met up with the guys from the Upstate SC GM Truck Club this afternoon for our monthly meet and greet... Lots of cool trucks and nice people. Got me a sticker and couldn't wait to get it on the truck!
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Looks like progress has been going good!!

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Thanks... It has slowed down a lot due to time and funding. We are getting a new fuel tank this week and I'm ordering weatherstrip and window gaskets this week as well. Plan to have it ready for a local car show by Saturday. Hopefully get some folks interested.

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We've been plugging away at it. We finally got a new fuel tank and sender from Tommy's Pickup Parts in Shelby, NC. They had it in stock! Once the tank was in, we built some brackets and put in a set of bucket seats from a 1997 Malibu. We took it for a drive last Saturday with the intention to put it in a local car show, but when we stopped at Walmart to get some ice and drinks, my brother opened the hood to check things out and saw we had a major oil leak. Oil was everywhere! Turns out the front crankshaft seal was so dry and hard that it had cut grooves in the harmonic balancer. We put in a new seal and bought a Balancer repair sleeve. While we were in that far we went ahead and put in a new water pump and thermostat. Got everything all back together and my brother is putting coolant in and I say to him, it sounds like your pouring it right on the floor. So we shine a light down and find that the original radiator has sprung a leak right behind the grille and is pouring out pretty good. So now we have to get a new radiator, and considering this will be the third time we will put coolant in we might as well do a new heater core then everything will be new.
Here's a few pics for the folks (like me) that like to see em!
New tank in...
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These are the seats that were in it when we got it... If anyone has any idea what they Re out of, please let me know. My only idea is a T-bird or something like that.
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Last night my brother worked on some more of the patch work on the floor on the right side of the cab.
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Because the truck has the 4speed Muncie trans and a floor shifter we decided to make it more comfortable. I cut the Hurst shifter where it had been welded previously and raised it up an additional 8 inches and then made a custom shift boot for it.
Here is what it looked like before.
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For some reason my phone didn't like the other pic I took and deleted it, so I will get a shot before installing the boot this evening.
Here is the boot!
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Got a little more done the past few days. Got the shifter extended and the new boot installed. While my brother is working on the repairs to the left side cab floor I do some work on the right side door. The door was in primer when we got it and I knew there was work to be done. I wish I had taken some better before pics, but even with the in process pics the extent of the damage can be seen. I still need to do a bit more shaping, then a little filler and it will be ready for paint.
Here's some pics!
Shifter extended.
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Boot installed.
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Patch spotted in on right side of floor
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This is the door before. The dents can be see, but not real good. The dent in the front of the door had a half-a$$ repair attempted. There are holes from someone drilling and possibly trying to pull it out with a dent puller and then tried to fill it with bondo. Thankfully it wasn't a lot of bondo. Got that all ground out ans pulled out the stud welder and went to town!
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Some in process repair pics.
The diagonal lines in this dent is where creases were! I got them pounded out pretty good. Sprayed a little primer on and the spot almost completely disappeared.
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This is the worst dent, and by far the worst dent I've ever worked. The body line about 10" behind it was also dented and the curve underneath was pushed out. Still needs a little more massaging, but it's a whole lot better than it was.
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I got the new radiator this past week and finally got a little time to get it in on Friday evening.
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Nice new aluminum radiator from eBay. I got the 3 row in the event that there is a v8 in this trucks future. It was only a little more money so we went for it. I did have to modify the brackets a little, but not so much that if someone wanted to put in an oe radiator they wouldn't have to buy new ones.
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I just realized that I have not posted the heater core install progress. It was before the radiator as I was able to get it locally. I'm pretty sure the heater core was original as all of the bolts were still in place, even the 4 on the back, so the whole box had to come out. While I had it out I decided why not clean it up and paint it, so I did.
Old and new!
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I spent a little time working on the right side door yesterday. I got it in green paint, now just need to age it to sorta match the rest of the truck.
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you're alive!!!! nice progress. keep on keeping on, time is moving fast.

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Lol... I know right! It seems like forever since I posted anything. Just got home with the 58/59 cab. Will post some pics when the sun comes up.

I'll hopefully be back on the 66 some this week as I wait on parts to come in for my daughters car.

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So tired, I fell asleep writing last night...
Here's a pic of the 58/59.
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I almost bought it strictly for the dash, but decided the rest of the cab was in too good of shape to cut it up.
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cab looks great, good score

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Little Teaser!!!
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We still have a few things to do. A little more metal work in the cab floors. New weatherstripping and wipers to install. Then it will pretty much be done.

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nice, drive the wheels off that, make a nice cab getter!

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lol!