1977 Chevy C10 Slow build.
 

While this Build will take a few months, I figured I would start a build thread to keep track of all the pics i have been taking. Which isn't a lot so far. But with time it will progress to something worth a crap. I hope to have is pretty much done be august.

OK, on to the truck, Its a 77 SWB 2wd C10. When i bought the truck from a friend it didn't have a motor, the cab was rotted and needed a set of factory wheels a some rubber. But 250 bucks later it was mine. After throwing in a motor and 700r4 trans i had in here she was up and running. Well on to some pics. I have just started the body work so there will be a few pics of that and i hope this weekend I can get in primer with pics of that too.

Bad video, But its a sounds clip of the new cam.
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Here is a pic before i started doing the body work.
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Pulled the steering wheel to replace the turn signal cam.
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Tracked down some rough door panels but rough is better then no panel.
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Painted the door panels and dash.
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Now on to the Body work.
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And now on to some of the parts I have been buying. More parts to come as they are being shipped.

Stall converter.
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3 inch cut outs.
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Paint guns.
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Wheels I ordered. Haven't got them yet.
15x7 front and 15x10 rear
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Paint,Primer and other supply's came in today along with a new tach.
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Stamped roller rockers.
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Ordered everything on the list. All new lamps and covers!
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Re: 1977 Chevy C10 Slow build.
 

Cool project. I'll follow along. I'm doing the same right now but on an 83 SWB GMC.

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Went to the shop today and got the tach installed and finished what little I have to do before priming tomorrow. I will get some pics of the tach install when I get to the shop in the AM.

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Well got to the shop today and got her in a few coats of 2K Primer. Here are some pics for ya.

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I will have new pics once I get the the Primer blocked out and then I will lay some coats of white paint. I hope to have it all together by next weekend.

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Started wet sanding the truck this morning. Didnt manage to get far (family stuff going on also). I did manage to snap a few shots.

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One of the new Tach that was installed a few days back.
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Ended up finding a few pics of The truck when I first bought it.
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Started putting the motor in.
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Painted up some factory Rally wheels.
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Rolled out of the shop under its own power on its newly painted wheels.
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Looks great. Can't wait to see what's next.

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Thanks. Trying my best to keep this project alive and on track.

I went to the shop today and started back on wet sanding the primer out. I have the Driver side and hood done. Tomorrow I hope to have the passanger side knocked out and then have it in its new paint wed. Sorry i didnt take any pics this time around. Will get some tomorrow after work.

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Back from the shop, 8 solid hrs of blocking the primer out. Finally got it done and masked off for paint in the AM. I will have some pics tomorrow!

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After a slow start to the day, I finally got out to the shop and got some paint laid on the old girl.... Did the worst thing you could think of. I still had the primer mentality and i ran the crap out of a few spots. Sucks as now there will be a lot of color sanding and buffing in my near future. But hey some times that's how it goes. On to some pics as promised.

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Re: 1977 Chevy C10 Slow build.
 

[QUOTE=Slammedsi;5974848]After a slow start to the day, I finally got out to the shop and got some paint laid on the old girl.... Did the worst thing you could think of. I still had the primer mentality and i ran the crap out of a few spots. Sucks as now there will be a lot of color sanding and buffing in my near future. But hey some times that's how it goes. On to some pics as promised.

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps34e52cd1.jpg
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I'm on the left in the green. Had some help from a friend.
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I had thought I sprayed the Single Stage a tad to dry and it looked like it had a lot of orange peal in it. After letting it set for 2 hrs i went back to the shop to check on it. To my surprise it looked like it flowed out and started to smooth up quite a bit. I will go to the shop some time today and check it with more pics to come...

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Lookin good! It looks like it will buff out nice

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There was one um... We will call it a minor spot. A run on the driver fender. From the front to the back. Hey if I'm going to do it I might as well do it right! :metal:

Here is a pic of the run,
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My old man even go in on the action. Back in his day he rebuilt wrecked Corvettes
(Early 70's) for a living before going into the banking business.

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Went to the shop for a few minutes. Paint is looking really good. I will try and get some outside pics tomorrow. I am just being overly protective about the new paint and wanna leave it lock up for one more day. Until then here is a pic or two.

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Looking good don't worry about a run it's your truck if you can live with it that's all that matters
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Well I rolled the truck out of the shop and took all the masking off. Here is where we are at as of now. Here in the next few days I will get back to the shop and get the trans swapped out with new stall converter, and get the cutouts welded on. Stay tuned for more pics to come.

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Got down to business after work today. Got the truck on the lift and the trans and stall put in. Going to do the cutouts tomorrow. here are some pics.

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OK, been slacking on this build thread so here is some more for ya. I finished up the trans and decided to take a look at that old 10 bolt that was in my burban that I got the donor transmission out of. Sure enough it was a 3.73 with a posi. The 10 bolt that's in my truck now had a set of 2.73 gears. Sense I'm shooting for a truck that's fun from stop light to stop light I commenced to yanking out the two and swapping them around. Here is some more pics and a quick video.

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Sorry for the shakiness of the video, My buddy was trying to record with two cameras.
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I decided while i was there to pull the Dizzy and take out the mechanical advance and weld it at full advance, Known as "Locking out" the Distributor I didn't take any pics of the process. I guess I should have. I got the motor set to 30* BTDC and stabbed the dizzy back in and fired it up. Took and timing light and set it to 36*btdc. If anyone has a large cam i would recommend doing this. Made a world of difference.

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Had a dyno session Tuesday. After tuning the carb and a few other items

313.4whp
369.6wtq

On a 150 Jet it made
444.7hp
501tq

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This 'locking out' thing is new to me. Please explain more - it sounds good.

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Bikeman, you do this when the cam needs lots of base or idle timing. The cam I used is 235/249 @50 and I'm still on 8.75:1 compression. This cam wants to run on 10.5 cr. Here is a link to a great page for more info. Locking out a dizzy is near the bottom.

http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/w...EI_distributor
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