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1970 swb c-10
Finally getting around to starting a build thread. First, a little history on the truck. I bought this truck in 1996 when I was 14. It was a 70 Long bed with a 350/350 that was in really good shape. A friend of my dads owned a little car lot and took it in on a trade. He knew I had been looking for a 67-72 so he gave us a call the evening he traded for it. An hour (and an empty savings account from mowing yards) later, I had purchased my first truck. I drove it daily through high school and the first year of college. Then it sat for several years without being drove much. I always wanted to make it a shortbed and restore it myself. It was just a matter of having the time/space/money to do it. I have been working on it slowly for about 4 years and have recently made a strong push toward finishing it. I will add pics and descriptions untill I get caught up with where it is today. First a couple of pictures from when I first got it.
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The first thing I did was rebuild the tired 350. Some specs on the motor:
*355ci *Edelbrock RPM aluminum heads *Edelbrock RPM air gap intake *Comp cams Xtreme Energy 284 cam *Comp 1.6 roller rockers *Edelbrock 750 carb *MSD dist/ign I had the transmission rebuilt and b&m 3500 converter
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Found a shortbed frame. Sand blasted and painted it with eastwood chassis paint.
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I blasted all the frontend parts and completely rebuilt everything. I also installed a ECE 4.5/6 drop kit and disc conversion and Inline Tube brake lines.
A few pictures from the frontend assembly.
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A couple more of the front end
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Very nice!
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Love this project!!!
Hope to see it around this year.
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Brown left this on my porch yesterday. I opened it up and it looks like fun. Does anyone know if I would just be better off renting the crimper tool from AAW or is there a better option?
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Got some work done today. Epoxied the bed and door panels
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Then I got the first round of high build on the bed.
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This is a fantastic truck! Really love the paintjob you did on it & I'll be using some of the tips I read in your paint thread.
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Awesome job!
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Looks really good Jonathan. I bought that same breather and covers for my motor. Can't wait to see it all back together.. I hope to catch up to you soon and have mine back on the road.
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Man, looks terrific! Hope the rest goes well! Use foam pads, and dont sand your edges, and tape the edges off when you polish until the final glaze, and you'll be fine. Great work so far!
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Hoping to be done with paint after this weekend
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Bed is finished! It feels GREAT to be done with the painting. Now comes the cut and buff, intalling AAW wiring harness, Assembly, etc.
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Also got the letters on the tailgate.
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ooops forgot pic.
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Beautiful!!!
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Gold/White is a terrific combo. Surprised you don't see them too often. What did you decide to do on the crimp tool from AAW?
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I think I will just buy the tool instead of renting it.
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Found this on my front porch late tonight.(We dont ever use the front door) I bought it off ebay and had kinda forgotten about it. I dont know when UPS left it, but the box was soaked. Luckily the person that shipped it had wrapped it in plastic. I just have to change the bezel to the 69-72 one. EDIT: wow, my phone takes terrible pictures. I promise it looks like new. You just wouldnt know it from this pic.
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Looks good!! You better start color sanding and buffing soon as possible. Using 2021 if you wait to long you will wish you never started to sand on it..
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