69 C20 Daily Driver build

[MAC71]

I have been in the process of rebuilding my 71 C10 which has been my driver for years. I needed something else to drive and wanted to find a truck with a wood bed to use on the 71. Well I found this 1969 C20 396 cid with a TH400 that needed a lot of work on the cab, but the PO had also bought a solid cab to replace the rusted out one. I paid $1000 for the truck and cab last week. My plan is to do a quick build and use this to get to work until the 71 is finished. During the week after work I welded up holes in the fire wall that some one added and painted the fire wall. I had tried 3 different colors and ended up with the dark olive green paint code 506.
This weekend I pulled the truck apart, cleaned it, built 1/2 the exhaust system and got the cab on.

[MAC71]

Old spare

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2nd fuel tank

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Working on paint and body work. On a iPad so just going to add some photos

[MAC71]

[MAC71]

What color should I paint the wheels. I am leaning towards semi gloss black.

[mjensen]

Wow! You don't screw around! That is looking great. I like the idea of black on the wheels.

[MAC71]

Originally Posted by mjensen

Wow! You don't screw around! That is looking great. I like the idea of black on the wheels.

I dont have time to screw around on this one. I need it out of the garage and on the road. I need to use it to drive to work and need the room in the garage for working on the other truck. But it is not going as fast as I wish it would as I have only had a little bit of time to work on it.
Thank you for the compliment.

[MAC71]

I cleaned up the front inner wheel wells. I had to weld a few patches and take a large dent out of one. Not to worried about getting them to bare mettle as its a daily driver and I am hoping that the KBS rust seal paint works well on them.



worked a bit more on the finders and I am ready to prime them and final block sand, and started working on welding in patches on the doors.



I had soaked the emblems in paint stripper and cleaned them up. My 12 year old daughter just finished painting them.

[MAC71]

Worked for about 4 hours today on the truck. Replaced the intake manifold and exhaust gaskets, painted a few parts and cleaned a bunch of parts. I had a 1 1/16 sway bar with poly bushings that I had left over from the other truck that I installed and put new cab mounts on.

[65standard]

It's coming out great. Thanks for sharing.

[MAC71]

Just looked up the numbers that are stamped on the block. It is a 1970 350 hp 396 from a chevelle.

Painted a few more parts




Also went to the parts store and they don't have a gasket for the intake to carb or the o rings for the power steering pump.

['68 Newtricks]

nice progress!!!

[MAC71]

Originally Posted by '68 Newtricks

nice progress!!!

Thank you

[MAC71]

Have family from out of state so only worked on it a little early this morning. Installed the heater Box, and the front and rear glass and rebuilt the hinges. Out of paint thinner for my spray gun so just painted the door hinges black. Thinking about taking them apart and painting them green later but because of being in a big hurry with this build may just leave them black. Finished cleaning the engine brackets and painting them and did a few little things like installing valve covers and thermostat.

[Sicklajoie]

Looking good!

[MAC71]

Originally Posted by Sicklajoie

Looking good!

Thank you

[MAC71]

Finished the metal work on the doors. Need to get some more filler tomorrow to cover my welds. As this is a quick build I used flange and did lap joints and not but joints, means more to fill. I also primed the fenders and a few other parts.

[MAC71]

On my phone so I will keep it short. Painted a few parts. Had the garage temp to 60 but by the time I was finished it was down to 35. Got some orange peel because of the cold. Guess I will have to cut and buff this truck.

[mjensen]

Need some of those infrared curing lights for these cold a$$ temps Still looks awesome for a daily!

[mjensen]

The cowl alignment to the hood makes me think maybe the cab is a little twisted on the frame. Just another thought.

[MAC71]

I spent 3 hours on the hood tonight. It's better but not correct. I did loosen all the bolts in the sheet metal and the cab and core support. I than looked at photos I took before I took the truck apart and it was miss aligned just the same as it is now. I feel like it's the hinges.

[MAC71]

Originally Posted by mjensen

The cowl alignment to the hood makes me think maybe the cab is a little twisted on the frame. Just another thought.

Moving the cab did help a little. Thanks

[MAC71]

[MAC71]

Got a lot done on the truck today, got the door glass in, front bumper on, vin plate on, carpet in, seat in and a few other little things. Then I started working on the bed. The bed I am using has a tool box but it it rusted in the bed side around the tool box. I decided to cut it all out and save it for my other truck and just patch the side. I got the patch in today also an did a lot of sanding. I hope to finish sanding tomorrow and get it primed.