Project Blue - 66 C10 Fleetside

[66herbie]

Hey everybody. Like some of you i have been lurking on here for a while drooling over the builds and the ideas you guys come up with. Recently bought my first house with a garage, so its time that the old girl starts the road to recovery and get it back on the road where it belongs. Originally, the truck was my grandfathers. I inherited it from my dad when he moved onto grandpas farm about 12 years ago. In high school i got it going again, rebuilt the original 250 L6, threw a fresh coat of paint on and rims and tires. just enough that i could drive it and have it for grad. Kept driving it for the years to come after. That is until one day just cruising along and it dies. long story short, engine needed to be rebuilt again. But time money and space to work were not available. So it sat in the quonset at my brothers until Now.

Heres the basic plan:

- 350 or LS swap - haven't decided totally yet, leaning to 350
- 5 spd trans
- short bed conversion
- suspension wise, id like to get it lower, but not slammed, air ride one day maybe
- probably going to be getting the same shade of blue it is now, but will need to be fully repainted.

Its going to be a long process but it will be worth it. And more than likely gonna have a few questions for you guys!

Heres a few pictures of my starting point right now.

[67pete300]

Awesome. And better with the family story. Like you I'm just about to start a 65 project with similar goals. Just about to start a build thread. I'll be watching.

[Modges'66]

Very nice re-starting point!
You have a lot to work with!!!

[LostMy65]

Grandpa's truck, it doesn't much better than that.

[66herbie]

Well had a good day yesterday starting to strip it down. Lucky enough to have already sold my fuel tank as ill be going to an under bed unit. But as usual on something like this, found a little more extensive rust than i knew. but repairable none the less. And it looks like some furry friends made a home in the heater box for a while...

[66herbie]

Well after a long winter and spring, been tinkering again. This truck is going to take a while.. lol. Got all geared up again now that i have my drivetrain! Just picked up a 5.3 LM7 with 168,000 km and a T56 6 speed out of a c5 Z06 Corvette. I know it takes a bit more money and work to get the Z06 trans set up for this but looking forward to it. my dilemma is that the engine came less ECU and wiring but does have the truck intake with rails and injectors. Whats everyones opinion on fuel systems. Been debating hard on going with the fitech ultimate ls kit. But I'm sure would be cheaper to find a factory ecu and wiring.

[jimmythompson1964]

Good score on the engine and trans