1970 Blue Bullet c10 short bed Project

[Agent Smith]

So this is my truck that im going to build. It is a gutted, and i mean completely gutted 1970 c10 2 wheel drive blue chevrolet short bed pickup truck. It was used for drag strip racing for god knows how long, then when my grandfather when over to the s10 truck because it was lighter, he let this baby sit for around 10 years.
Now a note to everyone that will be reading/keeping up with this, and i ask that someone please cause i might have questions haha!- I do not have a fancy garage or alot of time and money like alot of these people do, and infact, im still in high school! So please do not think that this is gunna be some nice looking, low riding pimp machine, this is going to be the original looking truck that looks a bit beat up that will be able to outrun all the other losers with mustangs, haha. Keep reading if you do not understand.


The inside is completely gone, Though i will be redoing it. I know that isnt specific as i have not even gotten to that part yet. The front brakes will be converted over to disc brakes, and the entire truck will be converted from 6-lug to 5 lug. I am trying to, or atleast going to in the future, going to run 3.08
's in the rear end for mpg, or if im unable to get my hands on them, 3.73's for the time being.

The engine and tranny, Im going to take the 350 l31 vortec 5.7L fuel injected v8 from my dads 1970 c10 and going to pair it with a t56 six speed. I have other plans for the engine like rollor rockers and maybe forged internals and forced induction, or a new intake with injectors but thats later. My dads green truck will be getting the 12-valve cummns engine that you will praboly see in the future.

For parts since i got really lucky, I found a 1972 truck without a drivers door and not engine/tranny so i went and picked it up for 500 bucks and i will be moving it to the house tomorrow. I will be getting almost everything from it. Brakes, interior, all kinds of stuff. I will be putting in a rear mount gastank because the one behind the seat is a death trap!

For wheels and tires, i dont know yet as i have to get there first.

The first thing i am going to do is clean out both cabs on the trucks, then make a list of everything we can use off of it, Then me and a few buddys are going to un-bolt the cab-bed-front end and take it off the frame, get a complete finished product rolling-frame and then sandblast it and paint it so that it doesnt rot away. then after that, who knows?????

So if you would like to see a teenager build his first ever truck then stay along, and trust me, im not idiot, im brighter than most of the people my age.... I am actually what some people consider a geek, LOL.

So pictures along with the process will be posted when ever i can post them. It looks like i will be working on it every weekend, if not randomly during the week.