dantimdad's 66c10 budget resto mod

[dantimdad]

Greetings!

I have been a fan of 64-66 chevy trucks since the first time I rode in my dad's ton dump bed when I was 5. That truck was the first vehicle I drove, changed brakes, water pump and did an oil change on.

Since then I have had 8 c10s and a 65 gmc SWB. All of them where made road worthy and sold.

This one is for me!

I was looking for a V8, LWB, 4spd. I though that's what I bought but, because it didn't run correctly (and I didn't look closely enough) I wound up with a 5 spd. That's ok, because it works very well and I think I will enjoy the mileage increase it offers.

MAN! That was long winded!

On to the plan:

I want to pep up the 307 a bit in it, put in a 73 6 lug disc brake cross member, patch up the myriad of rust holes, relocate the gas tank, turn it into a flat bed (I will explain this later) and paint it.

The good:

86 IROC 5 speed
very strong running 307/HEI/4bbl from a 69 chevelle
aluminized dual exhaust
oddly enough, the entire front clip is basically undented and rust free

The bad:

way more rust than I saw at initial inspection
someone tried to weld in sheet steel in the bed and burned through any
possibility of saving it, hence the flatbed.
windshield is shot
someone hacked the wrong sized whole in the dash for a stereo


What I have done so far:

cleaned the stock gas tank and sealed it
new fuel pump
new sending unit
sent quadrajet for a rebuild (it ran great but had to be primed to start)
bought a 94 silverado bench seat, seat belts
bought 3rd brake light from 96 suburban
rebuilt brakes
fabbed by own shifter stalk from 1/2 round bar (first whack at something like this)

I will post pics soon. I can't seem to find the dang thumb drive with all the before pics.

The next things on my list are:

scrap the bed
weld up the rust hole in the drivers door post
rebuild the hinges
weld up the bad spots in the floors

I should have that list done in the next two weeks and will take pics along the way.

dantimdad