my "71 C10 project

[RexDodge]

Well last night was a clean up night. When I can't find tools and I am tripping over things it's time to clean and organize. Once that's done it's nice to just look things over and realize how far you have gotten on things. I'm not satisfied but am pleased with my progress. I decided to recap a bit to see what I have done. Mostly cleaning now that I look back. A little fabricating but mostly I have become a master of the wire wheel. I am sure you all know what I am talking about there. At this point of the process I am installing the fuel system and wiring the back half. I decided to rip out all the old cut up and cracked wire and start over clean from the front to back. The fuel system will be slow as funds are low until I can sell some parts. I'm going to attempt to use the in tank tbi fuel pump with a external canister filter (fram) and a bypass fuel pressure regulator to knock the pressure down for my carb set up. If that doesn't work I'll shell out the money and change the pump in the tank to a sump (hose in place of the pump) and install an external pump. I haven't heard it run for over 10 years and I'm getting impatient. After the wiring and fuel I'll build my exhaust. I am planning an X pipe system with mufflers in front of the rear end (above and between the trailing arms) and dumping them over the rear end. I had built it years ago for the old set up (lwb) but need to cut it down and install the X pipe. I'll run it over the trans cross member and through the mid cross member. I think I'll fab up a replacement trans cross member to make more room and shed some weight. Grrrrr...this all makes me realize how far I am from starting the engine. I'm headed to the garage...