So I just joined the forum and thought I would start my thread tracking the progress of my 68 C10 long bed. I am the main provider and I want this to be my daily driver, so this will be slow progress haha. I picked up this truck for pretty cheap (under 1k) and drove it 40 miles to get her home. The brakes seem soft and the fluids old. It's sitting in front of the house right now but hope to start working on it within this week. First step is to drain all of the fluids, i.e. brake, oil, radiator, transmission. It a little over 60k on the ODO but who knows how many miles.
My father in law was pretty excited when I showed him the truck and he brought me to his storage and gave me an aluminum manifold, carb and HEI. So I scored there. Just need to clean them up, buy the odds and ends needed, and then he wants to help install. He restores a lot of classic cars and has several guys he uses for various things so I'll be taking advantage of his connections. He's already talking about having is body work guy fix the dents in the bed. I already ordered a new ignition key and door locks set, just waiting for them to get in the mail. And I definitely need to replace the ugly mirrors. Also on the to do list is to put in power steering. Anyways, enough ranting, here are some pics.
05-08-2012, 05:24 PM
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