1964 C10 Daily Driver/Restomod

[MDPotter]

Hello everybody, I'm a new member here and I've been exploring the forum and have found a lot of helpful advice and thought I'd share my experience with this restoration just in case anyone else out there is working on a similar build.

Dad and I are restoring the 64 C10 he drove in high school which belonged to his grandfather previously. It sat in the weeds for 20+ years before we pulled it into the shop in 2006 and took it apart. Life happened, the economy went down the drain, but we resumed the project with moderate effort in 2016 and really got after it this past year. I don't have pictures readily available for all the work done up to July 2018, but they are in the archives.

A summary of the work/mods done so far:
-Replaced inner/outer rockers, cab corners
-Replaced lower half of outer door skin (just below window sill down)
-Replaced inner door bottom
-Sandblasted all reusable parts and frame
-Purchased a whole new bed and front fenders
-Deleted tailgate chains and installed Mar-K hidden latches and links
-Welded up stake pockets
-Installed stainless tank between frame rails
-Rebuilt rear brakes (kept drums)
-Added front & rear sway bars
-1/3 drop
-Front disc brake conversion
-Dewitts radiator
-5.3 LC9 with 6-spd trans out of a wrecked 2012 2WD Silverado
-Power steering conversion

A summary of the work/mods to come:
-Vintage Air A/C
-17x8 6 lug Vision Legend wheels
-Headlights upgrade (TBD)
-Bucket seats out of 99-06 pickup
-Bed wood (Apitong)
-CPP steering column
-Single-DIN radio

We did mockups of (6) different color options and settled on the darker shade of GM Stone Blue Metallic:
-Eastwood rat rod black
-GM Torch Red
-GM Stone Blue Metallic (lighter shade, on fender in picture below)
-GM Stone Blue Metallic (darker shade, right half of bedside in picture below)
-GM Stone Blue Metallic (lighter shade with matte clear)
-Subaru Blue (left half of bedside in picture below)
-MIP or rubber floor mat & sound deadening
-Kick panel delete/speaker install

If all goes well this weekend, the bed will be painted.