Here is my 1969 c10 fleetside.

[Ganty101]

First a little intro. I’m David, I’m over in England and went from having a Nissan Skyline R34 GT-T to a ‘68 Chevy C10 350ci. The reason for the switch was mainly to be able to fix it myself (I am a mechanic but there’s a lot of nasty electrics on a skyline!) I wanted a V8 and cheaper to keep (insurance/tax/mot)

After a month of looking I came across one on eBay. It had been lowered £2,000 down to £11,500 and looked to of been restored recently, has disc brakes, Edelbrock carb and power steering fitted. Drove an hour or so to see it and ended up getting it for £10,750. During the drive home I hit 70mph (ish) on the motorway and all the electrics died and the engine cut out. As I’m sat there swearing to myself the truck just fires back up and all the lights came back on etc so I carried on steadily home.

Time for pictures I think then I’ll get back to the build!
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So after road testing again and doing some checks it turned out that the alternator was producing 18volts underload and had burnt out the wiring to the battery. Fortunately we got an alternator off a ‘88 vauxhall cavalier which fit with minor adjustments. We also replaced the wire to the battery with a better gauge wire as the old was burnt out.
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So that was my first week with the truck. I got it to avoid electrical issues and that was the first issue I had! Typical! Gonna post more as this was back at the beginning of April and a lot has happened.

Quick edit I’ve been lurking around here for a while and know a lot of you like to see the spid so here mine. And info you can get from it would be great!
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