Well I'm down now

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I picked this 67 C10 back in October. It definatly has a farmer flare, but that can be fixed with a modest drop. I got a set of springs and drop spindles and here is my adventure.

What I started with.......who stole the hay out of the bed?



Here are just a few of the steps.

Look Ma.....Disc Brakes! Someone in the past stole the complete suspension off a 71 C10.



This are 39 year old brakes, with the original rotors. Look the assembly line ID tag.



Here is how far down one must go to install the front suspension. I love the fact that a spring compressor is not required, my other cars always need a compressor.



By the way ALWAYS check everything. I went to do a quick cleaning on the rotors before packing the new bearings. Look what I found, green sand (yes I see it is black but that is what casting sand is called) inside where the bearing races are.



After an extra half hour of cleaning out all the sand and checking the other rotor (all clean), I got back to assembly.

Here is what I ended up with........



OK it is little low in the front, I will be fixing that with a spring exchange. Well more work in a week or two.