67 C10 Makin it handle

[laid67]

Here we are. I bought my 67 c10 as a gift for my 18th birthday.
The night I got home I tore into the engine bay and removed the mess of extra wires and gheto auto zone bling and "air-horns". I half stripped the awesome(not really) paint over the body that was obviously not prepped before hand. and That is how I drove her for about 6 months, All of the southern california summer in a black truck with no A/C and when you open the windows NO AIR blows into the cab. Between that and the turbo 350 trans that made the motor scream at me when I tried to go over 55. It had to go. I bought a vortec 5.3 and 4L60E out of a taho, pulled what I now found was a 400ci small block and 350 trans, which I sold for damn near what I paid for the new motor, and then the truck sat for two years.

A few months ago I caught my lucky break and got a job that leaves me with enough money after bills to put some serious (for me) money and time in the truck. ok, maybe not so much on the time. but I got my weekends.


After 5 or 6 times through the make it handle thread and the great info from Rob and all the other talented people that have contributed there, I have developed my plan.

No longer looking for a frame dragging bagged low rider, I am now building a truck that will feed my sports car desire.

So for the next few months I will be spending nearly every free moment in the garage hammering away at this seemingly impossible build I've got myself into

My baby, the night she came home