noob that picked up a 68 stepper

[Nodd89]

i picked this up the other day pretty happy with my find its a 68 c10 short step with a strait 6 and 3 on the tree. i have a 97 firebird with a lt1 so theres no need for the truck to go fast as long as it tows my boat once and a while ill be happy with the 6... it needs cab corners rockers and some floor work to say the least im going to try and work with the box steel cause the fenders are kinda rusted threw in some spots and the box rails are beat up and such probably going to go with the flat black treatment so as i slowly patch things up i can cover it up and not worry about paint matches as flat black blends in pretty damn good...before i talk more on with the photos














after the first day of bringing it home i poured gas in the carb and of course with a boost she fired right up however even hooking a line from a jerry can to the fuel pump (naturally the tank had bad gas and is pretty grungy inside) the carb wouldnt deliver the fuel so a new filter and a carb rebuild (instructions via youtube) she fired right up. and as a celebration i drove it up and down the road a few times. then i got locked into first gear, common problem right and reach under the hood and yank the linkages? not so simple i looked underneith the truck and found the linkages on the tranny were loose AND the rod to tranny connector had both been welded after some adjustments. its still locked in gear after readjusting and pulling so ill have to spend some more time figuring it out. id really like to keep the 3 on the tree so i may end up taking the colum out to see if theres anything i can tighten up or shim we shall see