24 day project

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Hello all. Been a long time lurker on here. Posted numerous threads and even commented on a ton. Bought parts from here and met a few people a long the way. First off this build is going to be a two part build thread. The first part will start tomorrow and end September 30th. The second part will start some time next August.

I decided to make this thread to help keep me motivated on building my truck. I'm calling it the "24 day project" because as of tomorrow 9/6/2014, I will have 24 days to do something on my truck for a long time due to a surgery I'm having on October 1st. It's a 5 hour long surgery with an expected heal time of 8 months including rehab to learn how to walk again.

Little of myself for this project and the surgery. I was diagnosed with a nerve and muscular disease when I was 15. I'm now 21 going on 22 in December. I've never cared too much for people with disabilities until I myself found out that I have a disability. Ever sense then, I have wanted to build my truck into a drag truck to gain awareness of all the different types of MD (muscular distrophy). Well my plan later changed as I decided that a Pro Street build was better suit for me as I do plan on taking it on tours such as power tour and other tours as well as show time and strip time. Hopefully one day I can use the truck as a foundation step towards donations for the MDA clinic in finding a cure and helping others.

Now for the truck and enough about me. It started its life as a 1969 Chevy C10 Long Bed Fleet Side with no motor or tranny. The interior had a brand new bench seat and that was it. Had dash, gauges, and door panels. The outside of the truck had a brand new hood and the body is very straight. Color of the truck is the original turquoise and is in really good condition. Very light rust. Came with 4 Boyd Coddington rims that I don't like.

What I've done since I got the truck when I was 12. My grandpa and I put in a 500 CI Cadillac with an aluminum intake that he gave me. My grandpa was really into stuffing big block Caddies into just about anything old and new. Got the truck able to drive. I took the bench seat out and put in some bucket race seats out of a baja 1000 truck. Took out the gas tank in the cab and put in a little 5 gallon old school tank in the bed for test fires and test runs with the occasional burn outs....well lots of them actually. Bled the front and rear brakes with new lines and a new MC and rebuilt the front brakes. This was all done from the time I was 12 till I was 18 as I was having lots of dr. appointments and tests and I just wasn't really into it all that much after I turned 15.

Well now I'm 21 and I started getting back into it a couple months ago. I sold my whole front clip for dirt cheap. Sold the brand new hood for $50. Shame on me lol. Pieced together a 67 front clip that so far has cost me almost $500. And the worst part about it all is when I was 12, I traded a 100% original driving 1967 c10 with small back window and wood bed for this truck I have now. I was young and didn't know anything so don't bash me too much.

Well onto the 24 day project now. My plans right now are to get power back in the cab. I lost all power to the cab yesterday fumbling around with some wires. Fuses are good and fuse block is still good. So I don't know about that.

Plans for the truck:

Mostly finish the center console I designed myself. Really excited about that.
Get power back in the cab.
Lights and motor to be powered by switches and installed on the console.
Finish mounting the seats.
Take the vinyl door panels off and install metal ones that I painted myself.
Either buy another 67/8 hood or fix the one I have.
Do some body work on the fenders.
Hopefully get epoxy primer on the whole front clip for winter.

Now don't hold me to my plans. I'm jobless and have very little tools. I only make money selling parts I have laying around for these era trucks.

And now lets see if I can load some pictures on my very iffy internet because we're all picture whores here.

First picture is what the truck looked like when I got even though that picture was taken last year although changed on the outside.
Second picture is the Caddy of course
Third picture is with the 67 clip
Fourth picture is the seats I now have in it that came out of a baja 1000 truck ran by Ryan Spiers. His brother owned a construction company a while ago and my dad worked for him.

I will get more pics up tomorrow. I will try to accomplish at least 1 thing a day and post a before and after picture.