Plum Crazy C10 from a land far away

[spitfire980]

Hi Guys

Im doing a frame off on my 67 SWB stepside C10 here in the UAE and wanted to share my journey so far but first, here are my other ladies

68 Chevelle LQ4/4L80E in BMW/Audi Java Green



69 Chevelle, 350/700R4 in BMW Atlantis Blue


72 Vette, Edelbrock 350 Pro-flow EFI crate/TH400


83 BMW 633CSi


92 Mercedes SL300-24


98 BMW 750iL V12


So here is the latest addition to the family, 67 SWB stepside C10
Here is the Ebay Ad (later to find out, its the understatement of the century)


Ebay Auction Pics







45 days later, it arrived to my part of the world only to find out the engine is jammed, cracked windshield and the passenger side hood hinge is so bent the hood closes sideways.

Managed to free the engine and get it running, installed a CS144 140Amp alternator, my spare holley double pumper carb, electric fans and a radiator. Parked it at home till the 69 Chevelle finished its turn at restoration....and thats where the real fun starts

Front clip comes out


Remove the cracked windshield to find this nasty surprise


Both rockers were goners, lucky i ordered inners and outers when i shipped the car



Now the fun part where you wonder what the PO was smoking on...

Instead of the 350, its a 305


The engine stands were from a I6 in V8 position without the bottom bolts so the whole engine weight was resting on the top bolts

Thats the manual tranny crossmember, instead of removing it, PO just quickly cut through it


Engine/tranny out


Removed the cabin to find this surprise, PO welded the tranny crossmember instead of bolting it.....crooked!


Escorting the tow truck back from the sandblaster


Who needs a fancy AC system when you can have fresh air!


Everything from the cabin onwards was primed to prevent further rust while new sheet metal was ordered




Notice the pattern here? PO welded everything rather than bolt it...and its not even good welds!

Here is how the frame sits waiting for its turn to be sandblasted


Iv chosen plum crazy purple as the color and anything chrome will either be painted matte black or matte gray...still havent decided