One more new guy... kinda

[Blainq17]

Hey guys. Finally decided to join the forum and start a thread for my truck. I've been creeping the forum for years and you guys have already been a lot of help.

My project is a 1964 C10 that I've had for almost 9 years and it's been in my family since it was new. It started out as a longbed 283 4 speed truck that my great grandfather bought new. I inherited it around 2009, got it running, played with it a little and then it just sat until about 2 years ago.

I tore the truck down, saved up some money while I was deployed and started from the frame up putting this truck together right. I cut the frame down to a short wheelbase, sectioned the front crossmember, and step notched the rear. I rebuilt the control arms and installed CPP lowering springs and lowering spindles on the front. I had to move the steering up 1.5" to clear the sectioned crossmember. Including the steering box. On the rear I replaced the control arm crossmember with a CPP unit, reinforced the control arms and built a coil over setup. I also swapped out the 12 bolt for a 9 inch from moser and switched to disc brakes all the way around. And that's where the truck currently sits. The cab is going to Jewel restorations in Oklahoma this summer to get new floorpans, rockers, and all that. While that's happening I'm going to plumb the brakes and sit the engine and trans on the frame. For now I'm just going to use an old 350 and 4l80e I have sitting around. Eventually I'll either put a blower on it or stroke it. Or both. My vision for this truck is a super low static dropped, grass roots, simple cruiser. No power steering, no sway bars, no AC, no electric fuel pumps, no bull****.

Also some pictures of my work and how the truck currently sits. (Yes I know the track bar is on backwards, I fixed it. Lol)