71 C10 ground up restoration "my first build EVER"

[Chev71]

Originally Posted by RWB-713

Great lookin start you have! That PB stuff is pretty sweet man, glad to see you're steppin it up on your first build, excited to follow along!

Thanks man, my dads always been *****en bout how long it's taken me and wants to see progress too. Hopefully when I get time from work ima start mocking up the PB parts. I'm buying a crate350 330hp/380tq with a 700R4 tranny of my cousin he has sitting in his garage, only 10k miles on it just needs to be stripped down and painted. I'll post up pics of the motor soon )
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[67cheby]

RWB-713 i dig your saying under your signature , LOL ! Welcome to the forum also !

[RWB-713]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

RWB-713 i dig your saying under your signature , LOL ! Welcome to the forum also !

Thanks! It is definately how I feel about just about anything I do.

I've been a lurker for a while, finally getting back into working on my build, so i figure I better be more involved in this great forum. A good buddy of mine is always on here and frequently sends me links and tells me about stuff on here, and it's always quite interesting & helpful! I hope to be able to contribute as well.

Just started reading your build, love what I see so far!

[67cheby]

thanks man, great seeing new people ! now start you a build thread also !

[Chev71]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

thanks man, great seeing new people ! now start you a build thread also !

I agree!!
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[RWB-713]

Thanks for the motivation guys!

I actually started one a couple years back, I've been on and off with the truck since then, and the direction has changed slightly, and I've become older and wiser . I'm tuned back in pretty seriously now and I plan on posting a major update to the thread in the next couple days, and keeping it as current as possible as I go. Here is the link to that thread. Almost time to go do some work on it speaking of which!

[Chev71]

No progress yet but here's a FAIL pic of a 4door C10 haha CUSTOM!! Whoever made this used 4 front doors lmfao

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[RWB-713]

Hahahahaha! That's so un-awesome, it's AWESOME!

[67cheby]

That is actually a real Coach company built truck

[~Whitey~]

Looking good and congrats on getting started.. Those 9 heavy boxes are an amazing start! jealous.

[RWB-713]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

That is actually a real Coach company built truck

You're kiddin me? really? Talk about making use of left over parts...

[Graham57a]

Great lookin build, subscribed. Here is some more info on the "crew cab". They were mainly used by railroad companies back in the 70's, four front doors make it easy for maintenance and finding replacement doors.

[Chev71]

Originally Posted by Graham57a

Great lookin build, subscribed. Here is some more info on the "crew cab". They were mainly used by railroad companies back in the 70's, four front doors make it easy for maintenance and finding replacement doors.

Ohh man you weren't kidding I thought this was just a backyard special haha
Are they rare then? Lol
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[Graham57a]

Originally Posted by Chev71

Ohh man you weren't kidding I thought this was just a backyard special haha
Are they rare then? Lol
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I would say they are more rare then a standard issue 67-72 but desirable, not really.

[67cheby]

WOW awesome, congrats on the rust free part !

[Chev71]

Originally Posted by Steve-W

100% rust free, must feel like an early x-mas !
It did for me when I blasted my cab a week ago.

you're going with Rhino..I'm hearing mixed stories about it, I'm leaning towards Line-X.

Heck yeahh I'm glad this builds coming out good so far, no headaches yet.. Lol
Ryno liner hasn't been put on yet what's the pros/cons on both??
I thought they were both good?

Originally Posted by 67cheby

WOW awesome, congrats on the rust free part !

Thanks 67cheby
My buddy has an orange paint laying around he's going to spray it after sealing cab just for fun "his words exactly" haha well see what it looks like?
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[Steve-W]

Originally Posted by Chev71

...Ryno liner hasn't been put on yet what's the pros/cons on both??
I thought they were both good?

Well, a while back I was just googling around about Rhino and found some stories about the rhino peeling off, or rust underneath it, although people followed the right prep. (at least that's what they say)

I always thought you couldn't go wrong with Rhino, but I guess it doesn't hurt to check out the competition.

[Chev71]

Originally Posted by Steve-W

Well, a while back I was just googling around about Rhino and found some stories about the rhino peeling off, or rust underneath it, although people followed the right prep. (at least that's what they say)

I always thought you couldn't go wrong with Rhino, but I guess it doesn't hurt to check out the competition.

Thanks for the info.. I'll make sure I go with X-Liner instead
I think either or would be a problem tho since it was sand blasted and is getting sealed. Others probable didn't get all the oils/dirt/rust off completely maybe?
But going with X-Liner instead
Good lookin out
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[~Whitey~]

congrats on a rust free/extra work free cab! Just got mine back from being blasted a week or so ago and I've got plenty of extra work now. :-(

I've had Rhino liner professionally sprayed in the back of a SuperDuty I had for a few years.. It was rock solid, never peeled, but it did fade after about a year to a dk grey. I built a Jeep a couple years ago and used Herculiner. It looked good and sprayed good, was rock solid too and never faded. I know several Jeeping buddies that have Raptor and Monstaliner and are very happy with it. I don't think you can go wrong with any of the highly recognized names (Raptor, Line-X, Herculiner, Rhino, Monstaliner) as long as you prep that metal like they tell you too in the directions. With your cab being bare metal and sandblasted.. I would just hit it with a little degreaser to take care of any oils from handling it and what not, then go with the liner of your choice that fits the budget.

post pics when you gitter'done.

[67cheby]

nice

[Steve-W]

Thant painless wiring harness looks good, let us know how you got on with installing it. I'm going with EZ which I haven't gotten yet (shipping to the Netherlands takes a while) and I hope it looks like your painless set

[Chev71]

Originally Posted by Steve-W

Thant painless wiring harness looks good, let us know how you got on with installing it. I'm going with EZ which I haven't gotten yet (shipping to the Netherlands takes a while) and I hope it looks like your painless set

The painless kit is easy as pie man, all wiring diagram and coded wires. I wired up just the engine to start up the motor but my starter is bad so need a new one. Just want to start this up and remove everything going to go with a serpentine belt system with all new pulleys n brackets. And painting the block.
And need to have time to mock up all the sweet PB stuff, going snowboarding tomorrow so ima have to make time during the week
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[Chev71]

Today I went to my boys shop and he was bout to primer/seal my doors and rear bed humps. All the little crevices nice n CLEAN!!!








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[Chev71]

So my buddy sent me pics yesterday of the paint on the cab and the X-Liner under the cab, he sprayed it with a candy orange but that orange isn't my cup of tea so that's coming off lol, but the X-Liner looks great!!
Not sure on the color yet? I want a two tone with original moldings for sure....







Also got the bed humps and doors all sealed up, just waiting on my 1 piece window set up from brothers




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[67cheby]

everything looks great, nice job stripping the doors did he chemical dip them or just strip by hand ??