'Morning Glory' 1971 C10 Stepside

[cruisinthe34]

Just returned from the Street Rod Nationals in Louisville where I ordered my wheels and tires for the '71. Ordered the C5 Gun Metal from COY wheels. Working with Danny and others we decided on 17 x 8 on front with 235 x 55 R17s and 18 x 9.5 rear with 255 x 55 R18s. Besides the 4/6 drop should give me a nice wheel/rubber stagger 27.1 front and 28.6 rear.

Should get them in 2 weeks. Will post pics after.

[jeh]

Originally Posted by cruisinthe34

Just returned from the Street Rod Nationals in Louisville where I ordered my wheels and tires for the '71. Ordered the C5 Gun Metal from COY wheels. Working with Danny and others we decided on 17 x 8 on front with 235 x 55 R17s and 18 x 9.5 rear with 255 x 55 R18s. Besides the 4/6 drop should give me a nice wheel/rubber stagger 27.1 front and 28.6 rear.

Should get them in 2 weeks. Will post pics after.

Hey Steve, you might double check with COY's about the hub bore size of the rims. When I got my set of C57's from them they wouldn't fit!!!

[cruisinthe34]

Thanks Jason. I'll make that call in the morning.

Besides wheels and tires, I bought a Lift jack PRO and couldn't wait to set it up:



Should make the 4/6 Drop a LOT easier ! :

[cruisinthe34]

Got a little time in the shop today, Painted the new under dash A/C unit from 'Cold Air Products' today:


Also Started on the 4" ECE front drop setup on the front:

[cruisinthe34]

Finished the final paint on the under Dash A/C unit this morning:

[cruisinthe34]

Finally wrestled around and got the front coil springs out:

[cruisinthe34]

Ball joints out and ready for rust proofing and paint:

[cruisinthe34]

Got in the garage early this morning and started buttoning up the 4" Drop on the front end.


Need to replace outer tie rod ends, grease the ball joints put the rotors back on and the new brake calipers. Should go ahead and install the new front sway bar too.

[Dieselholic92]

I love that you kept the straight 6. That will be a sweet little truck when it's all done
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[cruisinthe34]

Green67.... that is a Lokar 23" with a FLOOR Mount (not a tail mount) to a 700R4

[cruisinthe34]

My new Coy C-5s arrived. 17" for the Front and 18" for the rear on a 4/6 drop:

[cruisinthe34]

Here is Morning Glory with all four new wheels and tires on the ground with the new 4" front drop.......6" rear drop to come.

[swamp rat]

I like the new wheels!

[Dustmaker65]

Looks Good!

[cruisinthe34]

All setup to do the rear 6" drop. Started by removing the rear shocks.

[cruisinthe34]

Ended up having the cut the rear coil springs out, then scored and chiseled the upper shock mounts out and installed the new ones. Then had to cut the old U-Bolts and ream the trailing arms for the new U-Bolts etc.



A little less effort and we replaced the upper shock mounts.

[cruisinthe34]

I still need to anchor the rear coil springs in porperly, but she starting to get her new 'attitude'.

[cruisinthe34]

Finnally Finished the 4/6 Drop:



My Favorite Angle:

[swamp rat]

Perfect! Now why does that driver front wheel/tire look like its back too far???

[cruisinthe34]

Swamp. It does have that appearance on second look. I used the ECE 1 1/2 drop spindles and replaced the upper control arms with new DJM Control arms. These control arms do throw an extra 4 degrees of positve caster, but I'll investigate more closely.

[cruisinthe34]

When I go back and look at photos like this one WITH the 4" front drop prior to the 6" rear drop of the Passenger side, It has a similar offset.

[NewType72]

Factory these trucks are further back from center in the front when we get lower BUT I am curious if you possibly put the UCA's on the wrong side? We've all been there so it's a quick resort to ask. Also might just be the wheel being turned but if both pics look the same DOH!

[cruisinthe34]

I questioned strongly the positioning of the Upper Control Arms. the only indication on the so called instruction sheet indicated the ball joint positioned 'further to the rear'. I'm going to have to find a video or something that SHOWS the proper location of the arms. Its a simple enough swap, but a real pain if thats what it is.

[swamp rat]

Boy did i open up a can of worms huh?

[cruisinthe34]

Swamp..... No it was something I've wanted to verify. I emailed DJM for some clarification, but on measuring the caster angle. It is exactly what the instructions ask for.