Modern Relic - My 66 C10 LS Longbed

[66 C10 383]

Yeah, I've got a bunch of questions and I'll throw a few out now if anybody can help me out on a few things.

- Painting the interior - I probably won't be able to have the interior professionally painted. So that leaves the
dreaded "spray can" paint job. Wanting to stay as close to stock as possible, I've seen others mention using
the Krylon paints for the stock colors. I want the dash to be darker like the 66 should be so that calls for the
Krylon "Brushed Metallic" - Satin Caramel Latte which is the darker dash color and then the supposedly lighter
Krylon "Brushed Metallic" - Satin Champange Nouveau for the roof and door panels. This was mentioned by Lakeroadster.
Here's the thread talking about the paint, post #45: http://talk.classicparts.com/showthr...t=13928&page=3

How could you go about getting somewhat of a texture on the dash like the factory did? Doesn't have to be OEM
perfectly correct. Just somewhere close ...

I also seen where 72cs20 painted his 62 interior Dupli-Color Nissan Sunlit Sand. That looks good and if mine would
come out close to that I'd be thrilled. I'd need to find either a darker color for the dash or the above mentioned
Krylon Latte for the dash.

theastronaut also used Nissan Sunlit Sand but I believe he used a spray gun. He said his was tinted slightly darker
and thinned, all beyond my capabilities. Looks great though ...

ECE mounts and headers or manifolds - Seems everybody that I can find who's used the ECE mounts have used the
Doug Thorley THY-324Y-C headers. I've always wanted to run a set of tri-y headers ... and these fit great, look
great, and do not hang below the frame whatsoever. But the cheapest I've found is from Texas Speed at $629.00.
They also require a set of $77.00 MSD plug wires and a Lokar dipstick for another $70.00. That's a grand total
of $776.00. Anybody have other ideas what else will fit these mounts? I'm not able right now to mock up
my mounts to see if my TBSS manifolds will work. Anybody have an idea?

I've also heard the ECE mounts move the engine forward so far the stock 5.3 mechanical fan can't be used. I'm not
sure at the moment whether to run the stock mechanical fan or electric fans, & if I do electric fans do I run a
16" single fan or the dual 11" fans. If I go with the electric fans, I want something as reliable as OEM and
easily replaceable if I'm out away from home. I'd like to have the ecm control the fan(s) like the oem setup if I
go that route.

While I was at the NSRA Street Rod Nationals in Louisville, Ky I saw a display of the Dirty Dingo mounts that allow
a Sanden A/C compressor to be run in the 5.3 truck low mount position and the matching frame mounts for this setup.
That would allow me to run all my engine belts in the stock setup, again, for replacement purposes if out on the
road away from home.

I went to the Holley LS Fest in Bowling Green, Ky and was looking over the PSI Conversions LS harness. I've seen
where several builds on here have used them and never seen a complaint about them. They were offering a 10%
discount coupon so I picked up a coupon. On their website, the also offered the Dirty Dingo parts for sale.
After talking to them on the phone, I inquired if their 10% discount also included the Dirty Dingo parts they
offered and they said it did. So, I ordered the DD low mount Sanden compressor, adapter plates, and an
engine control harness.

What I'm looking for is a low mount a/c compressor so I can run a stock style belt setup with the seperate a/c belt
and stock engine accesory belt. I'd also like the low mount a/c compressor to work with some type of frame
mount that will allow me to run the TBSS manifolds. I also seen where a few guys have adapted the stock 5.3 mounts.
But I'm not sure the TBSS manifolds will work with these either.

Anybody have suggestions?