What did you do to your truck today part III

[dwcardfan]

Sprayed the dash and firewall.

[Lugnutz65]

Originally Posted by dwcardfan

Sprayed the dash and firewall.

I gotta say this and I know others are thinking the same. . . . . The prep and paint work you are doing is SECOND TO NONE! Bee U Tee Full!

[dwcardfan]

Originally Posted by Lugnutz65

I gotta say this and I know others are thinking the same. . . . . The prep and paint work you are doing is SECOND TO NONE! Bee U Tee Full!

Thanks Lugnutz. I thought it turned out sweet. This is my secone tIme to paint, it has taken a lot of patience. I got a lot of help from the Pros on this site.

[pimpston65]

Originally Posted by Lugnutz65

I gotta say this and I know others are thinking the same. . . . . The prep and paint work you are doing is SECOND TO NONE! Bee U Tee Full!

Hey Lugnutz65 I got a question, what length is the throttle rod on your L6? I have 2 rods of different lengths and hate to prep and paint the wrong one...thks

[Lugnutz65]

Originally Posted by pimpston65

Hey Lugnutz65 I got a question, what length is the throttle rod on your L6? I have 2 rods of different lengths and hate to prep and paint the wrong one...thks

I'll have a look and send you a few pics in a PM.

[Turtleman]

Great score eral84,, I'd be interested in any Mod's you'll have to do for it to fit in the C-10

[earl84]

Originally Posted by Turtleman

Great score eral84,, I'd be interested in any Mod's you'll have to do for it to fit in the C-10

Got the '89 C10 60/40 split bench seat installed yesterday! Soooo much more comfortable than the old stock bench with worn out foam. The center console/armrest is great as well. It fit perfectly. The forward outside holes, 1 on each side lined up, then had to drill 3 new holes for each side. The passenger side frame fit to the right of the trans hump. The passenger side inner frame under the console mounted on top of the trans hump, no spacers, no mods , just new holes. Took a total of less than 2 hours, with lots of measuring, and double/triple checking.

[CRGRS 66]

Originally Posted by earl84

Got the '89 C10 60/40 split bench seat installed yesterday! Soooo much more comfortable than the old stock bench with worn out foam. The center console/armrest is great as well. It fit perfectly. The forward outside holes, 1 on each side lined up, then had to drill 3 new holes for each side. The passenger side frame fit to the right of the trans hump. The passenger side inner frame under the console mounted on top of the trans hump, no spacers, no mods , just new holes. Took a total of less than 2 hours, with lots of measuring, and double/triple checking.

Nice!

[Chevy Fleetside]

Originally Posted by earl84

Got the '89 C10 60/40 split bench seat installed yesterday! Soooo much more comfortable than the old stock bench with worn out foam. The center console/armrest is great as well. It fit perfectly. The forward outside holes, 1 on each side lined up, then had to drill 3 new holes for each side. The passenger side frame fit to the right of the trans hump. The passenger side inner frame under the console mounted on top of the trans hump, no spacers, no mods , just new holes. Took a total of less than 2 hours, with lots of measuring, and double/triple checking.

Is that really out of an 89? It looks more like a 99. Just askin..

[Slow Build]

Originally Posted by Chevy Fleetside

Is that really out of an 89? It looks more like a 99. Just askin..

Your right John. That seat wasn't available until 1995. Great seat. I'll be looking for that type seat when (or if) I get to that point but I'm going to try to use the back seat headrests (haven't tested to see if they fit yet) just because they're smaller and won't show as much through the BBW.

[dwcardfan]

Sprayed some paint on the roof.

[rickywideglide]

Originally Posted by Chevy Fleetside

Is that really out of an 89? It looks more like a 99. Just askin..

yea looks like mid to late 1990s,had same one in my 64 ,then switched to 91 for a little more room

[Slow Build]

Originally Posted by rickywideglide

yea looks like mid to late 1990s,had same one in my 64 ,then switched to 91 for a little more room

How much more legroom do you think you gained by using the 91 seat? I know the seat backs are a little thinner on the 88-94 bench seat. I'm 6'-4" so I like legroom.

[earl84]

Originally Posted by rickywideglide

yea looks like mid to late 1990s,had same one in my 64 ,then switched to 91 for a little more room

You guys are al probably right, I just went with what the guy I bought it from said. So, sorry for bad info that might throw someone off, but I am almost positive it's from a pre-1999, from the research I did, after that they took more work to install. This one was quite easy to install, and is VERY comfortable. I did lose about an inch of legroom. I had previously installed a tilt column, and when I did that I pushed it forward as far as I could, so I am quite comfortable with the steering wheel position.

[LVPhotos]

Lugnutz the Porterbuilt crossmember moved the engine forward and up. I had to switch out low hump for high hump and the stock bellhouse mount crossmember is cut out. The T5 was proped up in rear with 2" combo of 1×3 box tube across x. Now the TKO 600 should be a "bolt in" replacement. Clutch is 26 spline already but will have to check yoke but I think it's wrong. Having Adams Driveline build a custom 2 Piece driveshaft. The shaft was shortened for T5. I need to clean frame today and weld some cuts... apparently if you can't weld, weld alot was the thought with the trans crossmember.

[Lugnutz65]

Originally Posted by LVPhotos

Lugnutz the Porterbuilt crossmember moved the engine forward and up.

Does that mean the shifter stays in the rear position for your installation? If so, can you still run a bench seat?

[LVPhotos]

More pictures.

[LVPhotos]

The shifter has 8 positions. They send rear most. Bench stays. There is a "bench" shifter like old school. Grandma had one 3 on floor 72 Rally Nova. I will try to keep close to seat. I just like the tight shift where truck spot makes for more throw.

[Lugnutz65]

Originally Posted by LVPhotos

The shifter has 8 positions. They send rear most. Bench stays. There is a "bench" shifter like old school. Grandma had one 3 on floor 72 Rally Nova. I will try to keep close to seat. I just like the tight shift where truck spot makes for more throw.

I'll be watching for updates. Thanks.

[Chevy Fleetside]

I swapped out that steering wheel every loved so much and installed my old wheel back. It will do for now untill I really make up my mind on what I want.

[rudyyloverboiii]

finally got my wide whites!

[Chevy Fleetside]

I loaded up the bike and the dog and headed for the hills.

[donthekawguy]

Replaced the leaking water neck and looked at the header bolts but got too lazy to change the gaskets. lol Gassed her up and shortened the life of the tires.

[LVPhotos]

Went a little too far. Pulled water pump, balancer, cover. Since I had headers and plugs out I figured I would find true TDC. Now all clean, painted and polished. Also posted parts in classifieds.

[4shongo]

I installed some sun visors(didn't even have one for the passenger side) and a nice set of aluminum sail panels (polished them up a little) on my 66 service truck today. Got lucky on the visors, they are period correct and match my seat perfectly. My upholstery guy happened to have this matching set on his shelf lying around for years.