71 C10 ground up restoration "my first build EVER"

[Chev71]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

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

Everything was stripped by hand. My guess allot of time was put into the doors lol
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[Chev71]

Just got off working a 12hr shift and seen this on my driveway =)
I wonder what it is lol



I opened the box but when I opened it I was a little bit upset I was expecting a hello kitty blanket haha Jk Jk



Thanks Mike Losh
Got me my Slosh Tubz


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[Chev71]

So haven't really done any progress to my chasis/frame haven't had time to go all out on it yet but I had purchased a serpentine belt system from a local swap meet and I put that on.



I also just bolted up all the front drop member cause I was bored haha but man ohh man can't wait to actually have it on, just don't know exactly how ima do it lol.



Also went to my friends shop he had welded the two gaps that the cab had up top where the door seals when looks way nicer


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[Chev71]

So I'm trying to put the Porterbuilt Stage 2 Rear, the frame was a leaf spring frame and I removed the leaf springs and lowered the frame on the rear differential, once I put the trailing arms, the U-Bolt holes and C-Notch doesn't add up. Idk if I need to move the diff back more, does any1 have specs of how it all goes I don't want the rear end to be top far back or too forward??
Thanks.






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[Xeen]

Bolt the axle to the trailing arms then let the frame sit on the axle and see if it lines up then.
Edit: Can you take a picture of where the trailing arms bolt to the crossmember? I need to see something.

[Chev71]

One thing, my diff doesn't have the U-Bolt bracket because it was leaf spring ima have to go borrow one.
I'm not home at the moment but here's the only pic I have, I bolted the trailing arms to the second from the bottom hole.

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[Hardesty454]

Nice build! Whos doing your work for you? Youre not too far away from me.

[Xeen]

Since it is a custom crossmember it is likely that it's mounting location is going to be slightly different than the stock one it just needs moved.
I would recommend moving the trailing arms to the top mounting position before you move the crossmember.
Yeah it might be a good idea to buy some U-Bolts
You need to bolt everything together so you can see it, one thing I can tell you is it never lines up in your head like it does for real.
If you don't have a custom Trac-bar you need to buy one from porterbuilt since your axle doesn't have the stock mounting location.

[Chev71]

Originally Posted by Hardesty454

Nice build! Whos doing your work for you? Youre not too far away from me.

Thanks. I'm doing it all myself lol, learning as I go

Originally Posted by Xeen

Since it is a custom crossmember it is likely that it's mounting location is going to be slightly different than the stock one it just needs moved.
I would recommend moving the trailing arms to the top mounting position before you move the crossmember.
Yeah it might be a good idea to buy some U-Bolts
You need to bolt everything together so you can see it, one thing I can tell you is it never lines up in your head like it does for real.
If you don't have a custom Trac-bar you need to buy one from porterbuilt since your axle doesn't have the stock mounting location.

Xeen it's all Porterbuilt Stage 2 rear on the website it says the second from bottom hole. I followed the installation instructions. The kit came with the U-Bolts but my rear differential doesn't have the holes on it for U-Bolt since its leaf springs. Ima give Nate at Porterbuilt Monday see if he can help me out their really good when it comes to assistance. Also my kit comes with the trac bar I just haven't installed it yet.
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[Xeen]

My advice is not wrong you need to be able to bolt everything together before you can say things don't fit, untill you can bolt the trailing arms to the axle and instal the trac-bar you won't know anything.
Also the trailing arm attachment point is a guideline not a rule, the angle your trailing arms end up when the truck is laid out is impacted by the starting position of the trailing arms.
You will probably have to move your crossmember to get the trailing arms to be in the right position when the truck is laid out.

[Chev71]

Originally Posted by Xeen

My advice is not wrong you need to be able to bolt everything together before you can say things don't fit, untill you can bolt the trailing arms to the axle and instal the trac-bar you won't know anything.
Also the trailing arm attachment point is a guideline not a rule, the angle your trailing arms end up when the truck is laid out is impacted by the starting position of the trailing arms.
You will probably have to move your crossmember to get the trailing arms to be in the right position when the truck is laid out.

Gotcha xeen thanks allot man I appreciate your advice )
Ill keep you guys posted on my build
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