1971 C-10 Cheyenne

[big_al_71]

Projects with the kids are always awesome

[sangell]

Just been working on sheet metal replacement and getting the cab/doors ready for paint, they have been blocked with 400g and we are hoping to finish up with the 600g this week, then its onto the front clip. Got some parts back from powder coating, wheels, vent window frames, mirrors, and door handles.

[sangell]

Cab, doors, hood, and front fenders are ready for paint. Hoping to have the bed ready by the weekend. Got the tires mounted on the new wheels yesterday.

[ChuckLee]

Wow! Sounds like you will have some exciting pictures to show not to long from now!

[kehstr]

what color are you painting it?

[sangell]

Originally Posted by kehstr

what color are you painting it?

Satin black.

[sangell]

Things are moving along, paint is done and we are close to finishing up the front and rear suspension upgrades.

[kehstr]

are you not going to do A/C on this truck?

[sangell]

Originally Posted by kehstr

are you not going to do A/C on this truck?

Not right now, maybe down the road.

[sangell]

Getting closer, hoping to get it to the alignment shop tomorrow afternoon. We are leaving on the Hot Rod Power Tour Sat June 10 and doing the long haul.

[nastety92]

Wow what a transformation. Your son must be so excited to start driving the truck again. I hope to do something like this will by son some day. He is 6 right now so I have a few years.

Your doing a great job and he will remember this Forever.

Nick

[1968aj]

what satin paint did you use?thinking of doing the same to mine.

[sangell]

Originally Posted by 1968aj

what satin paint did you use?thinking of doing the same to mine.

I used UreKem from thecoatingstore.com

[sangell]

It's not quite done but it's close. My son and I are leaving long hauling the Power Tour starting Saturday. Total trip will be 1800 miles for us.

[sangell]

Some pics of the truck on the Hot Rod Power Tour, ended up at 2208 miles.

[sangell]

A few more

[sangell]

Nick's truck won "best truck" at the Street Car Takeover show over the weekend.

[Steeveedee]

Nice transformation! Gotta be proud of a trophy, too!

[halfstep]

Enjoying this build - aside from all the obvious work, I see lots of nice little touches.
I like the look of your radiator. Whose is it? and how do you like fit, finish and function? Looks like a Griffith performance fit?
Thanks.

[sangell]

Originally Posted by halfstep

Enjoying this build - aside from all the obvious work, I see lots of nice little touches.
I like the look of your radiator. Whose is it? and how do you like fit, finish and function? Looks like a Griffith performance fit?
Thanks.

Thank You.

It is a Griffin, when I bought it they were called direct fit but now when I look at my order history at Summit Racing it says performance fit. It is a combo unit with the fans set up for the LS swap so both inlet and outlet are on the passenger side along with a port for the steam vent. I did have to modify the upper mounts by raising them .5".

It has been in the for about 4000 miles.

As for fit and finish I sent the first one back due to poor fit at the filler neck. I've used Griffin in offroad trail rigs and they are ok. I like Ron Davis radiators better but for this application the Griffin is doing great so far.

What I've seen with the Griffin units cracking or splitting is having them mounted to rigid in these trucks as they flex so much the radiator needs to be able to move around.

[engineer_gregh]

Yeah, I ended up replacing my Griffin with my original radiator (thank goodness I held on to it). My local radiator shop pressurized the Griffin radiator in a tank of water and it was obvious that the epoxy just doesn't hold up. They cleaned the original radiator for me and its worked great now for months. The dual electric fans and shroud fit right on the original 4 core and keeps the 402 cool even with the a/c running. I guess the original belt driven fan and clutch just wasn't enough to cool the big block after rebuild and boring of .30 over. I would highly recommend using the original radiator over an aluminum when possible.

[sangell]

Originally Posted by engineer_gregh

Yeah, I ended up replacing my Griffin with my original radiator (thank goodness I held on to it). My local radiator shop pressurized the Griffin radiator in a tank of water and it was obvious that the epoxy just doesn't hold up. They cleaned the original radiator for me and its worked great now for months. The dual electric fans and shroud fit right on the original 4 core and keeps the 402 cool even with the a/c running. I guess the original belt driven fan and clutch just wasn't enough to cool the big block after rebuild and boring of .30 over. I would highly recommend using the original radiator over an aluminum when possible.

I don't have the original radiator but I could get one. All the companies I listed sell fully welded aluminum units so they should hold up better than the epoxy. I'm not sold on a given route at this point.

[sangell]

Truck has been back in the shop for a few months for another round of upgrades. Porterbuilt hood hinges, new safety harness, roll bar/cage, straighten front frame rails, new transmission, paint touch up, etc. Nick has started to race the truck in some autocross events and it's been to a few more shows including the Autorama World of Wheels in Kansas City where it got 3rd in nostalgia truck.

[beaterku]

Originally Posted by sangell

Truck has been back in the shop for a few months for another round of upgrades. Porterbuilt hood hinges, new safety harness, roll bar/cage, straighten front frame rails, new transmission, paint touch up, etc. Nick has started to race the truck in some autocross events and it's been to a few more shows including the Autorama World of Wheels in Kansas City where it got 3rd in nostalgia truck.

Looking good! It's come a long way from when I first saw it. You're progress is way faster than mine!

[sangell]

A few more pics