Parts you wish existed for the 67-72 C10?

[68 TT]

That reminds me of something else you can make on the 3-D printer. A copy of the original radiator fluid recovery tank and the unobtaniun lid that goes with it.

A second version would be to modify the design to make it like the NBS truck style where the fluid enters down low on the side of the tank and uses that NBS truck style of vented cap instead of the rare original double feed cap with just an overflow port hose barb on the top side of the tank that would accept the stock radiator overflow hose.

The first design is for restoration the second is for people who want the best function in a truck that gets driven a lot.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by 68 TT

That reminds me of something else you can make on the 3-D printer. A copy of the original radiator fluid recovery tank and the unobtaniun lid that goes with it.

A second version would be to modify the design to make it like the NBS truck style where the fluid enters down low on the side of the tank and uses that NBS truck style of vented cap instead of the rare original double feed cap with just an overflow port hose barb on the top side of the tank that would accept the stock radiator overflow hose.

The first design is for restoration the second is for people who want the best function in a truck that gets driven a lot.

The more modern design would be made for an in tank pump, too, correct?

[68 TT]

Originally Posted by special-K

The more modern design would be made for an in tank pump, too, correct?

I was thinking that as a third option but didn't get a chance to write it up.

I currently use the 1988 to 1994 NBS truck washer fluid tanks with the pump that is hidden on the back side. They bolt up nicely on the fender next to the existing washer bottle location and would leave room for the stock style radiator coolant recovery tank. They hold about half a gallon of washer fluid too so you don't run out so fast when you live somewhere that you need to wash the muck off of your windshield frequently in the winter like I do.

[siggyfreud]

Originally Posted by 68 TT

Where were you thinking of mounting the air box and fluid cooler for the Hydro-Boost?

By the time you get a decent sized coolant recovery tank and washer fluid jar with electric pump on it installed there isn't a whole lot of room left. Guess it depends upon what coolant tank you use and where it goes.

I'm running low on free space in my stepside and remembered the steering cooler from one of my old square body Suburbans was mounted under the core support parallel to the ground. It just had bare aluminum tube run in a 4-pass S-configuration bolted to the bottom of the radiator support but a finned cooler with a small air gap behind it could still get a decent amount of air flow across it in that location for power steering cooling. I have a two-row finned type one from a NBS truck that I am going to install in that location.

I think there is enough room to put an oil cooler there too but would want to shield it with a heavy wire screen to give it a little protection from accidental damage by parking bump stops and the like.

Hope this helps paint the picture. Obviously the airbox would require a battery relocation, but many people doing LS/LT motors are already doing that and running the air filter to this spot anyways. This just incloses it and allows fresh air that hasn't been heated by the radiator (aside from ambient heat transferred from the housings/tubes) into the engine.

Initial thinking for coolant recovery is one of the narrower, longer aluminum cylinder styles. There are a plethora of aftermarket tanks out there, so I would likely try and build something that uses an off-the-shelf solution.

On the other side we'd have a washer reservior, likely square bodied, with a mounting spot for an external pump. Most aftermarket pumps are 3-5" long, and only about 1.5" in diameter. Then we'd have shrouding that would have something like a Moroso oil cooler up against it, hidden under plastic or aluminum top-cladding.

[Happy_dan]

I would just like to chime in on the radio bracket for under the dash. I would really like to leave the stock radio and all the dash alone but would love to have some modern tunes

[special-K]

OEM looking handles?

[siggyfreud]

Guess it's subjective but I think they look fairly oem:

[jaros44sr]

funny but I just saw GMC pauls has repop door handles for 25 bucks, do not know what the base metal is, but should outlast me

siggy, those do look expensive