totally old school 71 c10 LWB

[heavy71chevy]

Well ive been around for awhile now and i thought id start my own build thread for my 71 c10 lwb...It was recently vandalized and beaten to a pulp by my ex and her family including fertilizer in the motor,busted windsheild,busted passenger side window, busted gauge cluster ,4 slashed tires and alot of other things...this aint gonna be a concourse show car..just a daily thats decent and clean and my own...I have cragar ss rims with the tribar ss spinners for it..skinnys up front deep dish in the rear..not big rims 14s up front and 15s in back with fat tires.the worst part of it is the rust but its savable and right now ive got the motor partially torn down to replace the cam due to a wiped lobe and a new set of lifters its a chevy 350 with the turbo 400...im using the comp 268high energy cam and while i have it apart im putting a edelbrock performer intake on it along with a holley 4 barell ...im only the third owner and i will litterally drive it till the body is a pile of dust....ill update with pics of how its sits now..alot better then when i brought it back home after it was beat up by those sobs

[heavy71chevy]

Ok the plans have changed abit...im freinds with a the owner of a towing compnay and he has a 1964 327 turbojet that only hs 66,000 miles on the clock..its from a 64 vette and im using that instead of my other motor.and i just finished the redoing the cluster for the second time around..replacing the passenger window soon...but im getting there slowly...oh yea almost forgot im fixing to sell my roadrunner back to bulldog the guy i bought it from

[samwise68]

sounds like a good plan man.

that small journal 327 should be a sweet motor.

keep at 'er, over come adversity!

-Sam.

[Palf70Step]

Our poor old trucks and ex/families/neighbors....sometimes, sheesh.

Good luck with the build. Be looking forward to it's southern resurrection!

[Bob 68327]

Messin' with someone's Vechicle is about as Chicken Sh** as it gets!!! Why do stupid people have to mess up a guys truck !! Good luck with your build !!
Bob

[heavy71chevy]

yea thanks for the kind words yall..and i agree that its pretty pathetic to go after someones truck...but thats being dealt with by a lawyer right now...and that small journal 327 should defiently be a pleaser oh and anyone know if theres a trick to getting the window glass in..it has the two rollers and i cant seem to figure out how to get them to both slide into the track..ive been trying to slide the right on first...is that how its supposed to go in? take care guys

[heavy71chevy]

well aint messed with it to much lately because ive been working insane amounts of Ot at work..12 hour days six days a week..but i did get a chance to start unhooking the underhood wires and pull the headers to get it ready to pull the motor...i also finished the gauge cluster , its now black n' blue pearl with candy blue needles...im putting in red led bulbs in the cluster for something better then the stock bulbs...but thats about it

[BigSky71]

Originally Posted by heavy71chevy

oh and anyone know if theres a trick to getting the window glass in..

I installed my side glass at home, the passenger side went ok, the driver side kicked my butt. I figured after I did one that the second one would be easier, not so for me. I like doing all my own work but next time I will take my door and window to town for a pro to do. I scratched my new tint job doing it myself, argh. The side window install was the hardest single thing in my entire restoration... I have no suggestions, just feeling your pain on that one brother.

[heavy71chevy]

WOW!! finally an update lol I finally got the window back together and that was a MPITA but thankfully its done and like you bigsky i scraxhed up the tint to getting the wing window in ..been working on my 327 turbo fire thats going in...putting on my performer intake and holley carb..also been working on converting my new motor over to my HEI. and as soon as my buddy robbie gets down here from SC were pulling my old 350 today..but im gonna go get to work and ill update later

[Palf70Step]

Good to hear the progress. Those little steps of achievement make it worth while.

I am NOT looking forward to putting my windshield in. I may done the goggles and drive it to the glass shop when that time comes.

[heavy71chevy]

Yea i have to replace mine aswell due to the holes from my ex inlaws that are beat into my original... but we got it out and it went back with him to SC and now as soon as i button my new 327 im gonna drop it on in...and then the fun begins oh i also reinstalled the gauges that i redid for it to and i installed a used silverado bench for the time being till i can aford the newer dodge bucket and console set i really want.

[heavy71chevy]

Well today i did some work on her..not alot...unbolted the towers off the frame and there soaking in purple power overnight...alot of grunge is on the frame just cleaning it as best i can and then im gonna spray it all chevy orange along with the suspention peices..still trying to figure out what color i want to paint my headers before they go on my new motor..any suggestions? the motors all orange except the aircleaner and the truck is gonna be black with Black n' Blue stripes. As far as the motor pull went...it was ok only took us about an hour to get it out and loaded cause prior to him and the cherry picker showing up ..but I still got to get up to bulldogs towing to work on my motor..i dont have a garage and were freinds lol but that should be done in about a week or two....im anxious to move her under her own power again lol after almost 3 months of her dead in the water..but its gonna be a long ride to the end but im ready for the tire smoke and lynard skynard to come back into my life lol

[heavy71chevy]

old pics of when i first bought it...ill take currents ones soon

[heavy71chevy]

Ok...I finally have some current pics of the ole girl...

[heavy71chevy]

ok and heres the moneyshot lol

[heavy71chevy]

and a few more including a photoshop of my 71 like a greek god lol

[heavy71chevy]

Ok these pics show the motor out, The new grant wheel and two of my cragar ss rims..the rears are off cause they need new tires but there deep dish and all four of them have the tribar ss spinner hubs on them...Also these pics have the silverado bench in them to..its a temp seat till I find some buckets I like that are reasonable..Ive been toying with the idea of using newer camaro seats or the dodge dakota setup with the console...Im prolly gonna go with the camaro seats tho so I can build a custom fiberglass console but well see how that goes..Ill get some pics of the replacemnt motor next time I go To wirk on it..Its a 1964 327 turbo fire with a holley 650 and an edelbrock performer..its gonna stay looking mostly original with the only change being summit tbar valve cover bolts and a chrome holley aircleaner...Ive been working on the hei swap i just aint had the time to get up to athens to work on it..but thats my only updates for now

[72BlckButy]

Nice project truck!

[heavy71chevy]

Aint got anything done lately...been working but im spending the whole day with it tommorow as long as the weather permits...well see how that goes...aint had any time to go wrench on my 327...go do that prolly after the 28th when i have some more money to throw at it lol

[heavy71chevy]

Ive been looking over the www.fiberglassforums.com and im designing a center console to house the floor shifter and some cup holders..im thinking of something shaped like a coffin and backlit with red led lights..ill prolly wrap it in imatation leather or something

[Highsteel]

Will definitely need picks of that console. I been toying with the idea of making one with 'glass myself.