New guy here building 66 c10

[Twiztid_66c10]

hey guys i am new here just thought i would post up some pics of the truck i am working on its a 1966 c10 my friends nieghbors son in law left it abandoned on his property told us to come and get it. we were talking to him the motor was replaced and a fully rebuilt 292 was installed in its place. they only drove it 30 miles since the rebuild and then parked for 9 years. m plan is to fix it up and drive it at the same time. going to do a low budget build and down the road bag it. its going to be my daily and family hauler for camping and bikes and stuff like that


when i got it




inside the camper



was going to keep the camper but it was infested with ants and termites ate away all the wood

[Twiztid_66c10]

the iside some one got really spray paint happy never new some one can make so many runs in spray paint







only major rust n the cab really


one section cut out


both places replaced and coted with por15

[Twiztid_66c10]

freez plugs were rusted out so thought i would clean up the engine bay. come to find out the motor is a 292 out of a 79 g20 van




rusted out freeze plug cant tell from the pic but other 2 were almost rusted all way 2 so had 2 replace them also






exhaust manifold all cleaned up

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motor compartment all cleared out and ready for some more prep and paint


blocks ne coat of paint




inner fenders and block all covered up to paint the fire wall




color truck will be and fire wall is for now its called Light Green blue metallic




kept all the black tubing running uff the valve cover thought it would add some more color to the motor so its not all blue

[Twiztid_66c10]

had some rust to repair on the driver side also




hd to reweld a strip of metal for the weather striping also


painted gauges to match a little more


marking out for speakers


test fitting

[Twiztid_66c10]

inside all sanded down pretty much ready for paint also cut dash hole bigger for cd player


driver door


WOLAH!

[Twiztid_66c10]

inside






floor ready for herculiner plan on not running any carpet so i can spary out the truck with hose when it gets dirty. i welded square tubing along the kick pannel to run all the wireing threw it so you cant snag it with your feet

[Twiztid_66c10]

i haave a mexica blanket seat cover now with alot of blues and whites so it matches really well


also driver side panel is put on now had to steal some screw for it off my dads 66 mine snaped off on me


this is all i have for now i have a set of mataching stock rims on it now painted white with thin white walls and out side is going to be painted all blue with the strip in the middle of the chrome pinted white. i was going to paint the roof white also but the gf thinks it looks ugly so its going blue

as for the inside i still have to make a metal plate to go from the dash to the firewall that unbolts to protect the under of the dash and all the wiring so when i spary out the truck it will all be protected from the water. also going to mount 2 more 6.5s alpines on it

[64Fugly]

Welcome to the board. Good job. It is looking nice.

[Alan's Classic]

and. from North Georgia. Nice work on a cool truck!

[DPowers]

Wow- you have been busy- cool looking truck.

[Twiztid_66c10]

tx for the replys guys this is one of my many projects. should have back on road again this week my master cylinder went out so gotta replace it 1st. also going to go look at another truck to buy for parts that has a soild bed mine has rust in all the pockets and a couple big creases in it. also looking for a 1962 grill prob i dont care for the 64-66 tomany of them around

[Twiztid_66c10]

got master cylinder put on the other day got it licensed, new plates, and put in my name. was going to take out of town today but carb starting giving me problems so had to go back home will have to rebuild it. also glad i checked the rear end oil its been sitting atleast since 93 becouse rear end was completly dry here are some curent pics

[Twiztid_66c10]

also i need to buy some new reverse lights i had it parked at my old aprments for awile and some one thought they needed them more then i did

[Captainfab]

You've done a real nice job on your truck.....keep it up.

[Twiztid_66c10]

tx for the support always nice to get some suport u always look at your own work and think man i could have done something else to make it look better lol

[Shaky]

I love it! It looks really straight.

Are you sure that's a 292? The side covers look like 250 and the fuel pump is in the wrong place. I could be wrong, but before you buy any parts for it you may want to double-check.

[Shaky]

Here's a pic of my '67 292. Notice the size of the side covers and the location of the fuel pump behind the motor mount.

[Twiztid_66c10]

Originally Posted by Shaky

I love it! It looks really straight.

Are you sure that's a 292? The side covers look like 250 and the fuel pump is in the wrong place. I could be wrong, but before you buy any parts for it you may want to double-check.

yeah i pulled the nubers off it and it says its out of a 1979 g20 van and its a 292

[irish1966]

Looks awesome!!! Did u put any sound deadener in behind the holes for the speakers? How do they sound up there? I hope you have balance control on your radio or u might go deaf in ur left ear. Lol.

[Twiztid_66c10]

been busy working and not alot of time to work on the old truck as of late just. dad had an old 66 that got striped with some parts left so i am taking the motor mounts to probaly switch to a small block and going to section this crossmember about 1 1/4 and pocket the bottom a-arms for bags



got the motor, motor mounts and all but 4 bolts out started to pour down pretty good

[Twiztid_66c10]

havent really done much latly but got my 17" fj crusier wheels on tady i like them better just need to slam here to the ground witch i should be able to 2 do in a coulpe weeks. my buddy worked for a drop shop in portland and is making me 2" drop a arms cutting coils in the front installing my lowering blocks in the rear and some drop coils

[Twiztid_66c10]

been awhile since i updated. my 6 blew up on me so i bought a 350 threw my work nd gave it a little rebuild. was going to do a quick swap but as a pulled the old 6 out noticed the old cross-member was pretty messed up so swapped out with 1 1/2" sectioned crossmember. i got the steering box and idler arm moved up 1 1/8" just sent my lower a-arms off to a welder to weld in my lower cups dont quite trust my welds yet to do the suspenion stuff

[LostMy65]

Thanks for the update.
Nice engine.
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[Twiztid_66c10]

Tx got a speed demon carb jr carb going on top with hei and msd 6al went with the electric water pump so I can run just the alt and a York 210 ac pump for my bags
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