my 67 c10 first build

[67 c10 guy]

Well im gonna start my build thread. My senior year I bought my 67 c10 from
Mineral wells, Texas. The PO said it would start and drive, but I decided not to take a chance of a break down on the way down to Pasadena and had it shipped. Once the truck arrived it had a hard time to stay running, it wouldn’t go ten feet w/o dying. Three days later all of the old fuel was out of the carb and it ran fine. It’s been nearly two years and im finally starting to get to work on it due to problems on my daily (cracked block). Plans so far are to get the correct fenders and an undamaged core support, fix rust (cab corner, rocker), fix separation an foot wells, rebuild leaking th350 transmission and engine. The 350 v8 will be gone through and might get new aluminum heads from procomp and a cam up-grade and a new park brake system. Other than that im just getting started with the project and don’t want to blow it apart just yet. If any body has advice its greatly appreciated.

Eric

[chevy71c10]

Nice truck, Looks like a great project truck. Keep us posted with pics and status.

[67chevy1series]

sweet biulds any progress was the po the one who put the 68 fenders on it

[67 c10 guy]

the po did put fenders but there 69 fenders and i think its a 69 front clip minus the hood that they used to repair damage from a wreck. and for progress i have removed the clip, engine, transmission and
removed the carpet. found some seats from a 2004 grand am that i plan to use but they need to be covered

[67chevy1series]

dang i didnt know you could put a 67 68 grill on a 69 72 fender

[67 c10 guy]

Well the fenders hood and grill didn't really look right on there and the core support was damaged. Others than that not much progress since last post but I got the heads in and they were wrong and i sent them back to get the right ones. So the correct heads should be on the way procomp aluminum heads. I plan on getting the engine reconditioned and put in a mild cam soon

[67chevy1series]

well what have you done since then

[RCbowtie69]

nice truck to start a project good luck

[67 c10 guy]

Well since my last post I have fount that the engine is bored .060 over and has good crosshatching and I have got the timing gears, heads, completed the valve train and the cam (224/234 lsa 114 lift .465/.488) rockers are 1.6 . Other than that the block is ready to be painted. I need to get new engine mounts and get the frame blaster and coated in por-15
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[67 c10 guy]

well the motor is built minus balancer pully and oil pan and now im gonna be moving on to the frame and suspension. has anyone boxed in their frame for more rigidity or do these frames even need to be fully boxed? i had thought about doing this but wanted to get an opinion.

[67chevy1series]

aluminum heads! NICE!!!!!!!

[67 c10 guy]

long time without an update and not a whole lot done still, i have gotten the bed off the frame and the engine ready to go in just need to get my cab off and have the frane blasted.
selling my old long tube headers and plan on getting some ceramic coated headers.

[trkfrk]

Looking good.. keep the pictures coming. Are you pulling off the suspension to sand blast/paint?

[77ChevySharkBite]

so.......where's the progress update at mayne? Haven't heard anything on it in a year give us an update ahh!!!!!

[77ChevySharkBite]

Whats an update on the truck man???

[77ChevySharkBite]

Well guys, I know it's been a long time since this has been updated but the project is starting to pick up slowly, so here's some pictures. What we did is of course pulled the frame out.



Just some pictures of how everything is looking right now.







Here's the correct transmission support that's supposed to be with the truck, PO ghetto rigged one up.



The one the PO made



Here's the comparison between the supposed to be tranny mount, and the PO ghetto rigged transmission support.



Does anyone know what these numbers are?







The truck when it was originally built was made with a I-6 I'm guess it was a 250cid? But here's the take the I-6 mounts being removed.





Here's the correct engine mounting hardware for the sbc




It seems as if I didn't take any pictures of it, but we also wire wheeled some of the engine mount hardware, and we also wire wheeled on the frame where the engine mount bracket goes. Right now he's wanting to get the frame ready for sanding blasting, so that it can start being built back up again.

[chevybuilder18]

lots of work man! but you can pull it off

[77ChevySharkBite]

Originally Posted by chevybuilder18

lots of work man! but you can pull it off

Like I said in mine, it's not my truck, its a really good friends of mine. I'm just the assistant to help put it back together he's the boss!

[chevybuilder18]

Originally Posted by 77ChevySharkBite

Like I said in mine, it's not my truck, its a really good friends of mine. I'm just the assistant to help put it back together he's the boss!

lol ok, good build though! tell your buddy were routin for him

[77ChevySharkBite]

Originally Posted by chevybuilder18

lol ok, good build though! tell your buddy were routin for him

Yeah he's watching he still gets here and reads what we say just doesn't post much, but yeah it's a work in progress it's going to look sick when it's done!
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[77ChevySharkBite]

Where's the update bro??????????????????

Wait maybe I should stop asking you to help on mine and we could get work done on yours

[67 c10 guy]

Yeah but your gonna owe a lota help on mine? lol especially for getting the outta wack timming set right and preping ur motor to be pulled and then I find out it was the 350 u wanted from the beginning. In gonna get some work done soon.

Anyone know of any good sand blasting/paint shops to get a frame cleaned up?

[77ChevySharkBite]

Originally Posted by 67 c10 guy

Yeah but your gonna owe a lota help on mine? lol especially for getting the outta wack timming set right and preping ur motor to be pulled and then I find out it was the 350 u wanted from the beginning. In gonna get some work done soon.

Very true and I'll help you out as much as I can just gotta let me know my brother, yeah you really did help my outta wack motor been a lot of help to me lately man.

[Big Rat]

Those numbers on the frame are a serial number and a build date. Looks like this '67 was built and assembled August 25, 1990

Those numbers might make reference to your VIN. I know they do on my frame. If they aren't your VIN, then I stand by my first suggestion!

[low&slow]

Making progress is always good whether it's slow or fast.

As for that front clip, the hood, grille, and driver side fender are 67-68 parts. The passenger fender is 69-72.