Aussie C10 Pickup project

[00C10]

1967 C10 Small window Long wheel base.....
Amanzingly clean cab and tray with only 2 very small holes in front foot well. Removed gun rack above the fuel tank and repaired this section. Pickup was optioned with factory air etc but decided to fill holes and replace with vintage air. Motor is LS1 with 4 speed auto and 9 inch. This stage Cab was media blasted and is being prepared for its Jet Black paint and Full Red interior

[fakerwade]

Wow, your lucky to get a cab in that good shape!!

[00C10]

Yeh was a bit surprised myself......they must be a bit hard to get without a lot of rust. I can put up with all of the dents but i hate doing rust.

[VA72C10]

Nice looking cab! Nice plans...what about the stance? Stock or lowered?

[00C10]

drop spindles so lowered all round...have coys polished 20x8 inch rims. Billet column and switches, pedals etc looking at exiting the exhaust on both sides in front of rear wheels as i purchased 2 polished stainless mufflers with oval outlets and then i will make a billet surround for where they come out of the body.... cheers

[fakerwade]

So are the parts prices pretty high down under? Do you have to order mostly from the States?

[00C10]

Some are reasonable but most of them i just buy out of the U.S takes 2 or 3 weeks so just work the build time around those delays. Some dealers wont post out side the U.S cant work that out really no difference writing U.S on the package to Australia and with our dollar a little better its no big deal. Found a smooth tailgate skin on ebay but seller said to hard to send to Australia and said dont know where it is anyway...

[Katrina/10]

Do you have to convert to right hand drive?

[00C10]

no you can keep it left hand drive if it is older than 30 yrs....

[PrettyRicky]

Originally Posted by Katrina/10

Do you have to convert to right hand drive?

i bet it would be a serious pain in the ass if he had to

[00C10]

no not really....20 yrs ago I had a 68 Camaro I converted to r/h drive early cars are easier the new ones are the pain..

[Katrina/10]

Cool, glad you don't have to do that. I knew that you had to do the conversion to register the car, but didn't know about the exemption for the older ones!

[00C10]

Yeh it has its benefits I can also put it on historic registration and reduces the cost to around $150.00 per year to do so instead of the usual $600.00

[Katrina/10]

Wow, that's a lot compared to here. I have my truck registered as an antique in my state for $25. For life!

[00C10]

Damn!!!!! that is good........I will be going to the states in October for three weeks so intend on looking at some parts etc to bring back. Going to Talladega and heading back across to California so will be looking at getting some ideas where to go on car shows etc round that time

[Katrina/10]

You're lucky to be able to do that. I would like to visit Australia sometime, but it's a pretty expensive trip.

[00C10]

yeh it is but because our dollar is strong at the minute its good for us. Last time I went our dollar was at $0.62 so it was bad and cost heaps

[00C10]

Kept the original details from the build information on glove box lid....just to have I guess.

[Katrina/10]

How did LHD truck end up in Oz anyway?

[00C10]

well a container was due to leave California and one of the cars wasnt ready to be packed so the guys drove around and found my one for $100.00. So they packed it and sent it. I paid for the shipping etc which owed me $3000.00 landed here. It was a roller which suited me just fine as I had motor etc already

[Katrina/10]

Thats a heckuva deal for such a long transport. I know a guy here who used to ship Falcon XBs from there over to here and sell them at quite a profit. Used to convert some of them into Mad Max clones. He still has one.

[00C10]

yeh I know about them....also know a guy sending over commodore utes aswell he sells heaps of them

[00C10]

Like these ones

[00C10]

Before it was pulled down....

[00C10]

All good parts starting to arrive nearly everyday now....New column, New fuel cell and fuel system, billet switches etc like xmas all over again