What did you do to your truck today!

[BigDaddyV]

I put new plug wires on my 454 in the new (to me) 72 C10.
Then Caught the carb on fire...
Grimlens... I swear they are everywhere!

[CSGAS]

Originally Posted by BigDaddyV

....Then Caught the carb on fire.......

I lost a '72 Big Block Charger that way when I was too young to know how to deal with it...or is that young enough to know everything? I keep getting those two mixed up!

The next time I had a carb catch on fire--real fire not just a little backfire--was when overheated tranny fluid puked out the filler tube on a Cordoba. Must have been ignited by one electrical wire or another. That wouldn't have been any big loss. I knew how to starve it of air though and had lots of good parts perfectly usable for another project.

Well, the day's just beginning...I may fall asleep in my truck somewhere or I may put some of the parts I've had lying around here for months, on it, or even go to the junkyard for more valuables that I can either sell or keep.

[FrankieD]

I looked at some pictures on Photobucket this morning, still to cold to take it out of the trailer and I can't kick the wife out of the garage till it warms up.

[Bomp]

Got my frame all mocked up. Ready for some welding. Truthfully,,,,,this was yesterday.

[808_67C10]

I day dreamed about it being done and rollin through Waikiki... Japanese tourists drooling over its raunchy looks and sound... rumbling through the buildings past the police station... maybe let some air out and set her down for a landing.. then a FAT burnout... Hawaii 5-0 comes out, gives me a thumbs up and .... I take off! Fasten your seat belts... put your tray tables in the upright position... and hold the F*&& ON!

Oh... time to wake up... its still in the garage all apart!

[HotRod C/10]

installed Porterbuilt panhard bar.

[shawno72]

Originally Posted by HotRod C/10

installed Porterbuilt panhard bar.

Those blocks look fabulous

[HotRod C/10]

Originally Posted by shawno72

Those blocks look fabulous

I cleaned em up on the edge sander at work........

[RustedMetal]

Vintage 70's pabst blue ribbon tap shifter installed


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[67Slider]

Made the 100 mile trip to the body shop with the suburban packed with finishing parts. Checked out the progress on the 67. Guys were color sanding the front fender. One of the body shop guys dropped my newly upholstered door panel and ripped the fabric about two inches. Looking good but still a long way to go. Looking at June or so before it's done.

[Mr Handy]

beat on the lower area of the bedside... looked like someone ran over a big log and dented the heck out of them on both sides... the panhard bar also has about a 20* bend in it... I have an adjustable one coming from ece. Anyway the bedsides look a lot better now, could still use some finessing before new paint, but definitely look better.

Over the weekend I got my HEI distributor and new wires installed... all the plugs looked awesome when I pulled them out, cleaned them, gaped them and put them back in... engine sounds great now... also got one of the motor mounts replaced... the bad one. still need to replace the other... but I plan to pull the motor and swap the heads... trying to decide if I want to put in a different cam, lifters, springs when I do. I have some minor leaks so will be replacing gaskets anyway.

[Bloodyjaws88]

Today I pulled the cowl panel and moved the rightfront fender away from the door after the PO put the truck in a ditch. The same PO also put the replacement bed on crooked, so the wife and I straightened that out. Then we put the rear bumper back on. Next is adjusting the trans and pulling a few leafs to lower the rear.
Chris
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[buckskins4ever]

Originally Posted by Mr Handy

beat on the lower area of the bedside... looked like someone ran over a big log and dented the heck out of them on both sides... the panhard bar also has about a 20* bend in it... I have an adjustable one coming from ece. Anyway the bedsides look a lot better now, could still use some finessing before new paint, but definitely look better.

Over the weekend I got my HEI distributor and new wires installed... all the plugs looked awesome when I pulled them out, cleaned them, gaped them and put them back in... engine sounds great now... also got one of the motor mounts replaced... the bad one. still need to replace the other... but I plan to pull the motor and swap the heads... trying to decide if I want to put in a different cam, lifters, springs when I do. I have some minor leaks so will be replacing gaskets anyway.

I ordered a adjustable pan hard bar. Needed for the lowering setup. If you email me your address, I will ship you my old one if you want an OEM...Its straight.

[Mr Handy]

Originally Posted by buckskins4ever

I ordered a adjustable pan hard bar. Needed for the lowering setup. If you email me your address, I will ship you my old one if you want an OEM...Its straight.

Thanks, I appreciate it, but I ordered an adjustable. I plan to lower at some point so I figured I would kill 2 with 1.

The PO put 5 lug shafts in but left the 6 lug in the front. I plan to put the 6 lug shafts back in shortly (I have them! and the rims) and then measure for blocks to get her level. then down the road I plan to do drop spindles and disks in the front and springs in the back. At the end of the day it will be a 2.5/4 or 5 drop...

Sense this is a what did you do thread, I also degreased my engine compartment, painter my air cleaner with some paint I had sitting around and Power washed as much of the frame I could get to without getting wet while laying on the ground... seems to have made a difference....

[Square_78]

Got all the holes drilled and got my EXO mount for the Accuair bolted to the frame. Ran all the power wire and mounted the solenoid inside the frame rail. Ran the USB cable into the cab for the controller and also the ignition feed wire up into the dash. Tomorrow I just need to connect a couple ground wires and solder on one copper ring terminal onto the 4 awg power wire at the solenoid and then I can power the system up. I would have finished it today, but I ran out of gas for my soldering torch and couldnt connect the power cable securely. No bags installed yet, but hopefully I can get started on that next week sometime.

[HotRod C/10]

fired up the 383 today after having it built 3 years ago!

[Expat_dude]

Test fitting new grill


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[GoaterAz]

I made a paint booth! haha...out of a box and some toothpicks.

before


after

[c10srule]

replaced the 2" exhaust with 2.5" and replaced the edelbrock 600 with a holley 750 vacuum secondary, the performance is like night and day

[OregonNed]

I had it power tuned last week so I took it out today - first day this year over 70 degrees and sunny. Drove it like hell! It sounded and ran so nice!
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[BOHICA-Chevy68]

put on power brakes
finished the 200-4r conversion.
hooked up the TV cable to my single barrel carb
put on linkage
changed out the steering column to a automatic
put on my 20 in rims
new fluids; oil, transmission, diff
welded new shock mounts on the frame

[Square_78]

Finished wiring all my Accuair and fired it up for testing.. Works like a dream. All ready to mount the bags and connect the air lines. C-notching the frame and doing the rear bags on Wednesday.

[heathbirkendahl]

Got her ready for motor swap.
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[GMC69]

Took her out of hibernation and got the headlight relay mod completed. Just have to make the wiring look pretty and change the fuses to circuit breakers.
Realigning the headlights needs to get done now.
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