69 C10 swb stepside project 45 ACP

[68 TT]

Plan for the truck is to finish pulling out the manual trans parts & front drum brake stuff and put them onto the 67 C10 longbed truck along with installing the 350 that came with the stepside truck.

Once that is done I will drop in the 396 & T-400 out of my Camaro along with the column shift auto column & automatic pedal assembly from my other trucks. The truck will get the 427 I have in storage once I have the funds to put some new rods & pump gas friendly pistons into it and freshen it up. 13.5 to 1 and aluminum rods just aren't good for the street. The Camaro is getting a single turbo LS engine & 4L80E once I get back to it so losing the big block to the stepside is OK.

I have a set of big block headers that are left over from when I had a 396 in the 67 C10 longbed truck plus all the pieces needed to build a 3" Flowmaster exhaust system for the truck. Should sound nasty. My neighbors are going to hate me

The truck will stay manual steering and manual brakes but will get the C2500LD 6-lug disc brake parts I have and a Vette manual disc brake master cylinder & adjustable proportioning valve.

The PO removed the gas tank and did a decent job of welding a patch over the fuel filler hole in the cab so I will need to figure out a rear mounted fuel tank to use for the stepside. Not sure what I will end up doing or where to put the filler neck. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Not sure what it will weigh but it can't be much more than my 3900 pound 70 Chevelle. I will probably build some Cal-Trac style traction bars for the stepside to see if I can get the little thing to hook up.