70 C/10 from Cali to Illinois - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

FrankieD · 10-06-2011, 01:56 PM

I have been kicking around doing a build thread on mine so here it goes. I picked her up in February for $2400 and put her to bed till April when I could kick the wife out of the garage. She came from Modesto Cal. from what I understand the guy that did the work on the truck died and his son went out and brought mine and a 71 4X4 back. The truck had been painted blue and white the original color was gold. All it needed to put it on the road was tires, interior, front and rear glass then I got on this site and my mind started working.

So I went and bought a 72 for parts for $900. I took the glass and put it in mine then I wanted the 5 lug axles and disk brakes and it had a 350 which I thought would be a good swap for the 307.

Here are some pix of when I was putting her in the barn for the winter

**Dieselwrencher** · 10-06-2011, 02:04 PM

Man, that's a great truck for $2400! It sounds like you're well on your way with it too.

VA72C10 · 10-06-2011, 02:23 PM

looks great!

FrankieD · 10-06-2011, 02:40 PM

This was the donor truck, it was supposed to have a Professionally rebuilt engine but it had a bad oil leak from the timing cover so when we got it to my cousins house and pulled the engine apart we found that the crank was scored like it was put together in a sand pile and the front cam bearing had spun so that went to the machine shop to be fixed $$$. Then I striped every thing I could off and took it to the scrap yard. Sold a lot of parts to members here. Thanks guys

**Dieselwrencher** · 10-06-2011, 02:43 PM

That would be fun to run for a day or so!

FrankieD · 10-06-2011, 02:58 PM

Yea the guy was so good in it he took a tire off a rim I was impressed. The scrap yard is only a 1/4 mile from my house.

FrankieD · 10-06-2011, 03:05 PM

I brought the 70 to my cousin’s poll barn and started disassembling it to pull the engine and cross member. She has a granny 4spd so the removable hump was nice.

FrankieD · 10-06-2011, 04:00 PM

Found some intersting info on the diffrences from the 70 to 72.
1. the window cranks are 3/8" longer because of the plastic door panels.

2. the 5 lug axel's can be used in the 6 lug housing the axel's are the same length, to swap you need to change the brakes and drums.

3.The cross member can be swaped in by just enlarging the top front bolt holes all the other line up.

4. Inner and outer tie rod ends are different size

The P/S pump pully dosen't line up with the 72 balancer using the 70 pully, working on this one but the fan and water pump line up

**Dieselwrencher** · 10-06-2011, 09:16 PM

And also, I'm pretty sure you could have left the original cross member in there. All you needed to change was the spindles out for the 5 bolt conversion I believe.

FrankieD · 10-07-2011, 08:02 AM

The ball joints are different they go in the 2 year increments 67/68 - 69/70 - 71/72 then 73 up are the same for all the 2wd shoe box model's. The 73-87 will also fit with the same modification on the cross member. The 73-87 are better because they have rubber bushings on the A-Frames. The main reason I didn't do just the spindles is that I had the 72 cross member and it was less work every thing went in one piece. Also the inner and outer tie rod ends are diffrent size.

FrankieD · 10-07-2011, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Man, that's a great truck for $2400! It sounds like you're well on your way with it too.

I went to Wisconsin to look at a 71 for $1500 it was about a 3hr ride and it turned out to be a rust bucket so when I saw this one I jumped on it. The only rust I found was on the air intake for the vent it was full of leaves so I cut that out and patched it back in and painted it with POR 15.

I have the Cali Title and all the Cali regestation from 1970 till it was parked I think it was in 88 and a detailed list of work and $ that was put in it. The PO spent $600 for the paint suplies and $400 getting the 307 running

**Dieselwrencher** · 10-07-2011, 02:30 PM

Cool deal!

FrankieD · 10-09-2011, 10:36 PM

Took the the cross member to the car wash and made a mess but it cleaned up real nice. I used some ZEP Industrial Cleaner it is corrosive but it melts the 40yr old grease off of every thing . I sprayer everything with POR 15 it looks pretty good. I also cut the trans cross brace out so the reinstall of the engine and trans would be easier. I want it to look as clean as possable with out doing a frame off

FrankieD · 10-11-2011, 08:11 AM

Got the cross member in and brakes hooked up it has brand new calipers and rotors on it, Put new rubber brake lines on and new inner and outer tie rod ends. Bought a new booster and Master and new rear brakes & wheel cylinders and had the drums turned. Put new wheel seals in and installed the 5 lug axels.

The square washer is where I had to enlarge the bolt hole so it would line up

**Dieselwrencher** · 10-11-2011, 11:46 AM

Nice progress! It's looking great!

FrankieD · 10-11-2011, 01:02 PM

Looks like you have a few projects going. I was thinking about a dually 4X4 before this one but couldn't find one that wasn't rotten.

FrankieD · 10-11-2011, 02:09 PM

I loaded it up on the trailer and brought it back home to pressure wash the under side then sprayed it with POR 15, I top coated it with Rustolem Semi Gloss Black I think it came out pretty good.

Before:

Getting ready to paint:

Done:

**Dieselwrencher** · 10-11-2011, 05:59 PM

Man, that looks great! Nice work.

**Dieselwrencher** · 10-11-2011, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrankieD

Looks like you have a few projects going. I was thinking about a dually 4X4 before this one but couldn't find one that wasn't rotten.

Yes I do.

I'm trying to liquidate some right now too. I have thought about making my Longhorn a DRW too, but I want it to some what ride half way decent. That'll be hard enough with the hefty springs it has.

VA72C10 · 10-11-2011, 06:45 PM

Undercarriage came out awesome!

hotrodchevy1999 · 10-11-2011, 08:14 PM

Looking good

FrankieD · 10-12-2011, 08:35 AM

Thanks guys! I'm trying to figure out how some of these guy's do these big mods so quick but it could be just me being old and slow and maybe sometimes to much beer.

She had a little rot in the air in take for the vent so I cut that out sprayed POR 15 inside it before patching it in then sanded and painted the fire wall to cover the rattle can paint job the PO did. For doing it outside I got lucky and it came out pretty good it was fairly warm so the paint dries fairly quick

VA72C10 · 10-12-2011, 12:44 PM

Firewall looks nice!

**Dieselwrencher** · 10-12-2011, 02:21 PM

Great work! You're cooking with bacon grease now!

FrankieD · 10-12-2011, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VA72C10

Firewall looks nice!

T!HANKS

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Great work! You're cooking with bacon
grease now!

I've been trying to keep the grease off

10-06-2011, 01:56 PM	#1
FrankieD Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Gilberts IL. Posts: 2,488	70 C/10 from Cali to Illinois I have been kicking around doing a build thread on mine so here it goes. I picked her up in February for $2400 and put her to bed till April when I could kick the wife out of the garage. She came from Modesto Cal. from what I understand the guy that did the work on the truck died and his son went out and brought mine and a 71 4X4 back. The truck had been painted blue and white the original color was gold. All it needed to put it on the road was tires, interior, front and rear glass then I got on this site and my mind started working. So I went and bought a 72 for parts for $900. I took the glass and put it in mine then I wanted the 5 lug axles and disk brakes and it had a 350 which I thought would be a good swap for the 307. Here are some pix of when I was putting her in the barn for the winter __________________ 94 k2500 EXCab Long Bed 350ci New Toy 95 K2500 Suburban New PlowTruck 454ci Support our Troops @ http://anyairman.com http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

10-06-2011, 02:04 PM	#2
Dieselwrencher 6>8 Plugless........ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Prairie City, Ia Posts: 17,142	Re: 70 C/10 from Cali to Illinois Man, that's a great truck for $2400! It sounds like you're well on your way with it too. __________________ Ryan 1972 Chevy Longhorn K30 Cheyenne Super, 359 Inline 6 cylinder, Auto Trans, Tilt, Diesel Tach/Vach, Buckets, Rare Rear 4-link and air ride option Build Thread 1972 GMC Sierra Grande Longhorn 4x4 1972 Chevy Cheyenne Super K20 Long Step side tilt, tach, tow hooks, AC, 350 4 speed 1972 C10 Suburban Custom Deluxe 1969 Chevy milk truck 1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR STG3 Cam Super T10 1940 Ford 354 Hemi 46RH Ford 9" on air ride huge project *Tired of spark plugs? Check this out.*

10-06-2011, 02:23 PM	#3
VA72C10 VA72C10 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Midlothian, VA Posts: 25,267	Re: 70 C/10 from Cali to Illinois looks great! __________________ Looking for a 67-72 swb or blazer project in or around VA.

10-06-2011, 02:40 PM	#4
FrankieD Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Gilberts IL. Posts: 2,488	Re: 70 C/10 from Cali to Illinois This was the donor truck, it was supposed to have a Professionally rebuilt engine but it had a bad oil leak from the timing cover so when we got it to my cousins house and pulled the engine apart we found that the crank was scored like it was put together in a sand pile and the front cam bearing had spun so that went to the machine shop to be fixed $$$. Then I striped every thing I could off and took it to the scrap yard. Sold a lot of parts to members here. Thanks guys __________________ 94 k2500 EXCab Long Bed 350ci New Toy 95 K2500 Suburban New PlowTruck 454ci Support our Troops @ http://anyairman.com http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

10-06-2011, 02:43 PM	#5
Dieselwrencher 6>8 Plugless........ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Prairie City, Ia Posts: 17,142	Re: 70 C/10 from Cali to Illinois That would be fun to run for a day or so! __________________ Ryan 1972 Chevy Longhorn K30 Cheyenne Super, 359 Inline 6 cylinder, Auto Trans, Tilt, Diesel Tach/Vach, Buckets, Rare Rear 4-link and air ride option Build Thread 1972 GMC Sierra Grande Longhorn 4x4 1972 Chevy Cheyenne Super K20 Long Step side tilt, tach, tow hooks, AC, 350 4 speed 1972 C10 Suburban Custom Deluxe 1969 Chevy milk truck 1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR STG3 Cam Super T10 1940 Ford 354 Hemi 46RH Ford 9" on air ride huge project *Tired of spark plugs? Check this out.*

10-06-2011, 02:58 PM	#6
FrankieD Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Gilberts IL. Posts: 2,488	Re: 70 C/10 from Cali to Illinois Yea the guy was so good in it he took a tire off a rim I was impressed. The scrap yard is only a 1/4 mile from my house. __________________ 94 k2500 EXCab Long Bed 350ci New Toy 95 K2500 Suburban New PlowTruck 454ci Support our Troops @ http://anyairman.com http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

10-06-2011, 03:05 PM	#7
FrankieD Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Gilberts IL. Posts: 2,488	Re: 70 C/10 from Cali to Illinois I brought the 70 to my cousin’s poll barn and started disassembling it to pull the engine and cross member. She has a granny 4spd so the removable hump was nice. __________________ 94 k2500 EXCab Long Bed 350ci New Toy 95 K2500 Suburban New PlowTruck 454ci Support our Troops @ http://anyairman.com http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/ Last edited by FrankieD; 10-11-2011 at 07:51 AM.

10-06-2011, 04:00 PM	#8
FrankieD Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Gilberts IL. Posts: 2,488	Re: 70 C/10 from Cali to Illinois Found some intersting info on the diffrences from the 70 to 72. 1. the window cranks are 3/8" longer because of the plastic door panels. 2. the 5 lug axel's can be used in the 6 lug housing the axel's are the same length, to swap you need to change the brakes and drums. 3.The cross member can be swaped in by just enlarging the top front bolt holes all the other line up. 4. Inner and outer tie rod ends are different size The P/S pump pully dosen't line up with the 72 balancer using the 70 pully, working on this one but the fan and water pump line up __________________ 94 k2500 EXCab Long Bed 350ci New Toy 95 K2500 Suburban New PlowTruck 454ci Support our Troops @ http://anyairman.com http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/ Last edited by FrankieD; 11-07-2011 at 12:35 PM.

10-06-2011, 09:16 PM	#9
Dieselwrencher 6>8 Plugless........ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Prairie City, Ia Posts: 17,142	Re: 70 C/10 from Cali to Illinois And also, I'm pretty sure you could have left the original cross member in there. All you needed to change was the spindles out for the 5 bolt conversion I believe. __________________ Ryan 1972 Chevy Longhorn K30 Cheyenne Super, 359 Inline 6 cylinder, Auto Trans, Tilt, Diesel Tach/Vach, Buckets, Rare Rear 4-link and air ride option Build Thread 1972 GMC Sierra Grande Longhorn 4x4 1972 Chevy Cheyenne Super K20 Long Step side tilt, tach, tow hooks, AC, 350 4 speed 1972 C10 Suburban Custom Deluxe 1969 Chevy milk truck 1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR STG3 Cam Super T10 1940 Ford 354 Hemi 46RH Ford 9" on air ride huge project *Tired of spark plugs? Check this out.*

10-07-2011, 08:02 AM	#10
FrankieD Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Gilberts IL. Posts: 2,488	Re: 70 C/10 from Cali to Illinois The ball joints are different they go in the 2 year increments 67/68 - 69/70 - 71/72 then 73 up are the same for all the 2wd shoe box model's. The 73-87 will also fit with the same modification on the cross member. The 73-87 are better because they have rubber bushings on the A-Frames. The main reason I didn't do just the spindles is that I had the 72 cross member and it was less work every thing went in one piece. Also the inner and outer tie rod ends are diffrent size. __________________ 94 k2500 EXCab Long Bed 350ci New Toy 95 K2500 Suburban New PlowTruck 454ci Support our Troops @ http://anyairman.com http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

10-07-2011, 02:30 PM	#12
Dieselwrencher 6>8 Plugless........ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Prairie City, Ia Posts: 17,142	Re: 70 C/10 from Cali to Illinois Cool deal! __________________ Ryan 1972 Chevy Longhorn K30 Cheyenne Super, 359 Inline 6 cylinder, Auto Trans, Tilt, Diesel Tach/Vach, Buckets, Rare Rear 4-link and air ride option Build Thread 1972 GMC Sierra Grande Longhorn 4x4 1972 Chevy Cheyenne Super K20 Long Step side tilt, tach, tow hooks, AC, 350 4 speed 1972 C10 Suburban Custom Deluxe 1969 Chevy milk truck 1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR STG3 Cam Super T10 1940 Ford 354 Hemi 46RH Ford 9" on air ride huge project *Tired of spark plugs? Check this out.*

10-09-2011, 10:36 PM	#13
FrankieD Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Gilberts IL. Posts: 2,488	Re: 70 C/10 from Cali to Illinois Took the the cross member to the car wash and made a mess but it cleaned up real nice. I used some ZEP Industrial Cleaner it is corrosive but it melts the 40yr old grease off of every thing . I sprayer everything with POR 15 it looks pretty good. I also cut the trans cross brace out so the reinstall of the engine and trans would be easier. I want it to look as clean as possable with out doing a frame off __________________ 94 k2500 EXCab Long Bed 350ci New Toy 95 K2500 Suburban New PlowTruck 454ci Support our Troops @ http://anyairman.com http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/ Last edited by FrankieD; 11-07-2011 at 12:38 PM.

10-11-2011, 08:11 AM	#14
FrankieD Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Gilberts IL. Posts: 2,488	Re: 70 C/10 from Cali to Illinois Got the cross member in and brakes hooked up it has brand new calipers and rotors on it, Put new rubber brake lines on and new inner and outer tie rod ends. Bought a new booster and Master and new rear brakes & wheel cylinders and had the drums turned. Put new wheel seals in and installed the 5 lug axels. The square washer is where I had to enlarge the bolt hole so it would line up __________________ 94 k2500 EXCab Long Bed 350ci New Toy 95 K2500 Suburban New PlowTruck 454ci Support our Troops @ http://anyairman.com http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/ Last edited by FrankieD; 10-11-2011 at 08:18 AM.

10-11-2011, 11:46 AM	#15
Dieselwrencher 6>8 Plugless........ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Prairie City, Ia Posts: 17,142	Re: 70 C/10 from Cali to Illinois Nice progress! It's looking great! __________________ Ryan 1972 Chevy Longhorn K30 Cheyenne Super, 359 Inline 6 cylinder, Auto Trans, Tilt, Diesel Tach/Vach, Buckets, Rare Rear 4-link and air ride option Build Thread 1972 GMC Sierra Grande Longhorn 4x4 1972 Chevy Cheyenne Super K20 Long Step side tilt, tach, tow hooks, AC, 350 4 speed 1972 C10 Suburban Custom Deluxe 1969 Chevy milk truck 1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR STG3 Cam Super T10 1940 Ford 354 Hemi 46RH Ford 9" on air ride huge project *Tired of spark plugs? Check this out.*

10-11-2011, 01:02 PM	#16
FrankieD Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Gilberts IL. Posts: 2,488	Re: 70 C/10 from Cali to Illinois Looks like you have a few projects going. I was thinking about a dually 4X4 before this one but couldn't find one that wasn't rotten. __________________ 94 k2500 EXCab Long Bed 350ci New Toy 95 K2500 Suburban New PlowTruck 454ci Support our Troops @ http://anyairman.com http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/



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10-11-2011, 02:09 PM	#17
FrankieD Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Gilberts IL. Posts: 2,488	Re: 70 C/10 from Cali to Illinois I loaded it up on the trailer and brought it back home to pressure wash the under side then sprayed it with POR 15, I top coated it with Rustolem Semi Gloss Black I think it came out pretty good. Before: Getting ready to paint: Done: __________________ 94 k2500 EXCab Long Bed 350ci New Toy 95 K2500 Suburban New PlowTruck 454ci Support our Troops @ http://anyairman.com http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

10-11-2011, 05:59 PM	#18
Dieselwrencher 6>8 Plugless........ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Prairie City, Ia Posts: 17,142	Re: 70 C/10 from Cali to Illinois Man, that looks great! Nice work. __________________ Ryan 1972 Chevy Longhorn K30 Cheyenne Super, 359 Inline 6 cylinder, Auto Trans, Tilt, Diesel Tach/Vach, Buckets, Rare Rear 4-link and air ride option Build Thread 1972 GMC Sierra Grande Longhorn 4x4 1972 Chevy Cheyenne Super K20 Long Step side tilt, tach, tow hooks, AC, 350 4 speed 1972 C10 Suburban Custom Deluxe 1969 Chevy milk truck 1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR STG3 Cam Super T10 1940 Ford 354 Hemi 46RH Ford 9" on air ride huge project *Tired of spark plugs? Check this out.*

10-11-2011, 06:45 PM	#20
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10-12-2011, 08:35 AM	#22
FrankieD Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Gilberts IL. Posts: 2,488	Re: 70 C/10 from Cali to Illinois Thanks guys! I'm trying to figure out how some of these guy's do these big mods so quick but it could be just me being old and slow and maybe sometimes to much beer. She had a little rot in the air in take for the vent so I cut that out sprayed POR 15 inside it before patching it in then sanded and painted the fire wall to cover the rattle can paint job the PO did. For doing it outside I got lucky and it came out pretty good it was fairly warm so the paint dries fairly quick __________________ 94 k2500 EXCab Long Bed 350ci New Toy 95 K2500 Suburban New PlowTruck 454ci Support our Troops @ http://anyairman.com http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

10-12-2011, 12:44 PM	#23
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10-12-2011, 02:21 PM	#24
Dieselwrencher 6>8 Plugless........ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Prairie City, Ia Posts: 17,142	Re: 70 C/10 from Cali to Illinois Great work! You're cooking with bacon grease now! __________________ Ryan 1972 Chevy Longhorn K30 Cheyenne Super, 359 Inline 6 cylinder, Auto Trans, Tilt, Diesel Tach/Vach, Buckets, Rare Rear 4-link and air ride option Build Thread 1972 GMC Sierra Grande Longhorn 4x4 1972 Chevy Cheyenne Super K20 Long Step side tilt, tach, tow hooks, AC, 350 4 speed 1972 C10 Suburban Custom Deluxe 1969 Chevy milk truck 1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR STG3 Cam Super T10 1940 Ford 354 Hemi 46RH Ford 9" on air ride huge project *Tired of spark plugs? Check this out.*

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