My 71 c10 build. what do you think?

[James71c10]

Here's my 1971 chevy c10 pickup. I have done a lot to this truck since i have bought it. I started with new suspension, i did a 4/4 drop all the way around, front is western chassis 1.5in drop springs and western chassis 2.5in drop spindles, rear is McGaughys 4in drop springs. Has toxic drop shocks front and rear. Then i did All new brakes front and rear, calipers, routers, pads, brake lines, drums, axles, everything. Also has summit racing headers with 2.5in piping into custom x pipe to flowmaster super 10 series, i also have built the 350 that was in it when i bought it, its a High performance chevy 350 4 bolt main bored .30 over to a 355, polished forged crank, summit racing re ring and bearing/gasket kit, dura bond cam bearings, summit racing cam 282 duration with .465 lift, summit racing lifters, truck heads completely rebuilt 74cc combustion chambers with LT1 valve springs (going to upgrade heads soon for higher compression), comp cam high energy push rods, comp cam high energy 1.5 ratio rocker arms, perfessional products high rise intake, edelbrock 600cfm carb. All work has been done by me and proud of it. Next plans are to get it rust free and get the old paint off to get some new paint on it by spring hopefully! Whats your guy's comments? questions? opinions?

[Z1971]

I like they flat black look on the frame. What was the prep/paint?

[James71c10]

Thanks man! Well first off i used a ton of degreaser and pressure washed the whole frame and rear end. Then i took a wire wheel attachment on my grinder and wire wheeled the rest of the surface rust and dirt till it was clean metal. Then for smaller areas i used my die grinder with a wire wheel on it. Then i wiped down the whole frame and rear end with paint thinner to clean it. Then what i used was just rubberized undercoating. Its think and tough enough it goes on great and turned out great. The only reason i didnt use paint was because im not doing a 100% resto, like im not sand blasting or anything like that. The rubberized undercoating turned out great and is very durable.

[VA72C10]

Looks like a nice project!

[James71c10]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

Looks like a nice project!

thank you! Alot of work ahead of me, next thing im doing this week is replacing cab supports, rockers, drivers floorboard,and cab corners! Then im stripping it all to bare metal to start prepping for paint!

[gcburdic]

You're doing a good job on this one James...keep it up!!...by the way, if you need help with panel replacement, ask your bodywork questions over in our body/ paint forum...lots of good help over there!!!

BTW... to the boards from NC

[James71c10]

Originally Posted by gcburdic

You're doing a good job on this one James...keep it up!!...by the way, if you need help with panel replacement, ask your bodywork questions over in our body/ paint forum...lots of good help over there!!!

BTW... to the boards from NC

Thank you! I really appreciate it! Since this is my very first truck ive done this work to by my self. Thank you!