new ride! 85 c10

[thesickc10]

rainy day picture

[thesickc10]

got my new gears in the mail today. richmond 4.10s to take place of the 3.42s should wake her up a bit. debating on whether me and my buddy are going to do the swap(hes done a gear swap one time and they are still holding up) or whether im gonna pay a shop. what do you guys think? i just realized i have no pictures of under the hood im also gonna get working on that

[thesickc10]

Well ive done a million things to my truck since this last post i need to catch up with some pics. Swapped in a 12 bolt, working on a 4 speed conversion, made front wheel tubs out of bed tubs, lowered it, redid the engine bay, and am currently working on the interior. Pics coming soon!!!!

[ECU PIRATE]

Nice progress man........it looks like it will be a screamer!!! I can see my neighbors calling the law on me once I get the thing up and running
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[thesickc10]

when i was breaking in the motor the neighbor came over and told me to stop or he was going to call the cops...he was bluffing haha

Trying to add new pics but camera is messed up trying to figure it out.

[cory d]

i would love to see the front wheel wells, i have thought about using the ones from the bed and putting them in the front. im between that and making fiberglass ones

[thesickc10]

keep in mind this is the first thing ive attempting to make out of metal. Im not a pro by any means so cut me some slack!!! haha This was just a quick mock up i dont have the finish product yet but soon.

[thesickc10]

Here are a couple of pics from doing the flipkit. I scored a 12 bolt for free so i figured i might as well put the flipkit in while i was doing the rear. I also installed a fuel cell and cleaned up the frame while the bed was off. Sprayed the frame with eastwoods rust treatment and then with their chassis paint. Great product.

[thesickc10]

And here is progress and the motor. Same motor just made it pretty and changed intakes. Used to have a victor jr. but swapped out for a edelbrock crosswind for better low end.

[thesickc10]

Off work today so i figured id drop the front and tackle the ball joints. I was told that the top balljoint is very easy to get out and the bottom one is a bear! Complete opposite for me. The bottom one came out one hit on both sides and the top one was very stubborn. Oh well. Gonna get everything cleaned up and painted the cut the coil and put on the drop spindles. 3" Belltech spindles and cutting one coil.

[thesickc10]

Got the top ball joints in no problem but had nothing to press the bottom ones in with. After trying a bunch of jerry riggin i called my buddy and hes gonna stop over tomorrow with a tool. And since im fairly sure nobody reads this i do the cha cha like a sissy girl.

[thesickc10]

Got my buddies ball joint tool today and they went in effortlessly. I dont like the angle of the shock though. Do they make shock relocating kits for the front like they do for the back?