1966 C10 Project Truck

[Johnny_Lamebridge]

Originally Posted by scoot_mcgrute

Shortened the bearing retainer on lunch today.

Six-jaw lathe chuck... Nice.

[scoot_mcgrute]

Originally Posted by Bomp

Is it too early to call shotgun?
Lookin' good.

Not yet! I was getting pretty discouraged that my Unisteer setup wouldn't make it in time but I'll have it on Friday

Originally Posted by Johnny_Lamebridge

Six-jaw lathe chuck... Nice.

It's pretty sweet for sure! It's back in our prototype area at work so we can play with it whenever we want

Here are a couple pictures from the weekend that I wasn't able to post before.

I was excited to see the FedEx truck pull in, I knew it had my replacement rotor on it and I was right!


Promptly made it a roller


Motor going in!


Modifying the S10 shifter for a bolt on lever


The stick is in 2nd gear right now so I'll be mounting the stick to the more upright position on the shifter itself. That should put it right where I want it.


Last night, I busted the cross member out for the T5. I'm super happy with how it turned out and how it works. One more step to driving it again



Check out my sweet welding table


And installed. Love it!

[scoot_mcgrute]

Got the shifter fixed and the distributor stabbed in last night. The shifter is in a way better spot now, it was under the dash before.

I basically turned it into a Camaro shifter but the price was way better


I had to take it all apart to be able to cut it low enough. I sanded the front tab off and tacked the plates when I reassembled it. Picture is pretty bad, sorry bout that


Neutral


1st


2nd


The motor is coming together


I should get my new brake and fuel lines tomorrow so I'll get those installed then. Tonight I'm going to get the engine wire harness sorted out and mount the carburetor

[TJ's Chevy]

Looking real good!

[62stepside longbox]

Good job on the shifter, I just had to do that with mine as well.

[scoot_mcgrute]

More motor pictures. Got it all wired up last night and got the carburetor installed. I was supposed to be doing brake and fuel lines but those items got shipped separately from the rest so they didn't show up with the miscellaneous parts yesterday. I also measured for the rear driveline last night too. I love progress!

I found out that I got the wrong water pump and it interferes with the power steering pump bracket but that's an easy fix. I kinda wanted a black water pump anyway




I've got a full weekend this weekend but I'm hoping to get some time on the old girl and get it ready to roll out of the garage so I can start getting the front clip cleaned up and back on.

[TJ's Chevy]

Originally Posted by scoot_mcgrute

More motor pictures. Got it all wired up last night and got the carburetor installed. I was supposed to be doing brake and fuel lines but those items got shipped separately from the rest so they didn't show up with the miscellaneous parts yesterday. I also measured for the rear driveline last night too. I love progress!

I found out that I got the wrong water pump and it interferes with the power steering pump bracket but that's an easy fix. I kinda wanted a black water pump anyway


I've got a full weekend this weekend but I'm hoping to get some time on the old girl and get it ready to roll out of the garage so I can start getting the front clip cleaned up and back on.

Looking good!

[Johnny_Lamebridge]

Originally Posted by 62stepside longbox

Good job on the shifter, I just had to do that with mine as well.

Yes, nice shifter. A custom shifter handle is also on my to-do list. In the meantime I just bent my S10 shifter to suit. I also did a short-throw mod, which makes the stock shifter way nicer to use. See here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...9&postcount=94

Direct link to the shifter mod: http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/shifter/

[62stepside longbox]

Originally Posted by Johnny_Lamebridge

Yes, nice shifter. A custom shifter handle is also on my to-do list. In the meantime I just bent my S10 shifter to suit. I also did a short-throw mod, which makes the stock shifter way nicer to use. See here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...9&postcount=94

Direct link to the shifter mod: http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/shifter/

That does look pretty easy, I think I might do that once I can find a nice block of aluminum.

[scoot_mcgrute]

Originally Posted by Johnny_Lamebridge

Yes, nice shifter. A custom shifter handle is also on my to-do list. In the meantime I just bent my S10 shifter to suit. I also did a short-throw mod, which makes the stock shifter way nicer to use. See here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...9&postcount=94

Direct link to the shifter mod: http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/shifter/

Love it but I think that would put the pin in my lower shift lever hole. Maybe someday if I find a good deal on Camaro shifter I'll do a short shifter