1966 C10 Project Truck

[TJ's Chevy]

Sounds great bud!

[scoot_mcgrute]

It's been a full day of buffing, painting, bolting and replacing! The passenger side of the bed is all buffed and installed, the grille and headlight bezels are painted white, the taillights are installed, I removed a bunch of black paint on the drivers rear fender and buffed it and dad swapped the headlight switch out for the new one. I also took dad on a ride through the neighborhood! I think I have a syncro going out in the tranny, it won't downshift from 3rd to 2nd without going through 1st, but all in all I'm very happy with the weekend progress!

[scoot_mcgrute]

More progress last night! A buddy came over and acted as helper/comedian/BS expert last night. I knocked out a bunch of things including tightening and aligning the fenders, adding the hood latch and filler pieces, installing the grille, getting the headlights to work and getting the brake lights to work. It's one step closer to assaulting the streets!

I had to make a little riser/filler piece for the radiator clamp to hold correctly. It finished off the top of the radiator and works to hold the radiator nice and secure.


After a trip to the auto parts store for more panel shims, we bolted the grille on. I'm so ecstatic on how this thing is coming together! I have a letter kit for the grille but I don't trust myself enough to put them in proper so I'll probably have another friend help me there.




Getting the headlights to work was easy, I just needed a new dimmer switch. Also, getting the brake lights to work was easy too, the brake light switch needed to be replaced. I love the blue dot lights!


As you can tell, I still have some work to do on the bed and the hood but I'll be taking Friday off work so I can button up what I don't get done tomorrow night. Hoping to have it together early enough to cruise around town a little bit and hit up a weekly cruise in