1969 C10 Project “Nosejob”

[Bodied67]

Originally Posted by 68Gold/white

On the caps, Something, obviously Chevrolet...early 60's

I hope front disc brakes are on your list!!!

Front discs at least are definately going in with the lowering kit!

[68Gold/white]

LOL, I just re-read your post 1...

If that 5 lug rear is as greasy as it sounds, it's likely a 71 or 72 rear end.

Not knowing your Chevy pickup knowledge...The 71/72 rears are wider than your 68 (69?) is..

There's a boat load of other 5 lug swap facts. Let us know if you need any more...

I have 67 and 68 C-10's I plan to use all factory parts to convert mine to disc, 5 lug...

[Bodied67]

Originally Posted by 68Gold/white

LOL, I just re-read your post 1...

If that 5 lug rear is as greasy as it sounds, it's likely a 71 or 72 rear end.

Not knowing your Chevy pickup knowledge...The 71/72 rears are wider than your 68 (69?) is..

There's a boat load of other 5 lug swap facts. Let us know if you need any more...

I have 67 and 68 C-10's I plan to use all factory parts to convert mine to disc, 5 lug...

Truth be told i don't have much "classic" chevy truck knowledge I'm just taking it day by day and learning as i go. The whole radiator support thing threw me off big time but were gonna get that right soon as all the parts get here (assuming i got everything I'm going to need haha) But yea as I previously mentioned it came with a buncha miss matched 5 lug stuff and a random rear end. I don't know what its out of, what gears are in it anything like that and i haven't bothered looking much into it just yet. Really focused on just getting this thing to a sweet little cruiser and knocking out the little odds and ends/clean up work so when the nicer weather gets here were good to go. (northeast winters suck)

Im really considering just buying the 6 lug front disk kit to save myself some hassle for the time being and not go down the rabbit hole of trying to piece the rest of what I have together then having to buy new wheels on top of it. Down the road most likely but right now Im not sure I want to swing it.

Curious if i can use my the brake master i have now though if i was to just install the 6 lug disk fronts for the this year.

[68Gold/white]

I will make a list, put it here, for you. Maybe others will chime in. THere's one guy here, that knows, a lot (not me).

In the area of converting to 6 lug disc. You need to make sure that what ever wheel you have will work with the disc calipers. many drum brake wheels will not work...

Posting a picture of the inside of the wheel here, will help.

Disc brakes require a specific master cylinder. I've seen some folks use a drum M/Cyl, but I would not for safety's sake!!!

[Bodied67]

Pretty stoked on this.. found a guy that had a TMI buddy console he didn’t end up using so I was able to get it from him for a decent price. I’ve been trying to find a “easy” solution on how to fit three people on those warm summer cruise nights or ice cream runs with my young son and lady however the floor shifter was mounted in a terrible location and without changing up the whole layout a bench seat just will not fit unfortunately. The leather doesn’t exactly match but with alittle conditioner I believe I can get the new console to match these old buckets alittle better.

I have a guy locally that is going to work up some custom brackets and after alittle finessing I think it’ll work out perfectly for what I’m looking for.

[Bodied67]

Loads and loads of parts have finally come in… some warmer weather in the Northeast sure would hit the spot right about now!

[3757chevy]

Originally Posted by 68Gold/white

I was trying to figure out what those caps are that came on the pickup?

Originally Posted by Bodied67

I’m trying to figure this out myself. I’m gonna post some close ups of them after I give them a good cleaning

Originally Posted by Bodied67

Here’s a close up of the hub caps that were on it too, anybody got any ideas?

Those are '58 Impala caps.

[Bodied67]

Originally Posted by 3757chevy

Those are '58 Impala caps.

Yup, nailed it! Thanks for sharing I've been wondering what they were off for awhile now

[zicc1835]

Originally Posted by 3757chevy

Those are '58 Impala caps.

where is that wagon at ILL TAKE IT

[3757chevy]

Zicc1835...It's at Snyders salvage yard in Pueblo Colorado. He just drug it in this week. It's a barn find that been sitting since 1979. He's having an open house this Sunday from 11 to 3. It's a private yard. He posts on Facebook , it's a private group by invite. He's selling it for $5800.00 with title. If you're on Facebook I could send you an invite. He has a list of transports that he recommends.

[Bodied67]

Ripped the interior out to put some sound deadening down, the LS and long tube headers make for a very noisey ride so this was a must. Outside of the rockers and cab corners no real rot which I’m very happy about!

[Bodied67]

Spent my Sunday in the garage with my son. We ripped the old and decaying headliner out along with the beat to hell trim around it. Then we got the sound deadening down. Not as bad as I was expecting, I’m still deciding if I’m going to install a foam layer of this same sort of product over top or not. It’s relatively cheap so I’m kinda leaning towards just doin it while everything is apart.

Also, Curious to hear what companies some of you guys have used for carpet replacements. Any input out there on that to save me a headache down the road would be greatly appreciated!

[3757chevy]

Originally Posted by zicc1835

where is that wagon at ILL TAKE IT

I sent you a link in a PM.

[Bodied67]

Little update. Got the interior mostly finished up. New headliner, full sound deadening, new carpet and wheel. Just gotta bolt the seats down and we’re good to go. I didn’t think the old carpet was that bad but when you put them next to each other… yikes

[raggedjim]

Nice work on the interior.

[Getter-Done]

Very Nice

That carpet looks like it fits like a glove.

[Bodied67]

Thanks guys. Very pleased with how it came together. Carpet fits wayyyybetter than I expected

[Bodied67]

Finally got to work on the new 67-68 radiator support so we can correct the horrible fitting headlights with some fresh parts and new bezels. Safe to say I am glad I did…. Nice hole with some bondo in the center of the old one .smh.

Going to wrap this up this week. Then more onto cleaning up some wiring which bring me to my next question I’ve been trying to research

69 body. Let’s just say 68 nose. When I turn my headlights on, I have no park lamps at the time. Blinkers and hazards work as needed but they don’t stay on when I engage the headlight switch is there something I can do to rememdy this? Jump a wire somewhere or something? I’m sure there’s gotta be a thread on here about this I’m going to look more into

[zicc1835]

very nice progress I need the inspiration to get going on my projects......

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by Bodied67

69 body. Let’s just say 68 nose. When I turn my headlights on, I have no park lamps at the time. Blinkers and hazards work as needed but they don’t stay on when I engage the headlight switch is there something I can do to remedy this? Jump a wire somewhere or something? I’m sure there’s gotta be a thread on here about this I’m going to look more into

That is the way a 67/68 headlight switch works.
My 63 Impala does the same thing.

If you do have the Later headlight switch it may be that the front harness
keeping it functioning as the 67/68 is wired to function from the factory.

The parking light are on,Then when it is pulled to the Headlight position the Headlights only work and the parking lights go out.

[Bodied67]

Guess I can say the “nosejob” is done haha.

Buttoned up the front end this evening. New chrome, all new lights, and new hardware throughout to finally get this front clip where it needed to be. Everything is tight and the gaps could use some tweaking but it’s damn close now so I’m very happy.

Next up, I need to order all the new suspension and figure out what I want to do for brakes. Drop spindles will set this down another 2 1/2 up front, pair it with maybe another inch.. inch and a half out back and I think that’ll give the truck a killer stance with just the perfect amount of rake for a cruiser.

[3757chevy]

Looking good.

[zicc1835]

Very nice ,,,,,,

[loudchevy]

Nice work so far. Maybe I missed it, where did you get the carpet kit from?

[jjzepplin]

So this is going to be a nice truck! Fabulous find on the seat! Did your headlight buckets work from the other support or did you have to buy 67-68?