Project' 69 c10 aka sin.

[oldblue1968chevy]

need to paint your valve cover bud and water pump thingy wtf is up with air breather it mini lol and is there a bare wire on the alt. or am i seeing stuff?

woah did u do rust repair yourself i forgot gota look again? i need to do mine or get a better cab i got rockers drip rail cab corner support windshield misc floor spots prolly under gas tank

too much

keep the pics rollin! Are you gonna keep it primer flat black or eventually repaint?

[threeonthetree]

i need to paint the whole engine. i just need some chevy orange.
the air filter is just two little ones duouble up. They came with the truck also i lost the chrome cap and had to make that pelix glass one.
works well.
haha idk i never noticed that lose wire it looks to me like a ground..
the battery is always charged so it works.

Yeah i did all the rust repair by myself. You should get on that.
oh yeah im planing on repainting one day. now that i have learned how to do things right.
but for now its flat black. yay.
more pics to come.

[oldblue1968chevy]

wow your talented im scared of rust! did you know how to weld or anything before?!?

[threeonthetree]

i didn't just jumpped into it.
we have a nice welder so the welding was the easy part.
but i only welded once before and i was really young.
if i could go back i would do things driffrently knowing what i know now.

[oldblue1968chevy]

come help me do mine lol

ive got all the equipment to do it just dont have patches and know how.

problem is i think my cab is more work than its worth. it needs EVERY patch pannel out there plus drip rails rusted rebonod and badly rusted thru windshield and possibly cowl LOL

looks good are you gonna do a disc brake upgrade? and how ya like the tracbar i may put me one on. may put new bushings in yours..

[threeonthetree]

Just start cutting.
I always thought your truck was in better condition than mine. There are ALot of threads on this site about cab reapair.
I had my old man, who restored a 1975 gmc sierras cab. I did all the work on my chevy tho.
I couldn't wait to start cutting ha.
Bushings? My trad bar runs good. It has brand new bushings.

[oldblue1968chevy]

Oh i didnt know. My truck has alot of body roll around turns. Would the bar help? Ah my truck just looks good in the pic. Right now it looks like poo. Muddy dirty muddy dirty windows and now a broken rear window (barely, my buds wheeler rolled into my glass!). Dont let the bondo and spray glue lead you on lol.

just start cutting huh. did it take along time to do it? It looks REALLY good. I wished ya lived closer you'd REALLY have me talked into it.

[samwise68]

The Chevy II is coming along slowly. I'm being really finicky about setting up the trailing arm rear suspension. So, that's holding up progress, but I'm pretty convinced I'll be happy with it when all is said and done.

And I just looked at that 4 door. That's not a bad looking little Nova - it'd be fun. haha.

Goose, honestly, just start cutting and welding. I knew how to weld going into my truck progress, but the only thing that'll make you better is practice. So, start chopping and welding. Whats the worst that can happen? You cut it out and start over. It's JUST metal.

Check out the link in my build for some rust repairs. If I could do it all over again, I'd do a better job. But for the time being, she's holding her own.

[culp7]

Originally Posted by samwise68

The Chevy II is coming along slowly. I'm being really finicky about setting up the trailing arm rear suspension. So, that's holding up progress, but I'm pretty convinced I'll be happy with it when all is said and done.

And I just looked at that 4 door. That's not a bad looking little Nova - it'd be fun. haha.

Goose, honestly, just start cutting and welding. I knew how to weld going into my truck progress, but the only thing that'll make you better is practice. So, start chopping and welding. Whats the worst that can happen? You cut it out and start over. It's JUST metal.

Check out the link in my build for some rust repairs. If I could do it all over again, I'd do a better job. But for the time being, she's holding her own.

man, i can't wait to see you fix all that rust in your chevy II!

[threeonthetree]

haha thanks for diggging up my thread.
well i havent really done anywork on the truck im working on getting money for plates and registration so i can drive this thing in the spring and summer.
still need to finish up the bed.

i agree if i could fix up my truck again i would do a better job to but what is is what is.

lifes a ***** and then you meet one.

[young-gun-69]

IM dealing with a floor that looks almost identicle to what yours did!... Any suggestions things to avoid, things you learned? Would love to do it right the first time! haha! Way to go so far tho!

[threeonthetree]

Originally Posted by young-gun-69

IM dealing with a floor that looks almost identicle to what yours did!... Any suggestions things to avoid, things you learned? Would love to do it right the first time! haha! Way to go so far tho!

hey thanks man the beellll just dinngged but ill have a answer for you later today....

[threeonthetree]

Originally Posted by young-gun-69

IM dealing with a floor that looks almost identicle to what yours did!... Any suggestions things to avoid, things you learned? Would love to do it right the first time! haha! Way to go so far tho!

Yeah just make sure you butt weld everything, and make sure to cut out all of the rust and clean everything up. just start cutting rust out. also if you going to cut it like i did and just drop the floor and rocker at one time. make sure to brace the door with a piece of steel. so your door jamb and gaps line up afterwards. i didnt and now my door gaps are alll wack ahha but oh well.
idk what else to say.
just jump into it. its your truck if you mess it up no ones gonna yell at ya. remember to have fun!

and baddly welded in steel or any kind of patching is better than rust! is what i always would think to myself.

You think shes looking pretty bad as?

[young-gun-69]

It looks bad but nothing i cant handle got a pretty good support system as far as alot of my friends are old hot rodders and have been there done that so to speak. But your truck looks good man i like it. Cant wait to show this forum what im made of.

[young-gun-69]

check out my thread... '69 fleetside project' you'll see what im talkin bout

[threeonthetree]

Originally Posted by young-gun-69

It looks bad but nothing i cant handle got a pretty good support system as far as alot of my friends are old hot rodders and have been there done that so to speak. But your truck looks good man i like it. Cant wait to show this forum what im made of.

i wish i knew some people around town who hott rodd
kids from my school are more into like honda civics and what not. and big four wheel drives that are rusting away. haha
Thanks i like my truck to.
I wish you good luck and have a fun project!

[samwise68]

I hear you man. Old School hotrodding isn't very big up here - but there are a few people who get it. I really just dig the vibe of your truck.

And you're exactly right. It's your truck. Have fun with it! We're young. We're supposed to drive our "hot rods", if you will, that aren't perfect. If they were perfect, we'd feel bad for beating the snot out of them. Because you're never going to look back and say, "Gosh, I'm sure glad I spent countless years and dollars on making it perfect, so that it can sit in my garage."

Just my opinion. Build it, break it, fix it, repeat.

-Sam.

[threeonthetree]

Originally Posted by samwise68

I hear you man. Old School hotrodding isn't very big up here - but there are a few people who get it. I really just dig the vibe of your truck.

And you're exactly right. It's your truck. Have fun with it! We're young. We're supposed to drive our "hot rods", if you will, that aren't perfect. If they were perfect, we'd feel bad for beating the snot out of them. Because you're never going to look back and say, "Gosh, I'm sure glad I spent countless years and dollars on making it perfect, so that it can sit in my garage."

Just my opinion. Build it, break it, fix it, repeat.

-Sam.

thanks. she aint pretty but she sure is mean.

yeah must be because all the nice old cars like to rust on our great salty roads we have up here.
Hot rods I didnt build my truck to be a garage ordament ahah its meant to be drivin.
I like your opinion.
and i do like my hot rod rat rod or whatever you wanna call it. its what i always wanted. and i can always improve on it if i want to.

i really want to change the 250 tho and put in a 350. this 250 doesn't have any power off the line. ill rev her up pretty good and dump the clutch and she doesn't have any power just boggs no matter how much juice i give her. any tips on what i could do to improve that. i was thinking about asking my shop teacher. is is that because i only have a short straight pipe would a muffler help.

plus 350s just sound better and then no one at my school could talk about how wimpy this thing is. with that inline in there.


but here are a few pics. of the rat rod.
where the bed is. gotta get moving springs a coming.


just a pic of the bad girl.


and a wily coyote that my dad found in the ditch

[samwise68]

Sadly, it IS only a stock 250. They're dead reliable, easy to work on, and make decent power stock. But, even with a stock 350, you're already ahead 100 inches, better flowing heads, and more carb and exhaust than with the 250. To make a 6 run, it needs a hair more work than a V8.

With that being said, even my stock 307 with headers can pull some rubber, and thats with 3.07's out back.

And, since we do live when the only sound that matters seems to be a bent 8, a 350 isn't a bad choice. It'll drop right in, and then you'll have that sound, plus a bit more power.

Don't you have a Blazer you can steal the 350 out of.

-Sam.

[threeonthetree]

i just took her for a drive
the 250 deosnt run bad at all. runs really good. plunty of power once she gets moving. just nothing off the start. and it needs exhaust.

if i pulled the six i could do something to it. hot rod it up. id keep it tho. but for now a 350 sounds pretty good.
and yes i do have one i could steal out of a blazer. and i have a complete 350 laying in the yard that threw a rod and broke the cam shaft. i dont know if it will ever run again tho. and that is the motor came out of the blazer. i installed the 350 that runs in the blazer last year. my dad got it a lot of years ago for 100 bucks. and the thing runs strong. it just sits upnorth now. but i drove that blazer up there and its hard to get it back. but i have been thinking about putting it in the c10 for awhile. it has headers and cherry bombs to so i wouldn't have to find exhaust.
i have to work on it.
==== and there is a 350 in the truck that is in my aviator a 69 block .... REBUILD? ahah how much is a rebuild for a block like that. i have a manuel on 350 sbc rebuilds.
hmmmm

[threeonthetree]

would i have to get that block machined..
my dad claims it has no compression
i have never heard it run. it has antifreeze in it. i want to pull it this weekend. i was just looking at a kit for around 300 bucks...
i think there is a pic on my build of it ill find it.

[threeonthetree]

thats it.

[threeonthetree]

dood it would be so sick!
i would want to be a four barrel on there
are all intakes the same for these cause i have that 80s style on that 350 in my yard.

[threeonthetree]

well i found a kit for 189.99
here is a link
http://www.northernautoparts.com/Pro...uctModelId=380

good kit? anyone ever use it

im wondering what i have to get machined... /ah i should find that sbc rebuild book.

[samwise68]

A simple overhaul on a 350 might take you a long weekend. Lol. They're pretty simple. About 100 bucks to get it bored out, some .030 over pistons...you could have less than 500 tied up in a rebuild, and be making some pretty decent power.

As for the intake, it depends on the heads, I believe. But, it *should* work.

Otherwise, check Craigslist. You can prolly grab a ex-stock car motor or a built up stroker for a couple hundred. But from the sounds of it, you have quite a few motors to play with, if for nothing else by rebuildable cores.

edit: as far as machining, for a quick and dirty rebuild, if it *needs* to be bored out, do that. Otherwise new cam bearings, and maybe deck the block (pending if it isn't true, etc). Aside from that, I'd try to make one of them run first if at all possible. my 307 is getting tired, eating oil, etc. but it still puts out enough power to scoot around. Especially if you're short on cash like the rest of us, a running tired engine is better than a half built healthy one for the time being.
-Sam.