67 C-10 project.

[JasonBird]

sounds about right! the production number is just from that plant right?

[67chevy1series]

yes it should be from the plant

[zicc1835]

Jason
Im new to the site this month ..good luck nice truck how about an update i bought my 67 in February good running condition all original very happy with it i also have learned a lot and found some parts i wanted this is a great site i know about not sleeping regular and spending time finding threads like yours and figuring how to use the site well send some more pics let us know how your doin
Jess

[JasonBird]

Hi Jess! welcome to the site and thanks for checking out my build! i haven't done anything too exciting on the truck over the last few days. busy stripping paint off the cab and getting it ready to sandblast the interior of it this weekend i hope. i keep looking at my front crossmember and i'd love to take it all apart and get it cleaned up and replace all of the bushings in it but it'll have to wait. I've been looking over my parts truck to see what i need and what i'm going to get rid of. i'll get some more pictures up this weekend of the little bit of progress that i'm making. i promised my wife i'd not buy anyparts at all for the month of April, so i'm sure i'm gonna die...probably before my birthday..which is only on the 10th. lol

[67chevy1series]

haha thats why you need to buy everything before april! and then when she gets mad tell her ''its still march, not april'' haha

[JasonBird]

buying that other truck was it! i'm broke, and when my wife found out, i thought for a minute that i done bought the farm! i was dead meat! all over me she wanted too!!

anyways, a few pictures i guess i forgt to post...

[67chevy1series]

haha i figured you got toasted! it will still pay its self off and maybe alittle more after that! looks nice, i need to get that water/winsheild wiper/washer jug bracket i dont have one....i have the 69- 72 bracket thats the story of my life!

[JasonBird]

oh, well i now have an extra one...is your radiator support a 67?

[JasonBird]

well today i did mostly yard work to keep the wife happy. but i was able to get the tranny off, and the driveshafts out and off the frame tonight. had to take a break and watch my Jayhawks crush the Spiders!! Rock Chalk Baby!!
Continuing to get the frame cleaned up. Does anybody know if the tranny crossmember is the same on a 3/4 ton Automatic and my 1/2 ton with a 4 speed? the reason i ask is the one on my frame appears to have had a torch put to the rivits for some reason. they cut them off and so it's barely held on. no idea why they (po) would have done that...

[slick copper]

Originally Posted by JasonBird

well today i did mostly yard work to keep the wife happy. but i was able to get the tranny off, and the driveshafts out and off the frame tonight. had to take a break and watch my Jayhawks crush the Spiders!! Rock Chalk Baby!!
Continuing to get the frame cleaned up. Does anybody know if the tranny crossmember is the same on a 3/4 ton Automatic and my 1/2 ton with a 4 speed? the reason i ask is the one on my frame appears to have had a torch put to the rivits for some reason. they cut them off and so it's barely held on. no idea why they (po) would have done that...

Haven't seen in person, but I would think so. My 67's look (1/2 ton auto's) look just like my old 70 1/2 ton manual tranny.

[zicc1835]

jason
not good when i cant remember until i get thru the whole thread that i commented but my excuse is i didnt know how to look back to where you started the thread and must have saw what u wrote the night u wrote it.... oh well who cares ,im having fun and need to start a build thread of my own..... its 1150 edt and i started from the beginning of your thread @845 i am very much impressed with all that i read this evening and the progress you have made and the info shared by all (Rick especially is a wealth of knowledge) no$hit i wanna hang with you guys.... good thing i dont live by u i am good with a sander and would jump right in....you are getting alot of what i want to do done and its funny but my color choice is the same interior and exterior nice job ...REAL NICE
jess

[JasonBird]

thanks for checking it out Jess! I'll have those door panels off soon! I sold my motorcycle today and that will free up a little more truck money! Sweet! this weekend will be really busy for me, but some time on the truck for sure!!

[JasonBird]

well this weekend was great. I helped out a guy here that had his truck stolen recently and it got stripped and he got the frame and cab back. So he came over and looked at my parts truck and he ended up buying it from me, and i also sold him my 327 motor. i'll miss it but it will go to a good home, and his truck originally had a 327 motor in it, and the date on the block even matched his truck! Maybe it was meant to be. I was happy to help him out and see him get his truck back on the road. i get some parts money, and the truck is out of the driveway! Wife is happy. everybody was thrilled! anyways, got some more paint stripped off of my cab. nothing picture worthy.

[JasonBird]

still stripping paint, but i started primering some parts of the cab as well so that it won't get any surface rust. also, today i ordered a complete cab rubber kit from GMC Pauls. will be able to do the doors and windows and everything. tried to get the rear end conversion kit here in town at BowTie Bits, but they were out of them and don't expect them for a week or two. Bummer. hoping to get the new rear end under it and the new wheels and tires on it soon! with the weather permitting, tomorrow i might get the fender, and beds swapped on the parts truck and it towed off to it's new home!

[slick copper]

Keep it up!

[JasonBird]

oh man i'm beat! today at 9 a.m. we (the swmbo and I) got the call that the board member that bought my parts truck was coming to get it at 1 pm! yikes! So , we got the hood off, the cowl off, the drivers fender off and inner wheel well off, and the windshield and reat window out (without breaking) and 7 of the bolts holding the bed on all off by 1! getting faster at it! LOL. we manually lifted the bed off and then manually carried the other bed out of the shop and set it on the gold truck. then we pushed it up on the trailer and the trailer broke where the ramp attaches so we had to jack it up and stack wood under it and the push it on the reat of the way. it was an adventure. then if that wasn't enough i sanded and stripped more paint off the cab for 3 more hours! yikes, my back is killing me! All in the name of progress! More pictures tomorrow!

[JasonBird]

i guess i've made enough progress to post a couple pictures. stripping the cab sucks...messy, messy, messsy!!!

[Hard On Parts]

Did you get this truck in Independence?

[JasonBird]

Hard on Parts - yup sure did! hard to believe that i drove it home just a few months ago!

yesterday my son and I working on a welding project for a need that we had and for the welding practice! we built a welding cart for my little mig welder. i got the 1" square stock and 3/16" plate and casters at the Yard Store here in town. took us most of the day but it was fun! My son had a good time welding. Some of the welds are pretty ugly, but it seems to be plenty sturdy! i'll have some pictures after we get a coat of paint or two on it.

[Hard On Parts]

I thought so, my youngest daughter and I went to look it over.

Glad to see someone trying to save it.

[JasonBird]

yup, it'll be plently saved by the time i'm done with it. LOL. i treat it like an adopted child!

[JasonBird]

it's been slow progress. the wife has been out of town for three weeks so i been Mr. Mom . but i ordered a cab dolly tilt thing from Roklrn (sp)? Lewis fab design. Can't wait to put it to use! Should be starting on my rusty cab parts in a few weeks!

[50bomb]

Man everytime I come to this thread I smile. Your doing a awesome job for such a short time. You is not messin around haha..But definatley motivating me to keep wrenchin on my Project 67 c10 that will someday soon be on the road.

[JasonBird]

Thanks 50 bomb! It sure doesn't seem like it's a short time.
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[6 Door King]

Old school frame guys would say sling a truckers chain on the crown of the bend and pull it. If you don't have floor pots, and properly braced HEAVY duty floor jack and chains wrapped around the jack frame will do the trick too.