1966 C10 Project Truck

[scoot_mcgrute]

The best part of the weekend though was watching my fiance drive her Grand Wagoneer project off the trailer, check out that smile!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqjpVJkq6qw

[scoot_mcgrute]

Got the right pilot bearing yesterday so I swapped that out last night and even got the tranny bolted up to the motor. Good progress last night! Tonight, I will be getting everything back in the frame so I can measure for the driveline and get that done. I have a tune appointment on the 30th so I gotta have it all back together for that.



I made this tool when I first built the truck, it just waits in the toolbox until it's time to come play






Tranny mounted up!


I also got my SloshTubz high hump tunnel yesterday, I was impressed with the fitment for being fiberglass, great product!

[aggie91]

Looking good Scoot!

remind me about the specs of you wheel and tire combo, sizes, offsets, etc...

[scoot_mcgrute]

Originally Posted by aggie91

Looking good Scoot!

remind me about the specs of you wheel and tire combo, sizes, offsets, etc...

275/40-18 tires on 18x9 0 offset wheels. They are super snug on the back, normal driving they don't rub but I rub a fair bit when I'm driving with spirit. Hoping the larger rear sway bar I have will help that a little bit.

[scoot_mcgrute]

Got quite a bit done to it over the weekend, getting close to firing it up again





Hoping to button it up this week and take it for a drive this weekend!

[scoot_mcgrute]

Worked on the truck a lot over the weekend and finally got to hear its heartbeat again . Still a few smaller things to tidy up but for the most part, it's ready for a test drive and the dyno on Saturday, can't wait!

My fiance Sam helped me out quite a bit with the front clip and bleeding the clutch, she is the best!




A box of not fun, had to modify my y-pipe to clear the new location of the transmission mount. Wasn't too bad but I am not thrilled with it so I'll change it up later when I tuck the exhaust up.






Also had to c-notch my seat bracket for the new shifter location, my gas bottle was on fumes before I started but somehow it lasted for both projects


And now the video of the first start up and the nice little lope that it has, I'm super stoked!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B55SahoI0b8

[Lokin4AReason]

looking good and keep those foto(s) coming ....

[61K10]

Looks good--nice job on the exhaust. I built mine the same way kinda.

[Johns 66]

Nice truck!!!!!!...If you don't mind...what size wheels and tires are you running.....Im looking at 5 spoke but definitely like the way yours sits. I appreciate it a lot...John

[forestb]

I saw a photo of your truck on the Hot Rod Network website "HUGE Holley LS Fest West Preview Gallery From Las Vegas!"

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/huge...1D61F4A7AE3B4E

[scoot_mcgrute]

Originally Posted by RockhoundII

Wow, awesome truck. One of my favorites on here.

On a side note, I used to go to PRE quite often for work. Didn't know they did any tuning on LS stuff.

It's a fairly new service that we offer, been doing it for a few years now and then a lot more in the last year since PSI closed down. Erich is getting good at them!

Originally Posted by Johns 66

Nice truck!!!!!!...If you don't mind...what size wheels and tires are you running.....Im looking at 5 spoke but definitely like the way yours sits. I appreciate it a lot...John

Thanks! I'm on 275/40-18 tires and 18x9 Rev 107 wheels with 0 offset. Definitely tight in the rear but a great fitment for sure.

Originally Posted by forestb

I saw a photo of your truck on the Hot Rod Network website "HUGE Holley LS Fest West Preview Gallery From Las Vegas!"

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/huge...1D61F4A7AE3B4E

Thanks for sharing! I actually saw him take the picture, I was talking with Rob with the C10R and looked over. I just hoped that my truck didn't break his camera

I will get an LS Fest recap post here in a day or 2, but the clif notes are the truck broke a bit and I fixed it each time and finished all of the Grand Champion events. Very fun time!

[scoot_mcgrute]

LS Fest West 2019 recap, it's going to be a long one!

I headed to LS Fest again this year as a Truck Grand Champion competitor, I would be racing the truck on 2 autocross courses, the road course, down the drag strip and in the 3S challenge (speed stop). I had a lot of prep that needed to be done to the truck to make it pass tech and I feel that I was working on the truck right up until we left, I guess that's because I was .

Day 1 was the road course and autocross course 1. I was nervous about the road course just because I know I need more brakes but it's something that I've wanted to do with the truck so I needed to start at some point. It was going really well, brakes were hot on lap one and my buddy passed me almost immediately in his awesome LS powered 56 Chevy. I was getting the hang of the track and was catching another new friend in his S10 Blazer and was getting ready to shift into 3rd on the back straight and heard a snap and my clutch pedal fell to the floor halfway through the 4th lap. I was bummed but I knew it was an easy fix and I didn't need to be towed off the track! I got back to the trailer and started fixing the linkage, Robbie Unser and Team Speedway had the tools I needed and I was back together in no time! Autocross course 1 was a pretty fun zig-zag down and back with the potential to carry a lot of speed, I was able to pilot the truck pretty well while still fighting a few issues with the rear suspension but I was having a blast so I just rolled with it. I ended up coming in 8th out of 12 in the truck class, not too shabby but I know I can do better next year! Friday night, we went to go to dinner with some friends and we made it about a mile from the trailer when the truck just died, no warning, just died. Got a tow back to the trailer and found that I had blown the PCM fuse, swapped it out and all seemed well. We took off again to go to the hotel for the night, the clutch pedal was feeling weird and the truck died again, same fuse. I replaced that and we headed back to the trailer to get the tow rig and head to the hotel.

Day 2 started with diagnosing what was going on the night before, I found that my driver side O2 sensor was touching the aluminum case on my Dakota Digital signal converter so we got that fixed and moved on to the not so easy fix, the clutch master cylinder. Rob from PCHRODS saw the hood up and came over to see what was going on and he said he might have a clutch master in the trailer that would work, he did! I swapped it out, bled the clutch and headed to autocross course 2! Without him, I have a feeling my weekend would have ended on day 1. Autocross course 2 was similar to course 1 but a little tighter and a little more technical. My fastest run was my 2nd, it heated up and I started making poor choices and hitting cones. I was in 8th in the truck class here as well, mind you I'm still on factory suspension and an unboxed frame, I was very happy with the results! One event that we got to take part in was the vendor poker run, we walked around to the vendors to chat with them and if they participated in the poker run, we got to draw a card. The last card was offsite so we all headed out for that, on the way back, the truck started running pretty terribly and acted like it was running out of fuel but we made it back to the main gate and got towed in the rest of the way. A few minutes of sitting and the truck ran as if nothing had happened. Likely the fuel pump got a little warm and couldn't keep up anymore. I headed to the drag strip that night and got 2 runs in, the first run was a 15.7 with a 2.67 60 foot time, terrible but it was also my first time running it on the strip. My 2nd run was slower at a 16.0 but my 60 foot time got a little better at a 2.58, the truck was just heat soaked so it was pulling timing. I was happy with how it did for sure but I will be working on getting better and faster this summer!

Day 3 coming soon!

[scoot_mcgrute]

Day 3 was pretty relaxed actually, the truck wasn't broken and I only had 1 event left, the 3S challenge. The course was a mirrored left and right that was a drag race into a sweeping u-turn, through a slalom and then stop in the box. Any cones hit today would result in a DNF. First run to the left was strong, I did well but struggled a bit with holding speed through the corner; I think I can fix that with some trailing arm mods. The right course, that was a different story. I was lined up next to a Gen5 Camaro and apparently beat him off the line, braked late, locked up the tires, went into a push, the push transitioned into a burnout through the slalom and I locked up the tires into the stop box. Sloppy sloppy sloppy. I got back into grid and a fellow 60-66 owner I had met earlier came over with a huge grin on his face, apparently I stomped that Camaro! We chatted a bit and then I lined up for my second run, I cleaned both sides and was happy with the results so my fiance and I walked around and picked up some swag before loading up and heading home. Such a fun weekend and I'm looking forward to some winter mods for next year! Gotta be more competitive in the Truck Grand Champion next year

G_Driven got some awesome shots of the old girl all weekend too, check em out below!











Samantha and I cruising around after fixing the short and replacing the clutch master Saturday morning!

[hank scorpio]

I heard you had to be towed by a Volvo though...

Love this build. It's my favorite stepside by far.

[scoot_mcgrute]

Originally Posted by hank scorpio

I heard you had to be towed by a Volvo though...

Love this build. It's my favorite stepside by far.

Tis true, I was pulled back to the pits by a Volvo. I wouldn't have any other Volvo put the work in though! Thanks for the kind words, they keep me going for sure!

[scoot_mcgrute]

Originally Posted by hank scorpio

I heard you had to be towed by a Volvo though...

Love this build. It's my favorite stepside by far.

Just looked through Sean's thread and saw the picture

[outfield]

Looks to me like the Chevy is pushing the Volvo!

[hank scorpio]

Originally Posted by scoot_mcgrute

Just looked through Sean's thread and saw the picture

LOL yep. I saw Sean’s car in person a couple weeks ago (the show before ls fest) and it’s just superbly well done.

[scoot_mcgrute]

One of the really awesome things that happened down at LS Fest was meeting Ronnie Wetch from C10 Talk and having him interview me for the podcast. I don't think I did too bad, definitely there are more things I would have talked about if I had a couple minutes to prepare but oh well. Give it a listen, my part starts a little after 41:30 on the 2019 LS Fest West podcast

https://www.c10nation.com/listen-here.html

[scoot_mcgrute]

Since we got back from LS Fest, the truck has kind of been on the back burner for other projects to get done around the house. I had been noticing the clutch pedal not feeling super awesome down in Vegas and during a couple trips to coffee with my fiance, I just didn't want to drive it much. I looked at it and noticed that the linkage had quite a bit of slop to it and I believe that is the reason why it broke on the road course. I sent a message to CaptainFab to see if he had experienced this before and to my surprise, a new kit was sent out the next day. I was not expecting that at all, he has been super great helping me out with this. I got the new linkage on and have been driving the truck all week and the clutch is feeling great still! The clutch has always been an issue for me but I feel like I'm ironing out all the details finally and can enjoy the truck more and more.

[jweb]

Why do I always find out about shows like this after they're over. It would have been cool to tag along.

I guess I will just have to wait until next weekend, we go to McMinnville every year for their show and downtown cruise afterwards. Here's the info if you're interested: https://www.cruisingmcminnville.com/

[scoot_mcgrute]

Originally Posted by jweb

Why do I always find out about shows like this after they're over. It would have been cool to tag along.

I guess I will just have to wait until next weekend, we go to McMinnville every year for their show and downtown cruise afterwards. Here's the info if you're interested: https://www.cruisingmcminnville.com/

I will have to check that out, thanks for sharing!

I am hosting a little cruise through Northwest C10s this Saturday, we will be heading to TMK Creamery in Canby for a little cruise in meeting at Clackamette Park at 10am and then driving together to TMK

[jweb]

Originally Posted by scoot_mcgrute

I will have to check that out, thanks for sharing!

I am hosting a little cruise through Northwest C10s this Saturday, we will be heading to TMK Creamery in Canby for a little cruise in meeting at Clackamette Park at 10am and then driving together to TMK

Sounds like fun, I will send you a PM for more details if you don't mind.

[scoot_mcgrute]

Originally Posted by jweb

Sounds like fun, I will send you a PM for more details if you don't mind.

Sounds good to me

[The Rocknrod]

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