1977 Chevy C10 known as SharkBite

[77ChevySharkBite]

Haha yeah there my farm truck mirrors lol! I honestly wasn't going to touch my handles or mirrors but when I did the door handles and key locks, it was a MUST to do the mirrors and when I get it painted ooooo boy it's going to looook awesome!

[rollin thunder]

I have to agree with that its coming along pretty dang nicely

[77ChevySharkBite]

Thanks man, it means a lot! It's been so much fun honestly yeah there's times I get pissed off but in the end when all of our trucks are done nobody can take the fact away that we built them ourselves from the ground up! And we have the memories and knowledge to build another!!

And the even better part is we will all know our trucks like the back of our hands and nobody else will!!
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[77ChevySharkBite]

It was a double post sorry guys

[chevybuilder18]

Originally Posted by 77ChevySharkBite

that's a good jam by the way haha

i know right? is that your truck right now in your avatar?

Originally Posted by 77ChevySharkBite

I also did some research on my VIN this weekend because I got my registration papers for my truck this weekend yay!!! get to spend $135 for 2 cars go me, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

So when I looked at my VIN and compared it to the lmctrucks.com book I have at home, my truck came with a Chevy 350 in it, but hey it doesn't bother me that much because I still have a running motor in my truck that gets the job done as long as I don't "abuse" it too hard, and plus it'll get something better than a 350 sooner or later. Thought i would let y'all know the insight I found out.

Hey you can beat on a 4 bolt 350, you probably have the same heads as me too. they were mostly made of high nickel content too...

[77ChevySharkBite]

Yeah that's my baby, its actually the picture the people posted on the Craigslist Ad, but if you go check out my profile I have a picture of what it looks like now. I just thought it'd be appropriate to have my avatar as what I came home with the day we bought him.

Well that's where the bad news comes in.......when the PO got the truck the block was cracked well there was a motor in the bed of the truck which they put in the truck, and is my current motor when I had my timing issue came up my cousin came over and verified it to us as a 305 not 350 still got juice just not as big, and it's most likely a 2 bolt main so not a bunch of stuff I can do to it, now if whenever I pull it I find out it's a 4 bolt main well then it's on that 305 going to become a 383 haha

I know I know I changed my mind on my motor again I decided go 383 just to keep it a long the classic nature and keep it carbed, I know I'm still going to be putting a pretty stout tranny behind it though to handle all the tq and what not.

[rollin thunder]

whatever you decide i`m sure its going to be a beast.

[77ChevySharkBite]

Thanks man! I will tell you though I'm abusing the hell out of my 305 though it's a tad bit of an upgrade from that 2.7v6 so you can imagine when I cruise around with the v8 it's pretty much just play time for me

[dustnx]

Looks good man, keep up the good work . I will be following you!! Look forward to more updates!

[77ChevySharkBite]

Originally Posted by dustnx

Looks good man, keep up the good work . I will be following you!! Look forward to more updates!

Thanks for the kind works man!! I'm hoping to have a BIG update this weekend hopefully bed will be coming off and then it'll be frame work, but glad to have you following my build.

If you see ideas on here you want to use, feel free to use them
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[77ChevySharkBite]

Well I had been scrolling yesterday looking at some stuff looking at block for the truck to build an engine the way I want it. Well today I was wondering what is the true output of a 305 being as most people complain that it's a crappy motor. If you feel like reading it check it out! I think I'm going to test the limits of this 305 that SharkBite has in it.

http://www.popularhotrodding.com/eng...s/viewall.html

[dustnx]

Originally Posted by 77ChevySharkBite

Thanks for the kind works man!! I'm hoping to have a BIG update this weekend hopefully bed will be coming off and then it'll be frame work, but glad to have you following my build.

If you see ideas on here you want to use, feel free to use them
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No prob !! Hell ya, look forward to the update! Wish I had more time to put into mine, someday it will be at my house, once I have a garage lol!!

Thanks for the use of ideas, likewise on mine man!

Get that bed off and lets see some work on the frame !!!

[77ChevySharkBite]

Well mine is at my parents house which because I'm lazy and want to spend money on other things besides an apartment, I'm moving back so I'll closer to the truck!

Right on man!!

Believe me man, I've been trying to get this bed off for about 3 weeks now I've finally be able to get a couple of friends over, if not I'm going to do it a bet redneck way get tow straps hook it up to my dads truck and tell him to pull! It'll come off either way haha
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[77ChevySharkBite]

Well I got an update...........THE BED IS OFF!!! Me and my dad started on it at about 10am, and well after much frustration, cussing, and banging it came off. Since it was just me and him we ended up doing it piece by piece so I'll stop talking and here's the pictures!!

What my dad is doing in 2 of the pictures is cleaning off the tank as there was tons of crap and trying to clear it hopefully going to have both sides both working and reading accurate soon!

Tonight we went and bought a reciprocating saw, and tomorrow the farm bumper comes off for a soon to be chrome bumper that will be permanent! so once we get the bumper off hope to maybe get a little frame work done and clean it up some, and get ready to paint it, and still have to sand the rest of the cab now but stay tuned it's about to get interesting

[JRANGER]

Wire Wheel Time!!!

[77ChevySharkBite]

Originally Posted by JRANGER

Wire Wheel Time!!!

Yeah buddy!!! Going to take some purple power here soon just to clean it off some more because there's a lot of build up on it, so I'm going to take care of that fix a few minor things and then the wire wheel be coming out no doubt man!! I'm amped it's so awesome having a bed less truck, took it around the block burned some rubber and was able to see the smoke I left I may not have a 350 but my 305 packs a punch

[rs74]

Cool! It is always nice when something big gets done. Looking forward to the updates.

[77ChevySharkBite]

Originally Posted by rs74

Cool! It is always nice when something big gets done. Looking forward to the updates.

Thanks man!!! Yeah my goal regardless for tomorrow is to get that farm bumper off it's ugly!! Going to scrap all my old bed hopefully get enough to get a new rear bumper for the truck at least
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[luifer76]

getting lots of work done bro, great progress keep the pics coming...

[77ChevySharkBite]

Originally Posted by luifer76

getting lots of work done bro, great progress keep the pics coming...

Thanks man!!! Means a lot, oh yeah no worries there def going to make sure I stay up to date with the pictures
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[77ChevySharkBite]

Well as i stated earlier telling y'all the bumper was coming off, well I'll just let this picture do the talking for me



Yes that's right the BUMPER is off!! So now he's been put up for the week and next weekend I'm going to pull him out and start scrapping off all the crap that's been a build up.

Also forgot today I should be receiving my new door locks too!

Has anyone of y'all replaced your sending units on your stock gas tanks?

[77ChevySharkBite]

My dad just called me, and well apparently the amount of money metal is worth has several gone down my dad just called me and told me he just went and scrapped the bed and everything and we got a HUGE $30 but hey it's $30 dollars we didn't have and I still have my bumper to scrap so hopefully that's another $30-$40 so I'll take the money, plus it's more money that can go to truck

[chevybuilder18]

There should be a salvage yard with a nice bed, for cheap, good condition maybe some surface rust.. id search for one

[77ChevySharkBite]

Originally Posted by chevybuilder18

There should be a salvage yard with a nice bed, for cheap, good condition maybe some surface rust.. id search for one

Oh I already found a few that are in awesome condition not even surface rust that I could see, so I'm positive I can get me a good bed no doubt just I'm going to get my frame work done first and then later on get the bed you know?

I found a bumper on CL I might go pick up today but waiting to get a reply from the guy!! Ahh I'm still so stoked man piece by piece it's coming along
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[chevybuilder18]

Originally Posted by 77ChevySharkBite

Oh I already found a few that are in awesome condition not even surface rust that I could see, so I'm positive I can get me a good bed no doubt just I'm going to get my frame work done first and then later on get the bed you know?

I found a bumper on CL I might go pick up today but waiting to get a reply from the guy!! Ahh I'm still so stoked man piece by piece it's coming along
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Im glad yours is coming along smoothly now, hopefully i can catch up with you and jeff.