my '64 c-10 swb project with steel floor from a '70

[CRGRS 66]

hey there chad, you mind if I ask where you got your AAW kit, and for how much, that is an item on my radar to buy soon

[chad64chevy]

thanks guys for the comments, and welcome oldgoldchevy!! flips i'll get a update in a few weeks! its going to rain this weekend and i still got to put an ac compressor in my daily driver before working on my truck!! i know i know more excuses right, lol!!

[chad64chevy]

well i guess i have another excuse, i have a 9yr. old girl in cali from an old girlfriend! long story short i have temp. custody as of today and she will be leaving cali to come stay with me by no later then this weekend and as early as tomorrow via my cousin is coming out there to see her dad and will be leavin tomorrow but not later then this weekend!! i hope!! my daughter is at my sisters house in cali as of now and will stay there until my cousin heads this way!!

i do have a small update i got my driver side rocker on almost all the way!! an my driver side floor patches done! my cousin left a battery on my truck floor and it ate my floor up pretty bad in the last yr. or so, so i bought some patches for it and made the two blue pieces and tacked them in, they i did a BIG NO-NO!! my uncle knows how to weld but built up the welds to much now i have to grind a bunch off the kick panel the rest i did and was ok!! i learned a lesson this weekend!! i left to go get some parts for my daily driver and told him ya, you can do a lil welding he said he was bored and wanted to do some welding since i was having to leave an get parts, never again, i repeat never again!! he only welded the kick panel in, the rockers are preowned but never installed and had the lip bend on them so i got them for 40 for the pair!!

this is what i have been doing the last two weekends but had to wait til they were almost done, all thats left is to spot weld the bottom lip and i will be done, the passenger side is good, i just got to replace the rocker!!

[chad64chevy]

this is what it looked like when i cut them all out

[Dinos63]

nice work ! duude i am glad we dont have to deal with rust out here

[McMurphy]

I think your patch for that area turned out better than mine did !!

[pdxhall]

The patch job looks great. I'll be doing the same thing as soon as I get my outer rocker back on the passenger side. I started with the easy side first, it was less intimidating. My driver side will be very similar to what you've done but not quite as much off of the back of the floor.

[clemdaddy]

way-to-go chad... thats some fine work there.

congrats on the new addition to the family. maybe she'll be into old trucks.

[chad64chevy]

i guess i know how to multi-quote now , lol!!!

[CRGRS 66]

Originally Posted by chad64chevy

i guess i know how to multi-quote now , lol!!!

you go girl!!!

[chad64chevy]

got some more parts in this week, (second order i placed with tax money) took long enough to ship!! but i got my edelbrock 2601 air gap intake, gilmer belt drive for a lwp, my lunati 260 bare bones camshaft and lifters, 6 3/4" harmonic balancer, double roller timing chain ( my not goting with the quiet gear drive i bought)! still waiting on the parts for the steering column so i can put it back together, and the fuel tank hoses, fuel pump and header wrap heres some pics!!! still need to buy my starter, radiator, exhaust tubing, plug wires, a few fittings and bolts, transmission filter and my air breather! and a few other small things to get it running!

[CRGRS 66]

NICE

hey Chad, could you tell me where you got your AAW harness, and roughly what you paid for it?

[chad64chevy]

thanks craig, i hope before it starts to get to cold i can get all this started and that way i'll have the interior to do around jan. or feb. maybe just have to get it registered, and the rear disc brakes and get new axles after march before summer, that way i can be driving it this summer safely!! left you a message in your thread about the wiring harness!! flips72 also bought the same harness and his is all installed and would be some help for both of us!! if i can help just let me know!!

i'm really thinking of just buying the gasket set and trans filter and start pulling the engine and installing parts, and detailing the outside of this engine so i'll really feel like i'm doing something! i just hate having to work on my truck outside and its been raining the last few weekends!!

on a side note my daugther from cali has been hear since monday and we are all adjusting, went today to enroll her for school had to wait on so paper work!! she really isnt in to cars and trucks like my lil ones, she seen my truck and said 'oh cool that will be nice, lol!!! my lil ones let me know every time i get parts in and tell me were they are at in the house and wait to see what i got in!! but maybe things will change, she had to raise herself pretty much and i just want her to be a kid and have fun!! but at the sametime i had to have the 'rules' talk with her!!

[coulter]

nice work on the patches!! also diggin the new pile of parts

i see you talking bout getting axles. im guessing you going five lug? i still have my old 6 lug axles. you can have them if you wanna go get them redrilled

[chad64chevy]

coulter, i'm staying with the 6 lug like i did with the front i'm just going to get the alloy axles and a posi i hope to go witht e 3.73 gears i have now

[McMurphy]

I want to stay with my 6 lugs too.
But now I have to get the new front rotors since I did the disc brake upgrade using the 1985 front end....

You got some scary new parts there Chad !!!

[flips72]

man i need one of them surprize checks, nice parts

[chad64chevy]

thanks flips, now just cause your trucks done dont be a stranger, lol!!

anyways i got a small update to what i've been doing this weekend, i got my driver side rear wheel tub tubbed, got my gas filler welded in, tested fitted the steering column, and tested fitted my valve covers and intake!! the tub could have been better, but looks ok!! next week i hope to have the motor pulled and put the parts i have in and on the motor, and put the motor back in!! hopefully, lol!!!

gauge cluster will come out, my other one will go back in! i got all the wiring pulled out, the firewall on the driver side needs to be messaged a lil more, but will be when motors pulled!

anyways heres the pics!!!

[Alan's Classic]

Very nice progress, keep it up!
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[CRGRS 66]

all looks good Chad, good to see the progress

[flips72]

looking great, how much did you end up widening your tubs?

[chad64chevy]

Originally Posted by Alan's Classic

Very nice progress, keep it up!
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thanks alan good to hear from you, i know its not close to your truck, but its good enough for me, lol!!

Originally Posted by CRGRS 66

all looks good Chad, good to see the progress

thanks craig, cant wait to see what you do to your truck, i know it will be nice! you have a great truck to start with!!

Originally Posted by flips72

looking great, how much did you end up widening your tubs?

thanks flips, i ended up widening it 4.5-4.75" thats from the outside edge of the lip to the weld line! i wanted it to look factory just wider, so i just went to the next rib in the steel floor and the bolt holes look evenly spaced now! i can put a 15.5" tire under there and have a lil space! the inside of the edge of the tub is almost straight up from the outside edge of the frame, hope that helps explain, lol!!!!

[CRGRS 66]

Hey Chad, what ignition switch is that you have in there? Does it have an Accessory position?

[chad64chevy]

craig, i'm not to sure! i bought the ignition from oreilly's auto parts about 5 yrs. ago for a 64 c-10 and only used it for like 3-4 times! i'll let you know this weekend for sure if it has a accessory position or not! i got to take it out so i can get the gauge cluster out!!

[coulter]

diggin the new updates man!!! nice work on them tubs