1970 C10 project

[68Gold/white]

I sold two 67/68 O. E. hoods to a friend in Texas, because his aftermarket hood had similar problems.....

[lawrenq]

Originally Posted by 68Gold/white

I sold two 67/68 O. E. hoods to a friend in Texas, because his aftermarket hood had similar problems.....

I wish I could find some nice originals but they're hard to find here on the east coast.

[lawrenq]

Here are some more pictures of the hood and fenders. I think it may work out better if I cut the fenders to meet the hood.

[lawrenq]

I found a good deal on a set of Wilwood brakes on Amazon for my truck. I was going to make some brackets and run late model Chevy truck front calipers but buying the kit saved along of time and frustration.

[lawrenq]

I made some progress on the body and decided to put some paint on it for time being. This was my 1st time painting and I'm not too pleased with the results. I still have some cutting and buffing to do but this will have to do until i move to a bigger place. The color is Tamco's Rock it Red.

[raggedjim]

From what I can see the paint looks great. Unless the corner of the hood has more pearl than the other areas? Not sure if the paint is a pearl or not.

You've done a great job on this truck. What did you ever do about the hood being too long?

Rg

[lawrenq]

Originally Posted by raggedjim

From what I can see the paint looks great. Unless the corner of the hood has more pearl than the other areas? Not sure if the paint is a pearl or not.

You've done a great job on this truck. What did you ever do about the hood being too long?

Rg

Thanks and for the hood I sliced it and re welded the hood back.

[lawrenq]

I made some more progress and have the engine sitting in the truck. Since I'm using the Holley LS frame mounts, they work with the Gen V engines by changing the clamshells that mount on the engine. I swapped out the oil pan with a Holley knock-off pan. All of the accessories from the Camaro fit, but I swapped out the Camaro's alternator with one from an LS truck since the plugs are on the back and not on the side.

[lawrenq]

I made some more progress, installed speed engineering headers.
Passenger side fit great, Driver side didnt really fit at all. I had to cut my engine mount bracket and dent the headers in several spots.

I also went to a pick and pull and pulled two different Volvo electric power steering pumps. One with a built in reservoir and one without. The only place i think i can put it is near the core support.

[lawrenq]

Made some more progress on the truck. I've decided to try and convert the harness to stand alone myself to save some money. So far I think that it'll work out. I have that done and all I have left is to wire up the fuel pressure control module so that I can use rhe Camaro's fuel pump.

I'm also re-wiring the truck from front to back and I'm finally at the point where I have lights. I bought a set of Dakota Digital Rtx gauges wirh their bim module. This was pricey bur worth it to save on wiring.