My 67 C10

[northern 85]

Wow great start! Hope the foot feels better.

[mvesr]

What year is your power steering box for?

Thanks-Mika

[bkkpool]

Jablack, I enjoyed talking with you about our trucks today.
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[bkkpool]

The steering box is a 7501 with 3.3 turns lock to lock which is for 68-75 I think. PM me and I will give you the exact details. I don't want to promote nonvendors but I'm on a budget and I know others are as we'll.
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[mvesr]

I would appreciate all the information you can give me since this is my first truck venture. It is a bone stock 68 step side with a 307 and 3 on the tree, nothing else. I would like to make it easier for my wife to drive. I had a 69 impala with a 327 and 3 on the tree also and it was a bear for her to drive. She is a little older with knee problems and I know she would like to drive the truck. Don't repeat the older part.

Mika

[gdavis]

Wat is th name of the parts store. I hope it is a big name store. ForI need a power steering gear box for my 67. aso I really like your shop it looks like you have pleanty of room. gdavisfrom Florida

[bkkpool]

I rebuilt my rearend will new bearings, races and seals. I cleaned up the housing and painted it satin black. I also installed new brakes and drums.



I got the rearend installed along with my 5" drop spring, 1" blocks, new shocks, double adjustable panhard bar.



Now if my upper control arm shafts and ball joints would arrive I will have a roller once again.

[jablack]

Compared to what it looked like before, that rear end looks great. You do good work man.

[Xeen]

Its nice dealing with clean parts everything just seems to go so much smoother durring reassembly.
Now if you ever need to take anything apart again it wont be near the ordeal it was the first time around.
Yours was clean compared to most though, most 1967 pickups have 46 years worth of rust on them.
Good job on the frame and suspension, I am looking forward to the rest of the build.

[gdavis]

I like the satin black better than the gloss black I used.

[71' Custom]

Real clean frame, looks great! I am tuned in

[quick60]

On the frame did you....
1. mechanically strip the rust and grime off to bare metal then prime and paint or
2. just get the scale off and use eastwoods rust converter, prime and paint Nevermind jsut went back to see you have no rust!!! Mine is heavily rusted in some places.

Also on the rearend is that the same rust encapsulator or actual satin black paint?


Looking very good. Nice work.

[NewType72]

Going to be doing the same to my truck this weeken out with the old in with another one I'm in the cleaning process right now yours turned out really nice great job
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[bkkpool]

My frame and rear end had lots of rust. The previous owner painted over everything including dirt! I cleaned it up but not completely stripped them. I then coated with rust encapsulate and painted satin black. I spent ALOT of time cleaning. Sandblasting would be the best way but I'm trying to save money and do most of the labor myself.
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[Xeen]

Originally Posted by bkkpool

My frame and rear end had lots of rust. The previous owner painted over everything including dirt! I cleaned it up but not completely stripped them. I then coated with rust encapsulate and painted satin black. I spent ALOT of time cleaning. Sandblasting would be the best way but I'm trying to save money and do most of the labor myself.
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Ah so it wasnt nearly as clean and rust free as it appeared in the pictures.

[bkkpool]

I got a few free hours to put the front end together today.

[jablack]

Looks good but on the upper ball joints you want to go nuts up when you bolt them in.

[gdavis]

The frame is a killer. I will be watching you.

[bkkpool]

I got it back on four wheels today and test fitted the engine and trans. Everything is fitting with minimal issues.

[HardKoreKustoms]

Originally Posted by bkkpool

I got a few free hours to put the front end together today.

Wanted to know if the frame is supposed to have that little flipped up edge on it. On my 67 I straightened it out does it have to be there for any reason
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[67ctener]

It's from the factory that way you better leave it
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[67ctener]

Originally Posted by jablack

Looks good but on the upper ball joints you want to go nuts up when you bolt them in.

How come? I put mine down also
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[jablack]

It can come in contact with the boot.

[gdavis]

yea i did mine with the nuts down and it was a pain tighten them up. so I fliped them and it works a lot better.good luck my friend.

[bkkpool]

I haven't been able to get any work done the last couple of weeks but I did order my Boyd's Tank from Travis at Pro Performance. It is a nice piece!


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