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SLOW POKE · 03-01-2014, 11:44 PM

Any updates?

mikentosh · 03-02-2014, 02:00 AM

Well quite a bit has happened over the last couple of months, mainly the truck has been stripped and sent out for blasting, and the chassis arrived a few weeks back. I've been holding off on posting any more until the build really gets underway. I'm hoping to get things moving around mid-April.

Perhaps until then I'll throw up a few photos from over the winter.

mikentosh · 03-02-2014, 02:10 AM

I spent most of December stripping down the truck and bagging everything up. Once it was gutted I towed it up to Sacramento to get blasted and primed.

It left as a rolling hulk...

...and came back squished into a Uhaul

Both the cab and bed were as clean as I was hoping for. Only some minor pinhole rust through the firewall. Front panel on the bed is trashed so we're just going to replace it.

While doing the teardown I realized the doors that came on the truck are the newer ones which accept the full width door panels. I really want the period style so it was a chore to find clean 73-76 small inner panel doors, but after a month of calls and searching I found both driver and passenger doors.

mikentosh · 03-02-2014, 02:18 AM

One morning in early February I got a text message saying a very large box showed up at the shop...

Got the motor set in...

tinydb84 · 03-02-2014, 02:20 AM

damn....whole new level!

What shop is doing the work?

mikentosh · 03-02-2014, 02:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tinydb84

damn....whole new level!

What shop is doing the work?

Wes @ One Off Customs in Santa Clara, CA.

He's got a wild Camaro project finishing up right now before we can really get started on the truck. I'm hoping for April

mikentosh · 03-02-2014, 02:43 AM

Having this time has given me a chance to find/paint/rebuild a bunch of stuff...

Grabbed a non-column shift steering column out of a '76 on Thanksgiving day for $20.

Pulled the whole column apart, sanded and sprayed it in semi-gloss black, put in fresh bearings and fitted with new ignition/turn signal switches. Also topped it with a "GM Comfort Grip" wheel in 14" diameter. I took a guess on the size, which matches the diameter in my M3.

I put in a Dakota Digital turn signal lever with 4 wire cruise control (HND-3). This lever really looks like it came with the truck, but I'll be able to wire it into the ECU for modern cruise control.

mikentosh · 03-02-2014, 02:54 AM

Over the holiday break I rebuilt the vent window assemblies. What a nightmare project that was! Funny thing is I have no photos from any of that...guess I didn't want to remember.

I also ordered a bunch of Eastwood paint supplies and freshened up lots of the small parts. Turn signal/parking light housings

Horns

Inner door brackets

mikentosh · 03-02-2014, 03:03 AM

And, of course, the delivery guys have been showing up a lot lately

Vintage Air Gen IV

Totally Stainless Bolt Kit

A giant box with a reproduction hood that I'm not going to use now

An E-Stopp parking brake kit. I didn't want to try hooking the ebrake pedal up to the Wilwood setup, and I'll hide the button on this kit for a bit of theft deterrence.

Jonboy · 03-02-2014, 12:06 PM

Looking good Mike! This is going to be unreal when it gets together. Digging the Mini, too.

1Bad65GMC · 03-03-2014, 04:16 PM

Subscribed. This is going to be good.

Cherub · 03-03-2014, 04:25 PM

wrd

Low Elco · 03-04-2014, 12:11 AM

With a pile of parts like that, it's gotta be good!

mikentosh · 03-04-2014, 02:28 AM

Thanks guys. Its coming together one part at a time. I'm trying to do something every day on it, big or small. This morning was sanding and spraying the rear window channels inside the doors. Last week I was focused on wiring, and put together my own headlight relay upgrade integrated into the factory style forward lamp harness.

BTW, after many months of waiting, all my wiring harnesses showed up from M&H Electric. They turned out awesome! They did such an exact job of matching the factory colors and plugs. I went with their classic auto fuse series which comes with an ATO style fuse block and some extra circuits for electric fans and fuel pumps. I highly recommend their setup for anybody doing a restoration on one of these trucks.

y5mgisi · 03-05-2014, 02:49 AM

Subscribed!

mikentosh · 03-22-2014, 10:37 PM

Well the build has started. I've got a bunch of photos and stuff to go through but thought you'd like to see a couple of shots from today...

mooseknuckles · 03-23-2014, 05:15 PM

cool!

DrppdBlazr · 03-23-2014, 08:28 PM

Damn, nice build

Project82 · 03-24-2014, 03:34 PM

<--- Impatiently waiting for more progress!

mikentosh · 03-24-2014, 05:09 PM

Still need to go through the photos but you might enjoy this teaser video...

http://vimeo.com/89818376

Quote:

Originally Posted by Project82

<--- Impatiently waiting for more progress!

mikentosh · 03-25-2014, 12:58 AM

Another photo I found on my phone. Looks better with both C5 vette wheels

And here's the tires that we are hoping to tuck under all four corners

Should be a bit like a go-kart with this rubber on it.

BAD B8B · 03-25-2014, 05:00 AM

that chassis tho!!!!!

mooseknuckles · 03-25-2014, 07:56 AM

nice!

Wasted Income · 03-25-2014, 08:50 AM

Yowzer, this is gonna be sweet.

Low Elco · 03-25-2014, 12:49 PM

Hot Stuff! Can't wait to see the next step.

03-01-2014, 11:44 PM	#26
SLOW POKE Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 189	Re: Project Cannonball C10 Any updates? __________________ 68 Short step!!

03-02-2014, 02:00 AM	#27
mikentosh Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 406	Re: Project Cannonball C10 Well quite a bit has happened over the last couple of months, mainly the truck has been stripped and sent out for blasting, and the chassis arrived a few weeks back. I've been holding off on posting any more until the build really gets underway. I'm hoping to get things moving around mid-April. Perhaps until then I'll throw up a few photos from over the winter.

03-02-2014, 02:10 AM	#28
mikentosh Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 406	Re: Project Cannonball C10 I spent most of December stripping down the truck and bagging everything up. Once it was gutted I towed it up to Sacramento to get blasted and primed. It left as a rolling hulk... ...and came back squished into a Uhaul Both the cab and bed were as clean as I was hoping for. Only some minor pinhole rust through the firewall. Front panel on the bed is trashed so we're just going to replace it. While doing the teardown I realized the doors that came on the truck are the newer ones which accept the full width door panels. I really want the period style so it was a chore to find clean 73-76 small inner panel doors, but after a month of calls and searching I found both driver and passenger doors.

03-02-2014, 02:18 AM	#29
mikentosh Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 406	Re: Project Cannonball C10 One morning in early February I got a text message saying a very large box showed up at the shop... Got the motor set in...

03-02-2014, 02:20 AM	#30
tinydb84 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: San Jose Ca Posts: 2,871	Re: Project Cannonball C10 damn....whole new level! What shop is doing the work? __________________ David Used parts build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=638991 My brother's Nova: http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=727985 Rear suspension rework: http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=750557 Instagram: myfabguy

03-02-2014, 02:43 AM	#32
mikentosh Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 406	Re: Project Cannonball C10 Having this time has given me a chance to find/paint/rebuild a bunch of stuff... Grabbed a non-column shift steering column out of a '76 on Thanksgiving day for $20. Pulled the whole column apart, sanded and sprayed it in semi-gloss black, put in fresh bearings and fitted with new ignition/turn signal switches. Also topped it with a "GM Comfort Grip" wheel in 14" diameter. I took a guess on the size, which matches the diameter in my M3. I put in a Dakota Digital turn signal lever with 4 wire cruise control (HND-3). This lever really looks like it came with the truck, but I'll be able to wire it into the ECU for modern cruise control.

03-02-2014, 02:54 AM	#33
mikentosh Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 406	Re: Project Cannonball C10 Over the holiday break I rebuilt the vent window assemblies. What a nightmare project that was! Funny thing is I have no photos from any of that...guess I didn't want to remember. I also ordered a bunch of Eastwood paint supplies and freshened up lots of the small parts. Turn signal/parking light housings Horns Inner door brackets

03-02-2014, 03:03 AM	#34
mikentosh Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 406	Re: Project Cannonball C10 And, of course, the delivery guys have been showing up a lot lately Vintage Air Gen IV Totally Stainless Bolt Kit A giant box with a reproduction hood that I'm not going to use now An E-Stopp parking brake kit. I didn't want to try hooking the ebrake pedal up to the Wilwood setup, and I'll hide the button on this kit for a bit of theft deterrence.

03-02-2014, 12:06 PM	#35
Jonboy Slots go on anything! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Richardson, TX Posts: 5,957	Re: Project Cannonball C10 Looking good Mike! This is going to be unreal when it gets together. Digging the Mini, too. __________________ 1974 Jimmy- 5.3/4L80e/NP241

03-03-2014, 04:16 PM	#36
1Bad65GMC Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Sacramento, Calif Posts: 70	Re: Project Cannonball C10 Subscribed. This is going to be good. __________________ 1998 GMC Suburban 2500 454 4X4 1984 GMC Jimmy - 3/4 ton axles, 5.7TBI 1990 GMC Suburban (Parts Donor) scrapped 1965 Buick Riviera - (Sold) 1999 Mercury Grand Marquis 1965 GMC SBSS (Sold)

03-03-2014, 04:25 PM	#37
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03-04-2014, 12:11 AM	#38
Low Elco Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Indep, MO Posts: 5,893	Re: Project Cannonball C10 With a pile of parts like that, it's gotta be good! __________________ Boppa's Old Yeller Truck Build, Old Yeller's New Heart! Project Buzz Bomb Flyin' Low!

03-04-2014, 02:28 AM	#39
mikentosh Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 406	Re: Project Cannonball C10 Thanks guys. Its coming together one part at a time. I'm trying to do something every day on it, big or small. This morning was sanding and spraying the rear window channels inside the doors. Last week I was focused on wiring, and put together my own headlight relay upgrade integrated into the factory style forward lamp harness. BTW, after many months of waiting, all my wiring harnesses showed up from M&H Electric. They turned out awesome! They did such an exact job of matching the factory colors and plugs. I went with their classic auto fuse series which comes with an ATO style fuse block and some extra circuits for electric fans and fuel pumps. I highly recommend their setup for anybody doing a restoration on one of these trucks.

03-05-2014, 02:49 AM	#40
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03-22-2014, 10:37 PM	#41
mikentosh Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 406	Re: Project Cannonball C10 Well the build has started. I've got a bunch of photos and stuff to go through but thought you'd like to see a couple of shots from today...



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03-23-2014, 05:15 PM	#42
mooseknuckles Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: ottawa,canada Posts: 4,550	Re: Project Cannonball C10 cool! __________________ my build threads '86 C10 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=415628 '67 C10 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=635078 '63 GMC http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=674682

03-23-2014, 08:28 PM	#43
DrppdBlazr Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 276	Re: Project Cannonball C10 Damn, nice build __________________ Bodied Blazer Build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=611842

03-24-2014, 03:34 PM	#44
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03-25-2014, 12:58 AM	#46
mikentosh Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 406	Re: Project Cannonball C10 Another photo I found on my phone. Looks better with both C5 vette wheels And here's the tires that we are hoping to tuck under all four corners Should be a bit like a go-kart with this rubber on it.

03-25-2014, 05:00 AM	#47
BAD B8B Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: LOS ANGELES Posts: 41	Re: Project Cannonball C10 that chassis tho!!!!!

03-25-2014, 07:56 AM	#48
mooseknuckles Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: ottawa,canada Posts: 4,550	Re: Project Cannonball C10 nice! __________________ my build threads '86 C10 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=415628 '67 C10 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=635078 '63 GMC http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=674682

03-25-2014, 08:50 AM	#49
Wasted Income Boosted Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Mackinaw, IL Posts: 2,200	Re: Project Cannonball C10 Yowzer, this is gonna be sweet. __________________ 1972 2wd K/5 Blazer Turbocharged 370 LSx - 941 rwhp / 1093 rwtq 1969 Chevy K-10 L33 5.3 / 4L80E / NP241 / 4" lift 1964 Buick Skylark Twin TURBO 383 LS pro-touring project 2014 VW Passat TDI - Daily Driver Turbo diesel 2015 Sierra Denali HD Duramax Turbo diesel 2023 Ford Explorer ST - Twin Turbskis 2023 Ford F150 RCSB - Whipple Supercharged 2017 Polaris RZR Turbo 2014 Nor-Tech Center Console - Twin Supercharged Outboards *TURBO ALL THE THINGS!!*

03-25-2014, 12:49 PM	#50
Low Elco Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Indep, MO Posts: 5,893	Re: Project Cannonball C10 Hot Stuff! Can't wait to see the next step. __________________ Boppa's Old Yeller Truck Build, Old Yeller's New Heart! Project Buzz Bomb Flyin' Low!

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