1965 C10 Long Bed

[Bigru]

Nice!

[Lowl!f3]

Man it got stupid cold last night. I was going to presses wash the 65 and see past that dirt. However, I decided it was way too cold to get wet. Guess I will wait till this weekend. Hopefully the weather is better.

[Lowl!f3]

Well decided to mess with the C10 today.
Grinder the welds on this plate in the bed. And removed it. And there is an original bed under there .






Cleaned the engine bay a little. And there is an engine in there.





Also picked up a complete 1986 K member. To do my front disc conversion when I get to that point.

[pimpston65]

out with the old bed and in with new umm old bed hehe, u gonna keep the patina? also when u get to the front in you gonna sell the bits to the forum members

[Lowl!f3]

Originally Posted by pimpston65

out with the old bed and in with new umm old bed hehe, u gonna keep the patina? also when u get to the front in you gonna sell the bits to the forum members

Yes & maybe yes? Lol

Rear bumper and springs in the 86 k member are spoken for already by a couple guys who helped me out with info and parts hookup.

[Lowl!f3]

Well so far I was entertaining possibly putting the c10 body on my bagged s10 frame.
I have seen it done with one. It looks ok, However to make it look right you would need to get custom ordered rims with 1" backspace to make it fill out the fenders to look right.

I laid the front clip over my old project s10 frame to get a good look at it. I don't like it. And don't feel like forking out close to $3000 on custom rims to make it look right.
So took a pressure washer and cleaned off the front of the c10 frame to get it ready for my 5 lug,disc and bag swap. Also snapped a couple shots of the front cab corners. It looks real good shape.

Some wise guy hooked a chain the the radiator support some time in the past. Ripped it loose on one side. So I will have to fix that.


S10 frame laying.


C10 front clip on the s10 frame, looks ok at this angle. However if you seen it in person. You wouldn't like it.




Here you can see it needs about 5" offset to look right. Pretty much removing all the back space.


C10 frame pressure washed




Front cab corners

[1963c-10]

Sheet metal all looks real solid. Welcome and nice project!!!

[NEWFISHER]

Sell the S-10 to the 47-54 AD guys. There are a TON of S-10 frame swaps on that end of the forum

[joesscamaro]

Soooo that's what the front cab corners originally look like?! Haha, not here where I'm at. Your truck looks solid!

[TJ's Chevy]

WOW!!!! I see an engine! LOL! Looks like the intake was taken off some years back and repainted chevy orange. Stock color for that 6 would be Chevy Six Blue. Looks like a solid truck..oh..and congrats on the new old bed.

[Lowl!f3]

Originally Posted by NEWFISHER

Sell the S-10 to the 47-54 AD guys. There are a TON of S-10 frame swaps on that end of the forum

Yes I know it will work for those trucks. My buddies son has one 80% dobe with an LS.

Originally Posted by 1963c-10

Sheet metal all looks real solid. Welcome and nice project!!!

Thank you

Originally Posted by joesscamaro

Soooo that's what the front cab corners originally look like?! Haha, not here where I'm at. Your truck looks solid!

Yes sir hahah

Originally Posted by T.J. MCCAULEY

WOW!!!! I see an engine! LOL! Looks like the intake was taken off some years back and repainted chevy orange. Stock color for that 6 would be Chevy Six Blue. Looks like a solid truck..oh..and congrats on the new old bed.

Yes I think this engine has been rebuilt. I found a tag on it by the tranny.

[Lowl!f3]

Ok, can anyone find out what the gear ratio is of this rearend?
I just got it saturday from a guy. Told me it was a 342. Just wanting to double check.

[pimpston65]

do know how many teeth are on the pinion part?

[Lowl!f3]

Have not counted it yet. just was wondering if it can be found out by those numbers.

[RANDY COX]

take the 12 which is the pinion teeth and the 41 which is the ring teeth and divide and come up with 3.42's

[Modges'66]

Wow!
Very solid cab! It looks a lot like mine when I started.
Not very many to be found out there like that!
Nice truck!!!

[Lowl!f3]

Originally Posted by RANDY COX

take the 12 which is the pinion teeth and the 41 which is the ring teeth and divide and come up with 3.42's

So the 41 in that number on the ring gear is the tooth count?

Originally Posted by Modges'66

Wow!
Very solid cab! It looks a lot like mine when I started.
Not very many to be found out there like that!
Nice truck!!!

Thanks

[Lowl!f3]

Well I picked up my steeliness today! Ordered upper bag plates and step notch.
And hit scrap metal yard to end up with enough iron to make a fab table.

[RANDY COX]

Originally Posted by Lowl!f3

So the 41 in that number on the ring gear is the tooth count?



Thanks

Yep

[Lowl!f3]

Originally Posted by RANDY COX

Yep

Thanks Randy

[Lowl!f3]

Got the other 3 legs on today.
Need to cut angle braces for the legs. Then flip it over so I can put some pads under the legs.

[jdoisher]

I love it!!!

[Lowl!f3]

Moved the 65 to the driveway to clean out all the old wood and pressure wash the frame under it. Had a friend of the family helping me out a little.
Next up will be trying to get some of the parts ready to be put on.
Anyone know where to get the rubber for the radiator support on the bottom?
I'm missing 1. Someone hooked a chain to it at some point ripping the lower support loose. Going to have to remove it and repair it. And need a rubber support.

[TJ's Chevy]

Progress!

[Jeff La]

The object is to Get er done and your doing it