1966 C-10 Stepside Build/Upgrades

[Nacho_Paras N.L.]

Birthday was Wednesday, so I decided to have a get together with friends and family on Saturday......

[Nacho_Paras N.L.]

Got the rearend on and brakes bled Sunday.... You always hope to have an easy bolt on kind of day, especially with a slight hangover...jajaja... When I first did the measuring for the narrowing of the rearend, I knew the back plate of the drum brakes was going to cut it close to the ends of the trailing arms because of a hump on the back of the plates...

And I was right... The humps were hitting the traing arms.. So I had to notch the ends a little pinch... Onces notched, everything was good to go..

My measuring on the steel braided brake line was a little off on th epassenger side, but it'll do for now...

[Nacho_Paras N.L.]

Here's a couple of pictures after taking it off the stands and taking it for a spin.....

I'll get the 3" drop springs on sometime this week to give it that hotrod rake..

[1963c-10]

Nice job. BBQ looks great too!!!

[JamieGallien]

Beautiful truck! I love the stance!

[Nacho_Paras N.L.]

Thanks guys.... I appriciate it.....

[Nacho_Paras N.L.]

Got the front springs in yesterday... Love the stance.. But now, just like I thought, the headers scrape just coming out of the garage. So, now gotta save up for some some shorty/mid headers... Still haven't put the Wilwood calipers on, waiting on the drilled and slotted rotors to arrive.

So that makes the drop a 5.5" in the front and a 6.5" in the rear..

Is there a way to post videos on here??

[Nacho_Paras N.L.]

https://youtu.be/UUToErmkXqU

https://youtu.be/M5COmE448bU

https://youtu.be/A_KRZf-mBeM

[Justin@EntropyRad]

Looking tough on the new wheels..maybe a touch more rubber up front??

[Nacho_Paras N.L.]

Originally Posted by Justin@EntropyRad

Looking tough on the new wheels..maybe a touch more rubber up front??

Thanks Justin.... That was the hardest part, on deciding what tire to go with in the front. Since Mickey Thompson doesn't make a front tire in the Sportsman series in a 20", I went with a 255/35R20 that they make in the Street Comp series. I want to keep the same brand all around. If I would have gone 18" in the front, I would of had more options.

Now that I lowered it more, that tire on it now is perfect for the rake, tucking and no issues of tire rubbing inner fender.

[northern 85]

Wow bada$$ truck!!

[YOLO]

very nice.

[62 Barnfind]

Love that truck1 I wish mine was like that.

[Nacho_Paras N.L.]

Thanks Guys... Been MIA for a lil pinch.. But I'm back at it again... My baby was born on May 29, so I've been a busy DAD.... Had to save up a lil pinch of cash for some headers... I went with Hedman Headers 69196 HTC coated mid-legnth. The picture shows them in black, but they are silver ceramic coated. I also went ahead and bought a CPP 20 gallon fuel cell to replace a 8 gallon that I have on there. My trailing arm crossmember came in too.. Should start putting everything in this weekend..

[deejaaa1]

Originally Posted by Nacho_Paras N.L.

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looks like you were at the Royal Purple Raceway. I'm about 3 minutes from there.

[mjh1965]

Love the look of the truck , the stance is perfect . Hope to see a few more when I come over to Texas in four weeks time from the UK .

[Nacho_Paras N.L.]

Thanks guys... I've been working on it every chance I get on the weekends... Here's what I have done so far. Headers are in(had to do a little trimmimg of the frame for the passenger side, no issues on the driver side).....Got the fuel cell in, still need to connect the gas line.. Trailing arm crossmember in(damn rivets are a headache)... Got the driveshaft crossmember in too. I also istalled new CPP shocks in the rear and reaplace the 1-1/2" lowering blocks with the new 2" angled lower blocks....

[Nacho_Paras N.L.]

Here are a couple of more pics... Lowering blocks and a shot that includes the shocks...

[4mulaSvaliant]

Looks good man! I dig it!