Saddle up 66 c10

[chevy.c10]

Well it looks like christmas is here

[Palf70Step]

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[66ChevyMax]

Nice!

[chevy.c10]

Just a little update, i've been pretty busy disassembly (Had a little surprise) and made a cart for the bed (You can see a just a bit of the front fender of the car that got me involved in older vehicles. Next I hope to get rockers and a door skin to fix the door and treat all the rust on the floor, and after that I will start my body work/paint possibly with the drivetrain mixed in sometime soon.

[chevy.c10]

I figured I would just post this because I felt like someone might ask, the car is a 67 nova my dad bought when he was 16 and has kept for all these years (he is 51 now). He had many other muscle cars including some camaro's but he says that he is glad he kept this car because it was his favorite. Maybe Ill get the pleasure of calling it mine one day

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by chevy.c10

I figured I would just post this because I felt like someone might ask, the car is a 67 nova my dad bought when he was 16 and has kept for all these years (he is 51 now). He had many other muscle cars including some camaro's but he says that he is glad he kept this car because it was his favorite. Maybe Ill get the pleasure of calling it mine one day

That is verrrry verrrry nice.

Happy New year when you get to it as well.

[Palf70Step]

Sweet looking Chevy II. Delays always seem to happen on our truck time. Looking forward to watching more progress on your truck.

[flashed]

Like the Red Chevy II ,your truck will be that nice too.

[Johnny_Lamebridge]

Hi chevy.c10. Your C10 looks so clean, and your Dad's Nova is sweet. I was surprised that the floors are that rusty... I guess you never know until you get into it.

Like all the other talented young guys in here, I'm sure you'll impress us older dudes!

[chevy.c10]

Originally Posted by Johnny_Lamebridge

Hi chevy.c10. Your C10 looks so clean, and your Dad's Nova is sweet. I was surprised that the floors are that rusty... I guess you never know until you get into it.

Like all the other talented young guys in here, I'm sure you'll impress us older dudes!

I was happy it wasn't worse. A elder friend of mine that has restored a few vehicles now calls all older vehicle onion vehicles, because the more you peel away the more you cry.

[chevy.c10]

Well as much as I hate to looking at this this a few months ago, a curveball was thrown my way, any way my dad came up with a pretty cool idea of how to pull a large amount of the dent out at one time which involve some angle iron a bolt and a cable come-a-long as you can see the little tool in the picture, it took out most of the dent and i'm pulling the rest with a dent puller. Im not quite finished yet and it looked better now than the last picture I took shows but ill keep working it out until i'm satisfied with how it looks.

[Sickfast1964]

Originally Posted by chevy.c10

It is mostly original from what I can tell, inline six (250) mated to a 3 on a tree. The truck came with factory a/c but the previous owner took all of the a/c out, other than that its just a regular old '66 chevy, check out this bumper though.

Hey welcome to the Forum. So great to have younger men carry on with the preservation of these old trucks.

And of course its a great starter, it came from Dallas. Doran was around for a VERY long time.

[chevy.c10]

Originally Posted by Sickfast1964

Hey welcome to the Forum. So great to have younger men carry on with the preservation of these old trucks.

And of course its a great starter, it came from Dallas. Doran was around for a VERY long time.

Thanks, I've always had a soft spot for these old chevy trucks. Mind I ask is Doran still running today?

[chevy.c10]

Been working on the hood little by little, I ended up just cutting a chunk out and i'm going to make my own patch panel its going well just need to make a few bends yet and a bit of trimming and fitting until i'm finished.

[chevy.c10]

I have a frame question to, it isn't in bad condition by all means, I took a wire wheel to the back half of the frame and sprayed some loctite rust neutralizer on a small spot of the frame and like it was suppose to it turned black. It says on the bottle it it suppose to be a paintable surface after sprayed with the product but I wanted to know if anyone else has used it before and if it is okay to paint of the top of neutralized surface?

[aggie91]

I have done it over that same product. The finish is a little rough for my liking, but on another, I did sand it a little bit and used a good primer, then the finish coat and it turned out good.

[step65]

Looks great look forward to watching you progress.

[chevy.c10]

Originally Posted by aggie91

I have done it over that same product. The finish is a little rough for my liking, but on another, I did sand it a little bit and used a good primer, then the finish coat and it turned out good.

Thanks alot! I think I might try it out on the back half and see how I like it.

[chevy.c10]

Its been a while since I gave an update so heres what is new, I changed my plan for painting the frame to using a product called KBS Coatings which is like POR 15 for those of you who haven't heard of it. I opted with KBS over POR 15 because of the better reviews. I plan on using the KBS on the frame and inside the front cab supports for sure and will use on anything else I feel it could use. After I use it I will post pictures and give my own personal review on how I liked the product. After I paint the back half of the frame and coat the cab supports I will weld my floor pans, inner rockers and rockers in one side at a time. Thinking about putting some shorter coil springs in the back when put the rear axle back in place and lower the front as well. Does anybody have any pictures of there truck lowered that I could use for reference?

[chevy.c10]

Got the KBS on my frame, cab corners, and front cab supports. I think it came out well and self leveled nice.

[flashed]

Looks very good .

[chevy.c10]

Originally Posted by flashed

Looks very good .

Thanks alot!

[aggie91]

Looks Good! I used the KBS too on Sunburn, was very happy with it.

[chevy.c10]

Originally Posted by aggie91

Looks Good! I used the KBS too on Sunburn, was very happy with it.

Thanks alot, the stuff seems to work pretty well.

[BFoley]

A great truck to start with from the looks of it. Subbed!