my '64 c-10 swb project with steel floor from a '70

[gimmy 64]

glad about the job and I hope everything works out for you guys. keep plugging away !!!!!!!!!!

[chad64chevy]

Originally Posted by T.J. MCCAULEY

I'm diggin the interior of that merc! And I second the notion for pictures!

thanks tj, ill get some pics up here in a min

Originally Posted by gimmy 64

glad about the job and I hope everything works out for you guys. keep plugging away !!!!!!!!!!

thanks gimmy, the only think that suck is having to wait 2 weeks for a pay check, they pay biweekly!

anyways here is some pics of the stuff that came in the last two weeks, torque converter lockup from aaw, 18" dual pass trans cooler,cpp adjustable proportioning valve, 3/8-16 button head bolts, and 5/16-18 countersunk bolts that im still waiting on some aluminum m8 fender washers! I copied the idea from modges, they look cool and if they work out like I hope, im going to use them to bolt the rear wheel tubs in!


for some reason it uploaded the small pics from my phone

[chad64chevy]

the pics of the garage! its still a mess, I got to unpack stuff and stack this to make more room! but with work and the move I haven't got to it yet! anyways i'll get some work done in the next couple weeks and get this pic thing figured out, I guess I deleted the big pics since it wanted to upload about 200 pics off my phone

[Ta2Don]

GARAGE!

[Modges'66]

Very Nice Chad!
Is it starting to feel like home yet?
Hope so!

[chad64chevy]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

GARAGE!

thanks don, I have been needing a garage this whole build!!

Originally Posted by Modges'66

Very Nice Chad!
Is it starting to feel like home yet?
Hope so!

thanks modges, to answer your question yes and no! I got some of my stuff for my truck but still have some more 2 hrs. away! a lot in the totes in the garage that I need to go threw, still need to get a breaker put in the garage to run the 230 volt compressor! then the fun will begin, im just really happy to be able to walk 20 ft. from my back door and go in the garage to see my truck! its a lot better then drive 20 mins to work on it!

second part to that question, I like the house, the garage don't leak and I have room to work on it, so yes im happy and it will feel like home! I just got to get this workin 5 1/2 days thing down, I leave the house at 5:30am and don't get home til 5pm, so working on the truck in the middle of the week might not work out just yet! unless its just small stuff I try to do, but its like they say progress is progress no matter how big or small!!

[McMurphy]

Man, congrats on the move !!!

Once we build our house, I have sworn that I am going to go thru each and every box, and empty it.
It is going to take a long time, but everything is coming out.

Being the military for most of my adult life, you move every 1 to 4 years. After a while you get to a point where you open a box, glimpse what is inside, reclose it and into the bottom of a closet it goes until the movers come again.
We were stationed in Korea in 2000 to 2002, and we still have boxes of books that were packed there.
It will be so nice to finally, for once and for all, settle into a place where I never have to wonder if something is still in a box in the closet, or in a storage unit somewhere....

I truely envy you right now, and am so happy for you !!

My advice, take your time, cherish this time of getting settled, take lots of photos, and when the itch to work on your truck gets too much, do that to relax !!

Rock on dude, I predict that you are SO going to love having a space to work in !!!!

[chad64chevy]

Originally Posted by McMurphy

Man, congrats on the move !!!

Once we build our house, I have sworn that I am going to go thru each and every box, and empty it.
It is going to take a long time, but everything is coming out.

Being the military for most of my adult life, you move every 1 to 4 years. After a while you get to a point where you open a box, glimpse what is inside, reclose it and into the bottom of a closet it goes until the movers come again.
We were stationed in Korea in 2000 to 2002, and we still have boxes of books that were packed there.
It will be so nice to finally, for once and for all, settle into a place where I never have to wonder if something is still in a box in the closet, or in a storage unit somewhere....

I truely envy you right now, and am so happy for you !!

My advice, take your time, cherish this time of getting settled, take lots of photos, and when the itch to work on your truck gets too much, do that to relax !!

Rock on dude, I predict that you are SO going to love having a space to work in !!!!

thanks mcmurphy, theres no need to envy me, and yes I do love the fact I finally have a space to work in!

[chad64chevy]

so any ways, here's a lil update that is not truck related!!

these are some coolers that we make at work, we make a lot of different ones all the way down to small ones like 4hx3wx3l, even bigger ones like in the pictures but are back to back an are called like double coolers, there used for a lot of different things like getting natural gas out of the ground! some are used in the oceans, there pretty cool, im just a grinder for now but will move up, and assemble them and maybe even welded them up

[clemdaddy]

holey fan shroud chad...

congrats on the shop and its nice to see your truck again.
get busy partner... but its looks close enough to drive right now.

[Modges'66]

Whoa!
That is a big f-ing cooler!!!!
Holy-S Batman!
Thai is totally out of control!!!
Hopefully you are getting acclimated to your surroundings!

[Ta2Don]

Guessing it would take a cooler that size to knock down the heat and humidity here in Arkansas!

[chad64chevy]

Originally Posted by clemdaddy

holey fan shroud chad...

congrats on the shop and its nice to see your truck again.
get busy partner... but its looks close enough to drive right now.

thanks clem, Im hoping that since I got a garage now that I will get more done to it, so hopefully I can take it to the get together!!

Originally Posted by Modges'66

Whoa!
That is a big f-ing cooler!!!!
Holy-S Batman!
Thai is totally out of control!!!
Hopefully you are getting acclimated to your surroundings!

thanks modges, I got those fender washers in, ill post some stuff up tomorrow, got a three day weekend so Im going to try and get some truck time in

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Guessing it would take a cooler that size to knock down the heat and humidity here in Arkansas!

thanks don that was what I was thinking when summer get here, tell the guys at work I need one in front of my garage, but I think it would blow the garage down, lol!!

[coulter]

o damn that is a giant cooler!!!! glad to see you got moved and found a job and all that!! looking forward to some updates man

[chad64chevy]

Originally Posted by coulter

o damn that is a giant cooler!!!! glad to see you got moved and found a job and all that!! looking forward to some updates man

thanks coulter, I got a lil update to show everyone!!




kids helping me clean that back half of my truck after I took the bed completely apart! in the second pic to the right you can see the steel bed floor lying on the ground without the bedsides attached! I had fun, kids had fun, it was a good day!!

[Alan's Classic]

Nothing like some good help on your truck.

The cooler is awesome.

[Ta2Don]

Great to see you and the crew getting some progress accomplished...

Tomorrow night will be my chance for a real update...

[CRGRS 66]

Cherish these moments Chad, before you know it they are off to College Ask me how I know...

[chad64chevy]

Originally Posted by Alan's Classic

Nothing like some good help on your truck.

The cooler is awesome.

thanks alan, it is fun to have them outside helping me! my daughter, makes driving sounds and says I take her to school in my truck and go to car show! that really make me feel good and really makes me want to get it on the road!!

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Great to see you and the crew getting some progress accomplished...

Tomorrow night will be my chance for a real update...

thanks don, time is counting down and I just hope I can drive it to clems if not it will be there on a trailer, but one way or another it will be there,

Originally Posted by CRGRS 66

Cherish these moments Chad, before you know it they are off to College Ask me how I know...

thanks craig, I really am glad to have me truck in the same zip code, really glad to see your back and got that frame prepped, cleaned and por-15! that thing looks awesome all glossy

[chad64chevy]

well some more work got done by me and my 2 lil crew helpers, in the pics above the steel floor was pretty nasty with rust from grinding and cutting the bbw out, and dirt and everything else with not covering the floor the right way and letting it set outside! so anyways me and the kids used S.O.S pads and some steel wool with soapy water elbow grease and about 1.5-2 hrs.


I also got a pic of the two grilles hanging on the wall, and the bedsides beside my truck in the garage, steel floor is coated with etching primer in the middle that wasn't covered at all, no pic of that yet!


HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYONE, WITH KIDS OR WITHOUT!!!

[Ta2Don]

Pushing together updates as well…

Good to see ya busy on truck...

[Gary V]

Had some time to read your build. Great job! Picture of your little ones helping dad is priceless.

[Jeff La]

You and your little helpers are doing a great job.

[clemdaddy]

very curious about how much work that steel bed will be. i've seen some trucks that they had to weld patches in it because it didn't fit well. you'll do a great job, i'm sure and i like the idea of it so rock-on chad. watching this mod closely.

those kids are getting big, amazing how much they can grow in a year.

[jdoisher]

I sure do like that one grille.