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Re: 1970 C10 LWB "Blu"
Update time.....
Engine is pretty much together from oil pan to valve covers. Everything is painted and the intake is powder coated to match. ![]() ![]() ![]() The transmission has been gone through (great shape throughout now with new seals and gaskets). I'm going to put the Saginaw back in for this year and transplant a nascar 5-spd unit next year. I took the (original) rad to get cleaned and checked out and its toast. I'm waiting for the price to have it recored. My bodyman came over last week and is working on a price to do my rockers, cab corners, patch the front fenders..... Hopefully I'll be flatbedding it over that way soon to let him have his way with it. Progress is slow but going well.
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Things are going to happen quick now....
I am on the schedule at my buddy's body/resto shop. He has a $2 million (yes, MILLION) dollar Shelby Cobra in there right now waiting to get picked up and hauled back up to NJ. ![]() ![]() This car has got a really early SN and some serious documented racing pedigree giving it the crazy value.... When this one gets picked up, a $65K Austin Healy is coming in...... Then Blu! They're doing the outer rockers, cab corners, bottom of the kick panels, one cab support and my front fenders. David was a little perplexed why I wanted him to leave all the blue paint alone and only blow in white below the lower molding where he'll be doing all the work. He was ready to do a frame-off for me. Maybe later.... I want to run the patina'd paint for a while. The Austin Healy should be done by Mid-Feb so I have to rush like crazy to get mine ready to go as soon as he's ready. This weekend I am painting the frame with a coating David recommended (he uses it on all the cobras and GT-40's that roll through his place). http://www.tat-co.com/products/speci...ip-guard-4313/ Then the engine is going in sometime next week. It's pretty much ready to go. The transmission is done and I just picked up my clutch kit yesterday. My CPP motor mounts just came in. I'm going to bolt it up but not plumb or wire it (won't have time with all the other prep). (I don't know why the pic is upside down....) ![]() I'm going to have to bring him my new rad support on Monday- he'll be in the booth spraying black and has a satin that he says looks great underhood. I need the rad support painted so I can get the front clip back on (he wants it on when I bring it to the shop). The engine is going in prior to the body shop for one very good reason.... David is going to do the alignment on all my panels so I'd rather put the engine in now while its easy and let him do his magic on my sheetmetal. He is going to save me hours and hours (if not days) and he'll do a way better job than I could ever dream of. I'm bringing him the truck without the bed and with the bench seat and gas tank removed. (I'll do some work to the bed later). I'm wondering now if I should c-notch it before I put the bed back on.... Hmmmm..... I scored a set of mid-60's poverty caps that are on their way from the seller in Canada. Those with a set of freshly painted but low-key steelies should look fantastic. ![]() My rad is being recored by a local old-school shop. They are using my original tanks and putting in a new 3-row brass/copper core that'll be better than anything aftermarket I can get. It'll be a perfect fit and I'll still have the original tanks and factory tags on it. When the truck gets back from the shop (end of feb, beginning of march), I can finish the engine and engine bay and knock out all the rest of the stuff on the punch list to have it ready to go.
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Re: 1970 C10 LWB "Blu"
Nice build! Those '67 hubcaps will look great on the steelies!
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I got the front clip finished last weekend- cleaned, wirewheeled and painted with John Deere paint (the semi-gloss black has a perfect finish). I am stoked at how clean the frame is after a little bit of cleaning. It kills me not to be able to completely tear it down, media blast it and finish it properly but I'll do that in a few years. I bolted my new CPP motor mounts on.
![]() Yesterday I gutted the cab (seat, carpet and gas tank) to get it ready for the body shop. I got my cab mount bolts loosened up and did the gas pedal conversion for the cable throttle. I did some detail and cleanup work on the firewall and then really got to work.... The engine finally, after several long months, got off the stand and assembled with the flywheel, new clutch set and freshly gone-over transmission. ![]() And then- a buddy and I got it planted back in the truck. It went pretty good- we didn't bump scratch or damage anything. We had to really fight to get all the motor mounts lined up (especially the rear mounts), but we got it done without having to use a lot of "persuasion". ![]() I am a pretty happy guy. I can start tinkering around now bolting on the accessories and other stuff. I'm getting my newly painted repop rad support back and then can bolt the front end back together around the new powerplant. I'll be about ready to fire it up when it comes back from the bodyshop.
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A ton of stuff has gotten done since the fall and a ton of money has been spent...
Truck got to the body shop and got new outer rockers, cab corners, the front fenders and rear cab supports were patched. No paintwork was done above the lower molding line. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Any updates on this truck? I enjoyed reading it so far and just hoped there would be a few updates.
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Thanks for asking. I'm not much of an attention whore but nobody seemed to be interested so I didn't bother updating.
Yeah, its been back apart and out the road a little while. Definitely not finished and still a seemingly endless work in progress. This is at the Goodguys Southeast Nationals a couple weeks ago. ![]() Under the hood... ![]() The exhaust... ![]() How it sounds (just back from the exhaust shop): http://vid780.photobucket.com/albums...psjvn5tacz.mp4 The interior (so far, a good ways to go still): ![]() And a bunch of shiny stuff underneath: ![]() ![]() I just picked up a 4L60E to swap out the Saginaw three-on-the-tree (which doesn't get along with the new engine). Need to get a torque converter, electronic controller, crossmember, steering column etc. Going to go posi in the rear with 3.73 gears... Figuring out my plan for the front end.... More drop, front and rear, disc brakes, rack and peanut steering. The usual nonsense that is keeping me poor.
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Looking good. Keep us posted on progress.
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That is coming along really nicely. Great looking rig.
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Re: 1970 C10 LWB "Blu"
I must have missed where you installed the rear end set up ,what are your trailing arms connected to ?
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Re: 1970 C10 LWB "Blu"
Looks great. Keep us posted on any updates.
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Re: 1970 C10 LWB "Blu"
Very nice
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Re: 1970 C10 LWB "Blu"
I'm always interested in builds and I usually chime in time to time. Thanks for updating on your truck. Some threads go stale and you wonder what happened, then once and awhile somebody will post an update or ask an question so yeah we still listening.!
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Re: 1970 C10 LWB "Blu"
Mitchell72 asked for a pic with a better side profile so here it is...
![]() The wheels are 15x6's up front with (I think) 215/75/15's and 15X8's on the rear with 235/75/15. I'm going to upgrade to 18's or 20's when the suspension/front end will need better rubber.
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Re: 1970 C10 LWB "Blu"
Just found this thread. There's a bunch of great info in here. A lot of which I need to apply to my truck. Any updates to the current state of the truck?
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Its frustrating. Every time I get this truck "completed" and out on the road, I find something else to do and it gets all torn apart again. I am thinking I might get stupid and do a short bed conversion before I get the new driveshaft and exhaust done (again). If the bed is coming off, I'll c-notch the rear as well I guess. ![]() All the steering and shifter/clutch components are out: ![]() ![]() All set underneath to bolt up the newly built tremec: ![]()
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If you didn't have something to mess with what else would you do? Lol.
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Ride my harley and still have money I guess.
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Hey John, how did you get the engine compartment so clean without removing the factory grease pencil marks? I don't want to lose mine when I clean up in there. I saw that you used a high pressure sprayer and degreaser. That wouldn't remove them?
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I just kept the degreaser and the pressure washer away from the grease pencil marks. They are pretty durable.
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Thanks. Can they be wiped over with a soapy sponge like you would was the exterior of the truck with?
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I don't even do that. I just wiped around them by hand.
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Re: 1970 C10 LWB "Blu"
Found your build thread from the 6 speed tremec thread that you posted on. Checked your build out - wondering if you have some install pics on the transmission? How was it to install? Any problems? Any words of wisdom to someone going into an install like this?
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