1963 C-10 in NC

[TJ's Chevy]

And that just gave me an idea of doing a tailgate bench. lol. Good work on the calipers bud.

[1963c-10]

Originally Posted by T.J. MCCAULEY

And that just gave me an idea of doing a tailgate bench. lol. Good work on the calipers bud.

Check out this link TJ....tons of truck furniture here!!

[1963c-10]

Last day of the freezing temps and rain is here. Too cold to paint, but did get the calipers prepped for paint & hanging.

Also got a factory steel shroud in that I bought online for $50 from a parts yard. Covered in surface rust, but its actually a nice piece up close. No rot or pinholes and it'll clean up nice. Took a wire brush too it and some liquid rust converter to stop any future rusting until I can get cleaned up. Will try and work it into the engine conversion...as much as I hate too, I may have to trim it to make it work with the big block. I have a set of the later model v8 3 piece shrouds too, so if its too much modification on the barrel shroud, i'll use those and put the barrel shroud in the other 63.

[bj383ss]

Nice find! Question on the crossmember bolts. Do you know if they are 7/16 14 or 20 pitch? Trying to round up some hardware for mine.

Bret

[1963c-10]

Originally Posted by bj383ss

Nice find! Question on the crossmember bolts. Do you know if they are 7/16 14 or 20 pitch? Trying to round up some hardware for mine.

Bret

They are all coarse thread, except for the 1/2" nuts for the bolts that hold the cross shafts to the crossmember. I used all grade 8 and the cost wasn't that bad. Maybe $16-18 all together. The oem hardware looked good still, but I just didn't see the point of tearing it down to not replace them and upgrade to a stronger bolt. We'll help with any disassembly/maintenance/upgrades that may happen in the future.

[bj383ss]

Ok thanks. And I'm being dumb here but I assume that is the 14.

Bret

[1963c-10]

Heres a great chart on grade 8 bolts. I have a laminated copy in my tool box. Has the torque loads also for plain and plated bolts. I use a gm specific torque chart for the front end work...i use the chart below as reference for frame parts and such.

[bj383ss]

Awesome thanks a lot!

Bret

[pdxhall]

Thanks for the info.

[1963c-10]

Originally Posted by bj383ss

Awesome thanks a lot!

Bret

No problem at all. I have some fuel line charts that cover NPT, AN fittings and standard converions also that good if you ever run an stainless lines/fittings....somewhere around 1/2 way through this thread.

[clemdaddy]

nice find on the shroud. i do like those steel ones, they just look right to me. and i also appreciate the torque charts. going to print them out and paste on my tool box too.

[1963c-10]

Originally Posted by clemdaddy

nice find on the shroud. i do like those steel ones, they just look right to me. and i also appreciate the torque charts. going to print them out and paste on my tool box too.

Thanks...I like the steel ones better than the plastic too, although this is the 1st barrel shroud I've personally found. They are normally removed when I find parts trucks. And no problem on the charts.

[1963c-10]

Heres a good chart for grade 2 and 5 bolts.

[1963c-10]

Got some primer laid down last night while it was in the 60's....down in the 20's this a.m. and supposed to get back into the 60's by this afternoon....so hopefully some paint today.

These are the CPP stock conversion spindles. Looks like I got a good set, I know that others have had issues with CPP, but the machining all looks good on these. Went with an engine primer as I couldn't find a caliper primer locally. I have aluminum caliper/ spindle paint for the spindles and will do the calipers in black. to match the rest of the crossmember.

[1963c-10]

I'll sure be glad to get my barn done and have a proper area to paint. And a decent workbench.......

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by 1963c-10

I'll sure be glad to get my barn done and have a proper area to paint. And a decent workbench.......

I have floor plans for a 50x30 three stall with a small loft office upstairs. I mention this because I can totally empathize with your longing for a nice place to do good work !!
We hope to break ground on it this summer while we are home in August. By then I will be done with this current build, but the shop will get its fair use none the less !!

Hang in there buddy, better days are on the way

[1963c-10]

Thanks for the response McMurphy....mine will be 48x24...so pretty close in sq footage. I've debated a 2nd floor man cover over the middle bay. I have all the telephone poles in, and I'm milling the wood as fast as I can knock over 100 ft pines. I do 90% of my construction and milling on my own...so its slow going, but going. My goal is to have it up by fall...money and weather pending.

[1963c-10]

Got some paint on the spindles last night. Will get another coat on tonight and then the calipers are next. This is the last of the components for the front end!!!

[TJ's Chevy]

Nice work!

[1963c-10]

Originally Posted by T.J. MCCAULEY

Nice work!

Thanks TJ.

[TheBlueBomber]

Sweet. Today was a good day for painting. Wasn't too windy but a good temperature.

[bj383ss]

So did the calipers get paint? The suspense is killing me

Bret

[1963c-10]

agreed austin....until the rain showed up.

[1963c-10]

Got a couple of good coats of caliper paint down today, so looks like all parts are painted and ready for final assembly of the crossmember.

[1963c-10]

Calipers done, so all paint is good to go. Just need to find time to assemble the front end.