Birth of a C10

[losthope]

Originally Posted by hewlett2002000

Hey man trucks looking great!!! I dont get on very often but i saw the post with your wreck a while back, and was amazed to see you are already getting all this amazing work done. Keep up the great work.
John

Thanks progress has slowed of lately on the truck,since ive been working on my car and lack of funds due to hoildays and birthdays but should be at it again real soon,Im amazed i made it through that wreck also makes me kinda sick in the stomach when i see the pictures but it was a life changing experience,I actually walk pretty good now except alot of pain and most likely need the surgery the doctor has been putting off,I cant complain im alive and walking...hope to see you posting more hows your truck anything new?

Originally Posted by LostMy65

That is real close to the look I want on my 8 lug 16" steelies I recently acquired - except my wheels will be black.

I like this look alot not to overdone but a little more then just dog dish caps.

Originally Posted by LostMy65

Look what I found:

Nice! i love the color!

Originally Posted by jbgroby

Losthope,

You a pipe smoker too? I have several but i hav a favorite briar rouge finish that I use most. What leaves do you smoke. I like tinder box Vanilla Black Cavendish. Smell good enough for othe wife to not complain when I'm in the shop.

I havent smoked since my accident since the doctor said i cant smoke anything because the foot surgery is high risk to loosing my foot if i smoke, but I mainly smoke my pipe only at my pops house and usually smoke what he has which mainly from the "tinder box" store that went out of buisness here and he bought a mass quantity of different tobaccos before they did same vanilla you do,cherry almond, anniversary blend, amaretto,and some others..i have a couple pipes the one in the truck pictures is just a cheap one, i have a real expensive one (cant think of the name of hand) that i mainly smoke fro that i bought for $5 from a antique store somkes real nice...I also like to smoke cigar's , acid's, lars tetens, and theres a old cuban guy that owns a little shop where he hand rolls his own ,has a picture as a 13 year old kid in cuba rolling them with a cigar in his mouth, must be 80 by now and still rolls them, he even has a indentation in his lip where he holds his cigars in his mouth.........talking about smoking i almost cant wait for surgery just so i can smoke!

[jbgroby]

Timmy, The pipe holder you have on the dash, is that something you made or can buy. I'd be interested in one.

Jake

[losthope]

Originally Posted by jbgroby

Timmy, The pipe holder you have on the dash, is that something you made or can buy. I'd be interested in one.

Jake

you can get them at so-cal speed shop or on ebay just type in "dash pipe holder"..

been working on my 54 ford and not much is has been going on with the truck besides going to turlock swap meet and picking up a gauge cluster with the o.g tach and air gauge in it and two 64-66 grills:

I also picked up a rebuilt 9inch tail shaft turbo 350 and converter with a shift kit and 6 month warranty for $500.... since this truck is going to be my daily driver and the used $75 craigslist trans i installed was just to get the truck drivable up and down the driveway and is starting to make some funky noises, so i decided i needed something more reliable! This will be going in ,in the next couple days:

And here is a sneak peek at the rear floating floating grill i started mocking up to resemble the front grill i made:


I need to get another grill and cut and splice and weld them together this was just to get a idea of what it will look like,it'll take alot of body work with this bent up grill and how these grills angle in the middle to get two grills straight across the rear of the truck......i still dont know how i really feel about it??? , I wanted to run my exhaust tips at the ends and have door/drawer knobs in the middle like the front grill ( no bullets )...what do you guys think? I wanted something diffrent then a regular rear roll pan..

[gofastnut]

I just got done reading this thread and first let me offer my condolences. I understand and am sorry for your loss. I also understand working on the truck to keep your mind off of life's "stuff". Glad you're doing better after the wreck. You're doin an awesome job on this truck, just keepin at it. It's a real motivator for me.

[losthope]

Originally Posted by gofastnut

I just got done reading this thread and first let me offer my condolences. I understand and am sorry for your loss. I also understand working on the truck to keep your mind off of life's "stuff". Glad you're doing better after the wreck. You're doin an awesome job on this truck, just keepin at it. It's a real motivator for me.

Thank you gofastnut ! Tell you the truth getting another truck so fast to work on and all of you guys in this site has been my motivation to get past all the crap ive delt with this last year, I think i would have had more of a negative attitude about everything if i didnt have something to take my mind off of everything and dedicate my time too...

Well the latest update besides mocking up a rear grill that most of you probably saw on my poll i posted is that i bought a Rebuilt th350 and today i got the old one out and the rebuilt one in....Every car battery i own seems to be dead so i didnt fire the truck up yet and take it for a spin < I put a battery on the charger and will see how everything goes tomorrow heres some pic's:

Getting the old one out:



swapping shifting lever over and comparing tran's:



new one in:

[losthope]

So while I had the truck in the air after the trans swap I decided to pull out the box of ball joints and a-arm bushings the previous owner gave me with the truck he had started the power steering conversion and and replaced the joints on the tie-rod ends but didnt finish and never got to the rest....

taking it apart:


got the ball joints out and cut off the bumpstop stands:

rented a ball joint press from autozone so i pressed new joints in real quick and returned the press:

Scrapped off the crud and grease the best i could and started puting everything back together,Im a renter so i just try do do what i have to and get my cars put back together so the landlord doesnt give me grief if your wondering why i dont sand and paint everything..id love to but dont got a garage or time:

one side down:

Then the wife grabbed the camrea and took some pictures of me working:

this on you can see my ugly mug

And if you have read my thread all the way through you'll know that my grandma passed away,so i did a memorial tattoo:

then I put it back together with the new trans and as you can see i got crazy when i had it apart and cut the front springs some more


and received these short energy suspension bump stops today that i got to still install:


Until next time gang!

[likaroc13]

looking good man! mad props to you for doing all you do in the driveway...i too rent (apartment), and it sucks trying to get anything done to my daily driver myself...keep up the good work...btw, the drop looks nice!

[losthope]

Well my notch and trac bar showed up from CPP, And i got started on working on the rear of the truck:

After quite awhile of cutting,drilling,and pounding rivets out i got the c-notch bolted in:

Then painted them with some black paint just to keep them from surface rusting:

Got dark out side before i could get the trac bar on and still need to relocate the shocks when they show up in the mail, This was done to give me more travel with the truck lowered with the rear camero sway bar bolted to top of the rearend so the stance isnt going to change....until i purchase the basic bags setup for the front and rear! Will post pics when its back together with the relocated shocks and trac bar....

[gofastnut]

Lookin good man!! Um, The truck, not you.

[chemlab]

lookin good man, my opinion on the rear is just use the part of the grill that says chevy even tho i know it kinda space filler, i'd just use that small part. just me but i think i'd look cool with just that.

[losthope]

Originally Posted by gofastnut

Lookin good man!! Um, The truck, not you.

thanks!! had me scared there for a minute...LOL

Originally Posted by chemlab

lookin good man, my opinion on the rear is just use the part of the grill that says chevy even tho i know it kinda space filler, i'd just use that small part. just me but i think i'd look cool with just that.

Thanks guys!


Hey Chem!! Havent heard from you in awhile you been lurking i guess...as far as the rear grill i did a post about it , and came up with this its just a mock up picture gonna have two floating grills like I have in the front , I need to get on it:

[McMurphy]

Just read your entire thread, and took a couple of notes!
Thanks for sharing some of the mods and your junkyard shopping, I know next time I am out at the bone yard I will be looking for a few fords and jeeps to cannibalize!!

Keep it up, hope your foot heals up good for you!

[chad64chevy]

trucks looking good, you very lucky to be alive after your wreck!! i got the same rear sway bar on my truck but mine is bolted to the trailer arms!! how good can you see out the side mirrors with the vent shades??

[losthope]

Originally Posted by McMurphy

Just read your entire thread, and took a couple of notes!
Thanks for sharing some of the mods and your junkyard shopping, I know next time I am out at the bone yard I will be looking for a few fords and jeeps to cannibalize!!

Keep it up, hope your foot heals up good for you!

no problem! and the foots doing ok for now ! thanks

Originally Posted by chad64chevy

trucks looking good, you very lucky to be alive after your wreck!! i got the same rear sway bar on my truck but mine is bolted to the trailer arms!! how good can you see out the side mirrors with the vent shades??

I was just thinking of mounting it to the trailing arms also,because im planning on bagging the truck and it is in the way on top of the axle, and i noticed cpp aftermarket rear swaybar bolts to the trailing arms and was thinking of trying it do you have any pictures of the way yours is mounted?

Edit: i just found the in your build thread!!!

[chad64chevy]

its a lil tricky drilling the holes in the trailer arms cause the angle of the trailer arms and the sway bar is striaght! i did find that theres already a hole on each side of the frame rail so i mounted the bracket to it then only had to drill 6 holes instead of 8! and you don't need to have any spacers between the bracket and the frame! i'm going to be putting a schrader valve bag kit on the back of mine atleast for now!

[losthope]

Originally Posted by chad64chevy

i'm going to be putting a schrader valve bag kit on the back of mine atleast for now!

I had that setup on my old 65, it was cool at first but after awhile more of a PITA and wish it had springs.....this time i have some cash and some parts i collected and am going to put a manual air switch setup in ,which i can do pretty cheap....

Update: not much done on the truck today i put up a shed a couple weeks ago and moved my crap out of my storage unit to the shed...found the box with the air ride parts and started building my tank setup:

[chemlab]

Hey Chem!! Havent heard from you in awhile you been lurking i guess...as far as the rear grill i did a post about it , and came up with this its just a mock up picture gonna have two floating grills like I have in the front , I need to get on it:

ya man, haven't been on much lately ... working a lot, what lil free time i have i spend trying to get these last few bugs fixed so i can get mine inspected and on the road. (and sleep somewhere in what time left) then its back on to the '50

[losthope]

Well today i mounted my air tank , i was going to just run it in the bed but changed my mind so i tore the tank apart again and mounted it under the bed in the forward fender on the drivers side:


I read a post on manual paddle switch valves on another car forum and most paddle switch valves are made for 1/4" tubing and a guy installed 1/2" supply lines and stepped it down right at the switchs and said that it makes a difference in the speed of you bags compared to running all 1/4" tubing...I was in luck i had traded a 700r4 that needed a rebuild for some 1/2 tubing and check valves and fittings a couple years ago ....

so i ran two 1/2" lines to the cab 1 line for front switchs and 1 line for rear switchs, I had some big rubber fuel line I picked up some time ago for something i cant remember for what now...slide it over the tubing where ever i secured it to the truck or where ever i thought it might rub on metal:


I needed to mount the pump somewhere so i had some metal angle brackets for a old shelving unit and a aluminum sign i found when tearing down a building(I work for a Demolition company) ...


the angles fit perfect on the frame so i cut a section of sign and bolted it together to make a pump stand :


sprayed it with some black paint and mounted the pump used a old rubber type mouse pad and cut it to make rubber pads for where the tank mounts to bed sills and where pump mounts to the stand to cut down on vibration and noise :

wired it up and tested the pump it still works after sitting in storage for a year!! So used stuff i already had and todays project didnt cost me anything!!



Right now i just got everything zip tied up need to buy some plastic strapping ,and need to get everything else but one step closer to being bagged......

[McMurphy]

Your driveway inginuity is truely inspiring man!
Because I read your build, I remembered to snag the front sway bar off my donor rig, along with the drop down brackets to accomodate the power steering gearbox!

I am really digging on your build, keep it up!

[gofastnut]

Hey Timmy,
If nothin else, get an air horn and connect it til you get the bags. Then you can scare the cr@p outta kids on the sidewalk!

Jeff

[losthope]

well im waiting on a set of bags,fittings,and manual paddle switch valves to come in the mail, but i did pick up a brand new set of bags for $50 from a friend and I also picked up a set of front and rear bag brackets (rear brackets are just plates not pictured)for $120 locally.
so i went to the NAPA warehouse were they have big truck brake parts,and picked up 50 feet of 1/4 air line, and most of my fittings and got the rear bags started:


im relocating the rear camero sway bar and also the rear shocks......I choose to do what "frizzle fry" did with his rear shocks swapping and drilling holes so they mount behind the rear axle now:


Bags= $150
switch/valves=$80
air line and fittings=$100
front and rear bag brackets=$120
random fittings of ebay=$20
grade #8 bolts= $20
tank and compresser= already had!

works out to be around $500 bag setup!!

[Chiefjrock]

I gotta say ~ I like the sound of $500 for bags!! Ya know...whenever you care to take a trip down to SD; my truck would love to meet you! haha
Great job...looks awesome and very inspirational!

[pdxhall]

I did Frizzles shock relocation on my 66, also. It turned out great and very easy to do.

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by pdxhall

I did Frizzles shock relocation on my 66, also. It turned out great and very easy to do.

I normally search, but this time I'll just ask;

What is the advantage of relocating the shocks?
My 65 is on a 62 Frame and my shocks are already behind the axle:

[losthope]

Originally Posted by LostMy65

I normally search, but this time I'll just ask;

What is the advantage of relocating the shocks?
My 65 is on a 62 Frame and my shocks are already behind the axle:

In my case it is moving them away from the bags so there is no chance they will rub on them and also when lowering these trucks the stock location makes the shocks at a extreme angle where they dont work so need to relocate them when lowering
Posted via Mobile Device