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Re: 1969 Chevy CST/10 comes home [Long-term project "OrangeCrush"]
Thanks, but not coming fast enough!
If I can change jobs to one that's near my home (trying sunday) I can sell my '90 Firebird and get this beast on the road! |
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Re: 1969 Chevy CST/10 comes home [Long-term project "OrangeCrush"]
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I bought the Green Machine in 2000 and hopefully by Christmas if will have its transformation complete. Some never will ever realize their dream of finishing their project. You young man are doing well. ![]()
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Re: 1969 Chevy CST/10 comes home [Long-term project "OrangeCrush"]
Thinks are looking good Tex. I sure know about things tajing too long also. Mine has been in some sort of assembly (we'll be positive that I am going in the right direction
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![]() The hunt for the gas tank has been hard though. Hurricane messed up the thing I had going with KBS, and craigslist is pullin' tricks again. |
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Re: 1969 Chevy CST/10 comes home [Long-term project "OrangeCrush"]
Going to pick up a gas tank today!!!
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Re: 1969 Chevy CST/10 comes home [Long-term project "OrangeCrush"]
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The gas-tank is good, working out the bad gas and will hopefully be able to pressure wash it this weekend. The truck may roll soon. Last edited by texanidiot25; 11-13-2008 at 06:10 PM. |
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Re: 1969 Chevy CST/10 comes home [Long-term project "OrangeCrush"]
nice truck
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Re: 1969 Chevy CST/10 comes home [Long-term project "OrangeCrush"]
Just found this thread, I read most of the posts. It looks like a great project. Sounds like you have a great dad too. Keep up the good work and keep us updated
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I say good bye to my 1990 Pontiac Firebird, and hello to $2000 and a month of bustin' to get it done before the end of x-mas break. At least, that's my apparent pipe dream. Once we get some confirmation about 73-87 brakes, were hittin' up junk yards tomorrow and getting the front susp. done. Power steering pump and braket were buying sunday from a guy off craigslist (god bless Craig). I'll have new springs from the guy I bought my gas tank, 2in drop coils all round. And I'll just buy new drop shocks from summit. That takes care of the biggest projects. Then it's those asinine odd-and-ends to take care of. |
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Re: 1969 Chevy CST/10 comes home [Long-term project "OrangeCrush"]
The up to date plans:
-Next weekend I'm hittin my favorite yard for a 73-87 C10 front suspension, and grabbing the 6-lug rotors off CPP. -Fuel sending unit today, picking one up in a bit and bringing home the gas tank I bought a while back. By the end of the day the CST10 should be running on it's own gas again. The original tank was rusted to hell so after that one day, we didn't start it up using that tank again. (done actually, just need to tune the carb as right now it idles like crap) -Seats/seatbelts. I can use the stock bench seat, but it's torn up. That, and my dad won't let me use this beast until it has shoulder belts. So, I'm thinkin' of buying the set of > 2007 GM truck seats I saw at Charlies for 200. Their 2 buckets with the center armrest/seat, and has built in belts. That's two birds with one 200 dollar stone right there. -Powersteering, buying the pump and brackets tomorrow, and possibly the A/c brakets too. -Interior, got a plan for that Olds 442 steering wheel I got. Seats will be changed. Door panels have to be done. The gauge cluster will be finished up w/the Cadillac clock once we get some more wiring done. Any added on stuff (EX: Radio, amp) will be ran on a custom harness to keep it out of the stock harness. Replace the bad bits of trim. -Wheels, totally unsure. But sticking with the steel wheels at the moment -Suspension: Getting 2 inch drop springs all around for $20 off the guy who I bought the tank from, shocks will be around 40 a piece. As it's sitting right now: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2 weeks and 2 grand! Last edited by texanidiot25; 12-15-2008 at 05:37 PM. |
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Re: 1969 Chevy CST/10 comes home [Long-term project "OrangeCrush"]
Looks like you have a good plan
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The ingenius way to clean out a semi-rusty gas tank: 1st, we used garden rocks from walmart and tossed in a few handfuls in the tank, we used a teeter-totter motion (My dad and I holding the tank at each end, one going up, one going down). This was like a rock tumbler, knocking off TONS of the rust. Step 2, take out the rocks, nothing really fancy... Putting fingers inside the sending unit hole and catchign rocks as they roll past. Step 3, while vacuuming took a good bit of the powdered rust out, it couldn't get it all. Thus, our ghetto... HIGHTECH FILTRATION DEVICE: ![]() ![]() Fuel fitting form the sending unit, to rubber line, through a jeep filter, through the screw-on filter, down to the electric fuel pump that was on the truck when I bought it,and back into the gas tank. Run it for a few minutes, shake the truck (easy when your shocks don't stop the sway), and let it filter out the shacken up rust. After 15 minutes, the gas was coming out of our little rig clear as pump-fresh gas. ![]() Started it up on it's own tank in nearly a year. Just gotta have time to let it warm up and get the idle set and she'll run like a beast again. Last edited by texanidiot25; 12-15-2008 at 08:06 PM. |
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Re: 1969 Chevy CST/10 comes home [Long-term project "OrangeCrush"]
your right that is one ghetto device there, but what ever works, and at least she is running now
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Re: 1969 Chevy CST/10 comes home [Long-term project "OrangeCrush"]
Tossing on the 3 inch front coils tomorrow.
Also I saw a *****en silverado with rockwell axles, and a car on fire! ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Started it up, and pulled it out today to see it on the ground. Oh how I love that V8 rumble. The Carb doesn't like the cold, but starts well with out a choke. IT'S A BEAST ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Old and busted, probably will be a couch in my room now
![]() ![]() New and awesome, they fit perfect, and are nice and comfortable. ![]() Hardest part about this set of seats is each seat and the centerconsol all inter-lock, sharing bolt holes with the console, so after drilling holes, getting all 3 to bolt down in harmony was a bit of a PITA. Reaming out the holes a bit fixed t though. And see lobster: ![]() See lobster run: ![]() |
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Re: 1969 Chevy CST/10 comes home [Long-term project "OrangeCrush"]
So, 08 Silverado seats fit in your cab? Do the bolt holes line up with the seat bracket hump in the cab, or did you mount to the depressed area on the floor? I want a similar upgrade, but I don't want to spend a bunch of time and money if I need a custom bracket.
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None of the brackets lined up with the stock holes. But, all but 1 bracket on each bucket are flat on the floor. I drilled the holes today, waiting on my dad to bring home some large washers to back the bolts up with. As far as the two brackets that aren't flat on the floor, they are about an inch off the floor, on the corner of the seat, closest to the door hinge (Best I can describe). And for the center console, and interlocking seat brackets, a pair of tiny studs need to be trimmed off the floor for the brackets to sit flat on the floor.
So basically, if you cut the little studs off the floor, and make a 1 inch +/- spacer, your good to go. In my case, I won't be using the bucket's seat belts, just the center seat's. One reason is because the truck we pulled the seats from was totalled (a roll over), so the seat belts were probably shot. Plus, the retracter mounts in the B-pillar of the GMT-900, and doesn't seem to have enough belt if you were to mount the retracter on the floor of our trucks. But for $150 bucks, it's the cheapest set of seats I've found junkyard hunting, and the most comfortable. Lots of side by side support, and having ridden in these seats in another Silverado for long lengths of time, don't hurt my rear either. If any of this doesn't make sense, I'll grab pictures for you. Last edited by texanidiot25; 12-23-2008 at 06:05 PM. |
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![]() Here's the rear bracket: ![]() Front bracket: ![]() You can see how the seats' brackets bolt down over the center consol's. This bolt, the front outer most bolt needs a spacer. My dad had two chunks of aluminum laying around so we just drilled them out and that acts as our spacer. The seats also come with plastic covers to hide all the bolt holes so all in all, it's a pretty clean setup. ![]() |
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Re: 1969 Chevy CST/10 comes home [Long-term project "OrangeCrush"]
texanidiot25- what horn button did you you on your steering wheel?
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Re: 1969 Chevy CST/10 comes home [Long-term project "OrangeCrush"]
To be honest, I don't know where it came from, maybe one of the older members can figure it out. Saw it at the houston autorama swap meet. Took some rigging to adapt it to the olds 442 steering wheel though.
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Re: 1969 Chevy CST/10 comes home [Long-term project "OrangeCrush"]
I see you are looking for 17" tires. Once you decide what you need look at Craigslist. I saw quite a few on there at decent prices.
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Re: 1969 Chevy CST/10 comes home [Long-term project "OrangeCrush"]
Wow , it's coming along nicely . You've made great progress . Looking good .
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