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aggie91 · 11-06-2017, 04:13 PM

Moving along quite nicely.

gringoloco · 11-06-2017, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by fatbass

That custom aluminum A-frame for painting looks just like mine! I'm drooling over this project.

Thanks buddy. Glad the heart lives on in your truck—that’s a great little motor.

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Originally Posted by mcbassin

Looking good Chris!

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Originally Posted by aggie91

Moving along quite nicely.

Thanks guys! Good to have it back on the ground, if only for a bit. I’ll put it back up on the crib stands soon to work the underneath bits. But first, it’s rust repair time...

fatbass · 11-07-2017, 01:37 PM

[QUOTE=gringoloco;8076929]Thanks buddy. Glad the heart lives on in your truck—that’s a great little motor.

Check out my new sig line.

**GAc10boy** · 11-13-2017, 12:21 PM

Wheweeee! That looks sweet.

gringoloco · 12-06-2017, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by GAc10boy

Wheweeee! That looks sweet.

Thanks, still chipping away at this, when I get the time...

gringoloco · 12-06-2017, 10:02 PM

Made the LS strip for me, and she is a dirty girl:

gringoloco · 12-06-2017, 10:13 PM

Decided it needed more low, so I built a set of 1” blocks for the rear...

gringoloco · 12-06-2017, 10:21 PM

...and re-drilled the front lower coilover mounts 1” lower. It should sit around 5” ride height as measured at the frame under the cab. That’ll do

**lolife99** · 12-06-2017, 11:21 PM

Very nice work.

**rustytruck50** · 12-07-2017, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by lolife99

Very nice work.

I agree....can't wait to see the finished stance

timmytimm3 · 12-08-2017, 10:01 AM

Looking great! I can't wait to lay mine on the coilovers for the first time

**CC69Rat** · 12-08-2017, 06:35 PM

It has been a while since I've seen your truck my friend. It looks incredible, nice work.

gringoloco · 12-08-2017, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Number98

What is your plan for hood hinges?

I have a set of cowl-mounted Porterbuilt hinges powder coated and ready to go, but I have to install a cowl first...

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Originally Posted by CC69Rat

It has been a while since I've seen your truck my friend. It looks incredible, nice work.

Thanks a lot! Looks like a bunch of work left to me, haha

So, I removed the inner cowl today to get rid of the rust problems. Seems the rubber that PO used to fill the wire run collected water underneath and rotted the firewall. I’ll have a fair amount of repair to do before installing the new metal.

While I had the wire wheel on the grinder cleaning rust, I decided to start removing the undercoating or bedliner or whatever it is from the firewall. I ended the day looking like a coal miner, but glad to have made some progress.

builtbyKane · 12-08-2017, 08:53 PM

That is never any fun, but what a difference already. Great job.

gringoloco · 12-08-2017, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by builtbyKane

That is never any fun, but what a difference already. Great job.

Thanks for the kind words. Not fun, per se, but definitely gratifying. I am enjoying the opportunity to get in there and make it ‘right’. I was getting a little excited identifying all of the holes I want to weld up.

SCOTI · 12-09-2017, 01:18 AM

So...... more damage than expected?

sprint_9 · 12-08-2017, 10:48 PM

Wow that looks like alot of work, it will all be worth it in the end, keep up the good work.

sprint_9 · 12-30-2017, 10:38 AM

Thats gonna look good. I always toyed with the idea of making my LS look old school, Im excited to see it come together.

BustedTruck · 12-30-2017, 10:32 PM

Thank you for all the detailed post. I am in the same place with that inner cowl. Looking forward to your take on it.

gringoloco · 12-31-2017, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by sprint_9

Thats gonna look good. I always toyed with the idea of making my LS look old school, Im excited to see it come together.

Thanks, I dig it, too. Though, back when I first had this idea, not many people were doing LS swaps this way, now it seems everyone is. May have to change it up just a bit...

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Originally Posted by BustedTruck

Thank you for all the detailed post. I am in the same place with that inner cowl. Looking forward to your take on it.

I like to give detail in hopes that it may benefit someone else. Can’t tell you how many times this forum has helped answer questions for me. Can’t say I’m looking forward to the cowl work, though. More like putting it off

shearjs · 12-31-2017, 08:33 PM

So cool! Everything looks great. Digging the engine ideas.

mjensen · 12-31-2017, 08:43 PM

Looking good!!

Last_Paladin · 01-02-2018, 08:10 PM

Along for the ride.

gringoloco · 01-02-2018, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by shearjs

So cool! Everything looks great. Digging the engine ideas.

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Originally Posted by mjensen

Looking good!!

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Originally Posted by Last_Paladin

Along for the ride.

Thanks guys, and welcome to the circus.

After chasing the elusive 9/16” grade 8 hex and 7/16” grade 5 carriage bolts all over town because my normal bolt supplier was closed for the holiday, I managed to get the new cab mounts installed. The old rubber ones had been previously replaced with LMC units and weren’t that bad, actually, but the core support bushings were pretty well shot.

The cab has not been square on the frame since I’ve owned this truck, which caused misalignment issues with the bed, fenders, cowl, and hood. When I measured it, it was around 3/8” off side-to-side

I figured while the truck is torn apart, it’s a good time to straighten it out and replace bushings. I greased the crap out of the Prothane mounts with Energy Suspension’s super gooey grease and torqued her down in the correct position. We'll see how much shimming it needs upon reassembly...

gringoloco · 01-04-2018, 09:26 PM

The valve cover adapters are for sale here, if anyone is interested:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=753953

They sell for $200 plus new, these were only used for mock-up. Nothing wrong with them, just decided to go a different route.

11-06-2017, 04:13 PM	#1
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11-07-2017, 01:37 PM	#3
fatbass Registered User Join Date: May 2012 Location: South Ogden, Utah Posts: 171	Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10 [QUOTE=gringoloco;8076929]Thanks buddy. Glad the heart lives on in your truck—that’s a great little motor. Check out my new sig line. __________________ '71 C/20 350/T350.

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12-06-2017, 10:13 PM	#7
gringoloco A guy with a truck Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Germany, for now Posts: 5,920	Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10 Decided it needed more low, so I built a set of 1” blocks for the rear... Attached Images __________________ -Chris Instagram _elgringoloco_ '70 Short-Wide How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10 ‘70 Blazer ConversionHow To: Ruin a Perfectly Good 4wd '72 Highlander How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5 (SOLD) '72 Blazer 2WD How to: Ruin a perfectly good Blazer (SOLD) '05 Yukon Daily Driven (not so stock) Yukon (SOLD) ‘07 Yukon Denali (daily) Members met list: SCOTI, darkhorse970, 67cheby, 67cheby'sGirl, klmore, porterbuilt, n2billet, Fastrucken, classicchev, Col Clank, GSFMECH, HuggerCST, Spray-Bomb, BACKYARD88, 5150, fine69, fatbass, smbrouss70, 65StreetCruiser, GAc10boy

12-06-2017, 10:21 PM	#8
gringoloco A guy with a truck Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Germany, for now Posts: 5,920	Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10 ...and re-drilled the front lower coilover mounts 1” lower. It should sit around 5” ride height as measured at the frame under the cab. That’ll do Attached Images __________________ -Chris Instagram _elgringoloco_ '70 Short-Wide How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10 ‘70 Blazer ConversionHow To: Ruin a Perfectly Good 4wd '72 Highlander How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5 (SOLD) '72 Blazer 2WD How to: Ruin a perfectly good Blazer (SOLD) '05 Yukon Daily Driven (not so stock) Yukon (SOLD) ‘07 Yukon Denali (daily) Members met list: SCOTI, darkhorse970, 67cheby, 67cheby'sGirl, klmore, porterbuilt, n2billet, Fastrucken, classicchev, Col Clank, GSFMECH, HuggerCST, Spray-Bomb, BACKYARD88, 5150, fine69, fatbass, smbrouss70, 65StreetCruiser, GAc10boy

12-06-2017, 11:21 PM	#9
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12-08-2017, 10:01 AM	#11
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12-08-2017, 06:35 PM	#12
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SCOTI Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: DALLAS,TX Posts: 21,938	Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10 So...... more damage than expected? __________________ 67SWB-B.B.RetroRod 64SWB-Recycle 89CCDually-Driver/Tow Truck 99CCSWB Driver All Fleetsides @rattlecankustoms in IG Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive. It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar..... *Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol.*

12-08-2017, 10:48 PM	#17
sprint_9 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: 9 Posts: 862	Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10 Wow that looks like alot of work, it will all be worth it in the end, keep up the good work.

12-30-2017, 10:38 AM	#18
sprint_9 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: 9 Posts: 862	Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10 Thats gonna look good. I always toyed with the idea of making my LS look old school, Im excited to see it come together.

12-30-2017, 10:32 PM	#19
BustedTruck Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Braselton, GA Posts: 245	Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10 Thank you for all the detailed post. I am in the same place with that inner cowl. Looking forward to your take on it.

12-31-2017, 08:33 PM	#21
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01-04-2018, 09:26 PM	#25
gringoloco A guy with a truck Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Germany, for now Posts: 5,920	Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10 The valve cover adapters are for sale here, if anyone is interested: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=753953 They sell for $200 plus new, these were only used for mock-up. Nothing wrong with them, just decided to go a different route. Attached Images __________________ -Chris Instagram _elgringoloco_ '70 Short-Wide How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10 ‘70 Blazer ConversionHow To: Ruin a Perfectly Good 4wd '72 Highlander How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5 (SOLD) '72 Blazer 2WD How to: Ruin a perfectly good Blazer (SOLD) '05 Yukon Daily Driven (not so stock) Yukon (SOLD) ‘07 Yukon Denali (daily) Members met list: SCOTI, darkhorse970, 67cheby, 67cheby'sGirl, klmore, porterbuilt, n2billet, Fastrucken, classicchev, Col Clank, GSFMECH, HuggerCST, Spray-Bomb, BACKYARD88, 5150, fine69, fatbass, smbrouss70, 65StreetCruiser, GAc10boy

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