61K10 build

[MitchFloyd]

Originally Posted by 61K10

Mitch, you were asking about my ft shock mounts. well here they are--cut off. what a mess lol. just get the stick welder and go for it. I guess because of the winch (an being a search & rescue tk) they had coil-over shocks on the ft. so new ft shock mt's coming.

Thank Kimble! I finally got my shocks all mounted up too. Just bout ready to start body work...

[MitchFloyd]

Originally Posted by 61K10

some specs

non sevro type and note on 2nd page #3 for shoe placement

and special thanks to chevy-man5 for the brake info (thanks again Jason)

Woulda been nice if they put that in our 1960-1962 chevy 4x4 manual!

[chevy_man5]

Originally Posted by 61K10

some specs

non sevro type and note on 2nd page #3 for shoe placement

and special thanks to chevy-man5 for the brake info (thanks again Jason)

No problem at all! I have gotten so much help from this website, I am more than happy to be able to help back!

[61K10]

well got my ft shocks mounts back on. they are for a jeep tj rear. worked out fine.

[61K10]

cab is getting real close for paint---

[MitchFloyd]

Paint... then it's assembly time! Getting excited yet? Sure looks good.

[61K10]

Mitch--glad you are starting the body work (not as much fun as the frame for sure) excited, well a little. more tired of working and spending $$$ on it. still need the seat done and windshield, bed wood. all are $$$. rear end probably needed to be rebuilt (looking for another to rebuild for the future) don't even know if i can find a 3.90 r&p, but it's getting closer--- take care--

[MitchFloyd]

Hey Kimble... what ya doing?

[TJ's Chevy]

WOW Nice work! As asked...How's it going?

[61K10]

Hi guy's--was out of town. next week paint the interior and then the outside of the cab? depends on the weather---

[61K10]

well no paint--raining/cold, so installed rad support and fit the shroud. tk came with a 63-66 rad thats good and they added supports off the rad support to hold the rad. It did not have a shroud so i bought an after market one. bottom line, i have to drill new mounting holes for it.

[61K10]

and a little more sanding

[61K10]

going to fire up my eng today, break in the cam and ck for any other problems.

[1963c-10]

Bet your looking forward to cranking that new engine up. I'm in the same boat!!! Looks great.

[61K10]

well fired up my eng and broke in the cam. had only one problem. my gas line to carb had a pin hole at one of the bends, and my rad has a pin hole some where? ordered a alum one off e-bay for now.

[61K10]

forgot to mention my exhaust sounds great, real quiet like the org.

[1963c-10]

What....no video of the engine running?

[argonaut]

Exciting! Must feel good to have it running.

[j.kirn]

Gonna be 1 fine looking truck, cant wait to c when your all done

[61K10]

I did take a video--could not get it to upload. no big deal as the fan made more noise than the exhaust at 2k rpm.

[1963c-10]

We'll let you slide this time on the video....haha. Glad the break in went well. Bet it sounds great!!

[MitchFloyd]

Nice and quiet. That's the way to go. Did you go with the stock barrel type Walker exhaust?

[TJ's Chevy]

You have to upload it on youtube then transfer a link here. If you didn't try that already. Anyhow..glad the motor is running good!

[61K10]

thanks TJ for the info

Mitch--used a round muffler like stock--back up a page and you will see

by the way, barbeque paint smokes big time when curing lol.

[61K10]

got my new $165 3 core rad. pretty nice for the price, so should i paint it black or leave it alum?