Birth of a C10

[losthope]

Originally Posted by McMurphy

Man you are tracking in some areas exactly the way I want to, especially in regards to your recent decision on the wiring!
I want to get away from the crimp style connectors but no matter how much I try, I cannot seem to grasp the concept of soldering!!

LOL

Anyways, your rig is really coming along great! Your progress is inspirational to me!

Its not that bad after you get the feel for it! Glad you guys like my half ass build!

Originally Posted by gofastnut

Lookin good man! Again, NOT you, the truck! Like the way it looks being lowered, but not sure I wanna go bagged, or quite that low. I also like the stereo-in-glovebox deal. and I'm gonna look into Haywire and see what they've got and where they're made.
Keep the updates comin'!

Thanks, if you liked the stereo in the glove box might like this update also!

Well earlier in my thread my buddy gave me a under dash A/C unit....I cleaned it up and got to thinking to my self "am i really going to find the missing parts i need and hook this thing up" and i came to the conclusion no.....i still wanted to install it to go with my low rider accessories theme i got going on!
when i bagged the truck i wanted to hide the gauges and switch's so i came up with this........i also hide my after market gauges also!

Dont mind the messy truck im rewiring and it looks like a bomb went off in the cab!

HUH looks like a A/c Unit for sure!!!!!!!!!!!:


BUT WAIT ITS NOT!!!!



theres fan intake grills on each side near the back that im thinking of putting some small speakers in you would never know they were there!

[gofastnut]

Way cool!!

[McMurphy]

That is just too funny.
Way too innovative for my mind to come up with. Rock on man !!

[lwb66step]

sweet build watching.....

[gimmy 64]

you have a crazy build. you take a bunch of nothing and turn it into some really cool stuff. i really like your bed. i want to do something like this. my truck is low key. no fancy wood for me

[losthope]

Originally Posted by gofastnut

Way cool!!

Originally Posted by McMurphy

That is just too funny.
Way too innovative for my mind to come up with. Rock on man !!

Originally Posted by lwb66step

sweet build watching.....

Thanks for the support everyone!

Originally Posted by gimmy 64

you have a crazy build. you take a bunch of nothing and turn it into some really cool stuff. i really like your bed. i want to do something like this. my truck is low key. no fancy wood for me

haha If i didnt use the crap i have i wouldnt be using anything I really like the way the bed turned out also i messed up and cut the notchs a little to big(didnt factor in the with of the saw blade DUH!)but all in all it worked out , I like it because all i have to do is pull the wheel wells and repaint it and dont have to worry about using it as a truck!

Well not much done lately due to unforscene dental problems so any extra funds are going to that and also been raining alot(no garage), but i did finish up the wiring install (except for a couple extra circuts i havent tied up yet)and then went to clean out the cab since I sat inside and wired the cab in the rain it looked like a bomb went off, so i pulled the bench seat to get all the crap and tools that had fallen behind it and then that led to repainting the floor.....my first choice would have been a flat black but i had three old cans of gloss black in the shed..it looks better then the white someone painted it before and eventually i want to get a rubber floor mat to lay inside...No carpet ill get it to dirty

heres the before:

I wire brushed and sanded to scuff the floor I did some cleaning and primed:

Plan on repainting the ivory white in the cab so i didnt bother taping the sides off and sprayed the gloss black:

and with the seat:


And i noticed i never posted a picture of my groovy sun visor's......I'm assuming the old man that had the truck pulled them out of a motor home,At first i hated them but they are so ugly i kinda like them...ands character LOL!

[juanz1947]

Looking good I want to do that to my bed in my truck soon

[losthope]

I got the truck running with one of my spare edelbrocks 4bbl but it never quite run right so i took the nice one to the shop to get rebuilt...I have rebuilt them before but since this is going to be my daily driver i want everything to work properly and rebuilt(motor,trans,carb,brakes ect),they got all the right tools to do the job and clean,rebuild,test and tune, and i dont have to do anything and i cant beat the price of $40 plus carb kit..

besides that not much but i did turne my reverse lights into a extra set of brake lights,they were never hooked up and i plan on adding some reverse lights later down the road, i kept the clear lens just used red bulb:




I have a extra set of revers lights so eventually the goal will be when i do my rear grill idea to have three lights on each side the top and bottom will be brake lights and the middle ones will be reverse lights, kinda like this:

[61_FL_Apache]

Great build!! Keep up the good work!!

[McMurphy]

cool idea on the lights man!

[losthope]

Originally Posted by 61_FL_Apache

Great build!! Keep up the good work!!

Originally Posted by McMurphy

cool idea on the lights man!

Thanks guys!

Well I didnt take many pictures but heres what i did ,im still in the process of making a flip up license plate because im going to install a hitch if i need to pull a trailer heres a picture without the license plate on and you can see the hitch hole(got to fab a hinge and make some big holes for the license plate bolts to pass through when the hinge closes, so dont mind the cocked eyed drilled holes):
heres me with my p.o.s harbor freight flux core welder:

remember the front grill? heres a picture so you dont have to go back through me thread:


and heres the grill i used two different size drawer knobs instead of bullets like the front grill:

the license plate is just mocked up right now I have the LED plate bolts to light it up:

This is my first attempt at something custom besides doing frenched headlights or tail lights

[piratexpress1369a]

Originally Posted by losthope

Thanks guys!

Well I didnt take many pictures but heres what i did ,im still in the process of making a flip up license plate because im going to install a hitch if i need to pull a trailer heres a picture without the license plate on and you can see the hitch hole(got to fab a hinge and make some big holes for the license plate bolts to pass through when the hinge closes, so dont mind the cocked eyed drilled holes):
heres me with my p.o.s harbor freight flux core welder:

remember the front grill? heres a picture so you dont have to go back through me thread:


and heres the grill i used two different size drawer knobs instead of bullets like the front grill:

the license plate is just mocked up right now I have the LED plate bolts to light it up:

This is my first attempt at something custom besides doing frenched headlights or tail lights

great build ..love the rear grill effect ...can you explain the light relay ..you said that the lights get brighter then the old style?

[losthope]

Yes in short summary, adding relays take the power your headlights use straight from the battery(like new cars have) ,instead of the old school way where the power has to run through the headlight witch first then to the headlights which can cause up to %30 power loss, not to mention all the power load on the headlight switch can cause it burn up resulting in loss of headlight at night especially if its a stock 40-50 year old switch, heres the link i used that "markeb01" did it explains it a little bit better and how to do it:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...elay+headlight I just did the relay upgrade, not the low beam high beam jumper wire upgrade also described in that link..

[coulter]

that turned out great man!!! nice work

[likaroc13]

i dig how the roll pan turned out! nice job

[srziemkowski]

I agree on the oil pan,wasnt sure from the start but pretty sweet!

[losthope]

Originally Posted by coulter

that turned out great man!!! nice work

Originally Posted by likaroc13

i dig how the roll pan turned out! nice job

Originally Posted by srziemkowski

I agree on the oil pan,wasnt sure from the start but pretty sweet!

Thank you guys! I put the flip up license plate on hold till i actually get the hitch installed so i got the plate bolted on and wired up with the LED bolts took a picture to let you guys see how much light they put out, my rear plate is in bad shape so it doesnt show up well but the lights are pretty bright!:

[McMurphy]

I really enjoy your build, mostly because like Bullwinkle, I never know what you are going to pull out of your hat next !!

Rock on man!

[chemlab]

looks good, dig those lights ... old beat up plates are best in my opinion i managed to find a '66 non-com plate that was never used for mine at a local meet recently.

[losthope]

Originally Posted by McMurphy

I really enjoy your build, mostly because like Bullwinkle, I never know what you are going to pull out of your hat next !!

Rock on man!

Funny cause most the time I dont know what im going to do next either!

Originally Posted by chemlab

looks good, dig those lights ... old beat up plates are best in my opinion i managed to find a '66 non-com plate that was never used for mine at a local meet recently.

thanks, good to see you still popping in once and awhile Chem!

Well not much on the truck because i started working on my 54 ford again, but I did make it up to "glendales" house for the weekend and we sandcasted some plaques we made a couple, so now i got one for the truck im still not at home so ill take a picture of it on the truck when i get home but heres some sandcasting pictures enjoy "glendale" was taking the picture's:


Getting aluminum melted:



making the mold:



mold ready:

poured:

open mold:


finished product besides cleaning it up and painting:

[Kerlijah]

Truck's lookin good bro, and I'm really diggin the plaque!! Very cool!! Keep up the good work!!

[pittstop34]

Looks great so far. That is my fav body style of Chevy

[coulter]

that casting is cool looking!!! nice work

[Hard Luck]

Wow. You have come up with so many great ideas and solutions. I would like to see a tech article on the sand casting you did.

Keep on Truckin'

[losthope]

Originally Posted by Kerlijah

Truck's lookin good bro, and I'm really diggin the plaque!! Very cool!! Keep up the good work!!

Originally Posted by pittstop34

Looks great so far. That is my fav body style of Chevy

Originally Posted by coulter

that casting is cool looking!!! nice work

Originally Posted by Hard Luck

Wow. You have come up with so many great ideas and solutions. I would like to see a tech article on the sand casting you did.

Keep on Truckin'

Thanks everyone! I think the plaques turned out pretty rad for or first trial run only can get better from now on, as far as a tech thread i njust read a couple on line how to do it but i might try and put one together for you guys!

Not much on the truck still but did get the plaque painted and mounted:



I had been looking for a rubber floor mat but didnt fork out the $180 yet to a supply company ,when a buddy came across a original 66 rubber floor mat and sold it to me for $20 it had a few 1/2 to 3/4 cracks at the edges and when i was holding it up in the air as i was trying to open the slider door the weight of the mat ripped one f those cracks almost all the way.....I was pretty bummed and pissed at myself.....

I took some rubber square sheets and rubber glue and patched it back together from the backside:


It was pretty dirty so i washed and scrubed it the best i could and bought a can of rubberized paint and painted it black again turned out pretty nice and will do for a driver for now..

I think it cleaned up the look of floor alot: