68 C10 SWB "Nasty"

[RatRod68]

Alright, it might not look like much has gone on, but a lot of little changes.

First, and probably the most noticeable would be the primer spots all over the truck. We DAed the body of the truck except the hood and roof, but those two will come likely this weekend.


Next noticeable would probably be the lack of a hole in the grille. The new piece has been welded in, and we are now working on finishing out the filler and primer. All the body work on the grille area is about 80% done. Still need to line up the passenger fender and finish out the last bit of sanding, then she is ready for some paint.
(Sorry, didn't get a pic of this up close.)


The other mods would likely only be seen by those who are really familiar with these trucks, or have a keen eye. All the places I wanted to be shaved have been taken care of. Gas Tank filler neck hole, Antenna mount on passenger side, and the bed stake holes.

Here are some pictures. They still have good amount of finishing to do, but they are currently in high build primer, and I will cut it down with 220.

Filler neck gone.

There is a little bit of filler buildup between the cab and bed, but don't worry, that will all be sanded out.

Antenna Mount


Not sure if this was factory back in the day, but the cowl doesn't have the place for an antenna, so it could have been. Either way, it was not my cup of tea, so off she went. The antenna has been moved inside, but was just wedged in the A pillar. I'm going to figure out something. Maybe hide it inside the pillar, or the cab corner area. I'll post pics when I do something with it.

One of the bed stake holes


If you see one, you've seen all 4.

That's where we are as of right now. going back out there Saturday after my exam to work on the floor.

[502ms]

Awesome! Looking good!
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[STPrider]

I'm tucking my antenna just underneath the top of the bedside, if you're needing ideas. Awesome work by the way!

[RatRod68]

Thanks guys! I actually ordered a windshield mount antenna that will tuck up behind the rearview mirror.

Put in some time today, I'll post some pictures here shortly

[RatRod68]

We will start where i stopped for today.



The truck has been primed, and we are working on straightening out any waviness in the panels. Matte Black and Gloss Black are really bad about showing any type of imperfection, so we are taking a little extra time to work the body to be nice and straight.


the passenger side is needing the most work. There were a few low spots in the fender, and the rocker panel has 4 pretty good size dents that will need to be addressed, but overall, it is coming along nicely.



I also decided to clean the 40+ years of seam sealer out of the drip rail. There were only a couple places that rust was starting, but i was sure to grind it all out and it should be ready to go.



Only 1 spot of rust that needed to be repaired was below the drip rail. I welded everything up, so after some handy work with the grinder, it will never be noticed.




I started my day by pulling the carpet out of the way, so we could address the last rust issues in the cab. (The only other rust in the truck is the piece in the bed floor)



Overall, they are not too bad. The inner rockers need to be replaced, but my dad is not one to buy patch panels, so he wants to fabricate his own. I'm ok with that, as it saves me money!

Here are the bad spots

Driver


Passenger

[RatRod68]

Wanted to show you guys the new seats for Nasty.



They came with another cab, and I really like the seating position and the look of them. Of course I am having them recovered and the foam repaired/replaced, but I like the bucket seats. Going to do some sort of console for the middle. I don't know what yet, but something with a storage container of some sorts

[ThreeQtr]

Look'in good. Everything you cross off your to do list, means you are than much closer to the end.
I skimmed through the read and saw there was an issue with the hood hinges. Some where on the forum here I remember a similar problem that turned out to be because of the aftermarket 'hood'. Maybe someone else is familar with the build I'm reffering to and maybe you actually have this issue?

[RatRod68]

As in the aftermarket hood bends them?

[ThreeQtr]

I'm not sure. I tried to do a search, didn't find it, but did find this on rebuilt/rebuilding hinges.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=544440
Hope it helps.

[RatRod68]

thanks dude!

[~Whitey~]

it's comely along nicely! I too will be taking "that extra time" needed when painting something black. Worth it in the end! Can't wait to see yours done.

[RatRod68]

Originally Posted by ~Whitey~

it's comely along nicely! I too will be taking "that extra time" needed when painting something black. Worth it in the end! Can't wait to see yours done.

Thanks buddy!



Went and worked on the ol gal for a while today. Here is what all we got done. I have now moved to the interior. We were not going to do anything to the interior... Then I found the rust, and now I'm on a mission, so i gutted all the goods, but needed to keep it driveable to move around the shop.



PO glued all the carpet down. not a bad idea i guess, but made for a pain trying to get it up. Going to put down some sound deadener before I put carpet in.



Next up was the dash.


Pulled the old dash pad because it was in pretty bad shape, and decided to pull everything else out as well. The gauges that were below the dash are going away and all the gauges in the cluster will be working as they should be.

Then we started on the ashtray area...

I'm not a smoker, and therefore I never needed an ashtray. I seen on another member's build that he built a custom cupholder where his ashtray was. Well I thought this was the coolest thing on the planet, so I asked him if he could build another.



now the dash had to be modified a bit to get it in, but I absolutely love it. We made a filler panel to go below the cupholder, as it isn't as thick as the ashtray. We did cut out all the brackets from inside the dash that were there for the ashtray and radio.



Here it is opened up. There is a really nice trim piece that goes around it that will be installed after we finish repainting the interior.

I am going back to the black and red theme on the interior mainly because I can't afford to convert everything over. We will be doing a thin coat this time, as the colors are only temporary.

The last thing i did was fill all the mirror holes. There were 7 holes total in the driver door. I only kept the 2 that I would need.


The holes were filled with filler before, I don't know if dad did that or one of the POs did that, but I am not a fan of the filler, so I ground everything out, then welded up all the holes

[SeTx67]

Awesome build. Can't wait to see it finished
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[Hardesty454]

Killer build. Love what your doing.

[RatRod68]

Thanks guys! Just got my A/C controls from a fellow member here. Excellent shape, and I like the look much better than the factory heat/defrost setup. I plan to go with vintage air in the future, so this is one less thing I will have to purchase when that time comes.

[RatRod68]

been working on Nasty for a couple hours each day this week. This is what we got done. Decided to change the interior to copper and install my bucket seats and console.

First thing I did was fill all the holes for the multiple different mirrors the truck has had over its life



Then I mounted my new mirrors. 69 Camaro mirrors. Love them





Then it was on to the interior again... I wanted to address all the holes in the doors.



filled all the holes


I thought I had more pictures, but i don't. I did weld in new metal for the speaker holes, and began sanding all the imperfections out of the doors. Before welding up the holes, I cleaned out all the gunk in the bottom of the door. Also pulled the covers off my seats and sent them to the dry cleaners. Going to dye the fabric black.

[knomadd]

I just went through your entire build thread. You've made some nice progress. Have you done anything over the last 2 months (almost)? Where did you get your windshield mounted antenna? Do you have pics of it? I'll follow along from here. Keep up the good work.

[tarafied1]

Originally Posted by RatRod68

Never heard of that site, thanks!

I usually go through Southern KY Classics though. They have been dealing with my pops for almost 10 years now

That is exactly the info I was looking for! I knew there was a place in Bowling green but didn't know the name or location.
Sweet truck by the way!!! I love your Ranger too and can't wait to see how "Leftovers" turns out. If you have any leftovers from leftovers I might be interested! I'm just a 1/2 hour from Clarksville. I've been raiding the Pull-A-Part there for my 72 and not much left I can use.

[RatRod68]

Originally Posted by knomadd

I just went through your entire build thread. You've made some nice progress. Have you done anything over the last 2 months (almost)? Where did you get your windshield mounted antenna? Do you have pics of it? I'll follow along from here. Keep up the good work.

Thanks Duane! Sorry I haven't gotten on here much, been busy with school. I haven't worked on it much until this weekend. I will post some pictures of when we got done shortly. The antenna is an ebay unit. It is still in the box, but once I get it mounted, I will be sure to post a pic of it.

Originally Posted by tarafied1

That is exactly the info I was looking for! I knew there was a place in Bowling green but didn't know the name or location.
Sweet truck by the way!!! I love your Ranger too and can't wait to see how "Leftovers" turns out. If you have any leftovers from leftovers I might be interested! I'm just a 1/2 hour from Clarksville. I've been raiding the Pull-A-Part there for my 72 and not much left I can use.

Sounds good! We have a few of these trucks sitting around, and once I get leftovers truck done, I'll let you know what we have left.

[RatRod68]

looks like i need to update this a bit... Here are some more pics.

Looks like I forgot to take pictures of some of the work...

Here is what the doors look like now


all the holes have been filled, and the speaker holes were filled as well. We used left over sheet metal to fill the holes, then used a little fiberglass to smooth everything out. The doors are about ready for a coat of primer. We are going to change the door pins and the window regulator before paint

The outside of the truck is pretty much done for now. I am putting firebird marker lights in, so until those get here, its just a waiting game. The only real bodywork left to do on the outside of the truck is mold in those light bezels, and line up the passenger fender.








The dash is basically done as well. Everything has been sanded, we have a little final priming to do, followed by some blocking and it will be ready for some color


And this is where I ended. Windows are out, new windshield will go in, and a solid 1 piece window out back. Found a little rot in the windshield channel so dad is going to take care of that this week. Hopefully be able to mess with it some more in the upcoming weeks.

[oldman3]

Moving right along and looks good...Jim

[RatRod68]

Thanks Jim!

I went out there today and got the windshield channel all sanded and ready for primer. The rear sliding glass window leaked (evidently for a very long time) and caused a couple rust spots in the rear window channel. Probably won't be back out there until this weekend to mess with it. I am working on the Ranger and the Jeep here at my place during the week while going to school.

Also got the electric fan issue worked out. We traced the wiring all the way back to the computer, and everything was working good. The faulty switch was the temperature sensor something or another. The radiator does have 2 pin holes in it, and it being a 4 core, I am going to try and have it repaired rather than replaced.

[RatRod68]

Been a while. Just finished my Master's, and now back to working at dad's shop.

Nasty is still pretty much in the same condition as it was, just don't have the money to do it how I want, so I have been holding off, but I did have to break it out of hiding when the weather was nice a couple weeks ago

current state:



and just to blow the cobwebs out of the exhaust...



Although it looks nothing like it used to, the truck's body is very close to being ready for final priming and blocking. I have plans for the suspension and drivetrain I want to take care of first before paint.

[RatRod68]

I also did get my seats rebuilt


Before:


After:

[Vic1947]

Originally Posted by RatRod68

I also did get my seats rebuilt

Oooh, oooh, too nice to call Nasty!