Birth of a C10

[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

[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:

[likaroc13]

Originally Posted by losthope

I think it cleaned up the look of floor alot:

i agree, the mat looks good in there!...have you thought about doing the tailgate letters in white? i think it would offer a nice contrast

[losthope]

Originally Posted by likaroc13

i agree, the mat looks good in there!...have you thought about doing the tailgate letters in white? i think it would offer a nice contrast

Ya i tryed my hand at painting them myself but that didnt turn out so great, i planned on buying the precut sticket/decal letters they sell but havent got that far, but do agree it would make it look better!

[McMurphy]

Nice repair job, I probably would have tried a tube patch kit from the bicycle....
Does look dang good tho man!

[losthope]

Originally Posted by McMurphy

Nice repair job, I probably would have tried a tube patch kit from the bicycle....
Does look dang good tho man!

Thanks "McMurphy"! The patch tubes for bikes is what gave me the idea, and basically what i did i just used 6"x6" square rubber sheet that bthe hardware store sells as the patch and rubber cement...


Still messing with the ford but did tinker with the truck a little,picked the rebuilt edelbrock carb from the shop and put it on, amazing how much better a rebuild makes the truck run:

then i just added the air cleaner and tiding up some wiring to make the engine compartment look a little cleaner:

then i got crazy and hooked up three horns that have all different tones, looks a little weird but believe me people will here me when i honk the horn

then i messed around with the bags and took this picture of the truck in tug boat mode:

[chemlab]

love the last pic, nice lowrider look ;D ... i'm pretty much done with my '66 now, gonna bring my '50 fastback home and get back to work on is soon. can't wait, maybe by next summer that'll be done too.

[losthope]

Originally Posted by chemlab

love the last pic, nice lowrider look ;D ... i'm pretty much done with my '66 now, gonna bring my '50 fastback home and get back to work on is soon. can't wait, maybe by next summer that'll be done too.

Right on chem glad to hear that the trucks to a point your happy with! Love to see some progress pics on the fastback or maybe if you got a build thread on a different message board, Im pretty much done with my 66 also for the time being it is basically driver status which is what i built it for, I want to do a few more things like cup the lower a-arms and get the exhaust redone but that all can wait for later, Ive been putting more work into the 54 ford (Build thread on the HAMB) going for more of a custom style and planning on chopping it sometime in the near future....

UPDATE:
Not much of a update on the truck, or at least to take pictures of.....Just hooked up the E-brake cable setup and got it working nice, painted the battery tray and bolted it in, got around to replacing all the missing bolts that hold the front clip together, checked the gear oil in the rearend,greased all the u-joints and zert fittings on the truck,add a second fuse to the headlight relays,timed and tuned the motor, started putting the heater box together and found out the heater core is junk, so waiting on new core before i can bolt the heater box back in...just tinkering around with loose ends really.

[chemlab]

ya my 66 is good enough for a dd which is what i got it for as well, only things left to do are bag and re-wood the bed but that'll be later after the 50 is done so i can drive that while that work is being done. and ya ill prob join that hamb and post on there or just make a private site again like the one you saw before.

[losthope]

Tinkered with the truck today, when im sitting in the house and staring out my security door now that i have the truck facing the house I kept looking at the hood snout holes and it looked kinda messed up from some where along the lines having red overspray shot inside them:

so i took a wire brush and tryed to scuff up the paint best i could then tape and papered the openings and sprayed some primer:

then after that was dry i painted them black, looks 100% times better to me:


and since i was working on the hood I started thinking about my hood safety device i want to install since this is what happened to my old truck when the latch failed:

Alo seeing it happen to other classic cars on other forums..I wanted to make sure i had something for added security...

Ive seen some guys making brackets that they put a lock through,and some guys using chain, so after a little pondering I came up with a very simple solution for my problem, since i have a custom grill i made i can easily slip my hand through it and reach the safety latch hook , so i drilled a hole in it where it would be least compromised for strength and looped a lock through:

and this is with it locked and trying to open the hood after the latch has released:

I think it worked out pretty good as a safety device from the hood popping up ,and also will work well as a theft prevention since you cant cut it with bolt cutters....now i wont have my battery stolen like in the past, and if i wanted to i could undo a battery cable and pull a spark plug wire off if i plan on leaving it anywhere for a long period of time so no one can start it unles they put some time and effort in...

My only concerns was:
1. in case of a fire how quick could I get it unlocked? But i figure it would be as fast as having a lock and chain/brackets(and its actually pretty easy to reach)
2. was the strength of the hook after i drilled a hole in it, It looks to be fine but i may weld a washer around the hole for extra strength.

[losthope]

Since some financial issues have came up lately and I have zero income coming in this has gone from a "low buck build" to a "no buck build" so Progress may stop for awhile, but Im just going to try and do things that dont cost anything...

I had a old can of white high temp engine paint so I pulled the brake light housing off and painted them white so I can get maximum reflection and some what bright lights using the reg. 12volt bulbs:

[losthope]

Since I had the white paint can out painting the tail light housings I decided to paint the the tail gate chains , I planned on buying the precut "Chevrolet" decal's for the tailgate but might try and hand paint them white so the backend has some more contrast with the white letters and chains ...

old red chains stripped:


primed and painted white chains: