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Scot_Douglas · 08-11-2011, 02:49 PM

Work resumes this weekend.

64 gets the 66's old 283.

Scot_Douglas · 08-23-2011, 09:14 PM

Doesn't look like much, but I installed 1" spacers in the rear suspension to give it a bit of a rake once the bed is on. Got the bed wood cut to size - now to tack the supports in place and bolt everything together...

66redw/white · 08-23-2011, 09:50 PM

every time i see this truck i like those wheels even better. some just came up on craigs list down here for 400 bucks. i might pop on em for my awd jimmy project. looks good man!

Scot_Douglas · 08-23-2011, 10:18 PM

$400 is a steal!!!

66redw/white · 08-23-2011, 11:10 PM

yes indeed. tires included with less than 2000 miles on them. they should look pretty good on a red and black s15 jimmy.

Scot_Douglas · 08-24-2011, 08:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 66redw/white

yes indeed. tires included with less than 2000 miles on them. they should look pretty good on a red and black s15 jimmy.

I found mine on Ebay - and had them shipped from CA to MI for about $650 total - and I feel I got a good deal.

Buy 'em!

Scot_Douglas · 08-25-2011, 10:07 PM

Closer... wanted to get it driveable before the employee auto show tomorrow - but - there's just too much left to do w/o cutting corners. Today I tackled most of the bed - I don't ever want to fork with another wood bed again.

The mini-tubs are for suspension clearance...

Scot_Douglas · 08-30-2011, 08:24 PM

TOnight I got the tailights installed and the rear springs removed; the spring I got for the truck are too soft - and I'm beginning to wonder if they're really Jeep Cherokee springs.

I got one of the fenders painter over the weekend to try to faux-tina....

Scot_Douglas · 08-31-2011, 08:30 PM

A bit better photos...

awbrown · 09-01-2011, 08:03 AM

is that thing already plated ??

Scot_Douglas · 09-01-2011, 09:10 AM

The plate on the front is the original plate I got for it when I bought it...

These are already registered and waiting to go on:

66redw/white · 09-01-2011, 04:23 PM

cooool

Scot_Douglas · 09-01-2011, 08:47 PM

Since some of my friends were giving me crap about my shiny fender and modern tag:

Scot_Douglas · 09-11-2011, 07:38 PM

Bed's done.

Scot_Douglas · 09-11-2011, 07:49 PM

600 lb/in springs installed.

66redw/white · 09-11-2011, 09:51 PM

looks really good man! i absolutely love the paint on this truck. how hard is it to do the bed? mine needs replacin but anything with wood makes me nervous. but ofcourse its what i want so ill have to figure it out sooner or later.

Scot_Douglas · 09-14-2011, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 66redw/white

how hard is it to do the bed?

I'm not the person to ask that, lol. I made mine out of wood bought off a rack, and I used a dado blade on my shopsmith to cut the rail slots. My bed wasn't made to fit my frame - mostly because it is a 1956 89" box on a 1965 97" "Boxed" frame. I also cut off the OEM frame just in front of the rear wheels and built my own to accommodate the Tbird IRS.

So... Nothing fit.

and I ordered bedrails w/o holes, but they sent me ones pre-punched for the 89" bed. I had to hand-fab a whole lot more by myself and had nobody to help move the bed on & off the truck. I think a stock bed with a kit that fit, or even doing your own wood and buying the rails would be fairly straightforward - if you had a helper and could assemble it off of the truck.

Scot_Douglas · 09-14-2011, 11:52 AM

Driving and working out the bugs. Got tired of seeing shots where the rocker panel was always missing.

66redw/white · 09-14-2011, 08:47 PM

dang that bed sounds like a pain in the butt! hopefully mine will be easier as it should just be all stock. maybe a small small wheel tub. nothin to major. hows she handle in the twisties with that irs?

Scot_Douglas · 09-14-2011, 09:04 PM

I'm working up to that.

I need to find some vacant asphalt and autocross around a bit to see how it does. It seems to handle firm and flat, but I won't lie - I've got one too many steering u-joints.

Driver's side exhaust header will get reworked soon to accommodate better shaft angle and lose the extra u-joint.

awbrown · 09-15-2011, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scot_Douglas

I'm working up to that.

I need to find some vacant asphalt and autocross around a bit to see how it does. It seems to handle firm and flat, but I won't lie - I've got one too many steering u-joints.

Driver's side exhaust header will get reworked soon to accommodate better shaft angle and lose the extra u-joint.

Maybe you can find a front axle from some small foreign can and replace your shaft and u joints with that ??? a couple cv joints would smooth it out...

Scot_Douglas · 09-16-2011, 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by awbrown

Maybe you can find a front axle from some small foreign can and replace your shaft and u joints with that ??? a couple cv joints would smooth it out...

Man, you and I think a lot alike!

I was thing the long side halfshaft off of a teeny FWD car...

sams60gmc · 09-19-2011, 06:09 PM

Love your build. Sorry if you mentioned it already but what crank pulley are you running?

DiedelsonKustoms · 02-19-2012, 01:32 PM

GREAT thread. I was looking for some info about rack & pinion and got some very good info from your build. I have a 72 chassis onder my 51 COE truck and want to change the steering from box to r&p.
How dus you truck drive/steer/handel now???
Tanks koos

Scot_Douglas · 09-15-2011, 07:57 PM

I haz an armrest!?

...or is it a battery box?

Danm, I love working on this truck.

08-11-2011, 02:49 PM	#1
Scot_Douglas Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Howell, MI Posts: 403	Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10 Work resumes this weekend. 64 gets the 66's old 283. __________________ 1964 C10 - sold to chris1044 1966 C10 Build 'Fread

08-23-2011, 09:14 PM	#2
Scot_Douglas Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Howell, MI Posts: 403	Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10 Doesn't look like much, but I installed 1" spacers in the rear suspension to give it a bit of a rake once the bed is on. Got the bed wood cut to size - now to tack the supports in place and bolt everything together... __________________ 1964 C10 - sold to chris1044 1966 C10 Build 'Fread

08-23-2011, 09:50 PM	#3
66redw/white made in america Join Date: May 2010 Location: baton rouge la Posts: 653	Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10 every time i see this truck i like those wheels even better. some just came up on craigs list down here for 400 bucks. i might pop on em for my awd jimmy project. looks good man! __________________ 2005 gmc sierra- 4/6, t56, cammed 5.3. 4.10, big bars, and brakes. sounds good 1964 c10-283 powerpack, 3 on the tree 2004 corvette- lowered, borla, tuned. slow my old girl 1966 c10- 305v8, t-5 sold

08-23-2011, 10:18 PM	#4
Scot_Douglas Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Howell, MI Posts: 403	Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10 $400 is a steal!!! __________________ 1964 C10 - sold to chris1044 1966 C10 Build 'Fread

08-23-2011, 11:10 PM	#5
66redw/white made in america Join Date: May 2010 Location: baton rouge la Posts: 653	Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10 yes indeed. tires included with less than 2000 miles on them. they should look pretty good on a red and black s15 jimmy. __________________ 2005 gmc sierra- 4/6, t56, cammed 5.3. 4.10, big bars, and brakes. sounds good 1964 c10-283 powerpack, 3 on the tree 2004 corvette- lowered, borla, tuned. slow my old girl 1966 c10- 305v8, t-5 sold

08-25-2011, 10:07 PM	#7
Scot_Douglas Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Howell, MI Posts: 403	Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10 Closer... wanted to get it driveable before the employee auto show tomorrow - but - there's just too much left to do w/o cutting corners. Today I tackled most of the bed - I don't ever want to fork with another wood bed again. The mini-tubs are for suspension clearance... __________________ 1964 C10 - sold to chris1044 1966 C10 Build 'Fread

08-30-2011, 08:24 PM	#8
Scot_Douglas Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Howell, MI Posts: 403	Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10 TOnight I got the tailights installed and the rear springs removed; the spring I got for the truck are too soft - and I'm beginning to wonder if they're really Jeep Cherokee springs. I got one of the fenders painter over the weekend to try to faux-tina.... __________________ 1964 C10 - sold to chris1044 1966 C10 Build 'Fread

08-31-2011, 08:30 PM	#9
Scot_Douglas Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Howell, MI Posts: 403	Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10 A bit better photos... __________________ 1964 C10 - sold to chris1044 1966 C10 Build 'Fread

09-01-2011, 08:03 AM	#10
awbrown Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Detroit MI Posts: 1,209	Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10 is that thing already plated ??

09-01-2011, 09:10 AM	#11
Scot_Douglas Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Howell, MI Posts: 403	Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10 The plate on the front is the original plate I got for it when I bought it... These are already registered and waiting to go on: __________________ 1964 C10 - sold to chris1044 1966 C10 Build 'Fread

09-01-2011, 04:23 PM	#12
66redw/white made in america Join Date: May 2010 Location: baton rouge la Posts: 653	Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10 cooool __________________ 2005 gmc sierra- 4/6, t56, cammed 5.3. 4.10, big bars, and brakes. sounds good 1964 c10-283 powerpack, 3 on the tree 2004 corvette- lowered, borla, tuned. slow my old girl 1966 c10- 305v8, t-5 sold

09-01-2011, 08:47 PM	#13
Scot_Douglas Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Howell, MI Posts: 403	Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10 Since some of my friends were giving me crap about my shiny fender and modern tag: __________________ 1964 C10 - sold to chris1044 1966 C10 Build 'Fread

09-11-2011, 07:38 PM	#14
Scot_Douglas Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Howell, MI Posts: 403	Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10 Bed's done. __________________ 1964 C10 - sold to chris1044 1966 C10 Build 'Fread

09-11-2011, 07:49 PM	#15
Scot_Douglas Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Howell, MI Posts: 403	Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10 600 lb/in springs installed. __________________ 1964 C10 - sold to chris1044 1966 C10 Build 'Fread

09-11-2011, 09:51 PM	#16
66redw/white made in america Join Date: May 2010 Location: baton rouge la Posts: 653	Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10 looks really good man! i absolutely love the paint on this truck. how hard is it to do the bed? mine needs replacin but anything with wood makes me nervous. but ofcourse its what i want so ill have to figure it out sooner or later. __________________ 2005 gmc sierra- 4/6, t56, cammed 5.3. 4.10, big bars, and brakes. sounds good 1964 c10-283 powerpack, 3 on the tree 2004 corvette- lowered, borla, tuned. slow my old girl 1966 c10- 305v8, t-5 sold



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09-14-2011, 11:52 AM	#18
Scot_Douglas Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Howell, MI Posts: 403	Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10 Driving and working out the bugs. Got tired of seeing shots where the rocker panel was always missing. __________________ 1964 C10 - sold to chris1044 1966 C10 Build 'Fread

09-14-2011, 08:47 PM	#19
66redw/white made in america Join Date: May 2010 Location: baton rouge la Posts: 653	Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10 dang that bed sounds like a pain in the butt! hopefully mine will be easier as it should just be all stock. maybe a small small wheel tub. nothin to major. hows she handle in the twisties with that irs? __________________ 2005 gmc sierra- 4/6, t56, cammed 5.3. 4.10, big bars, and brakes. sounds good 1964 c10-283 powerpack, 3 on the tree 2004 corvette- lowered, borla, tuned. slow my old girl 1966 c10- 305v8, t-5 sold

09-14-2011, 09:04 PM	#20
Scot_Douglas Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Howell, MI Posts: 403	Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10 I'm working up to that. I need to find some vacant asphalt and autocross around a bit to see how it does. It seems to handle firm and flat, but I won't lie - I've got one too many steering u-joints. Driver's side exhaust header will get reworked soon to accommodate better shaft angle and lose the extra u-joint. __________________ 1964 C10 - sold to chris1044 1966 C10 Build 'Fread

09-19-2011, 06:09 PM	#23
sams60gmc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Vancouver Washington Posts: 726	Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10 Love your build. Sorry if you mentioned it already but what crank pulley are you running? __________________ 1960 GMC short fleet, full frame build... http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=329718

02-19-2012, 01:32 PM	#24
DiedelsonKustoms Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oude Pekela Posts: 17	Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10 GREAT thread. I was looking for some info about rack & pinion and got some very good info from your build. I have a 72 chassis onder my 51 COE truck and want to change the steering from box to r&p. How dus you truck drive/steer/handel now??? Tanks koos

09-15-2011, 07:57 PM	#25
Scot_Douglas Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Howell, MI Posts: 403	Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10 I haz an armrest!? ...or is it a battery box? Danm, I love working on this truck. __________________ 1964 C10 - sold to chris1044 1966 C10 Build 'Fread

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