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08-11-2011, 02:49 PM | #1 |
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Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
Work resumes this weekend.
64 gets the 66's old 283. |
08-23-2011, 09:14 PM | #2 |
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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...
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08-23-2011, 09:50 PM | #3 |
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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!
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08-23-2011, 10:18 PM | #4 |
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$400 is a steal!!!
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08-23-2011, 11:10 PM | #5 |
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yes indeed. tires included with less than 2000 miles on them. they should look pretty good on a red and black s15 jimmy.
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08-24-2011, 08:53 AM | #6 |
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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!
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08-25-2011, 10:07 PM | #7 |
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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... |
08-30-2011, 08:24 PM | #8 |
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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.... |
08-31-2011, 08:30 PM | #9 |
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A bit better photos...
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09-01-2011, 08:03 AM | #10 |
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is that thing already plated ??
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09-01-2011, 09:10 AM | #11 |
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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: |
09-01-2011, 04:23 PM | #12 |
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cooool
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09-01-2011, 08:47 PM | #13 |
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Since some of my friends were giving me crap about my shiny fender and modern tag:
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09-11-2011, 07:38 PM | #14 |
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Bed's done.
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09-11-2011, 07:49 PM | #15 |
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600 lb/in springs installed.
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09-11-2011, 09:51 PM | #16 |
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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.
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09-14-2011, 12:02 PM | #17 |
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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. |
09-14-2011, 11:52 AM | #18 |
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Driving and working out the bugs. Got tired of seeing shots where the rocker panel was always missing.
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09-14-2011, 08:47 PM | #19 |
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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?
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09-14-2011, 09:04 PM | #20 |
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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. |
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I was thing the long side halfshaft off of a teeny FWD car... |
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09-19-2011, 06:09 PM | #23 |
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Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
Love your build. Sorry if you mentioned it already but what crank pulley are you running?
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02-19-2012, 01:32 PM | #24 |
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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 |
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I haz an armrest!?
...or is it a battery box? Danm, I love working on this truck. |
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