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Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
Work resumes this weekend.
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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...
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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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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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Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
$400 is a steal!!!
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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.
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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.
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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.... ![]() |
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A bit better photos...
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is that thing already plated ??
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The plate on the front is the original plate I got for it when I bought it...
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Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
cooool
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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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Since some of my friends were giving me crap about my shiny fender and modern tag:
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Bed's done.
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600 lb/in springs installed.
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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.
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Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
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.
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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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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?
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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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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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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 |
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Re: Starting my first build - 1966 C10
I haz an armrest!?
![]() ...or is it a battery box? ![]() Danm, I love working on this truck. ![]() |
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