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navybear70 · 08-14-2005, 02:41 AM

SB_in_SC,
How far away from Charleston are you? Let me know when you're in town, maybe we can set a spell and talk shop. I am currently looking at a 69 swb stepside that a guy tore apart to restore and never finished. It's rough, but do-able. The price is right too. I'll try to get pics and post them with some info. Heck, if I buy it, maybe we can start a whole new thread classification! "Project trucks".

In His service,
Wes

SB_in_SC · 09-22-2005, 06:58 PM

I'm about 2 1/2 hours away in Edgefield, near Augusta, GA. I get down that way from time to time. Got a friend who's a CPA down there. I'll give you a holler when I'm down there. Got to get working on the truck again so we'll have something to talk about! Tired of seeing that BB sitting in my shop and not in my truck.

**72ironmike** · 09-22-2005, 10:46 PM

That first pic is just awsome! That would be an incredible restore.

larry may · 09-24-2005, 11:32 AM

Very lucky to have such a ride. Get er Done. then show some Pics with the Blower standing tall................

68_396Noel · 09-30-2005, 04:51 PM

Beer buckets are bucket seats with a middle jumper seat with a lid that you can lift up and its almost like a cooler to hold your beer.

SB_in_SC · 01-02-2006, 11:47 AM

New year, new start. I'm back on the project. Oiled down my big block and gave it a few turns to keep it loose. Started cleaning the intake up and am going to start cleaning up the tins this week. Hope to have the engine assembled by the end of the month. The folks bought me a welder for Christmas, so I hope to order some patch panels and do some body repair after that. It's good to be back!

*Billla* · 01-02-2006, 11:55 AM

Oh man...that's sweet - a tach too!

I'm envious...what are your plans? Straight resto or...?

*Billla* · 01-02-2006, 11:58 AM

Oh dude...and it's a 4-bolt, too (see that HI PER cast into the block)?

SWEEEET!

*FormerMember* · 01-02-2006, 12:20 PM

Hi-per cast into the block makes it 4bolt?

What years?

I have a 1971 2 bolt main in my garage right now, with HI PER cast in...

shifty · 01-02-2006, 12:43 PM

Still following progress on this one - looks like I'm not the only one who's having real life beat the hell out of my ability to work on my project

Longhorn Man · 01-02-2006, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billla

Oh dude...and it's a 4-bolt, too (see that HI PER cast into the block)?

SWEEEET!

That doesn't make it a 4 bolt, that just makes it a car engine.
IIRC, all car big blocks, and light duty truck aplications (10 - 30 series) would all say that.

**truckdude239** · 01-02-2006, 01:40 PM

sweet we need more pictures nice start

SB_in_SC · 01-03-2006, 10:08 PM

Yeah Shifty, I felt guilty that I hadn't made any progress through the summer and through hunting season, but I do like having a real life. Don't want to get burned out. Really excited about starting back up and will keep the pics coming as I make progress. It is a four bolt main and near as I can tell it is the 325hp version just like in the Chevelles. It is not the 310 hp truck setup, nor is it the 375hp SS/Camaro setup. I am going original resto with it, for the most part. I had it rebuilt with an RV cam instead of the stock cam and I am probably going to install the dealer add-on A/C unit that a friend is giving me from the '67 he used to have. I will only add things that were offered as options for that year, though. I will have the seats covered like a CST I have seen and not the plain jane style like it was. When finished, it will be as it COULD have come from the factory but not exactly as it DID come. I AM SO STOKED!

**clay68c10** · 01-03-2006, 11:35 PM

Good to hear you're back at it again. It will be nice to see more progress pix.

rauto13 · 01-04-2006, 12:12 AM

OK, maybe I am crazy, or just don't know what a four bolt block is, but I thought that a four bolt block has four bolts on each main cap, two on each side of the crankshaft. The block shown in the pics has two bolts on each main cap except where the rear seal is. Of course I have only had small blocks too. Could be wrong.

Anyway, Love the truck, keep the updates & photos coming!!!

SB_in_SC · 01-06-2006, 10:38 PM

r13, You're probably right. I've been a mechanic all my life, but this is my first solo engine tear down. I thought since the rear main had 4 bolts it makes it a 4 bolt. Not real important to me. I don't plan to be turning it 9 g's or anything. Maybe just the occasional traffic light burn out! I once asked a drag race buddy the difference in 2 bolt and four bolt mains an he replied, "Two more bolts."

SB_in_SC · 01-16-2006, 06:38 PM

Made a little more progress today. Nothing to get too excited about. Didn't feel well, but wanted to do something constructive, so I stripped everything out of the dash. Also found the dash pocket badge in the process. Couldn't get the ignition switch to let loose. Tried to loosen the ring, but it never would loosen all the way up. Is there a trick?

roughedup72 · 01-17-2006, 11:41 AM

Damn, Some people got all the luck.Wher are you in s.c., I live in Irmo, sure would like to help out in any way I can. Great truck, great story behind it to. Check out teeitup for that grill but hurry somebody else may get them before you do and from what I here from one of my coworkers who has a 67 that grill is extremely hard to find. Teeitup whos on this board has a couple of them. His thread is "parts parts and more parts"

SB_in_SC · 01-20-2006, 06:17 PM

r_u_72,
Thanks for the lead on the grill, but I got one from another board member last year. I'm about 1hr down I-20 from you in Edgefield. I'm fixin' get serious on this project and could use the help. I'll be in Columbia next Saturday(1/28). Maybe I can hook up with you and we can talk trucks.

409biscayne · 01-20-2006, 07:53 PM

I was hoping someone else would ask , but what is a dash pocket badge ?

Love your truck , i have a 68 396 / t400 in the long box configuration . Ya gotta love the 67 / 68's .

*1969owner* · 01-20-2006, 08:12 PM

me love long time lol

roughedup72 · 01-20-2006, 08:21 PM

yeah man thats cool,I'll be around I think. I may be making a road trip to Va. to pick up my doner truck.

SB_in_SC · 01-21-2006, 04:57 PM

Dash pocket=Glove box. Same difference. When I first started with this truck, it had three holes in the glove box door and I found out it should have an emblem or badge on it. When I stripped out the dash last week, I found the badge inside the dash. In the pictures above, you can see I placed it on the door. Notice earlier pics in the thread, no badge.

Ms. Blue Belle · 05-08-2023, 10:36 AM

Greeting from Orange County, California.

cornerstone · 05-08-2023, 11:14 AM

Hello there! Welcome to the forum! May I ask why you chose to post in this 18 year old thread? Do you have a 68 big block truck as well?

08-14-2005, 02:41 AM	#151
navybear70 hometown heroes! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ewa Beach, HI Posts: 487	SB_in_SC, How far away from Charleston are you? Let me know when you're in town, maybe we can set a spell and talk shop. I am currently looking at a 69 swb stepside that a guy tore apart to restore and never finished. It's rough, but do-able. The price is right too. I'll try to get pics and post them with some info. Heck, if I buy it, maybe we can start a whole new thread classification! "Project trucks". In His service, Wes __________________ 2009 Silverado 2wd, 121k as of 04APR13. I love my truck 29 days out of the month. The payment is due on the 30th... Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less. -Robert E. Lee "Never give up ground you've already taken." -Unknown

09-22-2005, 06:58 PM	#152
SB_in_SC '68 C10 SWB/FS 396/TH400 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: SC Posts: 90	I'm about 2 1/2 hours away in Edgefield, near Augusta, GA. I get down that way from time to time. Got a friend who's a CPA down there. I'll give you a holler when I'm down there. Got to get working on the truck again so we'll have something to talk about! Tired of seeing that BB sitting in my shop and not in my truck. __________________ '68 Custom/10 w/396/TH400 matching #'s '00 C3500 Dually 454 Crew Cab '99 Chevy Tracker 4x4 (1 tuff little muther!)

09-22-2005, 10:46 PM	#153
72ironmike Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Olathe KS (Greater Kansas City MO Area) Posts: 2,049	BB SWB Truck That first pic is just awsome! That would be an incredible restore.

01-02-2006, 11:47 AM	#156
SB_in_SC '68 C10 SWB/FS 396/TH400 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: SC Posts: 90	Re: How rare is a 68 c10 w/396/TH400? New year, new start. I'm back on the project. Oiled down my big block and gave it a few turns to keep it loose. Started cleaning the intake up and am going to start cleaning up the tins this week. Hope to have the engine assembled by the end of the month. The folks bought me a welder for Christmas, so I hope to order some patch panels and do some body repair after that. It's good to be back! __________________ '68 Custom/10 w/396/TH400 matching #'s '00 C3500 Dually 454 Crew Cab '99 Chevy Tracker 4x4 (1 tuff little muther!)

01-02-2006, 11:55 AM	#157
Billla Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Monroe, WA Posts: 3,815	Re: How rare is a 68 c10 w/396/TH400? Oh man...that's sweet - a tach too! I'm envious...what are your plans? Straight resto or...?

09-24-2005, 11:32 AM	#154
larry may Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: MISSOURI Posts: 3,256	Very lucky to have such a ride. Get er Done. then show some Pics with the Blower standing tall................

09-30-2005, 04:51 PM	#155
68_396Noel Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 37	Beer buckets are bucket seats with a middle jumper seat with a lid that you can lift up and its almost like a cooler to hold your beer.

01-02-2006, 11:58 AM	#158
Billla Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Monroe, WA Posts: 3,815	Re: The engine teardown Oh dude...and it's a 4-bolt, too (see that HI PER cast into the block)? SWEEEET!

01-02-2006, 12:20 PM	#159
FormerMember Account Suspended Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,051	Re: How rare is a 68 c10 w/396/TH400? Hi-per cast into the block makes it 4bolt? What years? I have a 1971 2 bolt main in my garage right now, with HI PER cast in...

01-02-2006, 12:43 PM	#160
shifty Questionable Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 13,376	Re: How rare is a 68 c10 w/396/TH400? Still following progress on this one - looks like I'm not the only one who's having real life beat the hell out of my ability to work on my project __________________ If I've got anything up for grabs, it'll be here: 7-hole gauge cluster for a 67-72 p/u FREE (link) I can't check the forum daily. If I don't reply to you within 24 hours, drop me a PM! I'm (hopefully) still alive and will reply faster to a PM.

01-02-2006, 01:40 PM	#162
truckdude239 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lewisville, Nc Posts: 10,237	Re: How rare is a 68 c10 w/396/TH400? sweet we need more pictures nice start __________________ David fuller Ase Certified Mechanic Click here to help support our board!! 1971 Chevy c-10 under going a 4.8l LSx swap Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=421305 2007 Honda Accord my daily 145kmiles 2002 Honda Accord 4 door With 330k(sisters car) 2005 toyota Avalon 228k( brothers car) 2002 Sububran 5.3 245k 2000 Tahoe 5.3l 378 General manager for Marco's Carwash & lube

01-03-2006, 10:08 PM	#163
SB_in_SC '68 C10 SWB/FS 396/TH400 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: SC Posts: 90	Re: How rare is a 68 c10 w/396/TH400? Yeah Shifty, I felt guilty that I hadn't made any progress through the summer and through hunting season, but I do like having a real life. Don't want to get burned out. Really excited about starting back up and will keep the pics coming as I make progress. It is a four bolt main and near as I can tell it is the 325hp version just like in the Chevelles. It is not the 310 hp truck setup, nor is it the 375hp SS/Camaro setup. I am going original resto with it, for the most part. I had it rebuilt with an RV cam instead of the stock cam and I am probably going to install the dealer add-on A/C unit that a friend is giving me from the '67 he used to have. I will only add things that were offered as options for that year, though. I will have the seats covered like a CST I have seen and not the plain jane style like it was. When finished, it will be as it COULD have come from the factory but not exactly as it DID come. I AM SO STOKED! __________________ '68 Custom/10 w/396/TH400 matching #'s '00 C3500 Dually 454 Crew Cab '99 Chevy Tracker 4x4 (1 tuff little muther!)

01-03-2006, 11:35 PM	#164
clay68c10 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Centennial, CO Posts: 2,979	Re: How rare is a 68 c10 w/396/TH400? Good to hear you're back at it again. It will be nice to see more progress pix. __________________ ClusterTruck: 68 C10 Bought in 89, wrecked in 03. Slow low $ rebuild started '17. 6.0 & TKO http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=788602 93 K1500 Short Step, 350, NV4500, EBL flash ECU. Vortec heads & roller cam someday... 05 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited. 3” lift & 6-speed 02 E320 the insurance total “free car” 13 Tahoe LTZ

01-04-2006, 12:12 AM	#165
rauto13 saving one more Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pryor Creek, Oklahoma Posts: 3,066	Re: How rare is a 68 c10 w/396/TH400? OK, maybe I am crazy, or just don't know what a four bolt block is, but I thought that a four bolt block has four bolts on each main cap, two on each side of the crankshaft. The block shown in the pics has two bolts on each main cap except where the rear seal is. Of course I have only had small blocks too. Could be wrong. Anyway, Love the truck, keep the updates & photos coming!!! __________________ 72 Chevy longbed - now for parts 69 Chevy short fleet - needing some love 70 RS Camaro - needing more love driver - 96 GMC X-cab

01-06-2006, 10:38 PM	#166
SB_in_SC '68 C10 SWB/FS 396/TH400 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: SC Posts: 90	Re: How rare is a 68 c10 w/396/TH400? r13, You're probably right. I've been a mechanic all my life, but this is my first solo engine tear down. I thought since the rear main had 4 bolts it makes it a 4 bolt. Not real important to me. I don't plan to be turning it 9 g's or anything. Maybe just the occasional traffic light burn out! I once asked a drag race buddy the difference in 2 bolt and four bolt mains an he replied, "Two more bolts." __________________ '68 Custom/10 w/396/TH400 matching #'s '00 C3500 Dually 454 Crew Cab '99 Chevy Tracker 4x4 (1 tuff little muther!)



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01-16-2006, 06:38 PM	#167
SB_in_SC '68 C10 SWB/FS 396/TH400 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: SC Posts: 90	progress...sort of Made a little more progress today. Nothing to get too excited about. Didn't feel well, but wanted to do something constructive, so I stripped everything out of the dash. Also found the dash pocket badge in the process. Couldn't get the ignition switch to let loose. Tried to loosen the ring, but it never would loosen all the way up. Is there a trick? Attached Images __________________ '68 Custom/10 w/396/TH400 matching #'s '00 C3500 Dually 454 Crew Cab '99 Chevy Tracker 4x4 (1 tuff little muther!)

01-17-2006, 11:41 AM	#168
roughedup72 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: south carolina Posts: 658	Re: How rare is a 68 c10 w/396/TH400? Damn, Some people got all the luck.Wher are you in s.c., I live in Irmo, sure would like to help out in any way I can. Great truck, great story behind it to. Check out teeitup for that grill but hurry somebody else may get them before you do and from what I here from one of my coworkers who has a 67 that grill is extremely hard to find. Teeitup whos on this board has a couple of them. His thread is "parts parts and more parts"

01-20-2006, 06:17 PM	#169
SB_in_SC '68 C10 SWB/FS 396/TH400 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: SC Posts: 90	Re: How rare is a 68 c10 w/396/TH400? r_u_72, Thanks for the lead on the grill, but I got one from another board member last year. I'm about 1hr down I-20 from you in Edgefield. I'm fixin' get serious on this project and could use the help. I'll be in Columbia next Saturday(1/28). Maybe I can hook up with you and we can talk trucks. __________________ '68 Custom/10 w/396/TH400 matching #'s '00 C3500 Dually 454 Crew Cab '99 Chevy Tracker 4x4 (1 tuff little muther!)

01-20-2006, 07:53 PM	#170
409biscayne Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Spokane , Wash. Posts: 790	Re: How rare is a 68 c10 w/396/TH400? I was hoping someone else would ask , but what is a dash pocket badge ? Love your truck , i have a 68 396 / t400 in the long box configuration . Ya gotta love the 67 / 68's . __________________ Can-Am Motorsports 37 Chev Coupe 331 4 speed 5.13 posi . ex-gasser . 64 Biscayne 409 2x4 4 speed 4.11 posi 65 Nova Wagon Drag Car 383 t400 (Dragin-Wagon) 68 c10 cst 396 t400 a/c buckets lwb 4.11 posi (SOLD)

01-20-2006, 08:12 PM	#171
1969owner Account Suspended Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: martin georgia Posts: 568	Re: How rare is a 68 c10 w/396/TH400? me love long time lol

01-20-2006, 08:21 PM	#172
roughedup72 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: south carolina Posts: 658	Re: How rare is a 68 c10 w/396/TH400? yeah man thats cool,I'll be around I think. I may be making a road trip to Va. to pick up my doner truck. __________________ 1972 chevy cheyenne 10,nothing special at the moment,Its a work in progress, Working on the engine, paint and body,engine, paint and body,now its the suspenion, ahh hell I'm about tired of working on it. Maybe it will be a rat rod.

01-21-2006, 04:57 PM	#173
SB_in_SC '68 C10 SWB/FS 396/TH400 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: SC Posts: 90	Re: How rare is a 68 c10 w/396/TH400? Dash pocket=Glove box. Same difference. When I first started with this truck, it had three holes in the glove box door and I found out it should have an emblem or badge on it. When I stripped out the dash last week, I found the badge inside the dash. In the pictures above, you can see I placed it on the door. Notice earlier pics in the thread, no badge. __________________ '68 Custom/10 w/396/TH400 matching #'s '00 C3500 Dually 454 Crew Cab '99 Chevy Tracker 4x4 (1 tuff little muther!)

05-08-2023, 10:36 AM	#174
Ms. Blue Belle Registered User Join Date: Mar 2023 Location: OC, California Posts: 9	Re: How rare is a 68 c10 w/396/TH400? Greeting from Orange County, California.

05-08-2023, 11:14 AM	#175
cornerstone Registered User Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Azle,Texas Posts: 2,248	Re: How rare is a 68 c10 w/396/TH400? Hello there! Welcome to the forum! May I ask why you chose to post in this 18 year old thread? Do you have a 68 big block truck as well? __________________ Brian 1972 C10, "Loyd", LWB to SWB, 5.3, L83/6L80e, 4:11 Tru Trac, Air Ride, VA, DD, 20" Coys, 4 wheel disc, A quick LS swap turned into a 6 year frame off resto-mod.

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