64 C10 Stepside "Jaybird"

[Lowl!f3]

Holy cow thats alot of work. if I had a shop I would of probably frame off mine. But I want to drive it lol. So for me to make that goal. It will not be that drastic lol

[WhippinSaw]

Wow, I'm liking it . keep the pictures coming, really amazing the progress your making, I made a copy of your sandblast booth, Thanks for helping

[bj383ss]

Originally Posted by Lowl!f3

Holy cow thats alot of work. if I had a shop I would of probably frame off mine. But I want to drive it lol. So for me to make that goal. It will not be that drastic lol

You are right about that. But when I'm working on it that's when I clear my mind and lose all my stress for a short period of time. I don't know what I'm going to do when I'm finished.

Originally Posted by WhippinSaw

Wow, I'm liking it . keep the pictures coming, really amazing the progress your making, I made a copy of your sandblast booth, Thanks for helping

Thank you glad you could use my blastin boot idea.

I got some color on the Engine and trans this evening. I am in love with both colors. I was worried the green was to dark but in my opinion it is perfect. It will really look awesome with the finned valve covers and oil pan. And I plan on detailing the bolts or buying an ARP engine kit.











I hope the paint sticks. I prepped real well. Degreased everything and then use a Grease wax remover twice.

Tomorrow's plan is to get the oil pan, valve covers, front cover, water pump, and intake blasted and some paint on them.

Bret

[McMurphy]

when I'm working on it that's when I clear my mind and lose all my stress for a short period of time. I don't know what I'm going to do when I'm finished.

Easy answer brother = find some open road and DRIVE IT ........ will work the same magic, I promise !!

[bj383ss]

Originally Posted by McMurphy

Easy answer brother = find some open road and DRIVE IT ........ will work the same magic, I promise !!

I'll be driving it a lot then

[bj383ss]

More blasting and painting with Green. I am enjoying painting with a color other than black.



Manifold came out squeaky clean. I would have painted it if I didn't have to fix the heli coil.








Bret

[62 Barnfind]

Bret, I glad to see you are going with the green on the engine. I guess you are going to make it look original under the hood? I think it will make the truck look good. Good job!

[bj383ss]

Hey John thanks for looking in. I'm not going for a stock look, more of a 60's custom Hot Rod look. I just saw someone's engine on here painted with this green and fell in love. I think it is going to look awesome with the finned valve covers and oil pan I plan to get. Will be using the stock pieces for now though. Its a cool color and different from everything else you see. No more Orange!

Bret

[bj383ss]

Spent most of the day cleaning engine fasteners, painting, and cleaning and organizing garage.











The engine mounts look to be in good shape but they had Orange overspray on them so I just shot them with low gloss black.



Have to run by my dads and get my stash of gaskets and should be able to button the whole engine up on this weekend. Also placed a few orders for the parts I need to finish the front suspension and install the engine and trans.

Vacation starts in 14 days!

Bret

[clemdaddy]

engine looks sweet, ya gotta love that alpine green. looking forward to seeing it installed in that extra sweet chassis. great work man....

[WhippinSaw]

Originally Posted by clemdaddy

alpine green. great work man....

I got the chevy orange too, Liking that green, Is it alpine green i wanna get?

[TJ's Chevy]

WOW! BJ! This is looking just beautiful!

[1963c-10]

Nice job....paint looks great!!!!!

[bj383ss]

Originally Posted by clemdaddy

engine looks sweet, ya gotta love that alpine green. looking forward to seeing it installed in that extra sweet chassis. great work man....

I can't wait to install it. I have a trans cross member on its way!

Originally Posted by WhippinSaw

I got the chevy orange too, Liking that green, Is it alpine green i wanna get?

Thank You WhippinSaw. It is Dupli Color Engine Enamel. Detroit Diesel Alpine Green.

Amazon.com: Dupli-Color DE1618 Ceramic Detroit...

Originally Posted by T.J. MCCAULEY

WOW! BJ! This is looking just beautiful!

Thank you TJ. I love the green and so does the wife.

Originally Posted by 1963c-10

Nice job....paint looks great!!!!!

Thank You

I got a few more bits and pieces on tonight.

Water pump painted and new gasket installed.





Put the Harmonic balancer on and bolted water pump on, and mocked the pulleys to see how the black would look. I like it a lot.

[62 Barnfind]

Good Job!

[markeb01]

I really like what you're doing with the engine too. It's also going to look great with finned aluminum components as well.

[bj383ss]

Originally Posted by markeb01

I really like what you're doing with the engine too. It's also going to look great with finned aluminum components as well.

Thanks Mark. I can't wait to get the finned parts but it will be few months probably. Today I did more blasting and painting. My Dad stopped by to check out my updates and offer some advice on the broken oil pan bolt in my block. I have a solid plan to fix that now. He really liked all my progress and thought the Green engine was cool. He said it looked like a Pontiac color.

Had a buddy stop by and we rewired his boat trailer and then the wife and MIL made me a late Father's day lunch. It was a great day.

I keep thinking at some point I am going to run out of parts to sandblast and paint. I guess it will be done then...

[siggyfreud]

Diggin the paint. Engine looks really clean and classic too. Transmission came out great as well. I almost regret not doing mine in a nice metal color.

[Jeff La]

I gotta say, It's looking good

[bj383ss]

Thanks for the comments guys. I finally have all the parts I need to finish putting the front suspension back together and also mount the engine and trans. I couldn't help my self I mounted the trans crossmember I ordered and mocked up the engine and trans. 2 bolt holes lined up for the crossmember so I only had to drill 2 more. Its a CPP crossmember I bought it on ebay and got the poly mount free and free shipping.







Bret

[TJ's Chevy]

Hey BJ! You outta paint "Detroit 350"(?) on the valve covers! lol! Looks super nice!

[62 Barnfind]

Bret, You are coming along good. It will be done before you know it. Let me know when I can come by and look at it in person!

[bj383ss]

John you are welcome to come by anytime. Just give me a ring.

[62 Barnfind]

Looking good!

[TJ's Chevy]

Looks like the same header paint I used on mine. lol Nice work BJ!