The 1960 - 1966 Member Introductions

[gumbs77]

Hellow everyone I'm Jim, Well during one hell of a winter I found myself looking for a project and found this 64. When I picked the truck up it already had 350 built th350, 4link disk breaks. The overall condition of the truck was ok. the motor would run, just not the good. My plan was to play with it and drive it over the summer and this winter start from the frame and work my way up. Well its just about time to start. So I'm sure I will have some questions.
Jim.

[Evan's 1965]

Evan 1965 C-10 stepside 327

[KTSK10]

New guy here from Oklahoma. Been working on a 61 K10. Found this site by shear luck. Have had some great help from a couple folks here already.

How does one post pics here?

[Bigru]

I'm Rudy from Houston, I'm one of those guys that would love to finish a project one day. Lol. I bought this last March at Goodguys and it's a 65 with a 292 with factory AC. I also have a 83 Square body and a 2012 Roadglide.

[murphy98]

Hi Guys, I'm Paul (AKA "Murphy" thanks to my Dad) from Ontario Canada. I just finished up a 7 year rebuild of my '62 GMC this past August. Also have an '84 GMC Sierra Classic, which is my daily driver. Itching to do do another project, need to decide if I rebuild the '84 (body is not bad but engine bay & interior are rough) or sell/trade it for a '60-63 GMC Suburban. After viewing all the great looking '60-'66 Subs on on the Suburban photo Thread I'm leaning towards trying to find a '60-'63 GMC Suburban to rebuild as a driver.

[the_evil_monk]

Can't believe I never introduced myself...I have certainly posted before. Hi..my name is Sean...and I have a truck addiction. (Wait for everyone to say HI SEAN). Friends call me either Puffy, or Buddha...I drove a '67 as my first vehicle, it was my grandpa's work truck, he was the original owner. Sadly, my father sold it when I went off to college, and I have wanted an old Chevy ever since.

So...last summer I bought "Orange Crush". '63 C20. The PO had put a 350 in it and converted it to an automatic, but did a bad swap job (and God only knows how much wear was on the engine) so I had Tony (Lil Red) over at 4-5-6 Chevy Trucks here in Kansas City do a proper swap and he had a nice 327 that he sold me. Crush is essentially my daily driver, although since I work from home, she gets driven around town and down the highway to pick up my kids. We moved in October, and the guy across the street has what looks like a fully restored '63 in his garage, so I need to go introduce myself.

Future plans, floor pans (it is currently nearly Flintstone), some interior paint and clean up, and some rust repair/body work. The bed wood looks pretty rough right now too, so might pull it and either refinish or repaint it.

[Bullett]

Hello, I am Troy from Fairfield, Me. Just bought my first c10,

Pretty dang excited for spring to come so I can get this baby out of the garage and on the road. As cool as I think the truck is, vintage Ski-Doo's are my true passion




I do all my own work, get the knowledge I need from these great forums. I have a bunch of upgrades planned for my 62' c10 and will be asking many questions from you experts.

[Mikes66ChevyC10]

Just thought I'd introduce myself here in the 60-66 message board where I'll be spending a lot of time! My name is Mike and I'm from North Eastern PA. I just picked up a 1966 C10 Stepside SWB. The truck spent almost it's whole life as a Service station truck in Blue Bell PA which is north of Philly. The C10 is in pretty rough shape right now but I think it's worth saving this old girl from the scrap yard! I'm going to have a ton of questions for you guys during this build. I've never done such extensive rust repair as this truck requires but I think I'll be fine if I take my time. Frame is perfect with only light surface rust. Looks like I found the right place for help and info! Love how active this forum is! I will be starting a build thread shortly. Here are some pictures when we got it home. Still runs and drives great although the brakes hanging up.

[murphy98]

[QUOTE=Mikes66ChevyC10;6504523]Just thought I'd introduce myself here in the 60-66 message board where I'll be spending a lot of time! My name is Mike and I'm from North Eastern PA. I just picked up a 1966 C10 Stepside SWB. The truck spent almost it's whole life as a Service station truck in Blue Bell PA which is north of Philly. The C10 is in pretty rough shape right now but I think it's worth saving this old girl from the scrap yard! I'm going to have a ton of questions for you guys during this build. I've never done such extensive rust repair as this truck requires but I think I'll be fine if I take my time. Frame is perfect with only light surface rust. Looks like I found the right place for help and info! Love how active this forum is! I will be starting a build thread shortly. Here are some pictures when we got it home. Still runs and drives great although the brakes hanging up.


Hey, welcome to the board Mikes66ChevyC10!
Looking forward to seeing you build plans, although when I read your truck story being a former Service station truck I was envious! I actually restored my '62 as "tribute" Service station shop truck for an old Canadian Oil Company my Dad used to work for, British American Oil. It as eventually bought out by Gulf Oil in the late '60s. My truck actually spent most of it's like as an Alberta farm truck. I guess if I owned your truck I would be tempted to bring it back to the original Service station look! Just my 2 cents anyway! Do you know what brand of Service station this truck used to be at? Going by the firewall it looks like the truck was originally orange or maybe faded red? I'm sure you will find lots of help along the way on this forum if needed. Don't let all the rust intimidate you, this was my first full body off frame restoration and ended up putting 17 patch panels in the cab alone! Good welding practice mind you. But as you said, take it one step and a time and it will get done. Good luck!

[Mikes66ChevyC10]

[quote=murphy98;6504563]

Originally Posted by Mikes66ChevyC10

Just thought I'd introduce myself here in the 60-66 message board where I'll be spending a lot of time! My name is Mike and I'm from North Eastern PA. I just picked up a 1966 C10 Stepside SWB. The truck spent almost it's whole life as a Service station truck in Blue Bell PA which is north of Philly. The C10 is in pretty rough shape right now but I think it's worth saving this old girl from the scrap yard! I'm going to have a ton of questions for you guys during this build. I've never done such extensive rust repair as this truck requires but I think I'll be fine if I take my time. Frame is perfect with only light surface rust. Looks like I found the right place for help and info! Love how active this forum is! I will be starting a build thread shortly. Here are some pictures when we got it home. Still runs and drives great although the brakes hanging up.


Hey, welcome to the board Mikes66ChevyC10!
Looking forward to seeing you build plans, although when I read your truck story being a former Service station truck I was envious! I actually restored my '62 as "tribute" Service station shop truck for an old Canadian Oil Company my Dad used to work for, British American Oil. It as eventually bought out by Gulf Oil in the late '60s. My truck actually spent most of it's like as an Alberta farm truck. I guess if I owned your truck I would be tempted to bring it back to the original Service station look! Just my 2 cents anyway! Do you know what brand of Service station this truck used to be at? Going by the firewall it looks like the truck was originally orange or maybe faded red? I'm sure you will find lots of help along the way on this forum if needed. Don't let all the rust intimidate you, this was my first full body off frame restoration and ended up putting 17 patch panels in the cab alone! Good welding practice mind you. But as you said, take it one step and a time and it will get done. Good luck!

Thanks!! As a matter of fact I do know the brand of the service station the truck used to be at. I actually am in contact with the original owner of the truck and service station! I have talked with him several times now. He is a very nice guy and will be watching my build progress. His name and address was in the original owners manual along with service receipts from his service station!! The truck was originally orange but Amoco made him paint the truck blue. Years later the truck was painted black with a paint brush to try and stop it from rusting further by his son. The last time the truck was on the road was 1999.

[murphy98]

Very cool to be in contact with the original owner! I'm sure he can supply you with lots of stories about your truck. Wonder if you can somehow strip away the black paint to reveal his name & logo on the doors etc. That would be great to see! He may actually be able to provide you with some photos of the truck when he had it in service too. Looking forward to seeing your plans for your truck.

[65chevyguy]

Double post and picture resize....

Noob I know..

[65chevyguy]

Been lurking these forums for a while dreaming about finally starting my project my 1965 c10.

I bought this truck for $450 in the late 90's as a broke 20 something and had no money to do anything to it.

PO put a 350 in it, took out the front springs and squashed the rear springs to lower it. Needless to say it rode like a tank before I parked it until further notice.

Then marriage, house, kids, day care, family cars and more schooling put the the old chev on the back burner

The good news is that is started up after all those years and so now the journey begins. Bad news? There is ton of work to be done to get this thing "finished". needs brakes, a new gas tank, a bed, springs, shocks and who knows what else.

Well, the time is now and I fought for some truck money and found a friend that is helping me get my "Frankentruck" back on the road after sitting for almost a decade.

My first projects I am hoping to do are

Rear tank
lowering springs
disk brakes coversion (when I get the cash)

My goal is to upgrade to it from yard ornament to fishing truck by the spring or beginning of summer...

Any encouragement is welcome this seems a little daunting! lol

[Casaba]

Howdy,
I'm Joe and I couldn't find a convertible miata to have a mid-life crisis so instead I picked up a 61 C10 SWB fleetside a year ago to frankentruck for my wife. Currently it has a 76 front suspension, power steering and brakes conversion and 72 GM 12 bolt I rebuilt with 3:73 gears and eaton posi. I modified backing plates from a 96 impala SS rearend and put the brakes on it so it has 4 wheel discs and park brake in the rotor hat. I have 350 with 327 heads and a 700r4 going in soon after I do some basic garage frame painting. The bed is shot, fenders need help, cab corners suck.... I'm excited at all of the learning opportunities that await me! (I'm a telco dork by trade so this is all new)

I then decided I didn't have enough stuff to work on so I recently picked up a 66 C10 LWB fleetside that had been sitting since 2004. One family truck with original wood in the bed thanks to an ugly camper. Has a 283 in it and runs great after tire, battery, oil, gear lube, tranny fluid, blinker switch, headlights, water pump and radiator flush. That took about three days since I'm a tad OCD.

"Fred" is now my daily driver and will get some fender repairs once "Marilyn" gets put back together.

[nathankershaw]

Hey there since moving here from England I've been playing with XR4Tis.
Want wanting to get back to racing dirtbikes I jumped on this when y friend found it while clearing out a ladies back yard.







After I finished cleaning.

[CRGRS 66]

Nice find, welcome to the board!

[Dillon Rock]

Originally Posted by nathankershaw

Hey there since moving here from England I've been playing with XR4Tis.
Want wanting to get back to racing dirtbikes I jumped on this when y friend found it while clearing out a ladies back yard.







After I finished cleaning.

What is the name brand of that toolbox? I've always wanted one for my truck because it's stamped steel sheet metal and oldschool.

[DLW]

New to this site, and just thought I would pop in and say hi instead of lurking forever. looks like a ton of info here I can use for my newly acquired 66 C10 fleetside short bed.

I will be doing an LS3/4L70E swap, restoring the interior and maybe doing a porterbuilt stage 2 setup.

Get ready for the questions ..

[1Bad62Pro/Street]

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"The 1960 - 1966 New Member Q & A Thread"
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=6392507

[Nasty N8]

Nate Bonham from IL picked up a 66 GMC short fleet in KS couple months ago. Been fun project can't wait for spring to though the old bobbers and cafes in the back cruise it.

[Nasty N8]

Getting there still ton of work to do.

[1strong63]

Howdy yawl, i should have start here, doesn't handle how to behave on forum yet. here is my 63 that i'm swapping in a BBC, with a SM465 and a small rebuild, options are : no power anything! i'm all alone in france.

[kobalt]

Here is my 65 C10 with 350 V8. Bought it this summer and slowly fixing it up. It is also my daily driver, and haa been a daily driver most of its life.

[ironman3452]

just a thought, but I thought this was for owners of chevy trucks

[oldusafmsgt]

Originally Posted by ironman3452

just a thought, but I thought this was for owners of chevy trucks

" The online resource for 1947-current Chevy and GMC Trucks"

It's in the title