New here...my '70 C10 build

[DubyaS6]

For as long as I can remember I have wanted a C10. My boyfriend and I have been looking for a good 6 months for a decent deal on one with no luck. Well about a month ago, we found one less than 15 miles from our house...and it was in amazing shape! Here is the day we bought it:





Someone did a quick restore of the truck, so the paint is a 6 at best, but it's a good base for a driver which is what we want. It's a factory tach and A/C truck (although there is no A/C currently).






The truck is actually in really good condition. There is one rust spot and it's in the fender well, so no big deal there. The underneath isn't pretty and the panhard bar is suuuuper bent, but all and all, it's not really THAT bad.








We have changed exactly 5 things on the truck so far. Amber blinker lenses (I like them better than clear), ignition On/Off plate, steering wheel, of course you have to have a window sticker, and we took the huge rear bumper off as we will be replacing that.






As far as plans for the truck goes, we will pretty much be changing everything about the truck other than the body. We are leaving that alone. We have ordered full front and rear suspension from Roadster Shop that should be here by September 1st. According to those guys, other than the 2 trucks they have built, we will be the first to sport their suspension for these trucks. SUPER excited to see it. We went ahead and upgraded to Penske shocks, Wilwood brakes and Strange 9" and axles.

We are LS swapping the truck, most likely we will go with a 6.2L and it will be a turbo build. We already have a Borg Warner S400SX T6 for it.




As far as wheels go, I initially wanted to go with Forgestar F14f's, but I think I have since decided on Forgeline DE3C's.

Here is a quick photoshop someone did for us on the F14f's...I am really excited!

[Dirt's72]

Very Nice!

The truck looks good too don't get me wrong. Haha

Welcome

[68shortwide]

Was never one for the 69-70 fronts but that one I like! Debating doing an lq4 with a supercharger on my truck. Looks good guys

[DubyaS6]

Originally Posted by 68shortwide

Was never one for the 69-70 fronts but that one I like! Debating doing an lq4 with a supercharger on my truck. Looks good guys

Thanks!

Why not go LQ9? What SC are you thinking?

[RenoKeene]

Very nice truck. Welcome aboard from Central Florida!

[asolde]

Congrats on the truck! Have fun fixing it up. I think you should get after that rust asap but thats just me.

[DubyaS6]

Originally Posted by asolde

Congrats on the truck! Have fun fixing it up. I think you should get after that rust asap but thats just me.

There is only one rust spot on the truck and that's in the fender well...which will have to go once we completely redo the suspension.

Roadster Shop complete front and rear suspension will be here in a month hopefully and the transformation will begin

Truck will most likely be a 5/7 to 6/8 static drop, so stock fender wells will have to go.

[No8Easy2]

looks like a great truck it will sit nicely with that Supra!

[DubyaS6]

Originally Posted by No8Easy2

looks like a great truck it will sit nicely with that Supra!

Haha, it will look better than the Supra, but it definitely will not outrun it

[tommys72]

Truck and supra both look good

[DubyaS6]

Received my rendering this morning...SUPER excited!

[engineer_gregh]

Very nice truck. Please keep us posted on your progress. Congrats but be warned, these trucks are addictive and will consume all of your time:-)

[DubyaS6]

Originally Posted by engineer_gregh

Very nice truck. Please keep us posted on your progress. Congrats but be warned, these trucks are addictive and will consume all of your time:-)

Thank you! I am fully prepared and willing to spend my time on this thing

[DubyaS6]

It's been a little while since I have updated this thread, but we have been busy!

Received the Roadster Shop front and rear suspension...it's beyond badass:






In the first night, we pulled the front end off and the stock 350 and TH400 out:






And just because I like this picture:




A look at the stock stuff underneath of a 44 year old truck:

[DubyaS6]

The next day, we pulled the stock K-member out of the truck. MAN, that thing is heavy and huge compared to the Roadster Shop one. I am beyond amazed at how awesome the RS stuff fits:







With the RS K-member in, it was time to put the mock LS engine and 4L80e in and see what we were looking at space-wise:





Going with Stainless Works LSXT headers:




With the front end on:





We have soooo much room for activities!

[DubyaS6]

After we mocked up the front, it was time to start on the rear of the truck. We pulled the bed off and pulled out the stock rearend and trailing arms:






It was now time to start cutting out the frame for the C notch:





Roadster Shop C notch mocked up:




We thought we may need to modify the tunnel area to fit the big 4L80e, but these pictures show plenty of clearance:




C notches installed, time to install the rearend housing and 4 link:

[flashed]

Wow ,ya'll have been busy.

[Dentguy]

Subscribed. This is going to be a good one to watch.

[engineer_gregh]

This is better than any of the TV shows! Great job. Pictures make it look so easy:-)

[nlped]

Great lookin' truck even before all the trick parts. Love the Rendering... Sub'd

[kjdolphins]

This thing is absolutely beautiful! Lookin forward to this build!

[Fldawg]

That's gonna be a big money bulid right there, it was a nice truck before ya started, can't wait to see it when its done, good score and welcome from north florida

[Steve Cole]

I'll definitely be tuning in for this one! Like others have said, it looked good before you started. Can't wait to see the finished product.

[Dcm]

Ok, I'm jealous. The truck looked great the day y'all bought it. The RS products look great too. How well did it all fit together? What was the stock rearend ratio?

[DubyaS6]

Thanks so much everyone! This is literally my dream build!

Originally Posted by Dcm

Ok, I'm jealous. The truck looked great the day y'all bought it. The RS products look great too. How well did it all fit together? What was the stock rearend ratio?

I cannot explain enough how well the Roadster Shop stuff fits. It really shows that they put so much effort into the R&D and fabrication of their parts. Sure it's pricey, but well worth it in my opinion.

I have no idea what the stock gear ratio was in the truck. I probably drove it less than 200 miles before we tore it apart for this build. We are going with 3.70's in the Strange 9" though.