My 1st 66 c-10 project....

[Ghernandez66]

I Purchased this truck about 7 months ago like the tittle says its my first project and its been good so far I learned a lot about this trucks and I'm sure I still got a lot to learn.
Here are some pictures of the day i got it.

already had some what of an air bagged suspension!!!




engine was runing decent..

[Ghernandez66]

A week after I got the truck she decided to get water in the oil and had to tear the engine apart to get the heads rebuilt and new head gaskets in but since i had it all off I decided to add new cam and lifters..




This is the first time I had everything back together and she decided she still wanted water in the oil due to my gasket not sitting right and using old head bolts ...i got a bit frustrated at this point .


And the final time I put the engine back together with new Head bolts. hopefully engine work is done for good...


But now the real problem starts RUST both sides and rocker panels and also the front lip of the cab under the gutter and in front the windshield had a few holes..

[Ghernandez66]

So Once I reached the rust issue I didnt think much of it but since i dont have a garage or a shop to work on it that became a challenge i started looking for parts to fix it and getting prices from different places but since Im on a buget i thought about getting the bodywork done fist and then worry about the interior rust. till the day I found this beatifull BBW cab on craigslist well in reality I went over to look at this truck cause i needed hood hinges and a seat but i scored a cab..





there was a little bit of rust on the rockers and some nasty holes on the side someone cut to install speakers but nothing as bad as my original cab.
The other good news was that the owner of this cab was a Very good friend of my ex boss and he has a shop that their speciality is working on this old cars and trucks so he gave me a good deal on the cab and all the repairs and even on the bodywork for my whole truck.

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Not only did he gave me a good deal on the body work he also lets me work on the truck while they are doing the bodywork so a removed my old cab, front clip and bed and painted the frame and also cleaned the bottom of the bed and had them spray it with bed liner and also paint my firewall.

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Body work getting done on the cab.





Interior painted and I also put a layer of paint in the floor to make it stronger against rust

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This is today finally cab is back on frame and started the assembly.





I even had some time to restore my dash everything worked before i hope it works again.



Now the fun part will be the wiring... the new cab came with the deluxe heater and the old one only had the single knob ..and apparently i lost the heater harness cause its not attached to the dash harness ..

[northern 85]

Nice, love the big window!

[mattbert56]

Nice build so far. Hey if your in santa rosa u should see about swinging down to freds show on may 9th. I'll be there with my 65 Unless other wise. Always love meeting guys who are local

[notsolo]

Nice find on the BBW cab, interior is looking good, I personally liked the simplicity of the single heater control knob, Made a delete plate and mounted in the center, just my 2 cents ...Carry on.

[Ghernandez66]

Originally Posted by mattbert56

Nice build so far. Hey if your in santa rosa u should see about swinging down to freds show on may 9th. I'll be there with my 65 Unless other wise. Always love meeting guys who are local

Hey thank you I will def try to stop by not sure if my truck will be ready but maybe it will be good enough to cruise .
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[Ghernandez66]

Originally Posted by notsolo

Nice find on the BBW cab, interior is looking good, I personally liked the simplicity of the single heater control knob, Made a delete plate and mounted in the center, just my 2 cents ...Carry on.

Thanks and yeah I might just leave the deluxe control mounted and just hide the single knob control under the dash cause the plate won't be painted to match my dash.
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[Ghernandez66]

Originally Posted by northern 85

Nice, love the big window!

Thank you I glad I made the desicion of getting it..
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[mattbert56]

Originally Posted by Ghernandez66

Hey thank you I will def try to stop by not sure if my truck will be ready but maybe it will be good enough to cruise .
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Bring it as a project man. If it runs and drives even if your in the middle of body work. Heck I brought mine there when it was an ugly flatbed with dents all over it. People loved it. I guess they think it's nice to see one not all shinny and chromed out.

[Ghernandez66]

Finally got my truck back from body work and started working on some other stuff here are some pictures Im hopping i can drive it around town soon !!!!

Also got my disc brake conversion installed

also found a reasonable priced upholstery guy and got my seat done.

found a really nice shop across the street from my house and got the C-notch done this week its almost done and this is how low it sits im running 235-75R15 the owner of the shop thinks my tires are big and mentioned that I should get new smaller tires to get this think lower since it already hits the inner fender and the rear tubs .
Im wondering what size to use in the near future?


I think Im going to move forward a little more then stop and enjoy the truck for a few months till Im ready to paint it and make a final decision on the paint (Matte or shiny)... its been a long 10 months ...

[markeb01]

Wow, nice progress!

[Ghernandez66]

So finally after few months of no updates I finally have time to upload some pictures and updates on these crazy last few months.
Finally I got my hands on a set of this transport wheels not easy to find around here but got em ..

Here is once I completed the installation I had to use spacers in the back because of the hub being too big for the wheel the front was good because of the disk conversion.
this is how the truck sat all the way deflated and the doubt about the notch started to grow. at first I just thought it looked funny and too narrow but when I did this it started hitting the front part of the notch so this would of been the lowest i could go when in reality I payed for a notch to try to lay frame or get as low as I could with stock crossmember...

Well this is where disaster hit..some of the welds in the bag mounts broke and I asked the so called "shop" to fix it and till this day he hasn't done anything or even answered my calls..
Well thank God I have the help of good ppl who even thought they offered to do the notch the first time and I said I had a better "Deal" they dint refuse to help and figure out a way to make this work. I had my doubts about it and so did my buddy after he started tearing this apart I almost started to look for a new frame to start from scratch but he is a great fabricator and found a way to make it work.

He ended up only reusing the rear part of that existing piece of garbage and extending it forward, He went through all the welds and fixed em and also re mounted my bag mouts..

So here is the final product once I layed a coat of POR on it. I think it looks great especially for something we thought was going to be unfixable.

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Since we were already working on getting the truck as low as it could go we decided to work on the front suspension as well.



While we had the air ride out I went ahead and replaced all those half-fast 1/2 inch lines and valves for 3/8 lines and an accuair VU4 unit while keeping the same AVS controller. I picked this up from a forum dealer pro performance was a great help.

If you guys check the old pictures all my tanks and compressors were under the rear part of the bed where the relocation tank was supposed to go so we moved them to the side of the frame I like how they look and they are out of the way.

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Once I had the seat out to mount the accuar valve I decided to install some sound deadner in the cab covered the back and all the floor hope this helps reducing exterior sound..

Also got my tank from Boyd welding and panhard bar from Porterbuilt installed and looks great..

And here its final product this is where the truck will sit for the rest of its time I know its not laying frame but remember its my 1st build maybe we leave that for the second one lol (hope my wife don't come in here and reads that)

well now it was time to replace that old motor since it started smoking blue even after I changed the head and went through all that.. I found a good friend that had what it looks to be a crate motor that was barely used before the PO wanted a big block in his car everything inside the oil pan looked new and my friend went throught it and put all new gaskets and seals so it was just a matter of time before I pulled the old one out and got the new one in.

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And here it is in its new house it started with no problem and seems to be a nice heathy motor. I got the exhaust done last week and picked it up from the alignment shop yesterday and drove it for the fist time for about 6 miles no overheating, good oil pressure but almost run out of gas lol.
Now I gotta figure out those nice Porterbuilt hinges so I can put the hood on and drive it ..

[Joe Pass]

Nice progress....

[Ghernandez66]

Originally Posted by Joe Pass

Nice progress....

Thanks Joe I'm still to install that nice grill I got from your but I want to save that till I'm done with all the rest of work.

[Joe Pass]

Cruise on by sometime
Joe

[64patina]

That is an awesome score with the bbw cab! I'm interested to see how this is going to turn out

[Bomp]

May not lay frame but its killin it like it is.

following along.

[Ghernandez66]

Here is a picture from today I installed the clips and the 68 hubcaps