"BUILD: 1970 C10 LWB--->SWB “Jumping Cholla”

[loudchevy]

I wasn't gonna do anything with the bed for a while, but I needed a change of scenery from bodywork. It's only going to get warmer from here out in Phx (90*ish in the garage already) so I decided to break down the bed so I can get it cleaned up and shortened. I only got (4) carriage bolts to come off cleanly. The rest took a combination of drilling, grinding, punches, and a BFH. The best approach was cutting a slot in the top to use a flathead screwdriver to hold the bolt and impact the nut off from the bottom, but that didn't always work out as some the bolts couldn't get a cutoff wheel on them. Overall, it took around 5 hours to break the whole bed down. If anyone needs the fiberglass toolbox insert that comes with the LWB toolbox option, hit me. The one I removed is in good shape.

[loudchevy]

Couple more pics....I also removed the stake pockets from the driver's side panel. I was going to cover the openings on the top rails anyways. The passenger side panel is banged up around the wheel well and it has the giant opening from the toolbox, so I'm not going to cut that side down. I'll be looking for a LWB or even better SWB panel to use in its place. The crud pile from the bottom of the bed was smaller than I thought it would be. At least it's a dry heat, right?

[raggedjim]

Nice work, it always amazes me how much crap can be hiding in the nooks and crannys!

In western KY it's 55 with 43% humidity!

Rg

[Chaparralman1974]

Great work Scott! Tearing down the bed is more work than it looks. It took me all day to do mine doing the same thing you did.


Clay

[loudchevy]

Originally Posted by raggedjim

Nice work, it always amazes me how much crap can be hiding in the nooks and crannys!

In western KY it's 55 with 43% humidity!

Rg

Originally Posted by Chaparralman1974

Great work Scott! Tearing down the bed is more work than it looks. It took me all day to do mine doing the same thing you did.

Clay

Thanks Gents.

[loudchevy]

Life gets in the way and truck projects get moved to the back burner just like everyone else here knows. The boy and I finally got around to taking apart the cab, fenders, hood, and doors into their individual pieces for what I hope is the last time. I spent all day Saturday prepping the garage for sealing and high build primer on the doors and fenders to be ready to spray on Sunday. I wanted to be able to spray both sides of the doors at the same time, so I built up some redneck panel holders out of my sawhorses with some long 2x4's lol.

First coat was a reduced epoxy primer layer to seal up the exposed metal and filler. I waited 30 mins and then sprayed the 1st coat of the Eastwood 2K Urethane with a little bit of reducer on all 4 pieces, waited another 15 mins, and did the same mixture for the 2nd coat. The final coat of Urethane was straight 4:1 with no reducer. It was super nice spraying the high build primer on the panels. I had zero issues using my cheap Amazon A610 gun with the 1.7 tip. It's super rewarding to see the panels with their final primer sprayed on. Are they 100% prefect and show quality, no, but I did all the work myself and learned a **** ton in the process for which I'm very happy about.

My hood and cab still need some attention. When taking apart the truck I noticed a couple of places on the hood that I missed putting filler on. The cab still needs to be seam sealed on the drip rail and the other joints around the door frames, and front windshield. I'm going to try and get the hood and cab sanded and ready for the same sealing/Urethane spraying this weekend.

[Chaparralman1974]

That thing is looking great Scott! I am going to go ahead and order the same gun from Amazon. My HF purple gun is ok, but I want something just a little bit better. When do you think you will lay down the color?


Clay

[loudchevy]

Originally Posted by Chaparralman1974

That thing is looking great Scott! I am going to go ahead and order the same gun from Amazon. My HF purple gun is ok, but I want something just a little bit better. When do you think you will lay down the color?
Clay

Thanks Clay, Not sure when color is gonna get sprayed. We still need to pick a color . After this long 3 day weekend, my next couple of weeks are busy so it might be a little bit longer than I would like to get back working on the truck.

[rodstored-72]

scott, progress is looking really nice & moving along, thanks for keeping us posted i think you and chaprralman are moving nicely along...