Project Goldilocks, '66 C10 SWB BBW Build

[McMurphy]

Since you are not going to use the cardboard, can I have it?
I will run out and get a bottle of Elmers Glue and be in business!!

[pdxhall]

I am really enjoying your build thread and I was an avid follower of your last build. Your attention to detail is amazing and as a person that is also very picky about how things are done, I appreciate that. However, I just have to kinda chuckle when I go back to the start of this build and read how it was going to be different. To quote from page 1, "I wanted to find one to build for myself. I didn't want a show truck like the '65 turned out to be; more of a solid beater that was nice enough to tinker with and drive as found." I had a feeling that this would turn out to be more than that but I'm loving it. Keep up the good work. It gives me inspiration for perfection.

[theastronaut]

Originally Posted by McMurphy

Since you are not going to use the cardboard, can I have it?
I will run out and get a bottle of Elmers Glue and be in business!!

Man you wouldn't believe the PM's I've got about that cardboard, everybody's wanting it! Fortunately, you were the first to ask so they're all yours! Elmers', now why didn't I think of that?

Originally Posted by pdxhall

I am really enjoying your build thread and I was an avid follower of your last build. Your attention to detail is amazing and as a person that is also very picky about how things are done, I appreciate that. However, I just have to kinda chuckle when I go back to the start of this build and read how it was going to be different. To quote from page 1, "I wanted to find one to build for myself. I didn't want a show truck like the '65 turned out to be; more of a solid beater that was nice enough to tinker with and drive as found." I had a feeling that this would turn out to be more than that but I'm loving it. Keep up the good work. It gives me inspiration for perfection.

Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying the builds! It's still going to be a daily driver that doesn't get pampered, and I'm still not goint to paint it. I've already had to tell myself that I'm not going to weld the frame plates on flush and grind the welds down like I did the C notches; I'm going to weld them in about a 1/4" deep so I can't get the grinder in there! Hopefully I can make decent enough weld beads so they aren't too hard on the eyes. I was hoping to find a truck that was running and driving but this one came along and was a good price for the condition it was in and the work that had already been done so I didn't want to pass it up. Trucks with bodies this nice just don't exist around here anymore! It is getting deeper than I expected but while it's torn down this far I may as well go ahead and do it right, once, and be done with it. If I didn't do it now, it would be in the back of my head as long as I own it that I should have done it while it was apart and easy to do. It takes longer that way, but once it's done it'll really be "done".

Well, atleast until I get a wild hare to do something else to it...

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by theastronaut

Well, atleast until I get a wild hare to do something else to it...

Watch out for those wild hairs. I've got so many in my head they are starting to grow out of my ears...........really.

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by Alan's Classic

Watch out for those wild hairs. I've got so many in my head they are starting to grow out of my ears...........really.

I gotta second this....
And are you sure you are not going to end up like the one fellow here who started to build a shop/parts runner truck, and ended up putting it in car shows??

I know I am going to show mine as a work in progress, though mainly it will be a hauler for my Tempest to the shows.
Something about a 66 trailering a 66 just seems like it will be cool to me

I really enjoy your build threads man; I learn so much from the guys around here like you!

[theastronaut]

Originally Posted by Alan's Classic

Watch out for those wild hairs. I've got so many in my head they are starting to grow out of my ears...........really.

I'll talk to Santa about getting you one of these for Christmas.

Originally Posted by McMurphy

I gotta second this....
And are you sure you are not going to end up like the one fellow here who started to build a shop/parts runner truck, and ended up putting it in car shows??

I know I am going to show mine as a work in progress, though mainly it will be a hauler for my Tempest to the shows.
Something about a 66 trailering a 66 just seems like it will be cool to me

I really enjoy your build threads man; I learn so much from the guys around here like you!

It's not going to be a show truck...
It's not going to be a show truck...
It's not going to be a show truck...
Must stay focused...
It's not going to be a show truck...
It's not going to be...

Originally Posted by pdxhall

I think the biggest problem I have is reading in the forum. So many good ideas get stuck in my head that I'd like to do it's hard to stay on track with the original plan.

BINGO! That's half the problem right there. I'm sure the other half is somhow yalls fault too.




On a more serious note, I did start on the chassis upgrades today. I needed to address the potential problem of the front end bottoming out. I don't want to spend all this time making the undersides all spiffy and then scrape something and mess it all up. So I had this 2x6 laying around and swivel castor and thought, "that would make a great anti-scrape device". So I built it.

Before replying, please remember to keep any comments or remarks birthed out of a covetous heart to yourself, so that you won't feed other members' jealousy and covetousness.

Behold.





Actually, I pulled the front suspension today and needed a way to roll the frame around temporarily.









I also got the front bag plates mounted and test fit the bags. I should be picking up an extra pair of lower control arms this week so I can have a pair to cup for the lower bag mounts. I'm going to go ahead and do all of the fabrication work and get everything mocked up before I prep and paint the frame and chassis parts. That way I'll know that everything fits and won't have to do any drilling/grinding/bending to get the parts to fit for the final assembly. I'm also thinking about re-notching the lower control arm cross shafts to move them forward as much as possible for more castor. Maybe one day I'll be able to afford a set of tubular control arms but I'll make the best of what I have for now.