PROJECT bottle baby 68 c-10 short wide.

[wheatlandbrawler]

well guys uncle sam said i could come home. so what better way to spend my off time then to work on my true love. im not building a 100k riddlers truck. im building a street ruler, strip contender haha. im 22 years old and everything i have done to this truck i have done my self and im always excited to learn and feel the final results any input that my fellow TRUXERS have is always appreciated.

BUILD INFO

1968 c-10 short wide (aquired at 16 years old) after wich i totaled. the old man said have fun heres a tool box. been hooked ever since.

rear running gear is a 9inch with 33 spline axles, full spool, and 3:55 gears. coil overs and factory trailing arms that i have boxed in. with a home made adjustable pan hard bar.

front suspension is a 87 front end, disc brakes, c notched and boxed in. factory spindles. competition engineering drag shocks.

the best part! THE ENGINE AND DRIVE GEAR.
388 small block. callies dragon slayer crank, eagle forged h beams, JE pistons. dart pro 1 cnc ported aluminum heads. comp hydraulic roller cam. victor jr. port matched and epoxied intake with 1 inch milled off the top for a wilson tapered spacer. nitrous express twin gemini plate system with a NANO system. msd pro billet distributor, MSD 6al box, MSD timing retard box. jacobs nitrous master mind. the real fun part richmond 5 speed with a mcleoud triple disc clutch.

the truck will run a full 3 inch exhaust and set on weld pro star wheels.

the body will get a good rub down at the end of this summer.

hope you guys enjoy as i post pics through the build. the combo has changed a few times and im sure it will change a few more times as i get further into it.

every part listed i have allready and just waiting for a lil warmer weekend to stab everything and get to tuning.

[wheatlandbrawler]

the front end was blasted and all new bushing put in as well as its painted. the engine pictures are the old engine that was cracked while i was deployed by the great kansas winter. and a lack of antifreeze and the interior shot is old when it had the automatic in it. i will post up more pics of the fuel system and rear end as well.

[wheatlandbrawler]

heres some pictures of the fuel system and the home made rear end set up i did.

[my67chevytruck]

looking good.

[wheatlandbrawler]

doin what i can with a welder and a grinder. and thanks! i draw alot of inspiration from the projects on this site. it may not be a show truck when its done but hopefully it will look descent and be fast. haha.

[bigguy69]

like what i see!

[wheatlandbrawler]

thanks man i appreciate it.

[wheatlandbrawler]

anyone know where i can get some really clean sheet metal inner fenders for the front? maybe with some bead lines or something. just nice and clean preferably a squared off look opposed to the rounded OEM ones.

[wheatlandbrawler]

made some cardboard stencils for my inner fenders and made a custom aluminum fan shroud and overflow reservoir in one. post picks this week.

[wheatlandbrawler]

heres some pics of it about a year in a half ago before i deployed. cruizin with my dad. hes in our 78 malibu pro street.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

What are those speedo guage and fuel guage from?

[wheatlandbrawler]

man i wish i could tell ya as far as i knew they were factory....... i did refurb job on em when i was 17 cleaned em up and repainted the needles and what not. my dad got the truck for me when i was in highschool after i wrecked it the the cab floor said tim 1993 so im assuming the truck was rebuilt? in wich they didnt do a real good job lol.

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by wheatlandbrawler

....comp solid hydraulic roller cam....

You can have one or the other; you can't have both .
Sounds like it's going to be a fun ride. Was the c.member notch for clearance? Weight savings?

[Ronm909]

wow nice set up

[wheatlandbrawler]

damn i feel dumb... LOL i meant to say hydraulic roller. solid roller would be a little radical for a street driven small block. no wonder i havnt got any responses here hahaha. damn.... i really appreciate the heads up their scot1

ron thanks man. between deployments i do different set ups and hopefully this works out till i storm up something else.

[wheatlandbrawler]

heres a picture of the progress. i got her in the shop got the old engine tore out, and the short block of the new engine just waiting to get buttoned up. front end is in her allready need to get some pics up of that too but im not much of a camera holder. hands are usually to dirty. keep you guys posted.