Raty 69

[Krooked Kustoms]

G,day all, names Dustin and i thought id throw up a thread of my Chev.
New to this site and the world of C-10s, had mine bout 3 months now and it went from a just get it on the road to a full rebuild.

Want to keep the body looking like it is, all Ratty. keep it rat rod styling.

Plans are, rebuild the chassis and all running gear. put in 454, Hopefully making 600hp.... One day, th400 stage 2 shift kit 3000 stall, 9 inch 4.11 gears. 5 stud convo, disc brake convo all round. Drop it on its guts.

Heres some pics from when i got it, its just a set of rails in the shed now, hope fully getting the chassis blasted in the next week, so i can hopefully start rebuilding the chassis soon. Cut the rust out of the floor just waiting to get some repair panels from the USA.

[shreksbrother]

Looks like a good start!

Spent 4 months in Adelaide and fell in love with VB. Drink one for me, I know you guys are territorial about your beer, so you must like VB :-)

[dmack91]

That is one heck of an AC set-up in there.

[Krooked Kustoms]

Thanks shreksbrother, ill have a few for ya haha.

yeah all that has been gutted out, putting a 32" lokar shifter in and it would have got in the way.

Cheers guys.

[crimespree]

that thing looks super sick. you going to swap the front bumper?

[Mike Bradbury]

Welcome to the site, looks like a fun project, with a tach dash to boot.
I put a Lincoln 9" in my 69 and I love it. Make sure on the conversion you up size the yoke on the third member to one that uses the chevy truck U-joint so that it can handle the stress. A lot of 9" were for lighter car chasis and had smaller yokes which when put on a 5000 pound truck seem to fail quickly.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Welcome to the board from southern oregon.. Looks like a pretty solid start...

[RCbowtie69]

Hey from N.C. & welcome to site,looks like a good start to nice project,keep pictures of the progress coming,

[Krooked Kustoms]

thanks for the welcomes and comments guys, im gonna keep the front bar as it is crimespree, looks raty! Cheers Mike Bradbury, went to price up a 9'' the other day but the diff bloke said if i have a 12 bolt to just fix that up coz there pritty good. Ill post up as much pics as i can, im pritty slack for takin pics so ill have to brake that habit.

[FL71C10]

looks like a fun project. Are those Holden Ute's un the background? GM was considering importing them to the US as an El Camino but never did,

[Mike Bradbury]

Originally Posted by RATYAS 69

thanks for the welcomes and comments guys, im gonna keep the front bar as it is crimespree, looks raty! Cheers Mike Bradbury, went to price up a 9'' the other day but the diff bloke said if i have a 12 bolt to just fix that up coz there pritty good. Ill post up as much pics as i can, im pritty slack for takin pics so ill have to brake that habit.

Dustin, Yeah you gotta break the habit of being slack on pics! we love projects with pics.
My Lincoln rear end was about $2500 when all complete. and that is not counting the $400 in drive shaft work I had to do to since the third member is shorter than the Chevy diff and my two piece shaft needed to be stretched by three inches. Good call on sticking with the 12 bolt, I would have stayed with the Dana 60 if it was not 8 lug. But there is just not enough wheel choices that I liked.

[Chitown_hillbilly]

Man I wish the underside of my cab was that clean! Nice truck.

[Krooked Kustoms]

Originally Posted by FL71C10

looks like a fun project. Are those Holden Ute's un the background? GM was considering importing them to the US as an El Camino but never did,

Yeah, love me Holdens to! The older ones are the ducks nuts but. I think they bought the Ve to the USA for cop cars. Didnt know bout the EL Caminos thought.

[Krooked Kustoms]

Cheers Mike, yeah mine was 6 stud and i had the same problem with the wheels. want to run Centerline auto drags but they are only 5 stud. gonna get the 12 bolt rebuilt once i get a disc brake kit. Im trying to break the habbit of the pics haha im getting there ill post some up when i get some better ones.

[70c10stepside]

Looks like a fun project, an i like where your going with it. Keep updated!

[Krooked Kustoms]

Gday all, thought it was about time i updated my thread. sorry its a bit to read, hope it makes sense. anyways here gos!
I got the chassis and front cross member sand blastered and then i painted them. I stripped the A arms and some steering components with wire wheels, took forever then painted them.
I have put some money down on a 454HO crate motor from Eagle Auto Parts, so i will hopefully have that payed off sooner rather than later. Also Ordered a 5 lug 13'' disc brake kit for the front (has 2inch drop spindles), 5 lug disc kit for the rear, th400 cross member, front sway bar kit, lowered 2 inch front springs and shocks, 4 inch lowered rear springs with 2 inch blocks and shocks to suit. So a total 4/6 drop. Hopefully get them in the next week.
Got most of the goodies to rebuild the front end (new tie rods, ball joints etc).
The Cab Repair sections came from the states, dont have any room to fix the cab at this minute because i have turned my shed in to a temp spray booth to paint all the parts. Theres Stuff everywhere!! Haha. Once there all painted ill rip down the booth and start putting the chassis together and wheel it out to do the cab.
I have decided to put all moser guts in the diff. Nearly all the coin from the sale of my 4wd is gone so ill have to start saving for that Lucky ill save money on panel work and paint ay
Anyways heres the jucie stuff..... Pics!

[propanemudtruck]

I think I'm a little late for a welcome, so cheers, from Michigan! You're on to a pretty sweet project and I'm lookin foward to seeing the ulimate rat powerplant with that 454 stuck between the rails.

Take it easy...

[aussiejohn]

Hi Raty,

I'm in Highett and bought a '67 GMC in March. I've got no plans to go to the lengths you are obviously into, but will watch your progress with interest. I also have a 6 bolt set-up but only have four wheels and am chasing a spare. Got any lying around you'd like to get rid of?

If so, please ring me on 9502-3227.

Regards from Down Under.

aussiejohn

[Krooked Kustoms]

Originally Posted by propanemudtruck

I think I'm a little late for a welcome, so cheers, from Michigan! You're on to a pretty sweet project and I'm lookin foward to seeing the ulimate rat powerplant with that 454 stuck between the rails.

Take it easy...

Cheers, yeah can't wait to have the 454 in the shed, he'll might even put it in my room till it's ready to go in me truck haha... cheers.
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[Krooked Kustoms]

Gday all, just thought id post up an update of me progress. got all my brake and bits from the states. amongst that was a bolt in c-notch kit that i didnt order but got anyway. i was thrilled that i got one untill i cut a hole in my chassis and it didnt line up properly i decided to cut up the bolt in notch and weld it in. Heres some pics of the notch and some pics of my new daily. Cheers

[aussiejohn]

G'day,

I'd like to give a big "Thank You" to Raty for giving me one of his 6 stud wheels for my '67 GMC, it came without a spare. His truck is in a million bits, but from what I've seen, it will be a force to be reckoned with once it's on the road.

I've had the tyre removed, and when I feel up to it, I'll wire brush and paint it and fit a tyre to it. I had a double hernia op last Friday, so can't do much at the moment, but should be able to do light work in a week or so.

Regards from Down Under.

aussiejohn

[Krooked Kustoms]

G'day all! Haven't really done much to the truck in a while I have scraped the 454 because looking at what it costs to have 800hp + is steep and I don't have that kind of coin Stupid me should of thought about that in the first place haha plus you can only drive 60 miles the most down here. So I have decided to go back to what I originally wanted to do... Bag it. Has got me more motivated to work on be cause it will cost me less and I love mini trucks! Cheers all.
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[aric70chev]

Originally Posted by Krooked Kustoms

G'day all! Haven't really done much to the truck in a while I have scraped the 454 because looking at what it costs to have 800hp + is steep and I don't have that kind of coin Stupid me should of thought about that in the first place haha plus you can only drive 60 miles the most down here. So I have decided to go back to what I originally wanted to do... Bag it. Has got me more motivated to work on be cause it will cost me less and I love mini trucks! Cheers all.
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I am witth ya buddy I would bag it it will be easy now that you have it all torn down you would have wanted to later and you can upgrade the engine whenever besides gotta go slow when your low so everyone can see ya right keep up the good work

[Mike Bradbury]

That's why I am a big fan of taking it slow and letting your mind work out the details of your project so you get the end result you have in your head. If you rush into things you end up doing things over again.
Can't wait to see it bagged!
I'm digging the "Hot Rod Shop" sign over your garage.

[Krooked Kustoms]

Originally Posted by MJs69CST

Project is looking good.

I have changed the power plant on my project 3 different times so I understand the vision for our trucks evolves with time.

Keep up the good work.

Cheers MJ, yeah I'm always thinking of new things to do or change. Just gotta stick with my guns I think and just do it!
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