1963 Chevy C10/ build what I can afford

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I inherited this 1963 chevy C10 from my late father, It was going to be a father/son project that has now turned into a father tribute project.

Plans are to repair al of the rust and repaint omaha orange with a white top
Repaint the interior fawn (or somthing close). repaint the chassis black, new lower control arms (thanks to a very generous fellow member).

Currently it has a rebuilt 305/sm420 combo and a 60-62 rear axle that I havent decided if I am going to swap out to a 63-72 rear axle.

I have already swaped out the 60 chevy hood for my favoright GMC style hood.

I am going to retain the 4 wheel drums for now till cash becomes avalable as well as the manual steering (builds muscles I have been told)

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yes their are more

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yuuup their are even more

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hope this is it for now

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I think as of today I have removed 80lbs of bondo some of which was not hardened in the center and 30lbs of extra sheet metal that was brazed over existing metal (damn POs)

[gimmy 64]

what the heck is the deal with the doors? did they weld another piece of sheet metal over the doors? looks like a pretty good truck to work with after you find more suprizes lol

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They even did the same repair to the fenders!!!!! and they BRAZED not weld (ughh)

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The truck is turning into an onion, the more layers I peal off the better its is?
The core support pictures are out of order I wanted to show a before and after as I had to weld the thing back together because it was broken into four pieces.

[CRGRS 66]

Mind if I follow along?

[Captainfab]

I can't believe someone just brazed more sheetmetal ontop of the doors and fenders

Looks like you've made some good progress. Did you get those front fender patch pieces from Tabco? Looks like they fit pretty good.

[65 old school]

Looks like you are off to a great start. Dad would be proud. Keep up the great work!

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First I would like to say thanks to everyone. Captain, yes they are tabco half fenders the only issue is the wheel arch lip is more squared off than the originals but I think I will make them line up with a little hammer and dolly work????

[McMurphy]

Every once in a while you see something in one of these builds that makes you just scratch your head in puzzlement... this was one of those.
Those door skins were amazing and not in the good or cool way LOL !!

I bet you are going to have an awesome rig that you will be proud of the rest of your days as you do this.

Congrats and good luck with it !!

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Been a long winter plowing, but back at work on the 63. repaired the drivers floor. Had to make new toe board area patches.

[1963c-10]

Great looking project and work. Was the rearend swapped at some point? Odd that it has a 10 bolt rear in a 63 and not the standard 12 bolt. That rearend was used on the 60-62 w/torsion bar frames. Nice progress on getting down to solid metal...keep the pics coming

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Any new updates on this build?

[TJ's Chevy]

X2 on what 63 C-10 said.