Williams Plumbing 67 C10

[BlueEK9]

Many people have been asking me to put together a build thread so here we go.

My name is Chris Fowler from Puyallup Washington. I started Northwest C10s on Facebook and have multiple C10 projects going on at the same time.

This build in particular is a tribute to my late grandfather that passed away in 2013. His name was George Williams, he was a Air force veteran, a retired union plumber and owned his own company which was originally started by his father Earl Williams.





I purchased this second owner truck out of Shelton Washington in 2010 with the intention of using it as donor parts for a short bed project that I am still working on. Shortly after getting the truck home I quickly realized it was much to nice too nice tear apart and had great patina so I set out to build a shop truck. The first step was to come up with a catchy logo for the doors.

As my grandfathers health began declining and the family began reminiscing over old photos I decided to throw ideas like Rusty Nuts Speed Shop out the window and build tribute truck to my grandfather using his original business logo, Williams Plumbing.

The truck is not entirely finished but here is a picture of me showing it to my grandmother for the first time just months after my grandfathers funeral.



You can also find me on Instagram by searching my user name, blueek9. The name BlueEK9 comes from one of my old projects, a blue EK9 Honda Civic that was featured in multiple magazines.

The truck is a 1967 Chevy C10 Custom with a panoramic rear window. It started life with a 327 and red interior although the previous owner swapped those out for a fresh 350 and black upholstery.

More pictures to come...

['79squared]

Always love to see your truck in pic's and person Chris.

[BlueEK9]

Thanks Mike, I'll post more pics once I can sit down at my laptop.

[builtbyKane]

Way to keep the family business alive. Truck looks perfect as is. Very cool.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Glad to see you on here finally...

[BlueEK9]

Nice picture, that was pre-airbags.

[pickup67man]

I subscribed to see some unpublished pics.

[67ctener]

Hey this thing looks familiar, glad you started a thread.

[BlueEK9]

She is how it looked just before the transformation started.

[808_67C10]

I have seen many pics of your truck... Glad to see you on here!!!!

[BlueEK9]

Thanks 808_67C10. I see you're in Hawaii, that is my home away from home.

Originally Posted by 808_67C10

I have seen many pics of your truck... Glad to see you on here!!!!

[BlueEK9]

I first picked up a set of 6 lug corvette rallies and started gathering parts to lower it.

[BlueEK9]

Next step was to install some Porterbuilt shocks relocators, new shocks, 3" front springs with 2.5" drop spindles, 6" rear springs and a Porterbuilt adjustable trac bar in the rear.

[BlueEK9]

Here's the Porterbuilt trac bar.

[BlueEK9]

As you can see it was pretty low for a static drop.

[510ducati]

Super cool ride man! Being a plumber myself and damn proud of my trade I love it! Awesome tribute!
-Joao

[808_67C10]

Originally Posted by BlueEK9

Thanks 808_67C10. I see you're in Hawaii, that is my home away from home.

Hit me up when u come out.

[BlueEK9]

Thanks 510ducati

Originally Posted by 510ducati

Super cool ride man! Being a plumber myself and damn proud of my trade I love it! Awesome tribute!
-Joao

[BlueEK9]

A few pics with the static drop on rallies.

[BlueEK9]

[BlueEK9]

After lowering it and throwing the rallies on I began painting the shop logos on the doors.

[BlueEK9]

Test fitting the 20" Boyd Magneatos that I picked up on Craigslist.

[BlueEK9]

Picked up a set of original plates at a swap meet for $15.

[67ctener]

Man you work fast

[BlueEK9]

Picked up some tires, bolted the rims on and started pinstriping the hood.