New '67 C-10 from NC - TopGear_67

[TopGear_67]

Hello,

I'm in the process of moving into my parents old house and basically all thats there is left to me. There is a green 67 C-10 that had been parked under the car-port for several years. It was my grandpas old Daily Driver.






It has a straight 6, so I dont know if its the 4.1L or the 4.8L.
It has the manual 3 speed trans.
It's got the wood lined bed, rear sliding window, leather green seats, deluxe heat and chrome trim, also has a radio (I think?)

I'm trying to learn more about it and initially get it running, If it comes to be that I get to keep it in the future then it will get a LS motor swap, suspension, wheels and basically be a reliable, but mechanically updated pickup, while still looking as OEM as possible.

Quick background:
23yrs old, recent graduate from college, just got married and now renovating a house to live in. Been a motorsports enthusiast for about 7 years, my father has a background in classic cars, mostly just owning them and not working on them so I'd have so admit I probably know more than him.

He owns a '69 Stingray Corvette roadster with a 350SB that he hasn't had running in about 4 years, and I brought it back to life this spring with a new fuel tank, sending unit, fuel lines and filter, as well as spark plugs and oil. I did this myself so he kind of trusts me now as the mechanic on the '67 chevy at the new house.

My background is mostly in tuners, I have (2) Mazda MX-5's (miatas) that I absolutely love and are my favorite cars. I have learned just about all that I know from them because of how much modification and maintenance I have done on them. one is supercharged and my newest NB mazdaspeed miata is turbocharged. I have to admit I am way more knowledgeable on fuel injection than carbs. so that will be a challenge. but otherwise I have done a lot of jobs on cars and I think I can handle most of what this truck will throw at me.

[tommys72]

Welcome aboard! And nice score on the truck. Thats a gem there. Nothing wrong with a little 6 cyl, i wouldnt get carried into the LS swap to quick, unless the motor is blown or whatnot. Id roll that 6'er for a bit

[TrshTrk]

Sweet addition to getting the house!

[68bowtie]

wow beautiful truck congrats! good move on keeping it original, you don't find them like that very often, and they are all getting modified.

[bestchevyfan]

This is a great,great board the best you want around you and your truck. I would clean her up and get her driving and enjoy her

[GAc10boy]

Welp. That's my dream truck you have there. 67. Light green. White top. Small window. Straight 6. Plain beautiful. Let me know if you decide to sell.

[GR8-68]

Welcome from another nc'er. Very nice score

[TopGear_67]

This truck is super, super clean. all of the little things (knobs, buttons etc) are mint and flawless....just covered in dust.

So evidently my grandpa had the motor rebuilt before he parked it for good. My dad said he thinks there is about 30k mi after the rebuild.

So what should I do first? here is what I think:

- Drain/flush gas tank, check all hoses and be prepared to replace
- take off the fan on the crank pulley, pull spark plugs
- change oil, get some kind of cylinder wall lube, spray in SP holes
- try to turn the crank and see if the rotating assembly turns.
- new battery, maybe change tranny fluid? Diff fluid?
- figure out what needs to be done with the carb?....sigh I HATE carbs

Don't really hate carbs, but all of my knowledge goes with my fuel injected cars

[TrshTrk]

Drain main fluids (gas/oil/coolant). Fill. Crank it up. I've done this on a few things that have been sitting for a long while and it's not a problem.

[slowcpe]

Very nice truck! A word of advice from someone whom let a simple "LS swap" get away from him: get her running, clean it up and enjoy it! I got a little carried away and now its been almost 2 years since I've driven mine and no real shot of any time soon