Plum Crazy C10 from a land far away

[spitfire980]

Hi Guys

Im doing a frame off on my 67 SWB stepside C10 here in the UAE and wanted to share my journey so far but first, here are my other ladies

68 Chevelle LQ4/4L80E in BMW/Audi Java Green



69 Chevelle, 350/700R4 in BMW Atlantis Blue


72 Vette, Edelbrock 350 Pro-flow EFI crate/TH400


83 BMW 633CSi


92 Mercedes SL300-24


98 BMW 750iL V12


So here is the latest addition to the family, 67 SWB stepside C10
Here is the Ebay Ad (later to find out, its the understatement of the century)


Ebay Auction Pics







45 days later, it arrived to my part of the world only to find out the engine is jammed, cracked windshield and the passenger side hood hinge is so bent the hood closes sideways.

Managed to free the engine and get it running, installed a CS144 140Amp alternator, my spare holley double pumper carb, electric fans and a radiator. Parked it at home till the 69 Chevelle finished its turn at restoration....and thats where the real fun starts

Front clip comes out


Remove the cracked windshield to find this nasty surprise


Both rockers were goners, lucky i ordered inners and outers when i shipped the car



Now the fun part where you wonder what the PO was smoking on...

Instead of the 350, its a 305


The engine stands were from a I6 in V8 position without the bottom bolts so the whole engine weight was resting on the top bolts

Thats the manual tranny crossmember, instead of removing it, PO just quickly cut through it


Engine/tranny out


Removed the cabin to find this surprise, PO welded the tranny crossmember instead of bolting it.....crooked!


Escorting the tow truck back from the sandblaster


Who needs a fancy AC system when you can have fresh air!


Everything from the cabin onwards was primed to prevent further rust while new sheet metal was ordered




Notice the pattern here? PO welded everything rather than bolt it...and its not even good welds!

Here is how the frame sits waiting for its turn to be sandblasted


Iv chosen plum crazy purple as the color and anything chrome will either be painted matte black or matte gray...still havent decided

[rsgt]

I bet it will be sharp when your done!

[MMcMasters]

subscribed

[Warrens69GMC]

subscribed. I want to see this....

[TexasLS1]

Your work is cut out for you! Based on the other cars, it will come out great. Looking forward to watching this one

[webberjames95]

sub'd

[tristan]

What is the hourly shop rate in Abu Dhabi? You sure are taking on a labor of love there.

[spitfire980]

Originally Posted by TexasLS1

Your work is cut out for you! Based on the other cars, it will come out great. Looking forward to watching this one

Indeed! its a whole difference when you got to ship everything across the world!

Originally Posted by tristan

What is the hourly shop rate in Abu Dhabi? You sure are taking on a labor of love there.

We work with a different system here, we agree on a price before the job is started. In my case, we agreed on 14,000 Dirhams which amounts to $3811 plus any mechanical work later needed.

Update time, took the day off work and drove about 3 hours to pick this up.
State side people aren't familiar with it, its a '06 Chevy Lumina SS which would be the predecessor to the Pontiac G8 you guys got.

Owner got too many fines and was impounded and wanted to get rid of it, picked it up and towed it back to Abu Dhabi for $1109 and picked up a decent cam for $217

'06 Lumina LS1/4L65E


Saw this at the local DMV while i was picking up the donor car


Sandblasted and painted matte black, waiting on the bed mount brackets to arrive


Being primed to prevent further rust


The cam specs, nothing too wild


Plan is a bit of new and old.....Carbed LS1/TH350

BRING OUT THE PITCH FORKS!! A CARBED LS?!

[spitfire980]

Update time:
Ordered a windshield from Summit, AMD brand, to be delivered to my NY forwarding address to be shipped over to me.

Here is how it arrived


Lucky, they reimbursed me and i purchased another one and shipped it directly through summit for $800!!

Installed the CPP brake kit with 2" lowering spindles




Filled out the heater holes to give it a smoother firewall


And extra sheetmetal to give it the same proportional look


Cab all done


Cab mated back to the frame with energy suspension bushes


Fender rust being cut out and repalced with sheetmetal

[spitfire980]

Been awhile since i updated so here it goes


I had to make the bed locally from sheet metal since shipping charges were way too high




Towed it and parked it for the summer




One big happy family!


After the summer heat went down, i dropped the engine in




I bought seats from 2004-2009 Cadillac SRX, cut the mounting points and fabbed my own adapters then drilled holes in the cabin. I sent the seats to the interior shop to do them up again while waiting for my hushmats to arrive

[Warrens69GMC]

Looking good!!

[spitfire980]

Here are the latest updates

Got the Speed Engineering 1-7/8 longtubes installed


Installed everything and put the new MSD 6014 box in and she fired right up!

Installed the Cadi seats




Put the adapters on and installed the rims




Is it me or does the back end look jacked up?

[spitfire980]

Holy thread revival!

Its been awhile and here is what happened since

Got some goodmark bedstrips since the previous ones where trashed


Did the bed wood locally since it was much cheaper here


Finally got it tested/insured and registered and completely road legal! What a journey!


Wasnt really feeling the Boyd Codington wheels so I went back to the torq thrust wheels




Now, I have to sort the usual small niggles and stuff and lower it. Thats about it for now

[Ol Blue K20]

Nice looking truck. It's a lot nicer than what you started with.