1964 C-10 Pick-Up

[smallfoot]

Keep at it! Looking like good progress to me...

 

[christcrusader13]

Front End Swap

Swapping the front end to newer stuff wasn't too painful

the biggest thing was getting the old rivets out of the A-Arms... but the angle grinder made it a ton faster then drilling them out.

So just a little FYI for any of you out there that want to do a low buck disk brake swap on yout 60-66 C-10, this may work for other years as well.

I used the front end of an 86 C-10

All you need is: Steering box, Pitman arm, both Spindles.

you can reuse your center link and steering column

You will need new ball joints, upper and lower for the year truck you got the spindles from, they will bolt right up to your old A-arms. You will also need new tie-rod ends.

I also recommend a power-steering bracket from CCP or another company that allows you to bolt up your new steering box to your frame and come with all needed hardware. (This saved me a day of work time of making up a bracket and finding new hardware, it was well worth the $54 I paid for it.)

The swap went very will, I used an old school method of doing the alignment, and it was so good the guy at the tire place asked me where I had my alignment done... I told him.... my dad's garage with a tape measure...

 

[Ta2Don]

truck

I like the direction you are taking the 64… My cab and floors were a bit more solid but there is always some metal work lying ahead...[

 

[christcrusader13]

Back to Vicky's build...

Geeeze... I forgot I never finished the build thread here....

Working in the new fuel tank wasn't too bad at all....

I decided to relocate it ONE because the original tank had two cracks that had been patched and were still leaking and TWO I'm 6'1" and needed as much room in the cab as possible, plus didn't want this kind of boom behind the seat, but a different kind of boom (stay tuned for that..)

I used a 1950 Chevy Coupe/Sedan tank, as the dimensions worked out just right to fit between the frame rails... plus is was Poly... so no rust to worry about.... and this was $200+ cheaper than using the LMC tank relocation kit... I think I ended up with a 16 gallon tank, which I know LMC offer I believe a 21 gallon, but this 16 gallon tank worked well and doesn't hang below the frame, as the LMC and many others that style do. This kept things flush and out of site. Also complimented the Roll Pan I planned on installing.

 

[christcrusader13]

Cover me!!!!

The question I probably get the most is WHERE did you get that bed cover..

My Answer... I made it

I made this cover from one for another truck actually... but came to realize with some 'H' Channel, 'J' and 'F' channel you can make just about anything... and the section between is the same material used on manufactured homes doors...

 

[christcrusader13]

A few Small Touches

There were a few small touches I was able to work in along the way... keeping in mind this was a June 15 to September 12th build ....

the truck never had a bench seat when I purchased it.... it had two very rough cutlass buckets... which I think were pictured in the back of the truck in one of the previous photos... I came across some buckets that fit my needs and decided to build a center console... and figured why not add some boom in the process.... so that's what inspired the center console Sub box that you see

I also ended up redoing the fuse block the old one wouldn't pass the correct voltage through it...

Then the motor was transformed to silver.... only because I hadn't had a silver motor yet... and of course it had to have chrome... lol....

Oh yes.. the shocks were red to match the accents of the truck Plus white just gets dirty, which is the color they originally were...

 

[Ta2Don]

Catching Up

Dropped in on this one...
I really dig what you are doing with this one sir...

 

[bob w]

Nice build. Lots of good planning to reduce costs.

 

[christcrusader13]

Dropped in on this one...
I really dig what you are doing with this one sir...

Nice build. Lots of good planning to reduce costs.

Thanks guys! At the time I was about to get married, so I couldn't spend too much, this was the honeymoon get away vehicle!

 

[christcrusader13]

Interior YUK

These are some shots of the yucky interior.... I'm sorry... I meant ratty interior....

Old cluster and 90% of old wires were removed... I removed the old cluster and custom built one for teh truck, I love the 60-63 gauge layout for these trucks.... but they don't interchange... so I have to make something similar

 

[christcrusader13]

About that Roll Pan

I get a-lot of questions about the roll pan.... most commonly where did you find that or buy that...

I tell them.... I made it...LOL

The roll pan I found on craigslist.... from a 99 F-150 a lady backed into the guys truck putting a dent in it.... scored this beauty for $20

then cut it down in width, rolled the edges...

and of course... waste not want not... I kept the ends of the roll pan and made the hump that the shifter sits on in the cab

 

[christcrusader13]

Test Run....

I added my fuel filler and it was time for a test drive... I made it all of 200' before the first problem... the U joint ends of the old rear end were smaller than the new five lug and it slung them across the yard....

So after sticking a 4"x4" pressure treated block under a wheel from teh drivers seat.....(quite a task on a hill, if I say so my self....) I walked back up to the garage to get the U-join that fit.. popped the ends/caps off the proper size one and slid them on the existing joint.... they fit just fine.... drove back up the hill...

You will notice a gray fender in this photo that isn't in the others, that is because I scored another fender on CL for $60!!!!! If you all know anything about old C-10's is that the ol' steal isn't cheap!

You will also see the open bed cover in working order in the last photo... as well as the $200 20" wheels I found on CL.... which was good because the aluminum turbine wheels were 6 lug... and I needed a 5 lug set

 

[christcrusader13]

To The Paint Bay

I thought Matte Black was fine... but in order to pull off the 11th hour wedding party escape... the paint job was going to require a little bit more...

I traded something for the silver paint.... turned out it wasn't enough... or maybe I didn't know what I was doing... actually... this was the 3rd paint job I had ever attempted lol....

You see in the last photo I finished out the paint job with red brakes to go with the red shocks and C-10 badges.. which my bride to be painted!

 

[christcrusader13]

Finished Product....

So the truck was a hit at the wedding and all the rave in the Forge at the Rod Run 2012...

Not to mention she screamed down the highway... the 327 was very peppy with the 650 carter on it... and achieved 26 MPG on the highway thanks to the 700R-4 I installed in lieu of the turbo 400 and with the lower geared rear end from the 1982 I picked up it worked out GREAT!

 

[forbigpicture]

Great job CC13.....looks great and i'm liking the mpg's
again great job

 

[soltz]

Good Job, looks super. I wasn't sure about the silver but it works !
Interior looks comffie also, and i've seen that type AC unit before

 

[smallfoot]

That color combo looks great! Nice work!

 

[smallfoot]

sorry! double post...

 

[christcrusader13]

So... 1.5-2 years later....

So 2012 was mostly just driving... and 2013 was more driving I found another set of wheel for cheap and ended up selling the 20's..... tires were pricey and they looked good on the truck, but I was thinking that it needed something more era appropriate...

So I rode on these in 2013....

 

[christcrusader13]

White walls!!!!!!!!!

Even though Coker is just down the road in Chat... I couldn't justify $700 for tires... so I converted the white letter tires I had.....

I thought they turned out ok for the moment...

the building in the last photo... just underwent a total restoration... i'll have to snag a new photo.....