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Hi, ive been looking looking at this site for alittle while, watching every ones build thread, and decided to start my build thread. I have a 1963 chevy c10 shortfleetside small window truck. I have had it for a little under a year now. here are some pics on when i first got it. I hope you enjoy my thread.
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Here are some more photos of my truck a little later after i got it. i had to redo the u bolts in the first pic. i put the hubcaps on to see how they look on it.i think after 3 or 4months of having it, i finished the flatblack paint job.i dont know if im going tp keep the flat black though. If anyone that has had one of the 60 -66 trucks know that these trucks have problems with the gas gauge. well, i took out the gas tank and found that the fuel sending unit was rotted and had to replace it. while i had the tank out i wire brushed, behind the tank and painted.
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Around october, there was a car show at a local custom car shop, and i was going to cruise on over with my truck and went out the day before the show, to move so i could wsah it and stuff and the front brake locked up.
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here are some pics of the patina in the rain.
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when i first got my 63 the 283 small block had a quadajet rochester carb on it and that thing run like sh@t , pardon my french. i took 5 min to warm up, and not cut outand it was straight piped with chrome tips, real redneck i know. so, had to replace the carb, went down to the a local junk yard and got a 650cfm holley carb for $50 , i put it on after i cleaned it with carb cleaner and the 283 now runs great and its so cold blooded. its funny when i got it the previous owner told that he won two street races with a new charger and a new mustang in my old heap, with a granny gear 4 speed. modern muscle 0 , c10 2. and to top it all off, he was doing all of this while the truck was uninsured and not licensed. crazy but true
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got my trucks lights to work finally. i had the two front tires my the 63 in my dads garage, right next to his 1935 harley chopper and one of the tires popped from the heat. thank god it didnt hit his bike.
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got the 4 speed out and getting ready to install the th350. got a B&M shifter ready for the automatic. here are the chrome tips i was taking about. here are some pics of the cab. there a little rot but nothing to worry about.
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forgot pics of the old 4speed that came out.here are more interior pics. that last photo is of the deer that decided to scratch its antlers on my truck.
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Today, i got the rear wheel tubs off, and the rear coils out. i wanted to see how low it would go without bumpstops hitting the frame. looked nice, the rear bumper was 7 ins off the ground. after school this week i might try to put in the automatic or cut the front coils.
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:welcoem: aboard!!! Good Looking start, great progress... Keep it up. Subscribed!
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Yep, welcome.
You say after school for your next task. What age are you ? Always interests me to see younger guys in here. Means there is hope for the world :mm: |
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i forgot to tell how i got the truck. about 3 years ago, my dad picked up a 65 and 66 mustang and a 63 chylser from this guy that was had them for years and was needing to move, so we pick all of them up for like $900. my sister got the 65 from my dad so we can restore it some day, sold the 66 to some guy in sacromento. we then traded the 63 chysler newport convertible to a guy i had a roached 1938 plymouth. my dad thought it was a good trade,(i think he got the short end of the stick). we had the 38 for sale on craigslist for a long time, and couldnt sell it. then, tryed to start trying it. and of course no one wanted it then. then, we saw my truck for sale for $1200 up in twain harte and he wanted to trade for a rat rod project, so we called him up and he wanted to trade. it was amazing that he even wanted it let alone trade with a runing driving truck. about a few weeks after talking with the guy i got the c10. and of course i payed my dad for the truck. and that is how i got it.
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That Crysler you had there reminds me of my first classic.
I had a 1964 Crysler 300 with the 454 and Holly carb, push button automatic. At 80 miles an hour you could literally watch the fuel guage needle drop. That car also taught me to hate MOPARs, will never own one again. I wont even let people I care about buy them... LOL I hope you keep us posted on your progress! We have a few Teenagers on the board doing builds like yours. |
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got a little bit done on the truck, but started raining so i got to wait it out. i got the door sill plate to bare metal and ready for paint.
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over the weekend, i sanded in the cab to repaint the interior. got a great tool box im going to use. it was an old ammo can.
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here is an update of the cab. got 90% of it to bare metal almost ready for paint. me and my dad made a trade for to motors a big block and a small block ford and put them in a subaru station wagon because my truck isnt on the road. also my dad got yet a nother car.
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I dig your ammo can!
You dont see the .22 calibur ones very often!! You will be really happy when you get to start shooting paint! Well .... mostly happy ....... until you get a run, or dirt, or a fly in it. :lol: |
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same green color and short fleet as my first 63.. looks almost the same under the hood too...
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got a little snow on the truck.
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nice build, love seeing young people working on old cars and trucks, that means they will be around long after us old guys are gone,
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My dad and me were going though old pics of stuff my dad had in the 70s and 80s and found a bunch of pics of his old harley
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have been on in a long time, figured you guys are wanting an update. I recut the rear coils down, got some paint in the cab , also got my th350 installed, just got to hook every thing up.
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more pics
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more pics
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Any new updates?
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looking good, great job.
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Bring this back up top. Cool truck any updates? One thing I am concerned about is the rear coils. I always wondered how one cuts the rears being that you need to install the bottom and top cups. Yours doesn't have the cups on top? So frame just sits on it? I also heard of people not running coils in the rear and letting the frame sit on the axles. Dangers I would think.
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