66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

Well here it is, my first build thread!

I found this one on c-list > in a field > loaded in the rain > couldn't have done it with out a tractor and an awesome farmer.

I have yet to go through it but it looks to be a:
- 1966 Chevy C10
- SWB
- Custom cab trim
- V8 (283 or 327)
- Auto
- Factory A/C
- Small back window
- Power steering

It was parked 6 years ago. Was told that is was running fine when parked.... heard that before!

A few pics to begin the documentation, here we go!!!

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8...no/inField.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-x...no/engPass.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-4...40-no/seat.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-m...8-no/front.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-R...78-no/rear.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-y...-h478-no/2.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v.../onTrailer.JPG

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

Nice score!!!

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

That looks really nice!

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

Looks great. Just curious.....where in Alabama did it come from. I have family in North Alabama.

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

Great score. Corgrats! Going stock with this one?

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

tag looks like albertville...30 miles from me! how did i miss that! NICE FIND

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

Great intro, lucky to have a helpful seller.

Great spec on your truck too.

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

Nice find! Good luck!:metal:
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Yeah, how did you? Lol

I want a Custom Cab SWB Fleetside truck. Right now I have a Stepside and while I am liking it more and more everyday.....I have always loved the short fleet side trucks.

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It came from Cropwell, AL. Hence, the name. Just south of Pell City, home of the Butts to Go. Some of the best "gas station" BBQ I've ever tasted!

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-w.../ButtsToGo.JPG

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

Sweet Score, Great Start
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Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

Dude sweet score! Short bed fleet side V8 with factory air & powers steering. :metal::metal::metal: I'm jealous!

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Oh & I'm glad you got a pic of the BBQ. If my wife saw "Butts To Go" on my credit card statement my butt would go......out the door & into the dog house.

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I finally moved the truck and trailer from the street in front of my house to the carport workspace. The natives were getting restless and I need to move the setup ASAP.

I knew getting this truck off the trailer was going to be a challenge but, did not realize it would be this bad.

The passenger rear wheel/brake/something is locked up and will not move. I have beat, cussed, oil and tried to break it loose...nothing. I figured that the weight of the truck and gravitation pressure would break it loose when it hit the ramps, but NO!

I put a wheel skate under that side and broke off one of the wheels within the first two feet.

This is total redneck, but I fastened the rear to the dumpster I have in my driveway! I then dragged the trailer out from underneath it. You think nails on the chalkboard sounds bad!

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-4...-no/unload.JPG

When the slope of my driveway ran out, I had to dig even deeper into my redneck bag of tricks. Just look here:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4...rednkpushr.JPG

Finally in its styling chair.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-E...-no/inspot.JPG

Bed wood out:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-C.../nobedwood.JPG

Engine bay powerwashed, love that gold firewall!

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-o...wshengnbay.JPG

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

okay you scored!! nice truck!!!

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Wow, cool ol' truck....and farm equipment....and gas station BBQ.....and redneckery....and a super cool house.... you livin' right, son! Great score!

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Haha, that nice house is my understanding neighbor. I make a lot of racket working on cars.

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

Looks good. Im also a local Nashvillian.

Make sure to treat that center AC vent with care. Seems to be a hard to find part. That and the under the dash ash tray. Just seen one of those AC vents go for $255 on ebay!

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I am in keep us posted on what is going on

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I got a little more done on the C10.

engine block ID- 3834810- small block 283.

I CLR'd the whole body with a green scotchbrite pad. I mixed about a 1/3 CLR with warm water and went to town. After the CLR bath, I topped the whole body with PB50. It is a surface protectant. It should keep the flash rust at bay. It gives the whole truck a cashmere, soft matte finish. Looks really cool. Also took 0000 steel wool to all of the trim pieces.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--...o/drivrBed.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-V...no/passbed.JPG


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3...o/passDoor.JPG


https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-I...82-no/roof.JPG

Now onto the drive train and brake systems. The engine has not been started for over 6 years. I was able to move the fan by hand and the engine turns over without the spark plugs in, which is a good sign.

I have the carb soaking in a pine-sol solution and will pull it in a day, then clean it up. Next, is to drain and replace all the fluids, new plugs, wires, battery and see if it fires up!

Until next time

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

Looks awesome brotha! can't wait to lay my eyes on it in person! Slow down so a bro can give you a hand.

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

Nice find...can't wait to see what you do with this one! Never heard of the PB50 trick before...I like the finish it leaves. That truck cleaned up real nice already.

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on the carb cleaning , I read something the other day about soaking old carbs and even boiling them whole in a lemon juice / water mix to clean them up in cheap environmentally friendly way. :mm:
I have not tried it yet. Have not heard of the pine sol trick

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

Well, it seems this will be a thread I visit often.

Love your bag of tricks too.

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

Love the Patina and the color. I am hoping it fires right up for you. Have faith mine sat for 10 years. Did everything your about to do and it fired right up.

I even soaked my carb in Pine sol. It worked great except it took the anodizing off of my linkage oh well. I didn't have a choice. Here is what mine looked like
http://images60.fotki.com/v661/photo...SCN5924-vi.jpg

And after the rebuild.
http://images14.fotki.com/v1625/phot...SCN5940-vi.jpg


Bret

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

I love this truck!
The color and the patina are absolutely perfect. Now that the body is "done", it's time to get cracking on the motor and suspension!

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

Surfin' around on the forum.
Redneck,,,,,Butts to go,,,, bag-o-tricks,,,
Now I gotta see how this plays out.
Nice find. Loyal follower here.
Subscribed.

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

I had a little time today to get crackin' on the truck. Today's goal: all old fluids out. Thoughts:
- should gas look like ATF fluid?
- I have never seen oil that black
- put on some frickin' rubber gloves

My plan was to drain the gas from the tank and install a 1/4 ball cock valve with two short rubber lines. I did this on my GMC and it works awesome. It is a very simple install.

This:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-b...fuelcutoff.JPG

Goes right here:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-A...tofuelline.JPG

I pulled the sending unit and whoa baby! it was filthy with a tar black sooty coating. That was foreshadowing for the condition of the interior of the tank.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P...endingunit.JPG

The tank must come out!
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z...no/tankout.JPG

Next, I poured out the most pungent smelling gas my schnoz has ever smelt. It was the color of burnt ATF fluid. Oh yeah, for some reason I never put on rubber gloves and now I have to go meet my wife and kids at a B-day party smellin' like funk.

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A fan-freakin-tastic update:
It's ALIVE! After 7 years of sleeping, the 283 has woken up. Good buddy, neighbor, and board member (K5Addiction) came over to give me a hand. We cranked and cranked with nothing but white smoke occasionally puffing out the carb. When I bought it, the PO said it ran fine when he parked it 7 yrs. I assumed (mistake) that I the timing was fine. Wrong, it was exactly 180 degree's out. After determining TDC and re-stabbing the distributor, it fired right up. I was so geeked, I did a few pull-ups on the carport, in celebratory fashion!

Here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7_APEACesM

The exhaust is one full length tube with a OLD glasspack and the other tube cut off right in front of the rear axle.

More updates to come

Boucher'

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

Sounds good. Congrats!

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

That's fantastic! Sounds real good. Surprised you could run it without the valve covers. I expected to see oil going everywhere.

Bret

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

Oh it does fling around, when you rev it up!
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OK great. That means the oil pump and bearings are in good shape! By the way how did the inside of the gas thank look. Did you do in cleaning or put a coating in it?

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

I started cleaning that filth out and stopped. It was beyond getting clean with my limited resources. I marched up to the computer and bought a new one, deliver to my door (TN) from CA for $150. The fit was perfect. I got it from www.carpartsdiscount.com.

So the new parts installed so far are:
- rebuilt Rochester 2G
- alternator
- starter
- battery
- fuel tank, sender, grommet, filler hose
- glove box
- oil, filters
- cap, points/condenser, plugs, wires
- belts
- air filter
Keep it crankin'

Boucher'

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

I love the color of that truck. Seem to be a lot of Nashville area members...
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As the school year is upon me, I am a teacher, the time under, around, lean on the truck seems to be dwindling. Baby steps now. A little here, little there.

progress:

Split the lines, with a new dual master cylinder.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Q.../mstrcylnd.JPG

New tires mounted up on fresh painted steelies. I love me some steelies! especially with dog dishes, wait for it.....

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-T...resmounted.JPG

bam. ebay find.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-s...no/dogDish.JPG

I drop both lower control arms to get the springs out. I cut 1 1/2 coil off each.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0...opfrontend.JPG

To look like this:

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-p...ntdropshot.JPG


Now on to the brake drums, totally uncharted waters for me.

Until next time,

Dirty nails

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

Loving this so far. Consider me in for this ride...

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

Awesome truck, great color... congrats. Looking good so far. What are you going to do with the bed?

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

Like the steelies!

Re: 66 C10- SWB V8 Auto AC- "Cropwell"
 

Im try to weigh the options. I want the carpet to match the curtains, if ya know what i mean! I'll come up with something good, stay tuned.
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