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motiveauto 10-17-2011 09:56 PM

65 C10 Little Blue Snot Rocket
 
Here is my truck... Believe it or not I have a ton of hours into this thing. 84 front crossmember swap, drop spindles and springs. Jeep TJ rear coils and 2" homemade blocks. Rebuilt the 230 with a tri power and a split header. Replaced all of the rot, I went through 2 rolls of wire in my MIG! Three trips to Carlisle and a few new body panels and its almost ready to roll! Hoping to drive her soon!

http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/...89708876_n.jpg

[IMG]http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/...o/PC250533.jpg[/IMG]

http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/...auto/truck.jpg

jrblanke 10-17-2011 10:03 PM

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Cool looking truck! I especially like the tri-power. Is it yellow?

motiveauto 10-17-2011 10:08 PM

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Its green, Ive been calling it 70's refrigerator green...like a pistachio color.

YBNORML 10-18-2011 01:03 AM

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I like it! The I6 looks sweet.
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wc63 10-18-2011 01:29 AM

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yup. i wanna paint my truck a flat green similar to yours. i also like that engine. i love the sound of i6s. especially with straight pipes.

motiveauto 10-18-2011 06:46 PM

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Got home today and bolted up the bed and put on the grille I made from a pair of 58 imperial headlights and an old steel grille that was smacked up pretty bad. I wanted the dual headlight grille like on some of the older trucks but I couldnt afford one.[IMG]http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/...auto/grill.jpg[/IMG]

ChrisDollins 10-18-2011 10:26 PM

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Sweet lookin engine! I like the hotrodded I6's. They're just so cool, and not the normal 350 or LS1.
Chris
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samuellg1977 10-18-2011 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by motiveauto (Post 4960547)
Got home today and bolted up the bed and put on the grille I made from a pair of 58 imperial headlights and an old steel grille that was smacked up pretty bad. I wanted the dual headlight grille like on some of the older trucks but I couldnt afford one.[IMG]http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/...auto/grill.jpg[/IMG]

OOH, That looks awesome!! Did you make that cross-section? Looks killer! I am planning on making a grille for mine someday. I have the 62 grille on a 63 truck right now, and it is ok, but i just want to be able to say "I made that". Haha.

Sam

Vernski 10-19-2011 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by motiveauto (Post 4960547)
Got home today and bolted up the bed and put on the grille I made from a pair of 58 imperial headlights and an old steel grille that was smacked up pretty bad. I wanted the dual headlight grille like on some of the older trucks but I couldnt afford one.[IMG]http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/...auto/grill.jpg[/IMG]

Hey cool looking grill almost like a gmc that's what neat about these trucks you can fix em how you want them. What brand of intake is that by the way? Thanx...Vernski

niterider65 10-19-2011 08:28 AM

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looking good like the grill :metal::chevy:

McCoyAZ 10-19-2011 11:02 AM

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LOVE the idea of the 4 headlight look.

In case you are interested I do have a 60-61 grill with the light bezels and 4 cans i'd sell for $100 and shipping.

It is from a salvage truck and needs just a bit of work to clean it up and use it.

krazy_texan 10-19-2011 11:35 AM

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im digging the green body and the blue interior

fryer1979 10-20-2011 07:20 AM

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Very cool build, I dig where your head's at. That grill came out kool! You gonna paint the grill shroud inner black? IMHO it would really make your grill pop.

waspp 10-22-2011 07:53 PM

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Sweet truck! Love that tri power 6!

Turkey 10-22-2011 09:47 PM

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Inline 6 + triple carbs = very cool

Vernski 10-22-2011 11:51 PM

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Here is a pic of my GMC when I first got it I think it's almost the same color...Vernski:uhmk:

motiveauto 10-23-2011 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Vernski (Post 4968148)
Here is a pic of my GMC when I first got it I think it's almost the same color...Vernski:uhmk:

holy crap its almost a perfect match! I mixed mine, duplicolor paint shop sublime green with some black and some white to kill the neon effect. Is that an original color? thats what I was going for.

motiveauto 10-23-2011 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Vernski (Post 4961199)
Hey cool looking grill almost like a gmc that's what neat about these trucks you can fix em how you want them. What brand of intake is that by the way? Thanx...Vernski

that is an offenhauser triple. Really well made piece, but I gotta make a heat plate for it.

motiveauto 10-23-2011 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by samuellg1977 (Post 4960989)
OOH, That looks awesome!! Did you make that cross-section? Looks killer! I am planning on making a grille for mine someday. I have the 62 grille on a 63 truck right now, and it is ok, but i just want to be able to say "I made that". Haha.

Sam

The cross section is the top part of the original 65 grille that was on the truck. when i got it the front passenger side was smacked up so i cut it up and made it work. The headlights are 58 Imperial (I believe) I made new housings for them out of some sheetmetal and welded the crossection to them.

motiveauto 10-23-2011 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by fryer1979 (Post 4963329)
Very cool build, I dig where your head's at. That grill came out kool! You gonna paint the grill shroud inner black? IMHO it would really make your grill pop.

Im definately gonna do the shroud black, maybe with white on the outline similar to the original color scheme. I think I should paint the grill white, what do you guys think?

Vernski 10-23-2011 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by motiveauto (Post 4968186)
holy crap its almost a perfect match! I mixed mine, duplicolor paint shop sublime green with some black and some white to kill the neon effect. Is that an original color? thats what I was going for.

I could not find this color in any 65 paint book, I think it is a dealer re-paint because under the cab corners it's dark green which is in the paint books. They painted the complete firewall and has what I assume is paint #'s marked on the firewall. I couldn't find any of the #'s in any paint books, so it's a mystery to me what the deal is?...Vernski:uhmk:

motiveauto 11-08-2011 10:05 PM

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I put some speed holes in the radiator support brackets tonight. I made the dimple die from an old weight lifting bar and turned it on a lathe. I was pretty psyched.

[IMG]http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/...speedholes.jpg[/IMG]

Corts60 11-08-2011 10:29 PM

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Truck is looking really great man! I dig the one-off grille.

blackedoutharley 11-09-2011 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by motiveauto (Post 4998663)

This is very slick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dustin07 11-09-2011 12:43 PM

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how much do you think those speed holes will shave off your 1/4 mile time? they look really awesome, I can't fab anything near that cool!


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