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So im am going to start posting things i do to my truck onto this thread. This is somewhat of a continuation of my rustoleum thread that can be found here http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...26#post5285526
I decided to modify the rear bumper a bit and i believe that it turned out about right. Help me out with a project name as well guys. |
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Also before the paint.
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I'm watching , you've done a pretty good job here IMO .
Did you remove the lights , grille etc. or just mask it all off ? . I'm amazed you deleted that hard to find rear bumper but if you're never going to work it like a truck , I guess I can understand why . When do we get to see the interior and under the hood ? . |
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I pulled quite a bit of the parts; door handles, grille, marker lights etc, as well as the bed. I wasn't aware that those bumpers were hard to find, just ugly as far as I'm concerned. I took the bumper to school and put the plasma cutter to work cutting off the steps, i then took the round corners off of the steps and welded them back onto the ends of the bumper. I think the bumper looks far better now. Even compared to many of the other step side bumper options out there.
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Here is the interior, i had a bench seat at one point but was not a very big fan. The Ford Probe bucket seats are awesome, probably the most comfortable bucket seats i have sat in. There is even a control to inflate the sides of the seat and its like gettin a hug from my truck :D I also made the console out of some scrap wood and cut some some 3 inch ABS pipe to make the cup holders. I have never done interior work so the mexican blankets made a pretty solid learning material. On top of that i think they look awesome.
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O.K. , now I see : you've never actually worked a pickup truck in the Field .
Those bumpers with the weird ' wings ' going forward to the fenders , are terrif. if you have to drop the tailgate all the time for access ~ no banging your shins against the tailgate nor does it ever get bent and when that new kid borrows the truck to run a load of fence poles & wire out to the far end of the pasture , he always seems to back the rear fenders into a potted fence post , boulder or other truck , those ' wing ' things , are good fender savers . not for City Folks :lol: . I think you did a bang up job on the interior ! looks very nice . I spy a " Three On The Tree " shifter ? Saginaw three speed manual tranny ? . What's under the hood ? . Have you made suspension up grades yet ? . |
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Lol. no fields out here in the middle of the desert, just a few cacti.
The transmission is of the saginaw variety. Had to replace a few synchros in there too. Got pretty good at pulling the tranny. also had to tear apart the column and scrape all the dirt out of it. I didn't make any suspension upgrades, although i did have to rebuild all of the suspension. Motor is easier to show in photo form. |
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I like it ! .
I always think of Ranching although I grew up a Farm Boy Down East (Milking Shorthorns) , here Way Out West there's more need for Ranch trucks , different but equal . Your truck looks about like mind did when it was new , mine had a three speed too , I don't know who converted it but they did an O.K. job (not great) as they found & Used the correct column . Taking the old wobbly column apart and cleaning out the dirt before greasing , re assembling and finally re adjusting it , makes any old Chevy shift great again , so few ever bother . I bet you can find a three speed Overdrive tranny in Az. , if ever you hit the freeway , you'll love that option . I need to look up DIY's on adding a sway bar , I just bought one and can't wait . Keep up the good works ! . |
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Im not sure the gearing on the truck but its way up there. I get on the highway almost daily doing 70 comfortably. BTW putting the sway bar in is pretty simple. kill a few rivets bolt on the brackets and bolt on the bushings with the sway bar. I suppose i didn't mention up top that I'm a junior in high school lol.
Ive thought about a t-5 but the 3 speed is so easy to work on. |
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BEWARE of over - revving L6 engines ! yes , I know that your truck will easily go 85 + MPH with less than 2/3 throttle , however , the engine begins to beat itself up a lot over 3,200 RPM's for any longer than it takes to up shift .
You're right , the entire truck is easy to work on and cheap to repair , that's NO MISTAKE ~ GM used to do things very differently and that's why GM trucks outsold all other brands combined for over 40 years....... Yes , your C/10 is a *very* cheap truck but at the same time , it was built for an extremely heavy duty cycle unlike most other Light Duty trucks . The change came when the various Manufacturers all discovered that 92% of all light duty trucks were being purchased for NON TRUCK USE so they began , bit by bit , to make the wretched crap we have now . I looked underneath my C/10 and another C/10 that came with a factory sway bar , my frame has no holes/rivets where the factory one mounts . Maybe there's an instruction sheet in the bottom of the box as I tend to give my little SB Stepper a serious workout in the hills & canyons so it needs it . |
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The sway bar was probably the best upgrade that i made to the suspension. worlds of difference.
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As a Professional Driver I'm keenly aware of this .
I just have to work it into my schedule.... |
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so who says high schoolers can't do very impressive work?
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