I found my ’68 C-10 at an auction lot in 1997 for a bit less than $300. Had a leaf spring Posi and a lot of great options so I jumped at it.
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She sure was missing a lot: driveline, trany, interior, upper engine parts and had a crushed front end + bent frame…I was instantly smitten with her even then!
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Back in 1997 I sorely needed a truck so she was cobbled together enough to drive. Correct parts were rebuilt and added when I found those that met her year and options. Disc brakes were adapted in 1998 but, in fact, until this year I’ve had 22 lug nuts. Sometimes even a new set of rotors can make one’s day (thanks Frank).
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The ‘borrowed’ engine was finally returned to its owner this year.
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At 9pm on New Years evening, January 1st, 2007, her fresh LJ 327 was fired up and since then nearly all of the running gear has been polished and completed.
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Now I’ll be launching into replacing the bent frame and will attend to the body…. (Moving into a place with a GARAGE!!)
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…….ET’s already feelin’ broke! Oh, well……..did say I loved the beast…so it shall be.
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.Yes...it's has borrowed '67 fenders....
thanks Mark...