C10 Goldilocks

[builtbyKane]

Way cool

[rusty76]

Truck looks amazing.

[Phill0406]

Thoughts of a turbo been running through my mind lately...

[builtbyKane]

Get that dude on the road and reliable then decide on the turbo. But that's just my 2¢ of snowballed projects

[gringoloco]

Originally Posted by Phill0406

Thoughts of a turbo been running through my mind lately...

Sexy pic! Turbos are sexy too... you’re not the only one having these thoughts

[Hendo]

Just went through this whole thread. Loving it so far. Great looking truck. The gold and white patina is awesome looking sitting on the ground.

[knomadd]

What he said!

[hewittca]

still making great progress. I like the pic of it sitting in the leaves.

[Phill0406]

Haven't done much of anything to the truck in the last few months, just been cruising it. The overheating issue was just a big air pocket, bled and burped the system and it's ice cold now. In this New England fall weather I'm not even needing to use my fan.

Going to take it out to shoot some photos of it later today but then it's back into the garage. Finally going to put the hood on and make some bed mounts. I need to see if the hood will clear the engine covers.





Bought a wilwood MC yesterday with the good deals AZ pro had going on, going to go with manual brakes. I don't like the gushy pedal that the booster is giving me. Gonna pull the motor and redo the body work on the firewall and likely paint it gold, BTR stage 4 cam, paint the engine black, maybe some new heads, put the height sensors on the air ride. A lot of work to do.

[04ls1gto]

Truck looks great, where in RI are you I'm in Portsmouth

[LakeAnna]

Man that build is bad ass! Nice work.

[rustytruck50]

Originally Posted by lakeanna

man that build is bad ass! Nice work.

x2!!!!

[Phill0406]

Originally Posted by 04ls1gto

Truck looks great, where in RI are you I'm in Portsmouth

Man, I wish I was still in lil rhody. I was in Smithfield but just moved over the border back to MA - Hopedale. Any other c10s down there?

[Phill0406]

Tore the truck apart - making things a little tidier. First up was putting the floor back in the bed. Holy crap was this a lot of work. Capped off some 1.5" eighth wall box tubing with a plate with a hole and a grade 8 nut welded on the inside, built the frame around that, put plates on the ends with two holes to bolt to the bed side then painted it with chassis paint. The frame I built bolts into the stock location using half inch bolts - worked like a charm. The extra brace in the front is for the exhaust hangers to bolt to. Then I recessed the under side of the floor so it would fit snug on the frame, pressure washed and then undercoated it and flopped it in. The wheel tubs got cut down and patched up, undercoated as well and then I did a vinegar/hydrogen peroxide/salt mixture to make them rust a little. Color matches the carriage bolts and viola. A tip for anyone doing this... it's way easier to take one side of the bed off to get the floor in than it is to try to shoe horn the thing into place. It takes a few minutes longer but is so much easier.

Just need to cut the hole for the flush mount fuel filler and it'll be done. Now it's onto the fire wall. There are a few holes I want to shave and then give my best shot at actual body work instead of a tube of seam sealer and spray paint. I have an April 31st deadline for a show, a lot more work to do.

[hewittca]

Nice to see an update. The raised steel floor looks great! Did you have to cut the lip off the edge of the steel floor to get it to slide up between the bedsides like that? When I did mine, I ended up moving the mounting flange up the sides of the bedsides like they are connected stock because I thought the bed floor wouldn't fit and I didn't want to cut off that lip. I'm thinking now maybe I could have done it this way afterall.

[Phill0406]

Originally Posted by hewittca

Nice to see an update. The raised steel floor looks great! Did you have to cut the lip off the edge of the steel floor to get it to slide up between the bedsides like that? When I did mine, I ended up moving the mounting flange up the sides of the bedsides like they are connected stock because I thought the bed floor wouldn't fit and I didn't want to cut off that lip. I'm thinking now maybe I could have done it this way afterall.

Nope, I had no issues with it. I would have liked to do that but it seemed like more work and I didn't want to put back in all the carriage bolts.

[Phill0406]

Got the motor freshened up. LQ4 with an LS6 intake, holley EFI fuel rails, AN-4 steamline fittings, F body water pump, low mount f body alternator, high mount F body power steering and dirty dingo spacers to maintain the truck crank pulley (which desperately needs to be painted or replaced). Still need to get a new set of valve covers - will likely end up with the small block script covers. Waiting on the power steering pulley and tensioner too. Nervous the orange and black will look weird with a gold firewall but we shall see. I wish I could have just kept the three piece vortec cover and avoided this whole expense but it didn't fit with the cover on. Oh well.

Before and after

[gringoloco]

No worries, that shade of orange goes with everything

[khess]

This is awesome. Just read through the whole build.

[Phill0406]

Originally Posted by gringoloco

No worries, that shade of orange goes with everything

Much better than a blue, don't ya think
Should be okay because the side markers and tail lights are orange and red and look fine against the gold - I figure the Chevy Orange is just kinda a blend of the two.

Originally Posted by khess

This is awesome. Just read through the whole build.

Thanks man!

[khess]

Mind me asking what the wheel/tire set up is ?

[Phill0406]

Originally Posted by khess

Mind me asking what the wheel/tire set up is ?

Of course not. 15x5 3.75BS and 15x10 4.5BS with 235/70/15 and 275/60/15.
They're wheel vintique wheels with diamonback classic wide whites.

[khess]

Thank you sir ! Everyone usually runs larger wheels lol Figured I'd ask.

[Phill0406]

Originally Posted by khess

Thank you sir ! Everyone usually runs larger wheels lol Figured I'd ask.

I went back and fourth with running a big wheel or not, ultimately it came down to satisfying an itch I always had for white walls. Maybe I'll switch it up one day but I love this look.

[khess]

It's an awesome look. I asked if you minded since I come from the subaru / lowered car crowd and everything is a secret lol I'm sure you know this.