Project Old Blue, 1965 C10, Rebuild Version 2010

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by aggie91

Thanks Alan, My first thought was to cut and weld make people think that it was a stock part in the end...What do you think about my second idea?

The second idea would be a cool fix, but I don't think you will gain enough clearance. From the pix it looks like the front header mount bolt is 1.5" away from going in. I don't think there is enough material on the mount to accomendate the mod. Not saying it can't be done. The amount you have circled will not help. Try it and see. That's the way I learn. That's my .o2 from what I can see.

[daverod]

Great now your going to make me paint my water pump. Nice picture takin. Keep them coming I need pictures. You need to get your power steering pump on.

[aggie91]

thanks guys. I am going to take the stock mount to work tomorrow and if I get time cut out the offending area and see what that gives me.

Dave - before I do the PS pump I have to solve my header/motor mount issue.
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[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by aggie91

thanks guys. I am going to take the stock mount to work tomorrow and if I get time cut out the offending area and see what that gives me.

Dave - before I do the PS pump I have to solve my header/motor mount issue.

Just remember, you can plate/reinforce the tower bracket on the back side & it won't interfere w/anything.

[aggie91]

Originally Posted by Alan's Classic

The second idea would be a cool fix, but I don't think you will gain enough clearance. From the pix it looks like the front header mount bolt is 1.5" away from going in. I don't think there is enough material on the mount to accomendate the mod. Not saying it can't be done. The amount you have circled will not help. Try it and see. That's the way I learn. That's my .o2 from what I can see.

The bolt hole is right at an inch away from lining up. While I had the motor up to swap the mounts, I did a little reverse assembly so to speak and it look like I only need about 1/2" clearence at the frame bracket. I am going to cut it out today and see what happens. If it comes out right, you may not even see my modifications once everything is together...if this does not work, I can still use the mounts from the 82...

[aggie91]

I did cut out the part of the mount that i had marked. Not quite enough, If bolts up but the tube hits it hard. I marked it to cut some more...

We went to the drag races today so no work today...I will try to post a picture on Sunday...

[aggie91]

Well baseball is over for us this year. We did OK but not like we hoped. I am working a different schedule 3 days a week and it has given me a hour or so to work on the truck. I took out all the springs and out on my 20" wheels and tires to see how it would look. Seems ok now, but I will need to put sheetmetal on before I make a decision.

Anyway, I worked on my motor mount issue some more. I have totaly abandoned the 73-87 motor mounts mostly because I got frustrated once i modified the driver side frame bracket. I cut it down 3/4" and it looked good, but with a new rubber mount, it would no longer fit the frame like I wanted. So, back to modifing the stock frame bracket.

I cut out enough to clear the header tube and started "patching" the hole to reinforce the area that was removed. Here are some in progress pics:

Here you can get an idea of how deep I needed to cut to clear the header,



This gets me about 1/4" clearance between the header tube and the mount. Once finished it should look good. There will be reinforcement on the underside and not visible once installed. I hope that I can metal finish it on the topside so that I can have it powder coated when I take it all back part for finishing some day.

[daverod]

Looks like a good fix. No wheel pictures? I've been lookin for some 20's. I tried some but they did't fit. I guess the offset was wrong. A lot of the new wheels have a pos offset. I was pissed it was a good deal 350 for wheels and 1/2 bad tires.

[aggie91]

Thanks Dave. The 20's are my Boss 307's that came of my '98 before I sold the truck. Maybe once this motor mount issue is put to rest, I will put the sheemetal on and get a picture...

[67_SS396]

Great build! Believe it or not, I remember this truck from the Street Machine Nationals in Waco, I was there that year, plus many others. I had a 65 short fleet, charcoal grey, 396 with a four speed and black bed cover. After the show was over, a bunch of us hit the cruise on Valley Mills and had some burn out contests and a few street races.
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