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Old 03-18-2015, 12:47 PM   #1
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Project: 3rd times a charm: 83 c10!

little background story. I started building my first c10 when I was 14 years old with my dad, father son project. built a 305 and shaved the handles, taillights, tailgate, roll pan, mirrors and threw a cowl hood on it along with a 3/4 belltech and drove it everyday for about 2 years. starting getting issues of street trucks and truckin mags delivered to our house when I was 17 and always wanted to end up bagging it. well, at the age of 18, I had a pretty bad wreck in the truck that would force me to rebuild the entire truck from the ground up. over the course of about 4 years i built a frame and got almost completely done with it when I was put into the place of having to sell the truck to put a down payment on my home. I opted to take the road that any other man would to make sure that his family was provided for after my wifes constant begging for me not to. After about 4 years of regret, I finally purchased another 83 c10 that I just started on. It was just gonna be static 4-6 on 20s and drive it everyday just like the last. I took it to a local body shop where the stated 6-8 for paint and body and it ended up being close to 2 years for just body work after some unforeseen circumstances came up and now the truck is back in my possession.... and so it begins. hints the "3rd times a charm"......

few pics of the first time the 85 was built



during the rebuild of the 85





and the current 83





That's about as far as I am now. but the plans have changed dramatically. getting front and rear porterbuilts, 22x12 and 22x9 vrods with a few subtle mods.... stay tuned. crossmembers are 10-12 weeks out and wheels are 4-6 so may be a little before any "real" updates....
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Old 03-21-2015, 06:22 PM   #2
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Since I am waiting on the crossmember and wheels I decide to start a little interior work..

Polished the anodized bezel and trim for the dash



Got some of the panels wrapped.



And started the door panels
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Old 04-02-2015, 09:32 PM   #3
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Got the panels glassed and handles in...



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Old 07-02-2015, 10:08 AM   #4
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Christmas in July!!! Ups confirms porterbuilt shipment for Friday delivery and this decided to show up today!
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Old 07-02-2015, 12:52 PM   #5
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Re: Project: 3rd times a charm: 83 c10!

looks like a good project, definatly subbed to this one
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Old 07-02-2015, 06:31 PM   #6
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I'm hoping so! Should be getting some good progress pics in the next few weeks
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Old 07-19-2015, 01:18 AM   #7
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Well not much for updates but spent the afternoon dialing my welder back in since I haven't used it in 2.5 years.. Still a little rusty but hopefully the muscle memory will come back.
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Old 07-19-2015, 01:04 PM   #8
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Well not much for updates but spent the afternoon dialing my welder back in since I haven't used it in 2.5 years.. Still a little rusty but hopefully the muscle memory will come back.
Nice consistent bead. What walking technique did you use? Almost looks like tig welding...
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I use a series of lower case e continuous while never leaving the lead edge of the puddle.
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Old 07-19-2015, 02:33 PM   #11
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Old 08-01-2015, 11:46 AM   #12
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I'll just leave this here.

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Old 08-08-2015, 02:03 AM   #13
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Getting ready for the suspension to go on! Didn't I mention it's hot in east Texas?!


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Man, these forums sure have changed....
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Man, these forums sure have changed....
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Nice work.
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Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive.
It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar.....

Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol.
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Re: Project: 3rd times a charm: 83 c10!

Nice welds! Great history with your old truck. Good to get another. I am tagging along for the rest.
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Nice work.
Just seems people don't post near as much as they used to. I guess social media is being utilized more now than the forums. Not just this one but almost all the forums I'm on are this way. Who knows?

Thanks man. Appreciate it!
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Nice welds! Great history with your old truck. Good to get another. I am tagging along for the rest.
Thank you sir! I sure do miss that thing but I guess we all have "the one that got away" haha!
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Here are some overdue pictures.







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Re: Project: 3rd times a charm: 83 c10!

Got a little bit done today. Axle brackets all welded up. Scored a high hump tunnel off eBay since I couldn't stick a piece of welding wire between the trans and floor before. Also, got the shock mounts situated. With the way they were intended to be setup, the shock bushings were in a little bit of a bind when laid out. Still need to weld the stock shock holes and metal finish them but... Better than nothing.






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Nice progress! Are those PB shock mounts?
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Nice progress! Are those PB shock mounts?
Thanks man! Yes they are. I wasn't too thrilled about the bushings looking the way they were, so I opted to cut the mounts down instead of the frame rail.
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Nice updates.
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