Saddle up 66 c10

[chevy.c10]

Originally Posted by 62jimmy

Man, great looking truck, know any history on it? Looks to be pretty complete and original down to the hubcaps, drool

It is mostly original from what I can tell, inline six (250) mated to a 3 on a tree. The truck came with factory a/c but the previous owner took all of the a/c out, other than that its just a regular old '66 chevy, check out this bumper though.

[62jimmy]

That bumper is really sweet, I'd definitely keep that!

Enjoy the time building the truck with your pop, I built my first car, a 72 Nova between the age of 14 and 18 with my Dad, I'm 34 now, still have the car and the memories we made during that time and after will be with me for the rest of my life

[chevy.c10]

Originally Posted by 62jimmy

That bumper is really sweet, I'd definitely keep that!

Enjoy the time building the truck with your pop, I built my first car, a 72 Nova between the age of 14 and 18 with my Dad, I'm 34 now, still have the car and the memories we made during that time and after will be with me for the rest of my life

For sure, i've already decided that it just needs to stay with the truck.

[Sickfast1964]

Originally Posted by chevy.c10

It is mostly original from what I can tell, inline six (250) mated to a 3 on a tree. The truck came with factory a/c but the previous owner took all of the a/c out, other than that its just a regular old '66 chevy, check out this bumper though.

Hey welcome to the Forum. So great to have younger men carry on with the preservation of these old trucks.

And of course its a great starter, it came from Dallas. Doran was around for a VERY long time.

[chevy.c10]

Originally Posted by Sickfast1964

Hey welcome to the Forum. So great to have younger men carry on with the preservation of these old trucks.

And of course its a great starter, it came from Dallas. Doran was around for a VERY long time.

Thanks, I've always had a soft spot for these old chevy trucks. Mind I ask is Doran still running today?

[chevy.c10]

Been working on the hood little by little, I ended up just cutting a chunk out and i'm going to make my own patch panel its going well just need to make a few bends yet and a bit of trimming and fitting until i'm finished.

[chevy.c10]

I have a frame question to, it isn't in bad condition by all means, I took a wire wheel to the back half of the frame and sprayed some loctite rust neutralizer on a small spot of the frame and like it was suppose to it turned black. It says on the bottle it it suppose to be a paintable surface after sprayed with the product but I wanted to know if anyone else has used it before and if it is okay to paint of the top of neutralized surface?

[1981_c10]

Originally Posted by chevy.c10

It is mostly original from what I can tell, inline six (250) mated to a 3 on a tree. The truck came with factory a/c but the previous owner took all of the a/c out, other than that its just a regular old '66 chevy, check out this bumper though.

If you are ever wanting to sell that bumper let me know! I am in dallas and that would look awesome on my c10!

[chevy.c10]

Originally Posted by 1981_c10

If you are ever wanting to sell that bumper let me know! I am in dallas and that would look awesome on my c10!

Its something I plan on keeping with the truck but you will be the first to know if I am no longer interested in it.

[Grizz1963]

Looking good.

I flipped my cab onto its back onto a mattress as well.

Worked great.

[chevy.c10]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Looking good.

I flipped my cab onto its back onto a mattress as well.

Worked great.

Thanks, it is pretty easy if you have a couple guys there to help flip it with you because the bare cab is not that heavy. I just used some scrap lumber and that worked well.

[chevy.c10]

Well i'm finally getting back on my thread and giving an update. I have gotten some things knocked out including stripping my inner fenders down to bare metal, painting the front end of my chassis along with (almost finshed) completely rebuilding my front end with replacing new upper and lower ball joints, inner & outer tie-rods, 2 inch drop springs, shocks and and added sway bar. (I don't know if my truck came with a sway bar or not but it currently did not have one so I decided to add one.) Will have the chassis finished by the end of the week then I hope you get my inner fenders in primer and to start stripping down other parts for primer. See below for pictures of the progress.

[chevy.c10]

Been getting some work done. Got the cab stripped down thankfully as some of the spots including the roof on the inside of the cab and the dash. I also started body working it as much as I could after school and whenever I had free time and I have got alot done. Today my brother even helped me spray some primer on it.