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Old 07-23-2019, 08:50 AM   #51
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Re: 71 c10 restoration

thanks for the info!
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Old 07-29-2019, 03:47 PM   #52
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Pretty torn between colors, heading to paint soon. The interior of the truck will be black carpet, bench seat, door panels, headliners. Need some opinions

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Old 07-30-2019, 06:49 PM   #53
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Old 08-03-2019, 12:48 AM   #54
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Re: 71 c10 restoration

Man, sure wish you'd gotten more accomplished over the past year....sheesh!!!!
Seriously, the truck looks like a million bucks
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Old 08-03-2019, 07:18 PM   #55
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Taking the cab for some quotes to get the rockers, and doors hung. Then to finish some dough work and shoot some paint! coming along nicely. Really looking forward to getting some color on this old cab!!
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Old 08-06-2019, 06:25 PM   #56
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New tank came in from "Ricks tanks". Looks great and fit well. Sadly the fuel lines and connectors are on back order from summit. Should pair well with the holly snyper fuel rails.

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Old 08-13-2019, 04:03 PM   #57
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The stock injectors from the 6.0 would not work with the ls3 intake. "Unfortunately" I had to upgrade to 42lbs injectors and holly fuel rails.
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Old 08-13-2019, 04:07 PM   #58
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Good news! my headers came in from "Headmen Headers" they look great and fit well. Decided to go with the shorties to increase the bottom-end power compared to top-end power with long tubes. Cant wait to hear this baby purr

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Old 08-13-2019, 04:14 PM   #59
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In other news, Dropped the cab off at a local hot rod shop (Dooley and sons) to have the remaining metal work to be completed. They are hanging the doors, and mounting the rockers. Finally decided on a color for the truck. Was really torn between the teal and the hugger orange. Finally concluded that the teal was more "50's" and the orange was more "70's muscle". Looking forward to seeing some paint on my baby.
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Old 08-18-2019, 11:16 AM   #60
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Re: College restoration. My 71 c10

Looking good man. And that's a shame you had to upgrade those injectors lol.
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Old 08-20-2019, 11:03 AM   #61
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Re: College restoration. My 71 c10

Love your color choice. I am having the same battle right now on colors, to go orange/white or black/white. I love my existing black and silver wheels on my K10 and want the color to match. Figure at the end of the day both are great looks. Keep up the good work!
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Old 09-16-2019, 10:59 AM   #62
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Pulled apart the old bed sides. Need to sandblast and determine if they are usable or if a repop bed is better.

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Old 10-05-2019, 03:48 PM   #63
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Visited my cab today. Looking good, love to see it coming along
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Old 10-22-2019, 01:58 PM   #64
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Old 10-23-2019, 10:06 AM   #65
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Re: College restoration. My 71 c10

I just read through your thread. Nice work and progress. Subbed to follow along.
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Old 11-18-2019, 02:16 PM   #66
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Got some updated photos from the paint shop. Dropping the newly sandblasted doors off this weekend. Hoping the paint and body work has a quick turn around once they have the doors
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Old 11-18-2019, 02:44 PM   #67
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Pulled apart the old bed sides. Need to sandblast and determine if they are usable or if a repop bed is better.

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I would try to use them unless they are completely rotten. I did a SWB conversion on mine and had to use repop. I bent one literally in half at the wheel well pushing it out to close the tailgate and I wasn't pushing very hard. The repops are super thin, they ting when you flick them.
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Old 11-19-2019, 04:08 PM   #68
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I would try to use them unless they are completely rotten. I did a SWB conversion on mine and had to use repop. I bent one literally in half at the wheel well pushing it out to close the tailgate and I wasn't pushing very hard. The repops are super thin, they ting when you flick them.
I for sure will need to replace the tailgate, do you know if the repop tailgates work well with original bed sides? Split between trying to find a quality OEM tailgate or ordering a repop.
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Old 11-21-2019, 03:51 PM   #69
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They fit ok but are thinner than OEM as well. Post 163 on this thread shows the major alignment issue that can't really be resolved on the repop tailgates but it isn't that bad really.

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Old 11-25-2019, 02:08 PM   #70
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Dad and I spent many hours working on the truck this weekend. While I was finishing up the C-Notches he worked to tack together an exhaust. What a stellar job!
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Old 12-02-2019, 09:41 PM   #71
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Made more progress this past weekend. Went with Pypes street pro mufflers. Looking forward to hearing the fire breather
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Old 01-05-2020, 10:37 PM   #72
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Visited the cab at the painters. Rockers have been installed and the doors hung. The dough work is complete inside the cab, around the door jams and the fire wall. Paint should be shot soon!
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Old 01-05-2020, 11:16 PM   #73
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Doing a little dough work my self in the barn. Been working on straightening out the fenders. Aside from some minor dents the body work is coming along greatly!
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Looking real good, lots of great progress. Keep it up!
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Old 02-24-2020, 02:29 PM   #75
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Went to Lone star throw down this weekend with my father and saw a lot of amazing trucks. Was a great inspiration for me to get in the barn and keep working. I was able to finish the little body work needed on the fenders, and started work on the hood. Dad had been working tirelessly to finish the exhaust. Made a modification to the plan and we are going to incorporate the X-pipe like originally planned. Name:  IMG_3213.jpg
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