Rebirth of Clyde
 

Starting to document the transformation of my truck. I have had Clyde since 1989, I got him road ready and started to drive him. Sorry no pictures of the beginning.




These are the things that I have done to my truck prior to build thread.

Rebuilt front suspension
2.5” CPP drop spindles
2” drop springs
72 front sway bar
Shock relocators
KYB shocks

Rebuilt rear suspension
Rebuilt 12 bolt
3.73:1 gears
Eaton Posi

Relocated fuel tank
Boyd’s 63-72 c10 19 Gal tank

American Racing radiator

2005 4.8l fi motor
2002 4l60e trans
Tune by: Nelson Performance
Harness by: Clinebarger

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Here is Clyde in 2002, high pockets and all.

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Bed rebuild. 2016

New wood, stained like MAR-K has on their site.

67-72 C10 Sport Bumper also

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Tear down for paint

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

and the dirty work begins

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

also added the center AC vent and side vents from Corvette Jim

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Sanding and sanding

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

interior paint, turned out darker than I was looking for but I still like it

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Exterior paint. no I didn't do a color change, I did think hard about the blue\white as well as green\white.

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

more of the exterior paint work

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

More paint work

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Clyde, is Looking Pretty Sharp!

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

I decided to black out the rear grill area, hopefully this will make the chrome grill pop!

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

removed the Dolphin gauges and went with the Autometer Classic White, with GPS Speedo

also I cleaned up under the hood, I found real good inner fenders and radiator support, blasted and painted then painted here and there and cleaned a bunch. I will replace the booster assy for a new one, the one there wouldn't clean up.

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Sound Deadening and also added a 71\72 c10 accelerator assembly

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Only some buffing and touch up left

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

after final buff and clean up

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Added some bling to Clyde today

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Very nice.

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

New front springs, rear bumper on and a ball joint replacement.

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Looks better than ever!

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Wow. Got a lot done over the fall months
:metal:

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Clean Machine!

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Wow!
I'm not really a lowered truck fan, but your's looks really good!

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Thank You sir!

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Got the grill disasembled, parts sent for powder coating. I cleaned and sprayed new color on the letters, look pretty good.

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Hey Clyde, that grille looks beautiful! Also love the rest of the truck.
I have a question if you don't mind answering about the rear suspension setup you have. I have seen your other posts about the truck bed trailer you have and the sweet camper as well, and I was wondering how the truck handled it with being lowered. I want to lower mine some, but still want to be able to tow a truck bed trailer and my dad's Champion bass boat. Thanks in advance!

That grill looks amazing!! As well as the rest of the truck.

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Got powder coating back and assembled some stuff. Found out my old HID’s had a crack in one so, getting new ones, no LED

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Looking good !

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Clyde...Your truck looks great.....What color did you paint the interior? My truck is original white so Im going back with the same color but wanted a different interior color.

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

It's great to see the rebuild. Nice work.

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Grill parts powder coated, new trim rings and headlight doors. New lights, mine were 20 years old, went with some HID bulbs and will use the relay harness.

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Thanks Pdxhall!

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Thank You Johns66!

I tried ( yeah I know) to match the grey of the 60/61 but it came out much darker than I expected and the painter expected. It’s a medium charcoal kind of color.

I thought about fawn but I didn’t think it would go with my silver rally’s and seats...now I’m thinking of going with a bright blue ( like a 65 Impala)for the carpet, seats and kick panels.

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Thanks Jimmy!

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Thanks kdad, can you believe it’s 20 years old?

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Thanks cwcarpenter98!

I haven’t driven Clyde and Bonnie( the Camper) together much, I put air bags on Clyde to handle the weight and be lowered. I had 4” drop springs and they were way to soft, almost dragging the ground. With the airbags, I just air them up to (45# driving) whatever is needed to handle the extra weight.

It really depends on how much you want to lower it. 2” wont hurt you at all.

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Thanks! I want to lower it some, but I don't think it will happen any time soon. Got too much on my plate.

I really like the grille and the fresh powder coated parts. Did you use new screws for the bulb retainer rings? I'm missing some screws, and I have no idea where to get some from

Re: Rebirth of Clyde
 

Clyde.....I like the darker/medium charcoal...looks really good with the white.....I am thinking of either chrome wheels or a gunmetal/charcoal wheel/

Yours is looking really good.