The Project formerly known as "E.P." now known as Bruise N' Cruise
 

E.P. for Empty Pockets that is. Bought my first ever truck after driving the hand me down Saturn my parents gave me for my 16th b-day. It's a 1967 C10, SWB, small window, has a 250 inline six and two speed powerglide transmition. It's going to be a HUGE learning experience for me as I don't know too much about automotives but I've got a great desire to learn. This is going to go extremely slow as I'm only 16 and I only get $130.00 to spend on it every month. My job pays minimum wage, I only get like 13 hours a week, and every other paycheck goes to insurance. I'll be asking lots of questions as I start with the build on certain things, first ones going to be on the wheel cylinder. How do you get the bolt off that's holding on the wheel cylinder? Me and my dad finally ended up taking an impact wrench to it and it still didn't break, is there some trick to getting it off? Also, what is the part located between the hood and the windshield, it's severely messed up and I need to get a new one for the truck. Heres some pictures of us bringing it home from Moultrie and then some of the wheel cylinder and other miscellaneous pictures for you guys to look at. By the way, the truck runs and drives, it just has absolutely no breaks so we're replacing them. If you have any questions feel free to ask and I'll answer to the best of my ability.

As for the part mentioned above, does anyone have one they are willing to sell or give me a quote for one?

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Great start and enjoy working on your truck!

For the wheel cylinder, I ended up just grinding off the head on one of mine that was stuck. Since you'll be replacing the wheel cylinder anyway its not a big deal. Just be careful not to nick the brake line with your grinder, unless you are replacing those too, then no big deal.

I understand the minimum wage thing too...I got mine when I was 16 also, after driving a hand-me-down S10. I worked minimum wage jobs too all though high school and had to save up months for stuff, but it was a lot of fun!

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Haha, Luke, I've got a Saturn SL as well, seems like were in the same boat. I'll see about grinding it off, gotta see what we have in the shop, think a dremels the best thing we have. Looks like I'll be buying some new tools in the process as well.

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Looks like you got a great truck !!! The piece between the windshield and the hood is called a cowl . Wish you lived in Iowa I would give you one . I remember what it was like to be 16 and have a limited budget . I think the shipping on the cowl would be pricey from here. should be able to find one locally in good shape. Keep up the good work !!! I love to see young people showing interest in old trucks!!! Bob

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Well hey, it may be cheaper to ship than to buy one. If your really up giving it up I can check on shipping prices and I'd be happy to pay for it.

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Let me get a weight and shipping cost for you !!! PM me with your address . Monday I will try to get you a price . I should be able to ship it through the company my wife works for . Be patient with me it might take me a couple of days to get a price . If it 's not too much I may even pay for it for you . Like I said it's good to see someone of your age showing interest in doing this yourself and I would be glad to help you out !!! So PM me that address and let me see what I can do . The cowl that I have is maroon but in good shape and your more than welcome to it . I would rather see you have it than sell it . Just to show you this board is full of great people willing to help out !! Talk to you soon . Bob

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Thanks loads Bob, just sent you the PM. If you've got AIM or MSN I can talk with you on there as well.

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Great looking build... good luck!

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Here are a couple of pics of the cowl . Bob

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Yeah, that looks much better than mine, on the passenger side, the part closest to the hood is completely bent in the opposite direction and has started to rust through.

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Now I just have to get it to you ! I will keep you posted !! Bob

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It's on it's way tomorrow !!!!! Enjoy !!! Bob

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Thanks a ton man, if theres anything I can do for you let me know.

Update: Managed to get the bolt off, had to get a new socket wrench but it worked. Now it's just a matter or rebuilding all of the wheel cylinders and the brakes should be good to go(or so I hope).

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No Problem !!! I'm warning you when you open it there are lots of shipping peanuts in the box . I hope it gets to you safely . It's insured so if it's destroyed when you get it let me know . Bob

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Well I know you got it did it arrive safely? Bob

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hey dylan,i have a complete wheel to wheel front cross member from my 67.i ve replaced mine w/one from fatmans fabrications.
this one already has disc brakes and is a 5 x 5 bolt pattern.
free for u,just come and get it or if u can arrange transport,let me know.
i ll like to help u out.

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Oh man, that'd be awesome. Me and my dad were just talking of converting the brakes to disc. If you could, think I could get your zip and the weight of it so I can find out shipping costs. If possible I may even see if my dad can take me up there since he probably wouldn't let me drive all the way to N.C.

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Thanks for the cowl Bob, heres some pics of it on my truck, remember, if theres anything I can do for you let me know.
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The only thing you need to do for me is enjoy that truck and don't give up on it !!! Glad I could help you out ;) Bob

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zip is 28205
the weight is pobably around 300#

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Ouch, not sure if I'm doing the shipping costs right, or if theres any other way to ship it other than freight, but ups and fedex are both giving me estimates of around 560.00 to ship it. My zips 32327. Hopefully I can just talk my dad into driving up there with me.

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Try Greyhound I have heard they have good rates.

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Just checked and they only allow for you to ship stuff under 100lbs.

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if you can wait,i ll be going trough mobile,al in about a month or 5 weeks.
MAYBE WE CAN ARRANGE SOMETHING.

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I Checked The Map.
So, We Can Meet Anywhere Between Montgomery And Mobile, Al.
Let Me Now.

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Sounds like a plan, I'll send you my contact information and if you want you can call me and tell me a week or two in advance when you're headed down there. Or you can just send me a PM, either way, my dad said that would be a million times better than driving all the way to NC.

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Man , I think it's way cool of erik to offer up a complete front end to ya !! A real stand up guy !!! See i told ya the people of this board are way cool :metal: Bob

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Awesome! I'm glad you ended up on the board. I almost bought your truck in Moultrie, GA about a month ago! I thought about it real hard to make a patina'd shop truck, but decided I just didn't need another project. Here are pics I took of it in Moultrie.

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BTW, If you decide to go with smaller mirrors, I'd love to have those Jr West Coast mirrors. They are what came on my '67 C-30, and I need a set of them. Just let me know.

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Haha, that's insane. Thing is when I was up in Moultrie, I was going to buy it that Saturday, and was in the process of handing the guy the money to hold it for me, when I realized I hadn't asked if he had a title yet. As had happened twice earlier, he said no and that he only had the bill of sale. Our hopes were shot then as it's a huge pain to get a title in Fl. We ended up talking to him like two weeks later and he said he still had it so me and my dad went to Moultrie and picked it up. By the way, that guy has a whole entire field of trucks new and old, so if you're looking for some parts you may want to check there. As for the mirrors, they're yours as soon as I get some new ones for it, my plans are to make this a driver as soon as possible. I'll go check on the prices of mirrors next time I head into town. We almost ended up buying that Ford when we found this one didn't have a title but that one didn't have one either, I'm glad we went with the C10 instead though.

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If want, I can send you some of the correct mirror arms for the 67-70's. They are like the ones on the '68 below. You would just have to buy a set of 5" round mirrors that will cost like $20. They are about the cleanest looking mirrors for these trucks IMO.

BTW, I think you'll be much happier with the C-10 than the Ferd. These trucks are gaining value and popularity at a higher rate than any other truck out there right now. Below is article talking about the status of these trucks in today's market. It has been posted here a bunch, but you may not have seen it being a new member. Its a great read.

http://www.sporttruck.com/techarticl...cks/index.html

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Nah, don't worry about the arms, I plan on going with some different mirrors. Thanks for the offer though, thanks for the article as well. I'm gonna go read it right now.

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hhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmm what was the last post all about?

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LOL! This is what happened! :lol:

My little sidekick hijacked my computer. She was at home with Mommy this morning to get registered for kindergarden, and my wife told me she was typing on the "truck board".

Either that, or I got so drunk last night I can't remember even drinking!;) Did I really go to work today?:uhmk:

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BTW, before ya'll yell at me, she is NOT really riding the Grizzly!!

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Toooo cute!! :)

N E more E.P. progress?

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Not too much, like I said checks hardly ever come to me lol, gas and insurance take it all up, I did just use this last check to buy windshield wipers, shocks, and new wheel bearings (inner and outer) so I'll post some pics of the shocks on in a second and of the stuff I bought. Gotta get in touch with Erik real soon here to see when I can meet him.

Update: So just the other day went and blew my measly little paycheck on some parts for the truck. Found out this build is going to take a LOT longer than I had hoped at this rate. Maybe I'll get a second job over the summer and speed things up. Anyways, so far since the last update I've got the wheel cylinders rebuilt, packed the bearings (haha that was fun), and put new shocks and wipers on. It's a lot of fun putting new stuff on your truck that's for sure, just wish I had more to put on lol. As you can see, the wipers really needed to be replaced. Enough talking though, here are the pictures. Yes, I know, my updates suck, live with it.

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So, another update, was bleeding the front brakes after completely finishing them this weekend and guess what, the master cylinder went out, WOOT!!!! Went to the auto store and bought a new one put it on filled it with the brake fluid and started pumping, go me for being an idiot, nothing happened, found out that you have to do some prep stuff before pumping the brakes. Hopefully I didn't screw anything up, gonna work on it some more soon.