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p4p1 · 08-10-2016, 01:33 AM

I've recently moved to Jamaica and decided that one of things I would be doing was buying and then completing a build on a c10 but was not sure if I wanted a 67-72 or a squarebody . One of the conditions on me moving here with my Jamaican girlfriend(met her in oz where she was for a few years but she had to go home) was that I could buy and build a c10 as I've always wanted a big American pick up. Before I moved I got in touch with the Jamaican classic car club about importing one from the US as you need approval from them to bring one over. They rejected it, after some more convo with the club I found out that while they're hard to come by if you don't know where to look or anyone who has one they are here, for sale and even better can be had at cheaper than you get them in the US before you even factor in shipping and import cost(Jamaican import duties and taxes on cars work out forums 50% of the cars value.).

Ended up finding a squarebody off an old guy through the car club who had bought it to use for his 57 pick up body(transplanting the body onto chassis and using the driveline) but decided to use a different chassis. He was very straight up with me told me what he paid for it, I was happy with the price and know how much it sucks being low balled for something that's worth what you've got in it so I decided to just pay what he Paid. As it turns out that may have been a good call because I was supposed to pick it up on Monday but due to still having a foreign bank account I can only get money out at the ATM so I couldn't get it out in one go told him this and said to not rush because there was a few things he was hoping to get fixed before I pick it up such as the steering wheel and tyres etc so a massive win there.

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It's a 350sbc model with factory air, power steering and power brakes. So a great find for the price and not having to get an aircon kit is awesome as driving here without a/c would be ****.

Plans are to drive it as I build it partly because I don't have a shed or anything that I can store the car in and I need a way to get around as well. My first questions are if anyone here bought one they're planning on buying what would they do first ie replace all the fluids/carby clean etc? (I'm very new and inexperienced at working on cars) And then what should I start upgrading/modifying once I've got the car up to being reliable. Nothing concrete yet about what I'll do still tossing up driveline and colours etc only concrete planes are air bags and bigger discs.

08-10-2016, 01:33 AM	#1
p4p1 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Kingston, JA Posts: 6	p4ps daily driver project I've recently moved to Jamaica and decided that one of things I would be doing was buying and then completing a build on a c10 but was not sure if I wanted a 67-72 or a squarebody . One of the conditions on me moving here with my Jamaican girlfriend(met her in oz where she was for a few years but she had to go home) was that I could buy and build a c10 as I've always wanted a big American pick up. Before I moved I got in touch with the Jamaican classic car club about importing one from the US as you need approval from them to bring one over. They rejected it, after some more convo with the club I found out that while they're hard to come by if you don't know where to look or anyone who has one they are here, for sale and even better can be had at cheaper than you get them in the US before you even factor in shipping and import cost(Jamaican import duties and taxes on cars work out forums 50% of the cars value.). Ended up finding a squarebody off an old guy through the car club who had bought it to use for his 57 pick up body(transplanting the body onto chassis and using the driveline) but decided to use a different chassis. He was very straight up with me told me what he paid for it, I was happy with the price and know how much it sucks being low balled for something that's worth what you've got in it so I decided to just pay what he Paid. As it turns out that may have been a good call because I was supposed to pick it up on Monday but due to still having a foreign bank account I can only get money out at the ATM so I couldn't get it out in one go told him this and said to not rush because there was a few things he was hoping to get fixed before I pick it up such as the steering wheel and tyres etc so a massive win there. [img=http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad320/buzz0369/27fe809170b08c4fba25fca7d2d895a9.jpg][img=http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad320/buzz0369/95ee3245f907f9234a16b8fa53a3d02e.jpg][img=http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad320/buzz0369/6ccde604640584d19c0604d7cae6c6ce.jpg][img=http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad320/buzz0369/4ee143a71d19be99b2f62d604793923f.jpg] It's a 350sbc model with factory air, power steering and power brakes. So a great find for the price and not having to get an aircon kit is awesome as driving here without a/c would be ****. Plans are to drive it as I build it partly because I don't have a shed or anything that I can store the car in and I need a way to get around as well. My first questions are if anyone here bought one they're planning on buying what would they do first ie replace all the fluids/carby clean etc? (I'm very new and inexperienced at working on cars) And then what should I start upgrading/modifying once I've got the car up to being reliable. Nothing concrete yet about what I'll do still tossing up driveline and colours etc only concrete planes are air bags and bigger discs.