1966 C-10 build

[kdad]

So the thought is to leave the exterior with its patina (rust holes in doors and faded out silver paint with sun bleached spots) paint the upper cab white and the stripe inside the trims.
On the interior I went with as much new or rebuilt as possible to give the wife her comfort all the while maintaining that "Ol skool" look.. hence the name of the truck... "Ol Skool"

passenger door coming along nicely







Dam kick panels needed replaced..




Here was a nice puzzle

[kdad]

I used self drilling screws to hold the panels while I test fit and got ready to weld





I used tape to get a straight line around the cab corner where I was getting ready to cut


Of course my cut looked like I had 6 martinis... LOL



Cleaned up pretty good and welding we go



12 hours of cutting grinding and welding later..

[kdad]

The wife walks in and says wow you got allot done...
Im feeling all proud and looking ;like a king basking in the light of my own brilliance...
Then she says.... "hey I thought you were gonna put that fuel tank in the back" I'm thinking … Really? So she goes on a tangent about how since its all torn down that I might as well just take the tank out and mount a new one in the rear. I mean how hard could it be she says?????? I am thinking the whole time doesn't she have a nail appointment or a trip to the salon to get to? So I end up taking the tank out and thus we have another hole to weld up.


Poor old tank



I got my way when I insisted we go to an OG mirror painted to match all the white on the cab.




Gotta get back to it the Boss (Wifee) wants this thing running asap with no excuses from me... I still love my truck and the dog.. always love that dog.. the wife I'm just tolerating at this point. She adds any more items to my list and we are gonna have issues.. LOL