Project Old Blue, 1965 C10, Rebuild Version 2010

[Alan's Classic]

Karl, did you take a pic of the M/C boot that you got from CPP?

[aggie91]

Originally Posted by Alan's Classic

Karl, did you take a pic of the M/C boot that you got from CPP?

NO, I did not even think of it, sorry about that... BUT, it looks just like this one:
http://www.classicparts.com/1947-72-...uctinfo/71-285

[aggie91]

Went to Tyler on Saturday to see my new nephews (twins) and my sister and her husband. I forgot how small new borns are...

Sunday it was supposed to rain but is did not and it was warm, so I rolled the truck outside got some cleaning done yesterday. I used an industrial degreaser and borrowed a neighbor's pressure washer to clean the frame and under the cab. The under cab area was nasty...

The inside of the cab had a funky smell from the critters and nasty carpet that I removed. So, I soaked the floor area with the degreaser and pressure washed it to. It helped knock off some of the loose rust too! I got it rolled back in the garage by the end of the day.

The photo's are after I was done and it had mostly dried out and was getting ready to roll it back inside.

[aggie91]

After I got it back inside, I decided to do a little work on it. I need to remove the old bump stop brackets off of the rear so that I can get a c-notch in there sometime.


I am also, going to remove the rear crossmember and fab up on that mounts a little further back. I want to make a little more room for a gas tank. At some point I am going to change the panhard bar and mounts, so that will mean the orginal mount and crossmemeber are coming out also.


All I got done was the rivets are center punched and started drilling them out. The battery died on my cordless, so I quit for the night.

Tonight, I have to rearrange the garage so that I can get my wife's car in there too. They say it is going to snow again in the next day or so...

[SCOTI]

Paint those calipers black to match the fronts since you did good on them.

ECE has the rear most c.member for a decent price w/the holes already punched. I couldn't find the right sized c-channel @ my local place & ordering from an unknown to save a buck or 2 didn't seem worth when I knew the ECE piece would fit w/o issue. Might be worth looking into.

The Panhard bar c.member should prob be left in place as it braces that area of frame specifically for the Panhard bar. There should be enough room to get a decent size tank back there when you move the rear-most c.member all the way back.

My buddy will prob come out to the shop tomorrow night (if it's not snowing here too) & I'll finally get those dimensions for you.

[aggie91]

Thanks SCOTI.

I will paint them black to match the front. As far as the crossmember for the PHB mount, you are correct. I did not think about the bracing of the frame. I guess it depends on how I do the new mounts as to how much I will have to put back as far as the number of rivets I take out. I will have a crossmember there.

It is suppose to snow today here also. I will be taking a short break on the truck to do a few other things around the house and repair a friends go cart for his kid.

[SCOTI]

Numbers for the truck arm mounts were 39.5" (F) & 41.5" (R). The tape measure was ever so slightly bowed: I measured the rear from the C/L of the brackets across the differential cover; I measured the fronts from the C/L of the brackets under the pinion snout.

If you need more specifics, give me a shout.