Hi Gang,

What a great site and a true testament to what awesome trucks the 67-72 Chevy Trucks are. (and apparently awesome/helpful owners too)

I've loved these trucks ever since I was a kid when I'd sit on top of my Dad's 1970 Chev C10 truck with my freinds as boys and we'd pretend to be driving to some type of dilemma where we'd save the day!!

Well my Dad's truck is long gone now. (Probably beer cans by now with the salt and corrosion we get up here in Canada). For years I've been throwing around the idea of bringing one of these trucks back to life. I finally made the plunge, and on our 11th anniversary my wife and I went for a trip to Maine, USA to pick my new truck up. (Well you know how the 1st Anniversary is Paper and the 2nd is Cotton.........wells boys it seems the 11th is short box chevy's!!!!!!!!!!!:metal: )

Here's the scoop on the truck:

1970 Chev C10 SWB Fleetside

Body
Blue paint badly blistered and peeling
Lots of mud in spots but overall appears fairly solid
The rockers, firewall, and under cab supports have major rust problems.(see below)
Wood bed that needs replaced or refurbished

Suspension
No PS and PB
Cracked frame in the rear with some rough patch work.
I can see daylight through the shocks..

Motor
250 CID "Fireball" Six.....Sweet! (Not)
Don't worry that will get rectified:metal:

Plans
I don't have a huge wad of cash I can throw at it so I'll have to do most of the work myself and little by little. It will be a long term thing but I hope to get it fixed up enough to be a daily driver for now.

Not sure which way to go because I really like them both. Either I'll,
1) "pimp it out" lowered with a crazy engine, paint job, big rims/tires or
2) Keep it fairly stock looking with a crazy engine and paint job.

Anyway, I'll try and post a few PICs here so you can see my starting point.

Ps: I can't believe this site exists! It rocks!! It has so many tips and information for neebees like me. Thank you guys, keep it up.

I'll try posting pics...hope this works:
http://www.geocities.com/rickdavidson1/PassSide.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/rickdavidson1/DrSide.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/rickdavidson1/Tail.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/rickdavidson1/Interior1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/rickdavidson1/PSRocker.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/rickdavidson1/Bed.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/rickdavidson1/Engine.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/rickdavidson1/NastyRot.jpg

great start for something that far north

shoulda baught a burb with that big family

dont hate the inlines,they need love too!!

Welcome to the board looks like she need some floor work..

Welcome from Maine!

Have fun with your new truck. Welcome from Western Kentucky.

welcome from Texas

I vote stock with a crazy engine! :) Just make sure to move the motor mount brackets forward; too many people with 6 to 8 conversions forget to do that and have firewall issues. :)

Hey welcome aboard,where in ontario are you from I live in Brantford and am currently restoring my 70 blazer

:welcome2: From West TN :hi2:

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the Welcome. Glad to be here. I know I'm in good company. I forgot to tell you it's still not running. Needs new points, I've quickly found out that you can't just walk into your local AutoParts store and expect them to stock parts for a 36 year old vehicle. (Hopefully next week we'll spark some life into her)

Hey JC, I didn't realize how cool the Burbs were until I seen some photos on this site. "BlueGoose" (I think) has a nice one. Maybe the next project.

Trailzen, Brantford, nice!..........The home of the Great One #99 Wayne Gretzky. I live not to far from you in Grimsby, Ontario.

97Silv5.7, Maine is truely a very beautiful State, and the people seem very friendly there. The guy I bought the truck from is a super nice guy. Alien Auto in Richmond, ME. He said he's selling about 20 more 67-72 trucks as he brokering an estate. Might be a good contact for you. His name is John V.

Werewolf, thanks for the tip on the conversion, I've swapped out engines before but never done the 6 to 8 thing. I'll do extra research before I embark.

I'm still torn between the stock look and the lowered pimped out look.......If it were your project, what would you do?

Welcome to the board and we have all types here so leave it stock or slam it down we like them all.

All the options avail. for these trucks is infinite! Have fun and Welcome from TX:cool:

Welcome to the board from South Mississippi! Looks like the kids like it.:D

welcome from the bikini clad women state. fla that is movies stars swimming pools.as jeb heard it

Welcome from FT Worth, TX. Looks like you have a pretty nice start to a project. Keep us posted on your progress.

Welcome to the board from west Tennessee. Nice truck. Do what makes you happy to the truck as it'll look good either way.

Welcome to the site.

Welcome to the board from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Have fun redoing your truck!!!

Welcome To The Board From A Former Ontarian! Keep Us Posted On Your Progress!

Great start for sure!
How close are you to the Detroit border?

Keep us posted :cool:

welcome-I'm in st.catharines,working in grimsby for a short time now-email me if ya need a hand wrenching anything or some good local contacts for parts-you have the performance cellar around the corner in stoney creek and forbes motors,in waterloo,are authorized to get year one stuff-good luck

Welcome to the board from West Virginia
Nice truck
Shane

Welcome from Nebraska! Glad you joined this board. Great inforamation with tons of helpful people here! Welcome again!!!

Welcome from ND, keep us updated on the project.

Congrats on the 11 years and the "anniversary gift"

Instead of points, try an HEI distributor - they're fairly cheap ($40-70) and your distributor may have other issues. Do a search on them if you're interested, it was the first thing I did for my truck an it smoothed out an incureable idle.

Wow, thanks for the welcome guys! I'm hooked on this site. I couldn't sleep last night so I was reading about disk brake swaps at 3:30am!!?? (Well that did the job, out cold after 15 mins...:lol:)

Just checking this thread again and I can give you a few updates.

Joe67 - Grimsby, ON is about 4 hours from the Detroit, MI boarder.
Cutter61 - St. Catharines (The Garden City) my home town. I will need some new parts soon. Need to find a good wrecker in the Region.
69Hafton - I think I will do the HEI upgrade, thanks.

Safety Inspection
Needs very little. I have a great mechanic who isn't going to snag a whole lot of little things and let me do the work as he knows a lot of things are going to change.

Next steps in order of priority:
1) Get the engine running smooth. The choke is not working on the carb, and there are some driveabilty issues with the fuel (carb) and timing/ignition. I'd hate to stall her out in the middle of an intersection. :eek: I think I'll do the HEI upgrade as it not going to cost too much.
2) BRAKES (you'd think this would be first right?) The Master cly has a small[/SIZE] leak so I'll need to replace that, but it does stop the truck nicely. I'd like to do the front disk brake conversion, so now is the time for that. I'd like to do the full changover from a donor truck.

I have a 1970 C10 2wd.....is there a perfered year I should be looking for for in a donor truck??? (71/72 in my area I'd think would be hard to find and likely expensive)

Again, thanks.

Hi Gang,

What a great site and a true testament to what awesome trucks the 67-72 Chevy Trucks are. (and apparently awesome/helpful owners too)

I've loved these trucks ever since I was a kid when I'd sit on top of my Dad's 1970 Chev C10 truck with my freinds as boys and we'd pretend to be driving to some type of dilemma where we'd save the day!!

Well my Dad's truck is long gone now. (Probably beer cans by now with the salt and corrosion we get up here in Canada). For years I've been throwing around the idea of bringing one of these trucks back to life. I finally made the plunge, and on our 11th anniversary my wife and I went for a trip to Maine, USA to pick my new truck up. (Well you know how the 1st Anniversary is Paper and the 2nd is Cotton.........wells boys it seems the 11th is short box chevy's!!!!!!!!!!!:metal: )


Hang on to yer wallet, it is time to go broke!!!!!!!!!!! LOL I thought I would grab mine for 2500 running....put some rockers on and maybe a couple doors but that would be it........I am embarrassed to add up the bills. But it is all new or restored or NOS or whatever I could get good for a good price. Forums are the best places to find parts.

Here's the scoop on the truck:

1970 Chev C10 SWB Fleetside

Body
Blue paint badly blistered and peeling
Lots of mud in spots but overall appears fairly solid
The rockers, firewall, and under cab supports have major rust problems.(see below)
Wood bed that needs replaced or refurbished

Suspension
No PS and PB
Cracked frame in the rear with some rough patch work.
I can see daylight through the shocks..

Motor
250 CID "Fireball" Six.....Sweet! (Not)
Don't worry that will get rectified:metal:

Plans
I don't have a huge wad of cash I can throw at it so I'll have to do most of the work myself and little by little. It will be a long term thing but I hope to get it fixed up enough to be a daily driver for now.

Not sure which way to go because I really like them both. Either I'll,
1) "pimp it out" lowered with a crazy engine, paint job, big rims/tires or
2) Keep it fairly stock looking with a crazy engine and paint job.

Anyway, I'll try and post a few PICs here so you can see my starting point.

Ps: I can't believe this site exists! It rocks!! It has so many tips and information for neebees like me. Thank you guys, keep it up.

I'll try posting pics...hope this works:
http://www.geocities.com/rickdavidson1/PassSide.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/rickdavidson1/DrSide.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/rickdavidson1/Tail.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/rickdavidson1/Interior1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/rickdavidson1/PSRocker.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/rickdavidson1/Bed.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/rickdavidson1/Engine.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/rickdavidson1/NastyRot.jpg



Hang on to yer wallet, it is time to go broke!!!!!!!!!!! LOL I thought I would grab mine for 2500 running....put some rockers on and maybe a couple doors but that would be it........I am embarrassed to add up the bills. But it is all new or restored or NOS or whatever I could get good for a good price. Forums are the best places to find parts.

Welcome to the board from New zealand

:metal: :metal: :metal:

welcome from chicago :)

your pal mark

Welcome welcome. Playin with trucks is fun, just bring money!!! And is solves all problems. good luck..

Welcome to a kick arse site from OKC

By the way, that rear bumper looks pretty good on that truck. Usually, I'm all about stock. I deviated once myself - put a FORD (yeah, sorry for the "f" word) Ranger rear bumper on my 69 short step. looked pretty good.

WELCOME to the board