My 1971 c10...starting over
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Well I know every one loves pictures and I do to. I hope you'll bear with me
as I give some background stuff. I got the truck in 1993 and was able the first time to complete it in about 2 and 1/2 years. I enjoyed it till about 1999. Then my son ran on some bad luck and needed something to drive. He needed it till about 2005. The motor was approx. a 1990-94 TBI motor and I was afraid to try that route so I just got the motor and put a Edelbrock intake and their #1405 carb. Well I'm not a scared of fuel injection as I was then, so this time I'm going for the TPI set up. Ive taken on much more of the work myself this time due to and thanks to forums like this. When I got the truck the first time, magazine were about the only way to get info. Back then I had an accordion folder, and I would file stuff from magazines that I might need. B for brakes t for transmissions. Well hello internet and filing is finger tip eay and way faster. So I been taking tutoring from my thirteen year old grand daughter about copy and pasting , so here goes some pictures from photo bucket... I hope |
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Good luck on your new project. From one new picture poster to another.
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:agree: good luck on the new build!
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Thanks yall more pics to come.
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you need to put all these post together in 1 thread so it is easier to follow and saves board space
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Thanks, I was able to get a few pictures done, while ago.
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It wasn't intentional, just got excited about finally getting able to post some
pictures. I just didn't think about keeping on tacking on to the original |
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Got the engine painted today. Looking forward to ordering the tpi from
street and performance this coming week. Hope to get the serpentine stuff put on this week plus get the frame cleaned up on the front end |
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one more of the motor and some others ...
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stainless steel in tank fuel tank, fuel injection ready
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poor old gal had her heart ripped out,her skirts are gone, sad
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Ordered the tuned port today from street&performance. two month
wait time. Ordered fenders and core support from brothers, ordered wiring harness from ron francis. Will start on frame clean up tommorrow. Got the tranny ready to go to the rebuilder. No pictures. I worked lots of overtime and saved a couple of years to be able to pay for these parts, so the wait is terrible. When the parts come in I post up some good stuff, lord willin. Mean time back to grinding, blasting and sanding. |
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got a little bit done today, got the tranny in the air and cleaned some
grime of it. this is a 4l60 that i got from s&p in 1994. I'm gonna send it out for a rebuild and when i get it back i will polish the alluminum case to a nice shine. |
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this is gonna be a great build. which controller are you going to use for the tranny?
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I'll have to stay with the brake switch unlocking the tranny for now, thats
the way it was originally. I wanted to get the 4l60e and let the computer do it but this one is in good shape. If it gives up I really like the compu- shift thang from hughes. I'm gonna use this reply to tack on a few pics of some work I got done today. Thanks so much for the wonderful comments. |
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Ok, I pretty much lost today as the compressor decided to act up, but the
ups man ran and he had mr francis wiring kit with him. I know yall have seen these but I'm gonna post a pic anyway. I'm just waiting on parts and cleaning the frame. Man I ought to get better mpg just from losing all the dirt. Any ways next up is paint frame. I had the front in checked out by a alignment shop so its not gonna get any parts right now, just clean up paint and new shocks. |
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Sounds like you have a very nice build planned out. But saving for a few years to do it is the most impressive part of this to me. I can't save for a few days let alone a few years! But I don't charge ether so I guess it all works.:rolleyes:
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Thank you. That mod you did on the 70 to 68 hood was something I'm still
thinking about. Only problem is I got lost somewhere on the front lip. I'm not that far yet on the build. I'm not scared to try it, but I just can quite see it in my head. It's certainly not your fault, I've read it 2-3 times and I'm just missing something. I think if I got the 2 hoods and started looking at them I may see it. Anyways I like the way you just try stuff to see if it can be done. Instead of the lead for smoothing, are you familar with a product called Metal 2 Metal and do you think it would work on the hood lip. I have not used it yet. But I got some to use on a gas cap plug. My brother-in-law uses it at the body shop where he works. Thanks again. |
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did finally get a chance to take the rocker panel on divers side of today. I
did discover some rust. It was to late to get any pics of it. I'll have to do some more investigating as to how bad it is. Then I'll have to do some home work as far as welding in the replacements. This is unkown stuff for me, but this is why I bought the welder etc. I work 7 on 7 off so its back to the world for me. I'm lookin forward to the next week off and the next go round. |
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Brothers delivered the fenders today, while I was at work. When I got home
I unpacked them and boy are they nice. If any one needs some, check them out cause I don't see how they could be any better. Here are a few pics. The only thing I see wrong with them is they are not on my truck already |
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almost forgot the core support
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took a few days to go build some storage boxes on the back of his camper.
while away the aluminum radiator came in. It's nice. It'll be a while before it goes on truck though. |
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Alright now for something I gotta do that I absolutely have never done. But
all the studying on panel replacement and the welding I been doing I hope pays off. If any one sees anything in the pics that you want to comment on that will help, I would appreciate it. I ordered about 300 dollars worth of patch panels from year one. I am only going to take out the bad metal and I may not need all of them. But I didn't want to tear of too much before I had the panels. Anyway here are a few pix of our Mr. Rust. |
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here are a few more. I took a bunch if some one wants to see something
that may help. Let me know I may have the angle or whatever you need. |
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Looks like you have a great build going with a solid plan..
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Don't have much to report. Been studying on panel replacement. I have
made my some cuts back to good metal. I plan to cut the replacements to match bolt or screw it together, check the door and fender for fit. It's a slow go and since I have not done this, I hope I don't need a mulligan. |
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Ok a little progress today. Bolted in rear support brace. Bolted on rear pillar.
test fitted rocker panel, not to bad. I am leaving old inner rocker panel for now, cause I'm using it to place front fender mount. The next time I get to work on it. I'll replace front cross brace. May use part of floor pan patch. I'm opitmistic so far that I won't have to go begging some body shop to finish it for me. So far so good. I'll get some sheet metal screws and fix the rocker in place so I can check the door for fit. All I can do is soldier on... |
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some more
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Haven't had anything really new to post. I did make one small bit of progress
today. I got the left rear b pillar patch panel cut to fit and welded in and the left rear cab corner cut to fit and welded in. I have not done this before so it kinda scary fun. Any ways best I can tell, so far so good. I got a pretty good fit on the cab corner. I plan on finishing it Thursday and hopefully move to the left front. Got a brace to do, small floor pan patch, foot well piece. Then hope fully its on to re hanging door so I can work on the rocker panel. |
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One more of side view of cab corner patch
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keep going don't stop now, i know it slow going but looking good, i have a 69 swb it going to need some patch work to, like the way you going with it, i may go the same way, keep posted with some progess, and good luck.:metal: :jdp:
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thanks so much for the encouragement. I have gotten a little frustrated
with my lack of experience. But I usually just go work on something else and come back later. It took me most of the day to fit this floor panel in. I've got some pictures of the holes and the piece I whittled on to fit in them. I only took out the bad metal. Some of the holes in the floor board, I just ground out the rust and welded them closed. Now I'm not saying this is the way it should be done or if its correct. this is something I just do. I set the welder on 1.5, wire speed 50 and weld to the sheet metal till I get weld built all around, then weld on the weld to fill in the hole. I increase my setting on the weld to 2 as the filler can handle a little hotter setting. then grind it flat. I circled one spot I did like this. If this turns out, then hope fully I can move on to the a piller support, the footwell patch, the front floor support, the inner roc... and the beat goes on. |
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side view
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Your work is looking very good hard to belive you are learning to weld at the same time you are doing this for the first time. Your method of welding small holes is fine but would be even better if you cut out those small areas and patched them. Kevin LFD Inc. |
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Looks good! can't wait until you start bolting on some of those shiny goodies!
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thanks for the reply and the compliment, coming from u it means a lot.
The only thing I can say about learning the welding fast is I did practice a lot and read many articles before I ever touched the truck. Plus I just love this stuff. Its something I didn't get to do when I was younger. So you might say its on my bucket list. I did cut a small patch to fill in a small spot in the floor pan where I had mis- calculated the larger piece and it was much easier & faster to fill in the hole. Still a long ways to go. When I hang that door back up... |
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performance tpi stuff will be here in mid Febuary. But I can't get ahead of myself. |
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I haven't forgotten my build. I'm actually working hard, still battling the
panel replacement. The a pillar, foot well panels are kicking my tail right now. Hopefully I can post some sucess photos soon. |
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good news today, the UPS man brought the tpi unit for S&P. 2.5 months
waiting time. I will really be fun to put this thing on top of the 350. I'm getting the hang of this sheet metal welding. It seems more about patience than skill after a while. Anyways heres a few pictures |
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and a few of the not so glamorous
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