1970 Chevy C10 pickup
 

My Dad(oldyellow), builder for IronCanine, and I are fixing up an old 1970 Chevy c10 pickup for me to drive when I turn 16

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Looks like you are starting with a nice one .

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Yep it's going to be fun.

Before pics
 

Pictures of the inside and under the hood

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Subscribed.

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I'm on board!

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That's a good old truck! I'm sure your going to have fun!

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Me too! After watching iron canine's build this has got to be slick

You're a lucky 16 year old

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Heck yeah! My first truck when I turned 16 was my '70. Still have it, and she takes up a space in my garage. My new truck stays outside haha.

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I have the exact same steering wheel, only without the leather wrap. Yours must have been sandalwood color originally, like mine. All the plastic cracked and disintegrated.

Looks like a very nice start for a project!

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My first truck was a new 1979 chevy square body-- plane jane, 3ott, with a i6. But it was a blast to drive. You will always have memories of your first truck,

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Nice! What do you guys have in mind? Here is my leaf spring truck with a DJM flip in the rear and ECE disc conversion spindles and 2" springs in the front. 66k miles and all original otherwise.

https://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a...D720/ry%3D480/

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I'm in good luck with the build looks like a nice start

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We are in the process of looking for parts right now. We are comparing prices between year one, brothers, south Kentucky classics, LMC, & Ecklers

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If you need any sheetmetal ,dont forget NsaneHotrods ,a vendor here on site and he always gives members a 10 % discount but right now is doing 15% .

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We are currently trying decide on how we want to start the truck.

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Put you a bench seat in that thing and keep the manual shift. Manuals are going out fast so having one puts a man in a class of his own.

When you start dating, you'll understand why I advised getting a bench seat. :ito:

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We still have the original bench seat, but if his mom sees this post we will have to go with just one bucket seat.

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:lol: And she might be right..........just one bucket seat might be best. :lol:

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This will be fun so I am tagging along.

Looks like a great truck to start with.

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Only one bucket seat will leave too much room for other risky business .

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When you guys get done comparing replacement parts vs price vs fit etc would you post your results? I'm curious.

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We finally had time this weekend to disassemble part of the truck. We took of the front fenders & took out the carpet on the inside.

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The passenger floor isn't too bad, but the drivers side is going to need a floor pan.

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I also started to clean parts. We are using electrolysis to clean the hood hinge.

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Great progress! Hope you keep the 6 banger, 4sp and leaf set up. It's a cool original. I vote dark blue with white TG letters, black or saddle interior and steelies/dog dishes. (Not that you asked my opinion) ....Keep up the great work!!! I'm lovin' it!

...oh, and even though you've got a strong leg, let's power up those brakes!;)

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Good bones there. Off to a good start.

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GO FOR IT WILL! It will be a great ride. I cant wait to see it completed.
Mike

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wow! really the perfect combo! Its so close to origonal that it would be easier to restore than to rat rod or God knows what they do to these old trucks. Maybe some high way friendly rear end gears and a NP4500.

really nice truck,

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No homework, no baseball practice, so I got Dad to teach me how to patch a fender.

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And yes IronCanine, that is a piece off of your hood.

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This weekend we got the paint off of the fenders, finished welding the patch on one fender, replaced the passenger side door, and put new pins and bushings on the door.

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It's the gift that keeps on giving ;)....and those doors really did turn out to be the best parts deal of 2014. Great progress! Great pics!

...speaking of that hood, your dad needs to start an alternate tinkerings thread and show that CobraJet Torino that he's working on now that's swallowing up the rest of the Blazer hood.

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Subbed, this is going to be fun.

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Where did you get the new bushings and friction pads for the hinges? Were you able to just knock the pins out or did you have to heat the hinges also?

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I think I'll watch along...

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Nice progress.
How hard was it to take off the fenders? Any tricky stuff to it? I wouldn't mine doing this to work on my motor and degrease the whole thing with a power washer first .Before the tow truck backs it into my garage where it will sit for a while. Until I get it running which is priority number one right now since this is our last week of T-Ball.

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We got them from South Kentucky Classics for $10. We were able to just knock the pins out.

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It wasn't too hard, it would probably easier to take off the front bumper

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We finally had time today to get the fenders and hood ready to spray some epoxy on them today.