64 C10 Stepside "Jaybird"
 

Well I thought I should start a build thread. Here are 2 previous threads to my truck.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=544074

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=567265

I rebuilt the front and back brakes and got the new shocks on.

I got some 62' Stock 15x6 wheels from forum member 62barnfind. Thanks John
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I fired up the sandblaster and got two of them blasted yesterday. My plan is to paint them red.

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I ordered a set of Wide Whitewall tires and they are on their way. Can't wait til they get here.

After the wheels are done my next project is rebuilding the front suspension and then pulling the cab glass out cleaning and painting it White and getting new glass and rubber installed.

Bret

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Yesterday I got the other two wheels blasted. All of them primed and painted.
1 coat of primer. 2 light coats of red and then a final wet coat.

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Backside came out better than I thought they it would.
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I bought some body supplies. I have more on the way from TCPGlobal
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I started on the cab. I am going to be sanding for days. This 80's Enamel paint job is about an 1/8 thick. LOL

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I have 2 large dents on the top of the shelf at the back of the roof. Looks like someone dropped 2 bowling balls.

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My tires will be here today. Can't wait to get home from work this evening. I plan on getting them mounted tomorrow. Will post pics when they are done.

Bret

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Wheels look good. They are going to look even better with the new tires on them. You were right, you have a lot of sanding to do. What about using stripper to scrap off all that old paint? Just an idea that may make your job easier. Keep it up and the cab will be done before you know it.

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Thanks John,

The tires arrived today. Man these are the coolest thing I have ever bought. Love that Fedex man. Getting these mounted tomorrow!


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Bret

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Cool!

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Teaser Pics

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Bret

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love the wheels and tires, nice touch!

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Can't wait to see them mounted! They are going to look good.

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Liking that Bret.
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Thanks Guys. Got the wheels on the truck this morning. WOW what a huge difference they made in the feel and look of the truck. It is much easier to steer now. The wife should have no problem.

Took it for a test drive it rides real smooth. Still couldn't get over how much easier it is to steer.

Now that most of the mechanicals are in good working order. The next project is the interior and new glass and rubber for the cab. Bought all the paint for the truck its on its way. Going to cut the glass out. Sand and paint all of the interior. Put in new floor pans and driver side rocker panel. Paint the top half of the cab white. Then have a new windshield and rubber installed. Also plan on getting all the gauges refreshed, heater controls working, carpet, and a nostalgic stereo that is ipod friendly.

http://images12.fotki.com/v20/photos...SCN6792-vi.jpg

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Thanks for looking.
Bret

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Pulled the windshield out today. Started stripping everything down. Got the top of dash to the metal and sprayed with some self etching primer. Really enjoyed todays work. The pictures are kinda boring though.

Didn't find hardly any rust. Just a little on the bottom curve of the driver side. I do have 3 pin holes though in the top underneath on the driver side that I will have to cutout. Sorry to the guys in the North.

I'm pretty sure this is the original window seal as all the paint underneath was the white color and red primer underneath.


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Bret

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Pulled everything out of the cab and dash and started taking it down to the metal. Also pulled the back window out. I went over the entire back, roof and dash with 80 grit paper on my ROS. Was happy without how it came out. So I pulled out my right angle grinder and put a wire cup brush on it. It takes it down to the metal pretty easy but does require some push behind. After about 4 hours of this my arms give out. I got about 1/4 of the top and the back done!

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Can't wait til it is all done as all my paint arrived from TCPGlobal today.
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I also got an original behind the seat tank and all the parts from Johns66. Thanks again John.
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Bret

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Made some progress today. Stripped the entire top half of the inside cab down to the metal. Feels really good to have that done although my arms are really sore. I forgot my good camera so these cell phone pics have to do. My next step is to finish stripping the dash, the backwall, and then fixing the floor and rockers.

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All my other photos are down right now due to Fotki changing servers or something. Hope they come back up soon.

Bret

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Looking good! When I get back I should have mine on the road so i can drive down and see it. So plan something for me to help you with. I should be back from Afganistan in early march.

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Thanks John. There will definitely be something you can help me with. I hope to have the interior done by then. Can't wait for you to get back.



Bret

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Looking good! Look forward to watching the progress!:chevy:

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Thanks T.J.

Small update I cutout the terrible patch on the drivers side. It wasn't as bad as I thought underneath. Floor pan and rocker panel in my future.

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Bret

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That repair really isn't hard if you get the replacement panel. The rocker is easy also if the metal is good under it. You are going to need a spot weld cutter for the rocker. You can get one on line or at Harbor freight. I did mine before I bought one. It would have made the job eiser if I had it. You will also have to shappe the rocker in place one you have it tacked in. Looking good, Good luck with it!

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Thanks John. I am hoping the metal underneath is good. Don't have the funds right now for the replacement panels. So I will keep chugging on other stuff. I get 2 Xmas bonuses this year so hopefully there will be some truck funds in there.

Here are the 2 panels I plan on buying for both sides. Are these all I need. The kick panel seems fine.

http://www.topbananaparts.com/driver...r-section.html

http://www.topbananaparts.com/driver...ker-panel.html

I got the back wall done and half of the floor. My floor looks like swiss cheese. A bunch of 5/8" drilled. Apparently my BIL didn't know how to measure for the stupid van seats he put in. So he filled all the holes with terrible fiberglass patches.

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Also anybody know what the hole in the top right corner of this pic on the hump is for? It looks factory
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Bret

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You can weld them up. If you have a spot weld cutter it works great to for metal for holes. Use a piece of metal drill out the metal circle, you will need a maginet to hold it in place. Weld it and then grind it off smooth. Real easy, Good luck

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Some more progress. Got all of the floor done and the driver side. Still have a little bit on the passenger kick panel and then onto the doors.

I have 35 holes to weld up plus the two holes on the hump.

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I have no idea why somebody would cut a hole in the side like this.
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Bret

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I got all the holes in the driver side floor welded up yesterday. 18 altogether. Pics are crappy from my phone. I ordered some sheet metal from Top Banana. I have a 10 day vacation starting Thanksgiving day so hoping to tackle both rockers and floors then.
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My wife found another photo of the truck when my father in law bought it in 1981. It has a different rear bumper that wraps around. Glad he changed it. Nice wire wheels too! LOL

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Bret

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Great progress on the interior metal. Good luck on the patching. :metal:

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Truck is looking cool! Like the photo! yeah it does have nice rims in the picture! lol!

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Thanks guys.

Got the steering wheel all sanded down and primed so I can see all the cracks I need to fix. Not to bad. Worst part is around the center. Have some hairlines on the rim.

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Bret

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Got my sheet metal!!!!

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Thanks man following your build pics to guide me. Dumb question but when you put parts back on that were spot welded. Do you just drill holes in the new part to spot weld?


Thanks T.J. Found out today my FIL owned this truck twice. This is the first time he owned in the early 70's.

Got about 6.5 hours in today while the girls where cookin'.

I patched the two big holes in the hump. The one on the side didn't turn out to well may cut it back out and start over. The patch metal is two thin and keeps blowing out when I try to weld it up.

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Took the fender and door off.
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Drilled a hole in each hinge to help me line it back up.
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Took off the rocker. Looks like a need a front pillar.
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I'm on vacation this next week hope to get a lot done on the truck.

Bret

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Dove in and cut the Driver floor out!

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Stripped the front end off. Everything on the front is in good shape except the wiring. All I have to do is blast and paint it.

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The dash is almost ready for paint.
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Tomorrow I plan to strip the bed off. Have 2 more nice days here in CTX before a cool front blows in.

Bret

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Nice start, the rust does not look to bad, mines worse for sure. I hope to start back on mine after the holidays...

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Great progress on the metal work. I'll be doing the same in the spring. I'm interested to see how your Top Banana parts will fit. They make nice parts. Also...I did my steering wheel also. I used JB weld to fill in the cracks after sanding and haven't had any issues yet on the repair.

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Its really not that bad. I have see a lot worse on this forum so hopefully I can get it all welded back in right.



Thank you. This is my first time at metal work on an auto body and welding. I am woodworker so this is all kinda of the darkside. I read your post on the steering wheel repair. Will tackle that once my vacation is over.

Its funny you mention the parts I was test fitting all of the driver's side this morning. I ran into some problems. The first is the front hole in the floorboard section does not line up with the kick panel and the bottom fender bracket hole. Its off by a lot. Even when you have the parts off the truck the holes don't even come close to lining up.
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I got the holes in the front brace to lineup and this is what is important. I can re drill the hole in the floorboard.
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I also have a big gap between the floorboard patch and the firewall. I think I can pull this together and then fill it with weld.
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The other problem I see is the kick panel does not fit good against the A-pillar where it has the idention on the inside. The A pillar has a curve to it. I am replacing the A-pillar but I have not ordered it yet so I will wait until I get it before I do any welding. Hopefully the kick panel will fit better with the aftermarket A-pillar.
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I know these parts aren't perfect to the original but it looks like I can make them all work right. You see my oops on the right of the picture. Even after careful measuring I cutout too much there in the front.

I had planned on pulling the bed today but after fighting with the step and fender on the driver's side for 2 hours I called an early day. I had to cut nearly every bolt off. After 5 straight days working on her my body has finally given out. Hope to get back on it on Friday. We are having some pretty cold temps come in so that will help cool it down some.

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Next time drill the heads off the rear fenders bolts from inside the bed....turns it into a 20 min project. The metal work looks great and the panels fit far better than the stuff from LMC and the rest of those vendors. Keep up the progress and posts.

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I also cleaned the cab corner and only have 3 really small holes I can weld up.
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One other thing 1963 C-10. I cutoff the floor patch right at the start of the back pillar. I didn't want to take any of this loose.
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Bret

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Thanks for the tip. I did grind the heads off from the inside. Most of the step bolts I had to cut with a cutoff wheel. The where suppose to be carriage type bolts but everyone of them spun.

I think I stripped the whole front end in the same time as the step and fender. LOL!

I have an air ratchet but my big compressor kicked the bucket and my backup one is a small Sears one that can bearly run any power tools. I asked Santa for a 3 hp single stage. Hopefully I have been good enough.

Bret

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Your truck is comming along nice. Good work on the metal and welding. Before you know it you will be done. I cant wait for the bed to be off. Are you going to use POR 15 or rustoleum? Did you decide to work the bed first or last? I will be home In Jan, so if you need some help on something wait and I can help you. Like cutting the bed wood or body work! Good job!

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Nice work on fitting the sheet metal. I just did some first time welding on mine and had a lot of fun, You get much better at it really fast, Since then I've repaired some lawn furniture, a lamp and our pull out bed.:metal: , I like where you go on "vacation":lol:

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Thanks John WhippinSaw. Hopefully it will resemble what it looked like from the factory when I get done with it. I always stay at home and do projects on my vacations. Going places on vacation stresses me out! LOL.

I didn't get anything done on the truck today. But I have a good excuse. They wife told me last night we had to be at the in laws today(where the big garage is) from 9a-5p. She was expecting a delivery and it was to heavy for her to deal with.

Hmmm. An early Xmas present to me from my Mother in law. She is awesome!

I kinda of knew what it was so I spent the morning cleaning up the southwest corner of the garage and running some wiring for said item. I went ahead an insulated the corner too.

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I broke it in but didn't have the right fittings to hook it up. Made a trip to Lowes on the way home to get the fitting I needed. While I was there found a vibration pad kit on clearance for $7.

Look forward to using it tomorrow. Should keep up with my sandblaster quite well. Next thing on the list is to build a sandblasting cabinet. I found some really cool plans here.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/14152057/P...net-Blueprints

Bret

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That's a game changer in any garage, very nice mother in law. Light bulb went on when you mentioned a vibration pad, maybe that will stop mine from walking around in the garage.

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Nice Christmas present. :metal: That will definitly make a difference. The one I got recently isn't quite as beefy as that one and I can run my bead blast cabinet and never have to stop and wait for air. You're going to love it.