67 C-30 Dually pickup build.
 

There wasn't an organized build thread section when I stared this project, and I had to pull off of it for almost a year, so I am going to retro post pics up until where its at now and go from there.

This is the truck when I brought it home. It had 17.5" 1 piece factory rims and a flatbed. It has a 292 with SM420 and a 5.38 geared Eaton HO72 rearend.

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Within a week I had rounded up a set of 16" 1 piece wheels and tires, and got it running. I had to put a master cylinder on it and took it on its maiden voyage. It had sat for about 14 years and the old 292 fired up with very little effort.

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I decided even before I bought it that I wanted a Dually pickup, so I started buying parts and parts trucks. I bought a really decent '70 C-10 with an almost perfect bed and a '71 GMC long stepper with a very nice set of stepside fenders to use as the dually humps for the rear tires.

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Here a photoshop (photoCHOP!) pic of how I wanted the truck to look. This is my avatar pic. Hopefully I can update that with a REAL pic soon.

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I took the flatbed off and bought a set of trim rings and center caps from a new model C3500 off Ebay. I also bought a new set of tires and painted the 16" Dually wheels nice shiny black!

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Here's some of one I found awhile back. I like the stepside enders. It gives it that factory look.

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...wduallyfrt.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...llowdually.jpg

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As I said I had to take about a year off the project, but lately I have got back on it. I shortened the 133" wheelbase to 127" to accommodate the 8' bed bed. I also put a 14 bolt rearend with a much more road friendly 4.10 gears out a '97 C3500 dually pickup. Here are the pics of rearend and pics of it with the bed installed. I am working on the stepside fenders now to get them ready to mount.

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Cool little project, I know how it is when you have to take time off from a build.

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I started on the dually humps today, and have some pics. I mocked the stepside fenders up on Chlorine buckets and marked them with a 3" piece of steel with a hole drilled for a pencil. After I got them marked, I cut them with a cutoff wheel. It went much easier than I thought it would. I only did the passenger side. I want to complete it before moving on to the left, because I have better pass side fender that I am going to use in case I mess up!

I never realized the stepside fenders taper down in the rear like the body line on the fleetsides do. This fender really does look as if it were made to go on a fleetside.

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After I cut it to match up to the bed.

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I am going to use up the excess that I cut off and use it as my mounting bracket.

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Looks awesome. About 10 or 12 years ago I new a guy that did this to his. He started with a 3/4 ton 4x4 and added a dually hub kit. He narrowed the step fenders like you are. BB, 4spd and 4 or 6" of lift. It looked great. I never had the foresoght to get pics of it though. Haven't seen him for years, but I know he sold after his divorce. I'd love to start a project like this someday.

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Thanks! I have always wanted one built like this. I tried several times to buy this truck since 1993, and the PO finally let me get in Dec of 2004.

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Glad to see that you are working on it again. Congratulations. I haven't really done anything on mine this summer except for washing it twice and working it twice.

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Thanks James. I really appreciate the tips and help on how to do the rear fenders. I has truly been a great help!

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Truck turned out really nice congrats..

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Are you planning anything else for the drive train? I think it would be a cool daily driver, maybe make some ac brackets and put a nice ac in it.

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It is going to be powered by a 6.5 Turbo Diesel, but I am going to keep the SM420. I am going to change over the brakes to hydroboost add power steering, and eventually AC. The engine already has the compressor on it, and I have a parts truck that has an AC cab to use parts from.

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should be cool, this is one of my favorites right here
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...g?t=1188941499

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opps thats not the one i like...lol, here it is
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...g?t=1188941646
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...g?t=1188941654

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I got the passenger dually flare mounted. It took a little trimming to get it perfect, but it fits really good. I'm going to put the outer wheel and tire on a get some pics hopefully tomorrow.

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Again, I am glad to see you working on it again, we will have to arrange for a side by side picture when yours is done.

We have to haul a '41 Lincoln V-12 to Hershey PA this fall, I was trying to talk my dad into using the '68 instead of the cummins. It would stretch her legs as it is almost 600 miles each way, hopefully only loaded one way though. Plus it would look really cool, my truck towing a deep red lincoln covered in chrome up on the aluminum featherlite car trailer, sure would turn alot of heads on I-81.

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Here is how I marked the stepside fender to match the fleetside bed profile. It is actually much easier than it seems. I didn't take pics on the first one, but I decided to do this to show anyone wanting to do it that it is not a big deal. I used an old fender brace cut down to 3" and sorta thread my pencil into the hole to mark cut line.

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Pretty Cool How you Did That, Do u Put any Kind of Flange back on the Fender for Mounting or Just weld it to the Bed? Interesting how Simple it sound's to Be..............

Thanks, Rick

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I used the excess that I cut off the fender, and cut it up and used it for brackets. When I get ready to take the fendee back off to finish the body work, I'll get post pics of the backside of it.

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How did you derive 3" for the Marking of the Fender??

Thanks, Rick

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I measured the overall width of my rear end with all 4 tires and wheels installed, and determined how much of the stepside fender I needed to cover the outside wheel.

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I finished mounting them today. Here are a few pics of the mounting brackets I welded on the backside. I used a total of 10 bolts and they pulled the flares up nice and tight to bedside. Now I am going to take them back off, and strip/sandblast and POR-15 the back side. I am trying to decide whether to use seam sealer or fender welting between the flare and the bedside. I'm also going to fill the marker lights on the bedside and the flare since its a '67.

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I like the Way that you Did that, Seem's a Lot Better than welding it up. If you ever were to get any Damage to one of the Fender's you would be able to Replace it...............

Thanks for Sharing, Rick

PS, I Think i would go with the welting

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I think I am going to go with the welting. There are several different kinds, but the kind I think I'm going to use is extruded urethane and is smooth finished opposed to the textured kind made from vinyl. The urethane type also has barbs on the flap to hold them in place.

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What other Plan's do u Have in Mind for the Truck, Would be Delux if you were to Lower it...........

Rick

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looking good!

sometimes i think these trucks should've came dually with extended fenders from the factory, they look right with them.

i also like the bracket mounting idea. practical, but still looks really good.

i can't wait to see this thing get closer to coming all together and getting to be one color and enjoyed.

i'll be watching.

keep up the good work!

-Sam.

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:c2: This is very COOL indeed. Keep up the good work.
-Lance

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Thanks guys! I got the driver's side finished up today. Here's a few pics of the bracket placement on the back side.

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Are u Also Going to use some Bracing Rod's like the Stepper do or does it seem solid w/out any???

Sorry for all the ???, I just may want to do this some day & Figure it Best to Find out all i can in Helping to Decide whether to do this or noT.............

Thanks for Your Patience & Most of all assistance, Rick

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No worries, I love talking about the the ol girl! It's definitely gotta have brace rods. When I cut the wheelwell off the fleetside bed, it made the whole bedside kinda floppy. I have some from the stepside parts truck that my fenders came off of, and some off of a later model C3500.

I just got done marking and drilling the holes and mocking up the driver's fender. It measures up the exact as the passenger side, so I guess my fab skills aren't as bad as I thought. The tape line is where I am going to cut out the fleetside bed for wheel clearance like a factory dually pickup is. I still have to take the stepside fender off and do that, but I wanted to make sure everything was concentric from side to side. Here are some more pics.

After I get the bedside cutout, I'm going to put the outer wheels back on and see how it looks.

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Funny you should mention that; I almost had my passenger side fender tore off yesterday on a multilane highway, there was a accident and someone swerved left and almost bought the side of my truck.

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Just about every dually pickup I've ever owned had at least one cracked or broken wheel flare. Another factor is that I am not confident enough in my welding skills to weld that much on sheet metal without warping it up like a pringle! Your welder knows his stuff!!

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VERY INGENIOUS and nice work. I,am just doing a aluminum flat beds for my two c30,s 1. is 133"wb & 1 is 157" wb. all with 6 bt cummins and dana spicer 3053a trans (5 speed o.d. ) 14 bolt rears with 3.21 gears, 19.5 tires.
bob
bob

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Thanks! It's coming along pretty good. I'm going to try to the all the tires mounted on it this weekend.