[67_C-30]

Originally Posted by caminokid

I still love your truck at stock height! It has that mean look to it stock. Its amazing truck. Anymore pics of progress?

Not yet. Thanks for the props. I am currently getting parts and materials together to paint my '69 C/10 and then I'll be back on it full throttle. I do have the engine on the stand and I cleaned, degreased and painted it. Since the turbo diesel I'm using was designed by Detroit, I decided see what it would look like painted the old Detroit alpine green that came on old 6-71's and 6V53's, etcs. The end result is very cool. This was the color Detroit was using in 1967, so I thought it was appropriate. I've made a custom pressure chamber for the turbo that is very old school looking, but I don't want to post pics until I get everything together. I will say that the engine with the sidewinder style turbo on it looks MASSIVE painted this color. I can't wait to see it in the truck! Below is a little sneak peek of what a 6.2/6.5 TD looks like painted Alpine green, but mine will look a little different with the custom pressure chamber and everything on it.

I have also been playing around with some decals to go on the engine and under the hood. Detroit used to designate their engines by # of cylinders -Type of block - cubic inches per cylinder - and "T" designation if it were turbo charged. For example a 6V71 was a V6 engine with 426 cu in. With that being said, the 6.2 TD would be an 8V47-T if that designation was still used. I made up a few different designs of this decal, and another that would be a valve cover decal with all the service parts numbers. I think they'll look very cool on there and definitely different than anything anyone else has.