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07-27-2013, 09:33 PM
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New guy with a 68 short bed
I'm new here and starting to work on a 68 C10 short bed. Plans are a 408" LS with a 4L60. Changing all the suspension and brakes to stuff from CPP. Don't have many plans other than that right now. I'm sure I will have lots of questions about these trucks as this is my first one so I'm looking forward to this project.
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07-27-2013, 09:50 PM
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Formerly- 1972SuperCheyenne
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Wake Forest NC
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Re: New guy with a 68 short bed
Sounds like a great start. Any pics of your trucks current state?
Welcome to the forum.
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07-27-2013, 10:06 PM
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Re: New guy with a 68 short bed
Welcome!
The only thing that give me concern here is the 4L60... if you are going run it hard I would strongly recommend the 4L80. Much stronger tranny. A 4L60 is ok if you put in the 5 planet planetary sets and a beast cage. Basically making it a 4L70E.
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07-27-2013, 10:24 PM
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Re: New guy with a 68 short bed
This is before I started and all the pictures I have taken so far.
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07-27-2013, 10:26 PM
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Re: New guy with a 68 short bed
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07-27-2013, 11:47 PM
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Location: Central NC
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Re: New guy with a 68 short bed
Nice looking truck, could leave it "patina".
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1972 Cheyene C-10 "Ole Green" My Grandfathers truck (early 70's to 1983) My first vehicle (1983) Original 350 (3 rebuilds) 700R4 from Bowtie Overdrives 
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07-28-2013, 10:40 AM
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Formerly- 1972SuperCheyenne
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Re: New guy with a 68 short bed
I definitely wouldnt paint it. It looks killer as it is.
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07-28-2013, 10:53 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: South Hill, VA
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Re: New guy with a 68 short bed
I wasn't going to paint it at first but I changed my mind pretty quick on that. I had some rust spots I wanted to fix and one thing leads to another very quickly. I haven't decided what color I'm going with yet.
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07-28-2013, 10:53 AM
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Location: NM
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Re: New guy with a 68 short bed
I vote for keeping the original paint, that truck has patina to die for.
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