hello from Bremerton, Washington! i just bought my first C-10!

[Mazoh77]

bought a 1970 longbed 2wd chevy c10 klast weekend. it's got a 4 speed manual, a 307, and so very much rust. needs some stuff but i've begun attacking the rust at least. I named it gertrude after the original tacoma narrows bridge, the "galloping gertie" because it's all over the road at freeway speed. do new shocks help with that much? i'll probably just get used to it before i end up replacing them. anyways, hello! i'm stoked to be here at this forum! looking forward to good conversation about TRUCKS.

[GASoline71]

There's gonna be a lot more rust under that outer rocker. You've got it down that far, you might as well open it up. The lower A pillar will probably be toast along with the kick panel.

Looks like there was a 5 lug conversion done to it.

Welcome aboard from Whidbey Island.

Gary

[68Gold/white]

Is that really a 1970??? I see a 5 lug wheel on the driver side front???

Does it appear to have factory disc brakes???

[GASoline71]

Originally Posted by 68Gold/white

Is that really a 1970??? I see a 5 lug wheel on the driver side front???

Does it appear to have factory disc brakes???

A Unicorn has been found!

Gary

[Mazoh77]

Originally Posted by GASoline71

There's gonna be a lot more rust under that outer rocker. You've got it down that far, you might as well open it up. The lower A pillar will probably be toast along with the kick panel.

Looks like there was a 5 lug conversion done to it.

Welcome aboard from Whidbey Island.

Gary

Yup, it's all rusted out all around the lower cab. i'm basically rebuilding the rocker and surrounding areas right now with fresh metal, i know they make patch panels but after buying this thing i'm broke for a bit until i sell my other car, i got plenty of regular old sheet metal to get me by for now. the roof is bad too but it'll get me though winter just fine. i'm doing all this in my mid-city yard so i'm not trying to dig too deep until i get some proper space to weld and make noise.

[Mazoh77]

Originally Posted by GASoline71

A Unicorn has been found!

Gary

it's definitely a 1970. it has disks up front, but no brake booster. i don't know if it came stock like that or not. i was really happy to see it had them though, i bought this thing fully expecting drum brakes.

[68Gold/white]

Mazoh,
Maybe when time permits you can takes pictures of the front suspension, brake area with tire off.
Maybe Gary can come visit you to confirm you bagging this unicorn...LOL

Thanks for posting, just as I posted a thread, asking about others having 70 models with disc brakes.

If the label inside the glove box door is still intact we would surely like to see a picture of that also!!!

Is there a way to confirm build date on these pickups???

[Mazoh77]

Originally Posted by 68Gold/white

Mazoh,
Maybe when time permits you can takes pictures of the front suspension, brake area with tire off.
Maybe Gary can come visit you to confirm you bagging this unicorn...LOL

Thanks for posting, just as I posted a thread, asking about others having 70 models with disc brakes.

If the label inside the glove box door is still intact we would surely like to see a picture of that also!!!

Is there a way to confirm build date on these pickups???

Sure, I'll take a look and snap some pictures this afternoon. I suppose Gary can visit too, haha. I'd definitely like to talk to someone face to face about these things. Up until saturday i had never really even looked at one too closely.

[Mazoh77]

Got those brake and spid shots requested.