Bmxbang's 71 Project

[bmxbang]

Alright guys quick rundown of my 1971 Chevy C10.

I bought the thing as a project truck with a decent amount of work already done to it.

List of Major modifications so far.

It Runs and drives
5.3l Swap with 4l60 trans
Rear Disk Brakes
Boyd Fuel Cell
Currently has a 63 c-10 step side bed on it
Not a original SWB truck, the frame has been cut down

and about a billion other things I won't take the time to list

Short term plan is to get it cleaned up, over haul the suspension and do a 4/6 drop on it for the time being.

Long Term is Rework the entire thing

Current Pictures of how it looks...

[bmxbang]

Current status is I'm trying to figure out the best way to clean up the engine bay and hide/clean up some of the wire mess that it has currently going on.

[Indychus]

I normally don't like bed swaps, but that 1st gen bed looks right at home on there. Nice project!

[bmxbang]

Originally Posted by Indychus

I normally don't like bed swaps, but that 1st gen bed looks right at home on there. Nice project!

Im with you there, It will work for the time being but later on down the road it will be getting the correct Fleetside bed put on it. I will be interested to see how this bed looks with a 6inch drop in the rear though.

[bmxbang]

Started to tackle the suspension today. Plan is to pull everything off and get it cleaned up with all new components and refresh everything. I'll be doing an ECE 4/6 Drop Kit for now. I really want to get everything else buttoned up body wise and motor before I get crazy on the suspension but in the mean time I want it to be drivable and some what siting right. Finally after fighting with the upper balljoint for what seemed like hours I got it out so that's when I called it a day.

[68Gold/white]

Do you like the wheels on it??? Just wondering never seen those on a pickup of any year...lotta bling going on there!!! Not knocking your ride. Carry on!!!

[bmxbang]

Originally Posted by 68Gold/white

Do you like the wheels on it??? Just wondering never seen those on a pickup of any year...lotta bling going on there!!! Not knocking your ride. Carry on!!!

Lol the wheels where originally going to be the first to go on the truck. I figured I’d wait until spring to throw them up for sale though. Plan is to just grab some 16” steelies for now after I sell what’s on it. They are foose speedster wheels if I recall on it currently, im with you they just don’t fit the truck for me personally.

[bmxbang]

Finally got the front passenger side upper and lower A arms all dismantled . Luckily it was warm enough to break out the power washer and spray all the 50 year old grease off. Next is to get them Cleaned up and powder coated

[rjs53]

Looks good, the control arm shafts are a little bit of a pain. I have the ece 4/6 drop still sits plenty high for daily driving.

[bmxbang]

Originally Posted by rjs53

Looks good, the control arm shafts are a little bit of a pain. I have the ece 4/6 drop still sits plenty high for daily driving.

Thats what I'm afraid of actually lol it sitting to high for my liking! Got my Moog replacement parts in today. gotta get on cleaning the old Control arms up now so it can go back together.

[bmxbang]

finally got it all cleaned up today got the front frame rail cleaned up and recoated and the front crossmember cleaned up and almost ready to go back together now

[bmxbang]

Got passenger side all finished up, going to move onto the Driver side and get it to this point before I order the ECE drop kit

[bmxbang]

“You ain’t got no legs Lt. Dan!”

Sold the wheels the other day so now I’m on the hunt for some cheap Steelies for now. The old ones wouldn’t of fit anyway after I got the suspension buttened up so away they went.

[bmxbang]

These lovely boxes from early classic enterprises showed up yesterday day and lucky me I had today off. Went to town and got the from finished up and back on the ground. Also I grabbed some cheap steel wheels off a 91 1500 and that’s what I will be rolling around on for awhile until this thing gets closer to being done. Hopefully have the rear knocked out a little faster than the front took me lol

[cornerstone]

Looking good man! The rear end should go a lot faster for you. I have a question for you, do you know if the new steel wheels you got can take an old style cap? I love that look also and want to have a set on hand so my nice chrome wheels don't get jacked up during my work.

[bmxbang]

Originally Posted by cornerstone

Looking good man! The rear end should go a lot faster for you. I have a question for you, do you know if the new steel wheels you got can take an old style cap? I love that look also and want to have a set on hand so my nice chrome wheels don't get jacked up during my work.

No sadly I don’t think the OBS Chevy steel wheels will take the older style caps. I think anything square body and older will though. If I recall correctly.

[68Gold/white]

bmxganger,
Beware when using the later wheels (that have metric lugs) the taper on the wheel/lug nuts is different. The lug nuts will not fully seat properly into the wheel...unsafe.

Dorman makes lug nuts that allow conversions, either way...man those new front wheels look soooo much better, already...

[bmxbang]

Well she's together and running the best she has since I got her. Next up is new headers and exhaust. They way it was ran before won't work with the current stance, plus it was a backyard weld job on this exhaust so it has leaks everywhere.

[cornerstone]

Looks great man. Quite a difference with the truck being level and lower. No more stink bug stance!

[bmxbang]

Originally Posted by cornerstone

Looks great man. Quite a difference with the truck being level and lower. No more stink bug stance!

Thanks man, It still has a longgggggg way to go but at least I feel better and safer about driving it

[rjs53]

Looks great! Glad to see it up and running. What’s next on the agenda

[bmxbang]

Originally Posted by rjs53

Looks great! Glad to see it up and running. What’s next on the agenda

Thank you! Going to get the exhaust cleaned up and re-ran along with new long tube headers for it to clean it up some. Then get a tune and call it good for awhile on the big stuff.

[bmxbang]

Picked up a new steel 69-70 front on the cheap today for $150 bucks I couldn't pass it up! this will eventually go on it so I can do a Smooth front bumper.

[cornerstone]

Cool pic! I'm guessing the red is a reflection? How in the world did you find that deal?

[bmxbang]

Originally Posted by cornerstone

Cool pic! I'm guessing the red is a reflection? How in the world did you find that deal?

Yeah the red is just reflecting off my cabinets, I just got lucky cruising facebook market place honestly!