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Old 12-11-2015, 01:29 AM   #1
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Saddle up 66 c10

Hello everyone, i'm 16 years old and this is my first build. I acquired the truck in the past summer after looking at c10 trucks since I was 12 or 13. The truck is a 66 c10 SWB BBW. For some reason the 60's body style has always been my favorite. The plan is to do a frame off restore with the help of my dad and brother, I plan on using the the original colors which are saddle and white, I plan on doing all the paint and body myself. Not sure if if I want to go with and ls platform or the lt/350 style engine yet but I do know I want to put a 5-speed or 6-speed manual. here are a few pictures of my truck and the progress that I have made so far.
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Old 12-11-2015, 01:43 AM   #2
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Welcome to the forum

It's great to see another '60-'66 truck owner from the younger generation! That looks like a really nice truck as it is.
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Old 12-11-2015, 02:22 AM   #3
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Re: Saddle up 66 c10

Looks like a great start.I'll be watching your progress. Good to see another guy my age here! I am 15 and there is another member (tj's chevy) who is 16.
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Old 12-11-2015, 02:06 PM   #4
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Re: Saddle up 66 c10

WELCOME

WELCOME

WELCOME

Great to see you younger guys here.

Gives me hope.

You have a lovely looking truck. I will be following your build from over here.
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Old 12-11-2015, 05:24 PM   #5
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Beautiful truck, Sub'd
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Old 12-11-2015, 07:38 PM   #6
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Looks like a great start.I'll be watching your progress. Good to see another guy my age here! I am 15 and there is another member (tj's chevy) who is 16.
Hey hey! lol

Nice truck!
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Old 12-11-2015, 07:50 PM   #7
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Nice original truck
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Old 12-11-2015, 08:09 PM   #8
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Very cool truck, your gonna have a blast restoring it. I'll bet your dad is proud of you! Welcome to the forum! Mike.
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Old 12-11-2015, 10:05 PM   #9
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Welcome ,Im in to see the rest .
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Old 12-12-2015, 12:49 AM   #10
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Re: Saddle up 66 c10

and welcome aboard…

Good start, I'm in for the ride...
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Old 12-12-2015, 10:24 AM   #11
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Great truck to start with, love the mirrors!
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Old 12-12-2015, 04:17 PM   #12
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Man, great looking truck, know any history on it? Looks to be pretty complete and original down to the hubcaps, drool
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Old 12-13-2015, 01:16 AM   #13
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Man, great looking truck, know any history on it? Looks to be pretty complete and original down to the hubcaps, drool
It is mostly original from what I can tell, inline six (250) mated to a 3 on a tree. The truck came with factory a/c but the previous owner took all of the a/c out, other than that its just a regular old '66 chevy, check out this bumper though.
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Old 12-13-2015, 03:53 AM   #14
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That bumper is really sweet, I'd definitely keep that!

Enjoy the time building the truck with your pop, I built my first car, a 72 Nova between the age of 14 and 18 with my Dad, I'm 34 now, still have the car and the memories we made during that time and after will be with me for the rest of my life
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Old 12-13-2015, 11:28 AM   #15
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That bumper is really sweet, I'd definitely keep that!

Enjoy the time building the truck with your pop, I built my first car, a 72 Nova between the age of 14 and 18 with my Dad, I'm 34 now, still have the car and the memories we made during that time and after will be with me for the rest of my life
For sure, i've already decided that it just needs to stay with the truck.
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Old 12-14-2015, 02:25 PM   #16
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Re: Saddle up 66 c10

Welcome to the forum. Great to see a younger guy on here working on these trucks.

Good looking starting point.
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Old 12-16-2015, 04:18 PM   #17
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Welcome from the owner of another '66 Saddle C-10! Check out my build thread if you want some saddle motivation.
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Old 12-16-2015, 04:27 PM   #18
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Accidental duplicate post, couldn't figure out how to delete.
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Old 12-17-2015, 10:13 PM   #19
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Re: Saddle up 66 c10

Well yesterdays progress, set the bed back on for my mom and she wanted pictures and the smart thing to do is to not fight and just do it, so oh well the best is sitting back the frame for now. Anyways I pulled all the glass from the doors because the doors aren't straight and I intend to make them as straight as I can get them. After I fix the doors I plan on moving to the floor and rockers.
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Old 12-17-2015, 10:59 PM   #20
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Re: Saddle up 66 c10

Nice work. When your done are you planning on painting it the original saddle color?
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Old 12-17-2015, 11:28 PM   #21
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Nice work. When your done are you planning on painting it the original saddle color?
Yes sir, at least as of now thats my plan.
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Old 12-17-2015, 11:39 PM   #22
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As you can see the problem im facing with the doors, they're almost warped I would say. The cancer on the floors are not terrible, glad I caught it at an early stage
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Old 12-18-2015, 10:33 AM   #23
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She is a Beaut!!! Welcome
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Old 12-18-2015, 10:51 AM   #24
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That thing is unbelievably straight, nice score.
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Old 12-19-2015, 03:09 AM   #25
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Looks like an awesome place to start! Sheesh I remember being 17 joining hotrods.com and being the "young gun." Up until reading some of these threads I still felt like a young gun (I'm 30), but I guess I just aged faster than I thought.

Looking forward to following this build! My vote is for an LS with a T56 behind it.
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