Project Pee Paw

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After selling my last project I finally picked up something I dreamed of for years. A Chevrolet SWB Pickup late last fall. This one is a 1970 C-10. My Grandfather (AKA Pee Paw) had one as his last truck before he passed away in 1977. So I wanted to build one in his honor (He built me my first bike from scrap parts, I loved that bike).

It only look a couple of weeks and I found one on eBay a few hundred miles North of me. I purchased the truck in the Fall of 2010.















After getting it to my brothers house and getting it clean we found a lot of rust to the cab and found the driver side door area was worse than we thought. So he suggested (he is a paint and body guy by trade and own's his on shop...good to have one of those in the family ) a new cab should be purchased.





So my brother put some feelers out and low and behold a friend called him and said he was interested in getting rid of his 1970 CST-10 (yes I know, someone tried to convert it to a 71-72 and did a bad job at that



My brother went and looked at the truck and called me to say it was a solid truck that actually ran and I should purchase it. So I did









The downfall to having a brother who owns a paint and body shop is he has to eat first which means Project Pee Paw has been pushed back (ok, really work has had me very busy the last six months and I have not had the time to work on it). But this has given me a lot of time to figure out what I want to do with the truck. First, we are going to use the cab and front clip from the 70 CST-10 on the 70 SWB frame and bed. Convert to 5 lugs using the rear axle and front end parts from the 70 LWB on the 70 SWB. I got gas tank lid from a 1985 Chevy S-10 Blazer. I will be moving the gas to the rear and really like the one from FuelCellGuy and it seems a lot of guys on here have purchased one from him. Going that route because after a lot of thought and consideration I purchased the drivetrain from this:





It's a 1995 Z-28 Camaro with a LT1 motor. I get the motor, tranny and harness. Really just about anything on the car cause the owner wants to turn it into a drag car.

So I am super stoked and have just one more vehicle in front of mine before the teardown begins. We hope to have it running by mid summer with all the body work done and painted. I will stay sort of original with the paint in that the truck will be orange and white. Just not the factory orange and white (shhh, it's a secret). I will still have a long way to go even though it will be running. He is just doing all the frame and body work for me and then I will bring it to Houston to finish up Project Pee Paw.

I will be posting pic's of the process and hope you guys enjoy the process as much as I am.

Jerry

[JasonBird]

well, it looks like you have quite a project on your hands! best of luck with it, and there's lots of people here willing to help! Welcome aboard!

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So it's been a couple of months since I last posted, but wanted to get on here and post some pics and update the project. My brother finally got around to getting some time to help start the teardown process. So first we started with the SWB:



Bad pic, sorry



We knew the SWB had been hit hard in the drivers side door, but did not realized the damage until we saw the rear cab mount bolts, both looked like this:











So the SWB is down to the frame only. Ready for the sandblaster

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Next we started the tear down of the long wheel base:





We went ahead and changed out the passenger doors. The rust had gotten the best of the LWB's passenger door. The hinges were fallen out.

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Next we sandblasted the SWB frame, 5 lug rearend and front k-member and painted all. I was going to use Por-15, but my brother said he has a problem painting over rust and dirt (reason he wanted the parts sandblasted). He painted the items with a chip resistent paint that is used on the frames of tractors and semi trucks. He has used it on several restorations with great success!!!!

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With everything painted and looking very sharp it was time to re-assembly the chassis:





With the chassis back together, we went ahead and dropped the LT-1 from the 95 Z-28 into it's new home!!!:









We are super happy with how it's coming so far. We still have a long way to go.

[67chevy1series]

loookin good!

[oldman3]

Like it so far, keep us updated.

[72SWBChevy]

Nice meeting you today, keep it up on your project!!

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Originally Posted by 72SWBChevy

Nice meeting you today, keep it up on your project!!

Good meeting you as well. Thanks for the fender, the lower quarters will help a bunch. Let me know when you get your truck done and head out to Nifty Fifties. Also, thanks for the information on your drop, it helped a bunch.

Jerry

[no moa]

How much did you have to notch the frame for the AC pump on the LT1?

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Originally Posted by no moa

How much did you have to notch the frame for the AC pump on the LT1?

We notched a 12" long and 2" wide. Then went back and welded a plate the same length to the inside frame rail. We cut that plate from the other frame.

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Edit

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Has it really been that long since I posted pictures of this build? Well, actually yes, but have been busy working on it the past few months. Here are a few:



Mock-up



Stance- 3/5 drop

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Body Work

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Painting the cab

[RCbowtie69]

Looking good,keep on truckin'

[rustytruck50]

Looks great....noticed the black cab...did you need to find a different cab?