My New 1969 Custom 10 Project

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Last weekend I purchased a 1969 Custom 10 off of Ebay for $585. Suffice to say this baby needs a good amount of work. Cab corners, floors, bedsides, rockers, etc all have rust.

It was advertised on Ebay as a 350, but after careful investigation it is an original 307. Some vital stats on the truck.

True mileage: unknown. Odo reads 59k, but I am betting it turned over.

1969 Custom 10 Long Fleetside Bed

Model: CE10934
From the production numbers thread

CE10934 Fleetside 8ft ,$2569 Price, 3623Lbs, 268233 Built

VIN: CE1491.....

Type - C - Conventional (2WD)
Engine - E - V8
GVW - 1 - 1/2 ton
Body - 4 - Pickup with cab & bed
Year - 9 - 1969
Plant - 1 - Oshawa

SE: (not sure what this is, can anyone enlighten me?) FT0690576

Paint / Interior
544 White/Red
618 Red Custom Cloth Trim

Options
A11 Tinted Glass
B85 Body Side Molding
BX2 Body Side Molding - Wide
D36 Non Glare Mirror
DG4 Below Eye Level Mirror
D99 Two Tone Paint Moulding
G50 Heavy Duty Rear Springs
J70 Brake Booster Equip
N40 Power Steering
O63 Radio-Push Button
P03 Chromed Hub Caps
P47 15 x 5.5 Wheel
V37 Chrome Bumper FR&RR
Z53 Ammeter - Oil Guage
Z62 Custom Comf&Conv Equip

Chevy 307 : block casting 3956632, heads 3927185
Rochester 2-Jet - 7029105
Tranny : 3 on the tree - no numbers yet
Rear End: Looks to be a GM 12 bolt rear, numbers soon.

The dash wiring had caught on fire in the past and was basically destroyed. Luckily the ends on the harness and fuse block were still intact, so I spent this past weekend repairing the harness with new wire and some new ends. As of now I have all of the electrical in the truck functioning and the motor starts and runs very well.

The shift linkage is very tight when you try to pull it back toward you to shift it, so I will be working on that situation next in order to be able to test out the tranny.

Lots of sheet metal arrived in the mail over the weekend, so I will be busy on that for the forseeable future. The only pics I have at the moment are the ones from the auction(see below). The one strange situation I will need to deal with is that at some point a sport truck wheel was installed. Still deciding what to do on that.

I would like to restore the truck to original, but that may be a little too ambitious for me. We'll see how it shapes up as I move forward on the project.