1966 C10 build

[AlbertaZ06]

Not much action lately in the Everson Garage!
Got rid of the old 66 seat and installed a 1990 Silverado seat. Think it fits good. Cleaned up, and started to install the old body parts. I need a radiator, fuel system, driveshaft, exhaust, and power brakes. With all this covid-19 stuff going on, I might just take a break on the C10. I was hopping to have it on the road soon, but it is hard to get any parts, and doesn’t help with the cdn dollar being low. Keeping my eye on kijiji though .

 

[Rruuff Day]

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Not much action lately in the Everson Garage!
Got rid of the old 66 seat and installed a 1990 Silverado seat. Think it fits good. Cleaned up, and started to install the old body parts. I need a radiator, fuel system, driveshaft, exhaust, and power brakes. With all this covid-19 stuff going on, I might just take a break on the C10. I was hopping to have it on the road soon, but it is hard to get any parts, and doesn’t help with the cdn dollar being low. Keeping my eye on kijiji though .

We're very patient here Dalen....

 

[AlbertaZ06]

I figured I should open up the air cleaner a little more. Thinking this 5.3L requires more air then the 1975 350ci that this air cleaner came off of. The original opening was only 2”, think I accomplished something like 20x more than that.....

 

[Rruuff Day]

View attachment 39507View attachment 39508View attachment 39509View attachment 39510View attachment 39511View attachment 39512 I figured I should open up the air cleaner a little more. Thinking this 5.3L requires more air then the 1975 350ci that this air cleaner came off of. The original opening was only 2”, think I accomplished something like 20x more than that.....

Taking NA to the next level. ... Use to flip the breather cover in my dad's Polaris for the sound when I got to take it out as a kid.... Caught hell when I forgot to flip it back over. If I'd only known about this back then.... Lol....

 

[Luke 1967]

First I see of your project, talk about fun! I love those 60s and 70s C10s. To this day, 2 things I remember about the Lassie TV show in the 60s when I was a boy, that beautiful collie, and a cool 61 C10 with side bars!
Nothing better to keep you busy in these times. That's really nice work you are doing.
Cheers, Luke

 

[Rruuff Day]

First I see of your project, talk about fun! I love those 60s and 70s C10s. To this day, 2 things I remember about the Lassie TV show in the 60s when I was a boy, that beautiful collie, and a cool 61 C10 with side bars!
Nothing better to keep you busy in these times. That's really nice work you are doing.
Cheers, Luke

If you enjoy Dalen's rebuild thread, you might want to check out his C4 LSX turbo builds.

C4 LSX Swap

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[AlbertaZ06]

So the doors off this truck are not original. They were brown and installed and painted on this truck some time in the 80’s when the truck was restored. They never painted the inside of the doors, and it always drove me nuts!! I painted them the original factory blue of the truck. Going to spray the door panels and inside of cab a dark grey my wife picked. The direction I’m going with on this project, is new inside, new under the hood and leaving the body patina

 

[Rruuff Day]

It's looking great.

 

[AlbertaZ06]

I think the colour is perfect !! I wasn’t sure at first, thought it look like primer, but my wife has a good taste in colour ! It’s not perfect by no means, I didn’t weld up any screw holes, blemishes in the paint, and should have spent some more time sanding.But it’s a huge improvement and cleaned up the inside

 

[Luke 1967]

A few battle scars on the old pick-up IS perfect Looks great.

 

[Luke 1967]

If you enjoy Dalen's rebuild thread, you might want to check out his C4 LSX turbo builds.

C4 LSX Swap

canadiancorvetteforums.com

Thanks for pointing that out. A took a quick glance, but it deserves to be some time to check it out in detail. Lots of great pics and interesting ideas. I will go through it for sure.

 

[AlbertaZ06]

Headers came in today . They look good and fit great . Lots of clearance on everything!! I can finally get moving ahead on this project again. Time to figure out my exhaust system!!

 

[ddgermann]

Oh boy does that ever look SWEET!

 

[Rruuff Day]

Can't wait to see it on the road Dalen. Great build and thanks for the great play by play you've kept up for us.

 

[AlbertaZ06]

Another 66 C10 . I don’t know why I needed this... . For $300 I couldn’t say no!!

 

[Rruuff Day]

I think we are all guilty of that Dalen. So another resto in the future?

 

[AlbertaZ06]

I think we are all guilty of that Dalen. So another resto in the future?

There a few parts I could use off it. But it’s in rough shape!!
I have 3 boys that are already hanging around in the garage... maybe one of them will take it on as a project , but not me..... I have enough things on the go! I’m still planning the C5 turbo build, and looking for a smaller car to do a electric swap in

 

[AlbertaZ06]

Selling parts off this truck already
Sold the grill off the C10 to a guy that wanted more patina on the front of his truck. Think it went to a good home! Cool old truck on air ride

 

[AlbertaZ06]

Some swap meet treasures .
Found some corvette sbc valve covers and a sweet 1966 C10 deluxe steering wheel in great condition

 

[AlbertaZ06]

New suspension parts should be here soon! Busting everything loose on a 54 year old truck seems to be a challenge . Installing new bushings, brakes, 3” lowering springs in the rear, and 2 1/2” drop spindles in the front. The underside of the hood is ready for paint!! Keeping the outside patina, and rebuilding everything else . My favorite part of long weekends... late night wrenching