1969 c-10

[SuperBuickGuy]

louvers are for high speed bypass. if you block the radiator too much, you'll overheat at highway speeds. Usually they are flaps...

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

I ordered a custom driveshaft through Speedway and it showed up at my house in 5 days. I'm impressed.

I do have concerns with the electric fan shroud on this cheap radiator. It's unlike any I've used.

Unless someone here knows a reason for the louvers, I'm going to close them off and fill the gaps around it.

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

Well, I spent a couple evenings trying to deal with burnt wires and corroded connections.
I lost my patients and ordered a Terminator. Sorry :LangleyDad, but mine made it here already.
I finally have everything together enough to weight down the back and order the drive shaft..... so now, back to paint prep for the rest of it.
Oh, yeah, I changed the cam and springs too. I couldn't resist the name.

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

Looks like ya done good! Spraying paint isn't all that hard - it's the prep that'll kill you.

Thanks Dan. It looks ok except for the run on the back of the cab. I got greedy trying to flow out a dry spot (also not enough light).

I'm just glad to finally have the window openings, jams, and firewall painted. Hopefully it will make it back to the frame very soon.

Thers are a few mechanical things to button up first.

[DanStokes]

Looks like ya done good! Spraying paint isn't all that hard - it's the prep that'll kill you.

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

So, I ran out of time waiting on Dan to agree to paint this pig.
Knowing when to say when, that's the hard part for me.
This isn't a show car....it's GOOD ENOUGH ALREADY---Paint it!
Single stage urethane, Ceramic Gray

still have a door and the bedsides to get prepped. CHOMP CHOMP

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

last week progress.

Got started on the fuel stuff. I still need a few fittings.



Some epoxy and 2k primer.

On the road this week, next week everyone is invited to a block party!

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

I put the "wood shop" to work in a new way the last few days.

The Previous owner here is a cabinet maker, this was his dedicated finish room.

It's no paint booth, but it beats the open shop.

Chomp Chomp

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

Tailgate Thursday

I think I'm about to get this thing roughed in.....It was pretty rough

There were 21 "bodyman" holes under the filler along with a lot of general bashing.

The upside is, the LAST 18 trim mount holes are filled in! It has a ways to go, but I'm not going crazy on this. It's too easy to change If I find a good one.

My wife is working, so I'll be spending the long weekend in the car shop unsupervised. Happy 4th everyone!

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

I paid a price for working above my pay grade while I wasn't focused/patient enough for the task.

Lesson learned; more practice obtained.

Next time I'll walk away instead of rushing a tricky task.

The good news is, there were no surprises (except for a small amount of body filler) when I blasted the bed sides. I'll take the win

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

I have been dreading dealing with the bedsides for nearly a year. My biggest concern being that there's no room to planish the seams from shortening the bed.

At least my square hole drill bit worked.

It's not pretty but I think this one will be salvageable. on to the next side.

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

I hauled it out of a field 11 months ago this week.....Maybe a little more gooder

On to the bed sides

[langleylad]

Exactly , one bite at a time

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

Ugh, I feel like it's never going to end. chomp chomp chomp

Once this door is welded up and the trim/speaker holes filled, it will finally be time for body work on the cab/doors/fenders YAY

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

That left over "Mouse House" cauterized the remaining rust out !!

You must be right. It got media blasted today and it only gained a few pin holes I kind of expected worse.