My 1970 C10 Build - Picture Overload

[DubyaS6]

For as long as I can remember I have wanted a C10. My boyfriend and I have been looking for a good 6 months for a decent deal on one with no luck. Well about a month ago, we found one less than 15 miles from our house...and it was in amazing shape! Here is the day we bought it:





Someone did a quick restore of the truck, so the paint is a 6 at best, but it's a good base for a driver which is what we want. It's a factory tach and A/C truck (although there is no A/C currently).






The truck is actually in really good condition. There is one rust spot and it's in the fender well, so no big deal there. The underneath isn't pretty and the panhard bar is suuuuper bent, but all and all, it's not really THAT bad.








We have changed exactly 5 things on the truck so far. Amber blinker lenses (I like them better than clear), ignition On/Off plate, steering wheel, of course you have to have a window sticker, and we took the huge rear bumper off as we will be replacing that.






As far as plans for the truck goes, we will pretty much be changing everything about the truck other than the body. We are leaving that alone. We have ordered full front and rear suspension from Roadster Shop that should be here by September 1st. According to those guys, other than the 2 trucks they have built, we will be the first to sport their suspension for these trucks. SUPER excited to see it. We went ahead and upgraded to Penske shocks, Wilwood brakes and Strange 9" and axles.



We are LS swapping the truck, most likely we will go with a 6.2L and it will be a turbo build. We already have a Borg Warner S400SX T6 for it.




As far as wheels go, I initially wanted to go with Forgestar F14f's, but I think I have since decided on Forgeline DE3C's.

Here is a quick photoshop someone did for us on the F14f's...I am really excited!

[mikewoods]

Nice Truck! A c10 will be my next build. Which steering wheel did you go with? It looks perfect in there; a great mix of old and new.

[DubyaS6]

Nice Truck! A c10 will be my next build. Which steering wheel did you go with? It looks perfect in there; a great mix of old and new.

LMC special lol!

$129 can't beat that!

[aggie91]

Looks like you got a good truck to start with. What part of texas ya'll from?

[DubyaS6]

Looks like you got a good truck to start with. What part of texas ya'll from?

Dallas area...just north.

[Bob in St. Louis]

Wow, you found a nice one there Lydia!
I'm from STL, but an vacationing in New Mexico for the week. I can't believe the 'graveyards' of cool cars down here, all look to be in really good shape (from a rust perspective) except for the surface rust where the sun has cooked the the paint off.
Love the truck!!

[Auto Rod Technologies]

Nice project.. Love the trucks!!

[protouring70]

Good luck on build. ....sounds like it will be amazing!

[low68]

I read roadster shop and I was instantly hooked. I will be paying very close attention to your truck!

[DubyaS6]

Thanks so much guys!

I hope to have some progress pictures of the Roadster Shop stuff this week. Picked up the 6.2L last week, so it's sitting waiting on the chassis stuff to get here. Going to swap the truck intake with an LS3 intake and throw a Brian Tooley cam in it and be done.

I also ordered a rendering from Shawn Mascoll that should be done sometime this week...SUPER excited to see that!

[bhcustomdesigns]

Nice truck,I just bought a 70 c10 that I am doing several mods to,I will be watching this one

[DubyaS6]

Received my rendering late last night...needless to say, I am SUPER pumped about this truck. We also decided to paint it while we have it apart. Same color scheme.

[Bob in St. Louis]

That's sweet!

[DubyaS6]

The next day, we pulled the stock K-member out of the truck. MAN, that thing is heavy and huge compared to the Roadster Shop one. I am beyond amazed at how awesome the RS stuff fits:







With the RS K-member in, it was time to put the mock LS engine and 4L80e in and see what we were looking at space-wise:





Going with Stainless Works LSXT headers:




With the front end on:





We have soooo much room for activities! :D

[DubyaS6]

After we mocked up the front, it was time to start on the rear of the truck. We pulled the bed off and pulled out the stock rearend and trailing arms:






It was now time to start cutting out the frame for the C notch:





Roadster Shop C notch mocked up:




We thought we may need to modify the tunnel area to fit the big 4L80e, but these pictures show plenty of clearance:




C notches installed, time to install the rearend housing and 4 link:

[DubyaS6]

It's been a little while since I have updated this thread, but we have been busy!

Received the Roadster Shop front and rear suspension...it's beyond badass:






In the first night, we pulled the front end off and the stock 350 and TH400 out:






And just because I like this picture:




A look at the stock stuff underneath of a 44 year old truck:

[Bob in St. Louis]

Ohh that's so cool. Like REALLY cool. Thanks for the pics!

[DubyaS6]

Ohh that's so cool. Like REALLY cool. Thanks for the pics!

Thanks Bob! Plenty more to come!

One thing I wanted to point out...we mainly work on this truck on Saturdays only. We have spent exactly 4 half-days on this truck and have accomplished this much progress. The Roadster Shop stuff fits so well, there is little you have to do to make it work. Highly recommended.

[timmytimm3]

I'm following along for this build! Nice choice of parts and beautiful truck.

[csouth]

Nice!... I love watching the C10's run. The price on these are going through the roof now with more PT ones being built.