83 C10 Pro Touring Truck

[vette427-sbc]

can you see all 4 pictures? for some reson the links are there but i dont see the pictures

yes

also... I left your gauge in the box next to the shop

[the dan]

been doing alot of customer car work but that just means more income for the c10

Tonight i tackled one of the hardest things ive had to do yet, and thats make a contoured cut in a blind area, it came out fantastic and do not think i could ever do it so nice again if i had to.

thats the picture inside the cowl

oh and i forgot to mention i had to pull the cab off and shorten the frame 1.5" because the truck isnt factory wheel base anymore for some reason... the front wheel was off center 3"... so the motor is back 1.5" more now so i had to remake the engine tunnel wider and also made it higher for the future fuel rails, 3" higher



more to come of coarse.

[the dan]

got my transmission tunnel mocked up with cardboard (i ended up cutting it all out of 18g on friday)


started the front part of the cage and into the cab


and mock up of some of the bends

[KnightMare]

been doing alot of customer car work but that just means more income for the c10




more to come of coarse.

"Insert Big Lumpy CAM Here" LOL, I couldn't help but love that. Great work.

[luisitox19]

loking good man is going to be a sick truck

[85coupe50]

Looking good...

[the dan]

thanks coupe! i got some 060 wall DOM to take care of some of the visually applealing only pieces so it wont weigh as much, the whole 22' stick was only 30lbs

[vette427-sbc]

thanks coupe! i got some 060 wall DOM to take care of some of the visually applealing only pieces so it wont weigh as much, the whole 22' stick was only 30lbs

Now youre gettin' it!
Lookin good as usual

[the dan]

Been a while since last update, got the whole front engine cage and upper control arm tacked together, started making the power steering brackets since I've been Waiting and trying new pullys for the past month, gonna see if I can snag a pair of z06 wheels to mock up in the front for steering purposes since right now I either need to raise my wheel well or roll my front fenders wide body style 3+ inches on each side..., mostly because the corvette weeks have such a large offset

[hotrod56]

Would love to see pictures.

[dug]

pics????

[tazzz25906112]

Absolutely loving your fab work,,, very impressive indeed and especially at 22...

[the dan]

i ended up having to reroute the belt again because the crank only had 1/4 belt on the pully, so i machined a mount using the C5 ac tensioner and stock idler pully (wider) so i could run the tensioner on a straight section of belt

I also want to thank Randy Probell again for lettiing a kid he barely met once, borrow a set of z06 wheels and hoosier slicks, guy would give the shirt off his back if someone needed it and is a great guy, very intellegent in the sport as well

he may have a line on Z06 front breaks for me too,

updates as they come!

[CFster]

Fantastic build! I wish i had your fab skills. Following this one for sure.

[dug]

KRC makes nice stuff!

[the dan]

Norm at KRC is a great guy too, very helpful with the right stuff I need. Very knowledgable as well

[dug]

agreed.

[sr73bu]

Awesome Fab work Dan! keep on plugging away- its looking amazing!


-Sean

[the dan]

saving now for my tik t56... $2100 later......

[the dan]

batter tray is done, not that i needed to do it now but i couldnt get in my brothers way with making the A pillars

bumper mounts as well as where the rollcage will end

rear main hoop, tightest cage ive withnessed

there wasnt enough crank-belt contact so i rerouted the belt and used a C5 AC tensioner and regular LS pully to make it work

This is a rough photoshop of the ZR1 wheels that i may end up running, the steelies arnt allowing me to steer at all and flaring the fenders isnt an easy task to make it look good.