Author Topic: 83 c10 re-innovated Pro Touring  (Read 350042 times)

Offline the dan

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Re: 83 8ft bed c10
« Reply #60 on: January 25, 2009, 11:48:40 PM »
for some reason i got ambitious tonight and cleaned all the brackets and ground down the whole 9"
i sat there with a 7" angle grinder for 3 hours
pj yeah i bought a digi today ;D


then planned to cut the tunnel out of the cab


thats about it but heres the eye candy
83 C10 Pro-touring, Forged 408 Stroker LS, Paxton supercharger, T56 magnum, Detroit 9", and horrible paint

Offline 1983stepside

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Re: 83 8ft bed c10
« Reply #61 on: January 26, 2009, 02:09:20 PM »
looking real good man, your truck is gonna be bad *** when done, do you have an idea for color or any thing when done? deff keep us posted on your progress, my truck is still sitten in the garage i havent been able to work on it because of being laid off for the winter, and also the garage dosent have heat, so im very jelous that you can work on yours, :P but as soon as warm weather comes ill be back at work, and ill have more pics of my progress and hopefully by august ill be driven my stepside again, thats my plan, kepp up the good work  8)

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Re: 83 8ft bed c10
« Reply #62 on: January 26, 2009, 08:05:01 PM »
awesomeness. keep the pics comin. theyre great.
Pete 8)
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Re: 83 8ft bed c10
« Reply #63 on: January 26, 2009, 10:03:34 PM »
Got in a little battle with my truck today, i was too fed up to take pics, but i cut the floor out for the tranny and bell housing, guess i didnt do it enought and my engine hoise got angry and the strap i was using slid causing my motor to go almost streigth up and down
oil everywhere,
but anywho we will start over tomorrow or thursday
but i did get my roller lifter set in today :)
brand new delphi lifters with the OEM spider which i may re-make out of stainless rod, and the guides etc for the cam
83 C10 Pro-touring, Forged 408 Stroker LS, Paxton supercharger, T56 magnum, Detroit 9", and horrible paint

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Re: 83 8ft bed c10
« Reply #64 on: January 27, 2009, 09:05:29 PM »
Small world. I have seen you at rocky hill and spoke with you before. I'm Gary and have the black 87 short bed truck. Your truck looks great, that frame is wicked! I've got some body work to do to mine this spring. Just bought a new clean rust free bed for it and am in the process of trying to find rust free fenders and doors.

Anyways, your project looks wicked! Keep up the good work! You still riding?
1987 Chevy Silverado 2wd SWB: 305 TBI, 700r4, dual exhaust, tbi mods, k&n filter, belltech sway bar

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Re: 83 8ft bed c10
« Reply #65 on: January 28, 2009, 09:57:01 AM »
I see you have a bottle of Bone Suck Sauce. I heard that stuff is good. Is the 'hot' version too hot? or just right?
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Re: 83 8ft bed c10
« Reply #66 on: January 28, 2009, 10:25:48 AM »
just perfect :P and so delicious

haha gary yeah i didnt forget you i got a proposition if u want lowering stuff
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Offline 1983stepside

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Re: 83 8ft bed c10
« Reply #67 on: January 28, 2009, 11:47:42 AM »
hey dan do you have a web site i could go on to find a muncie m20 that needs rebuilt? do you have any buddys willing to sell one? what gears are you running in you rear end? are the gonna get you off the line quick, and are they good for cruising as well? thanks ive decided to try and find a m20 that needs rebuilt since i bet it be a little bit cheaper to buy, then rebuild it this summer any info you can give me would be awsome thanks and keep us posted on all of what your doing 8)

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Re: 83 8ft bed c10
« Reply #68 on: January 28, 2009, 04:52:38 PM »
just perfect :P and so delicious

haha gary yeah i didnt forget you i got a proposition if u want lowering stuff

Haha what's the proposition? PM me if you want.
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Re: 83 8ft bed c10
« Reply #69 on: February 01, 2009, 11:02:08 PM »
got a set of nasty buckets out of a wrecked 3000GT


measured out some tranny tunnels


and then cut and mocked the engine up


made a cross member for the bearing support


and this is where im at, i cleaned the bagesus out of the shop this weekend
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Re: 83 8ft bed c10
« Reply #70 on: February 02, 2009, 01:28:14 PM »
wow dan this thing is looking awsome, keep up the awsome work, and keep us posted 8)

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Re: 83 8ft bed c10
« Reply #71 on: February 02, 2009, 04:41:24 PM »
I agreee looks sweet  ;D
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Re: 83 8ft bed c10
« Reply #72 on: February 02, 2009, 11:45:39 PM »
tomorrow i should have a template idea for the tunnel, and wednesday i should be rolling/ bending one up at work, i need to get some measurements for a fuel cell soon while work is slow my boss is genna tig me up a SS one

im making a set of lower control arms, i still have to find someone who sells poly bushings, i may just get a misc. set online and get DOM to fit it, not too sure on that yet

Tires are a must have soon, i want some decent low profile, i gotta do research on that, and make my disc break brackets and get the rear end done, called the guys on my four link they said it should be in next week, im pretty psyched that i got a company who doesnt just use "air bag it" 's parts and sell them under a different name, and they make it to my specs ;D

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Re: 83 8ft bed c10
« Reply #73 on: February 03, 2009, 09:02:59 AM »
wow i cant wait to see it all done man this truck is looking awosme, i wish i could be working on my stepper right now keep up the good work 8)

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Re: 83 8ft bed c10
« Reply #74 on: February 13, 2009, 08:45:16 AM »
any progress on the truck? i saw your post on another thread that you were gonna think bout making your truck a steppside, i think you should, it would look so cool with what you are building just my 2 cents 8)