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Title: My 77 C-10
Post by: Old77 on August 17, 2010, 02:56:21 pm
This is a project that is 7 years in the making:

Before
(http://i910.photobucket.com/albums/ac305/07Burb/Truck/Before.jpg)

During
(http://i910.photobucket.com/albums/ac305/07Burb/Truck/During3.jpg)
(http://i910.photobucket.com/albums/ac305/07Burb/Truck/During2.jpg)
(http://i910.photobucket.com/albums/ac305/07Burb/Truck/During1.jpg)

After
(http://i910.photobucket.com/albums/ac305/07Burb/Truck/after4.jpg)
(http://i910.photobucket.com/albums/ac305/07Burb/Truck/after1.jpg)
(http://i910.photobucket.com/albums/ac305/07Burb/Truck/after3_mod.jpg)
(http://i910.photobucket.com/albums/ac305/07Burb/Truck/after2_mod.jpg)
(http://i910.photobucket.com/albums/ac305/07Burb/Truck/100_7277.jpg)
(http://i910.photobucket.com/albums/ac305/07Burb/Truck/100_7279.jpg)
Title: Re: My 77 C-10
Post by: beastie_3 on August 17, 2010, 03:31:03 pm
I like the color.
Title: Re: My 77 C-10
Post by: jaredts on August 17, 2010, 06:57:50 pm
Awesome work.  What seats do you have?
Title: Re: My 77 C-10
Post by: Bitzer! on August 17, 2010, 07:31:37 pm
loving the dials
Title: Re: My 77 C-10
Post by: beastie_3 on August 17, 2010, 07:33:34 pm
They are dodge ram silverado seats.
Title: Re: My 77 C-10
Post by: Swims350 on August 17, 2010, 08:22:55 pm
that's a nice looking set of seats do the seats bolt right in? or have to just drill holes? or alot of fab?
Title: Re: My 77 C-10
Post by: rroeder96 on August 17, 2010, 08:43:36 pm
i love the color and the dash in this truck awesome job
Title: Re: My 77 C-10
Post by: Old77 on August 18, 2010, 12:29:13 pm
Quote from: jaredts on August 17, 2010, 06:57:50 pm
Awesome work.  What seats do you have?

They are out of a 2002 Silverado. Required quite a bit of modifying of the floor to get them to fit. I had to relocate the gas tank and flatten out those "humps" in the floor where the gas tanks normally sit.
Title: Re: My 77 C-10
Post by: Old77 on August 18, 2010, 12:30:59 pm
Quote from: Swims350 on August 17, 2010, 08:22:55 pm
that's a nice looking set of seats do the ram seats bolt right in? or have to just drill holes? or alot of fab?

They are not dodge ram seats. They are seats out of a 2002 silverado. It required quite a bit of fab work in for them to fit mainly due to the 'humps' in the floor where the gas tank(s) run under the cab.
Title: Re: My 77 C-10
Post by: jaredts on August 18, 2010, 12:38:04 pm
Thanks for the seat info.  Now what is that blue?  I'd love to match up a similar paint for mine.
Title: Re: My 77 C-10
Post by: Old77 on August 18, 2010, 12:47:48 pm
Quote from: jaredts on August 18, 2010, 12:38:04 pm
Thanks for the seat info.  Now what is that blue?  I'd love to match up a similar paint for mine.

It's an early 90's GM Medium Dark Metallic Blue. I got it from O'Reillys in my area. I have the paint code written down and can get that for you by tomorrow. The good thing about it is that it's a 'stock' color so it's easy to match up if needed in the future! :) It really looks nice out in the sun
Title: Re: My 77 C-10
Post by: Old77 on August 18, 2010, 12:54:15 pm
To give you a VERY general idea of what it took to get the seats to fit below are a couple of pics of the floor modification. The pics don't show the bolt holes drilled out but you get the picture. I then put a Blazer gas tank between the frame rails at the rear of the truck (you can kinda see it in the rear end shot of the truck in the original post). It was a lot of work but I'm really glad I did it. I had quite a bit of help with the fab work from a buddy of mine who is a pretty good metal worker.

(http://i910.photobucket.com/albums/ac305/07Burb/Truck/floor2.jpg)
(http://i910.photobucket.com/albums/ac305/07Burb/Truck/floor.jpg)
Title: Re: My 77 C-10
Post by: jaredts on August 18, 2010, 01:11:14 pm
Man, you wanted those seats in there bad!  Those floor panels are nice, did your friend make those?  Thanks for sharing that cool mod.
Title: Re: My 77 C-10
Post by: Old77 on August 18, 2010, 01:25:09 pm
Pretty much. We got some metal, made the measurements (about 100 times! :)) and then formed the metal accordingly. My job was to cut the floor (after measuring and remeasuring :)) and his job was to form the new pans and weld them in.

I wanted the seats in so much because of the integrated seat belts. Having those really cleans up the interior a lot and at the time   (or any other place I could find for that matter) didn't sell new seat belts and I didn't want to get stuck with old, dingy ones in a brand new interior! This pretty much ended up being an all winter project! :)
Title: Re: My 77 C-10
Post by: 78 Chevyrado on August 19, 2010, 06:27:35 pm
That Blue is beautiful!   I keep coming back too look at it again and again.   That thing looks good!
Title: Re: My 77 C-10
Post by: Old77 on August 20, 2010, 08:26:46 am
Thanks, man! I really like the wheel/tire combo you put on your truck so I keep looking back at the thread where you put those on so I guess we're even!:) I think I will go with a very similar combo in the near future after I level the truck out by raising up the front a little bit.
Title: Re: My 77 C-10
Post by: mrboyy17 on August 20, 2010, 01:59:07 pm
where did you get that woodgrain section above the glovebox?  that looks really good!
mark
Title: Re: My 77 C-10
Post by: Swims350 on August 20, 2010, 02:02:08 pm
them woodgrains came stock and came around the gauges too. Some had them without vents for heat only.
Title: Re: My 77 C-10
Post by: Old77 on August 20, 2010, 02:06:39 pm
Yeah, that was original with the truck and probably one of the few things still on the truck that is original! :) I just cleaned it up really good. I believe you can order them through  competitor.com. The last I checked they wanted a pretty penny for them, though. If you want one I would look in the junk yards and see if you can't get on in there and just clean it up good and it should turn out nice.