Sac Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Well here is some progress pictures of my frame, it is now a rolling chassis! Took it to Last Resort car show in Jennings, LA. Awesome show as always, but it got a lot of positive attention. Taking it to a local drive-in/show this weekend. Hopefully it will get the full Adam's treatment soon! It has some dry spray in some areas. But I can live with it, might get the control arms re-sprayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsford Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 I love the fact you take it to car shows! Lol Love C10's. The Mrs' grandpa has 2 we are restoring. Can't wait to see your finished product! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Too cool.......I am starting to really like C10's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Nice frame..........now finish the truck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sac Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 I love the fact you take it to car shows! Lol Love C10's. The Mrs' grandpa has 2 we are restoring. Can't wait to see your finished product! Too cool.......I am starting to really like C10's. Nice frame..........now finish the truck! Thanks guys! Trust me, I'm ready to see it get to the next step also. Actually had 2 more frames at the show. The black from is a 73-87 Chevy C10. It is running a Porterbuilt drop member up front and custom link in the rear. The green frame is 1994 Ford Lightning. It is a full custom frame built by Chaotic Customs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Beautiful!,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sac Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 Beautiful!,, Thanks Adam! Ready to get some Liquid Paint Sealant on it! It already has a pretty nasty layer of dust on it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sac Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) Was a productive day for the 72! Picked up a solid SWB bed, only bad spot is driver side lower rear quarter. Not beat up at all, no dents or filler. Also picked up the power plant, 5.3/4L60e combo from an 2002 Tahoe. Ready to get it torn down, cleaned and painted! And you can see my new truck needs another wash… Edited January 25, 2015 by Sac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsford Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Wow thats a really good looking bed for how old it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sac Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Wow thats a really good looking bed for how old it is. It came from a 1970 model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSilver07 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Wow that is beautiful! Buddy of mine bought a 67 small window SWB couple months back. It had been wrecked from the front. We thought it would be an easy radiator support swap and done. But turned out that the frame was all bent. He found a long bed frame and we shortened it. He sandblasted it and used the POR15. I'm going to show him your pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sac Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Wow that is beautiful! Buddy of mine bought a 67 small window SWB couple months back. It had been wrecked from the front. We thought it would be an easy radiator support swap and done. But turned out that the frame was all bent. He found a long bed frame and we shortened it. He sandblasted it and used the POR15. I'm going to show him your pictures. Awesome! They always tend to be more work than first thought. I didn't plan to base coat/clear coat the frame.. But one thing lead to another. haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txab Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 :2thumbs: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sac Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 Been a busy week with a lot of elbow grease! Cleaned up the motor and polished my daily driver. Here are some pictures of cleaning up the motor. I'm posted it on here because I ran out of the heavy degreaser and forgot my APC… So I hit it with some DWC! Did a pretty great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Bobby Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 DWC is an amazing and underrated cleaner. It's prob awesome on that engine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sac Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 DWC is an amazing and underrated cleaner. It's prob awesome on that engine! Yes it did! I didn't really take any pictures after.. But I hit it with a brush and it made the aluminum parts come back life easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsford Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 How'd the finished engine come out? Can't leave me hanging like that. This is the most looked forward to thread I've been sub'd to in a long time! We need afters!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sac Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 How'd the finished engine come out? Can't leave me hanging like that. This is the most looked forward to thread I've been sub'd to in a long time! We need afters!!!! Thanks! But I bring bad news… Didn't take any after I rolled it back inside. I come back home this Sat and will get some then! Kingsford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sac Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share Posted March 4, 2015 Well…. The frame is sold, but in great hands! With Porterbuilt parts being in demand right now(12 weeks out) and knowing the frame was just going to collect dust in the garage for a while, I put it online to see if I get a bite. I did from a builder out of Miami(juankybuilt if ya'll have Instagram). He is building a pretty badass C10 now and lots of builds in the past. He asked if I could deliver to Miami and me being tired of cold weather, I loaded it on the truck and headed out! This is a build he is working on and a feature he had in the past.. So I figured while I was down there, might as well check off a bucket list item… Drive to Key West! That morning I dropped off the frame and headed South. Well it ended up being a lot longer drive than I thought, 150 something miles down a 2-lane road doing an average of 40mph take a lot out of you. Not to mention the town of Key West is not designed for full size crew cab trucks pulling a 20ft trailer!! But none the less, I drove by the buoy, took in the views and headed back North. It ended up being a 2,156 mile trip I did in 3 days with 45hrs of seat time. mc2hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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