With all of the rot this frame has, I have been trying to locate a donor replacement. Most of what I have found is either to far away, or in the same or worse condition.
Linda found a suitable candidate in Bryon GA, about 4 hours from us. The seller had it and other parts listed on Marketplace. I looked at the pictures and contacted the seller. He was clearing out his yard and wanted to let some things go.
We made the trip to Byron and met with the seller. He showed me several Trucks, cabs, beds and other parts. Most of what he had were remnants of projects. He cut a lot of things apart to get pieces for repair, there was not a complete cab in his parts. There wasn't anything I could use as far as the body and cab were concerned.
The frame he had listed was from a '61 C10. Overall it was sound, no rot anywhere, but the front frame horns had been damaged pretty severely at some point. He was asking $200.00. My plan had been to swap frames completely, with the frame horns so badly damaged that wasn't going to happen. I could however, use the parts I needed, and graft them onto our original frame. I offered a $100.00 and he accepted.
The frame had an engine and tranmission still mounted on it. The engine had been exposed to the elements so long that the timing cover was rotted through leaving the gears exposed. I didn't need the engine, nor the tranmission. We unbolted the engine and tranmission, loaded the chassis and were on our way home.
~ Craig 1958 Viking 4400 "The Book of Thor" Read the story in the DITY 1960 Chevrolet C10 "A Family Heirloom" Follow the story in the DITY Gallery '59 Apache 31, 327 V8 (0.030 over), Muncie M20 4 Speed, GM 10 Bolt Rear... long term project (30 years and counting)
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