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Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
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| | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 8 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 8 | Just been looking through the site, looks like lots of good stories and resources related to one of my vices.
I inherited my Dad's '64 C-10 about 10 years ago, got to admit it was almost not worth saving. However, it was the vehicle that brought me home from the hospital as a baby, the first thing I ever drove, and part of our family since before I was born in '68.
Had a bunch of parts and a 250 6-cyl powertrain from a '65 I had crashed back in the 80's, so spend a couple grand and a bunch of time 3 summers ago and patched it up enough to drive it, enjoy it, and work on it over the next few years.
Should have seen the old man's face when I drove it out to their place about 200 miles from mine, he didn't even know I was working on it!!!
Took lots of pictures, cab floor is done, will do cab corners when I pull the box to do the bed wood, needs new front fenders (LOTS of Bondo on these for right now), then new paint, but all in good time.
Right now it's lots of fun to drive, it's handy to have a pickup truck, and my boys (8 & 13) love Grampa's old truck.
Look forward to checking this site out regularly.
Garry | | | | | Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 153 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 153 | That's a really cool story Garry! Post up some pics for us when you get a chance! Don't ever get rid of that truck, or you'll surely regret it! | | | | | Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 18 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 18 | | | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 8 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 8 | Was trying to figure out how to upload pictures, have lots of them. Anybody got a quick explanation?
Garry | | | | | Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,552 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,552 | Welcome to the forums Garry. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 76 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 76 | Great story' we're all glad you saved the truck. look through the gallery at the junk we saved. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 175 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 175 | It's not junk! it's junque. junk goes to the scrapper | | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 8 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 8 | Pictures of truck and other projects at: http://s1103.photobucket.com/albums/g477/Garryh56/Please let me know if this works or if I did anything wrong, first time using photobocket. Thanks, Garry | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 207 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 207 | Garry,
Thanks for the pictures. I've got to do the same thing with the rocker panels and the floor board on my '65. Looks like you replaced the rocker panel first, then cut out the floor and replaced the floor support, then replaced the floor board?
I wasn't sure what order to start.
Tom
1965 Chevy C10, 230 straight six, 2WD, 4-speed manual
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 11 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 11 | Garry, Looks good. It's encourages us that have that much and more to do. Looks like all the 56 needs is a tag.
Steve
1957 Chevy 3100
Graduation Present from Dad in 1978
Steve
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 8 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 8 | Only real problem I had was with Driver's side rocker, did not check clearance closely enough before welding and door drags a little bit. Do not trust that the line where the old rocker came out will be exactly where the new one needs to be. Leave doors on and check carefully after tacking. Had to tweak the driver's floor pan a bit to get the right shape. Pictures 35 & 36 show this.
This process seemed to work, and left some support at all times to keep things straight.
Not bad for first real welding experience, very glad I followed some welder buddy's advice and bought the 220v, gas-shielded set up right away. Easy Grind wire seemed to help too, switched to that about half way through this project.
The '56 needs exhaust, probably a little suspension work, and a few floor holes patched up to pass the safety inspection.
We'll see if I get time and $$$$ this year or not.
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