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| | | | Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 1 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 1 | Hi All. I’m new to this whole game of restoration but I’ve always had an interest in cars, trucks. All vehicles in general.
My history, I’m a 63 year old grandfather, retired. With a lot of time on my hands except when I’m babysitting my grandkids or riding my Harley. I’ve lived in central Ohio all 63 years except for the four I was in the Marine Corp. By the way, John, SEMPER FI. Myself 68 – 72 , RVN69-70. Work at a local chemical plant for 33 years and had the chance to retire early.
My truck story , A couple of years ago my son said that he wanted to do a ground up restoration of a Camero , if he could find one worth the effort. It would be cheaper to buy a new vehicle. So I mentioned to him that older trucks are a little cheaper to get his hands on. Long story , short , we found a 1966 c10 lwb , fleetside. Now , in an effort to find as much information about this truck as I could , because it’s not stock(350 4 barrel , 350 turbo trans) I started trying to find out as much about it as I could by way of my local Chevy dealer and he suggested checking out this site. I told him what we wanted to do with the truck , he said that you guys would probably be my best resource for all the information and help in general that I was looking for.
Our game plan is to bring the appearance back to stock , or as close as we can , but put a lot of donkey under the hood. We want to stick a 454 with dual quads in it. And in an order to save some money , I wanted to rebuild one. Now , I’ve never done this before so I’ll probably nerd the heck out of everyone or at least you’ all will get sick and tired of me. I’m also trying to find just exactly what my truck was built to look like. I guess I’m trying to possibly locate a build sheet on it. Looking for trim options , color , gear ratio’s etc.
Well , I’ve used up my 2minutes so I’ll sign off for now. Thanks for listening.
Dan
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,232 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,232 | Welcome, Dan - Looks like the forum software gremlin has hidden another message (looks like it was composed on a separate software program.) This time the gremlin attacked a new member - how embarrasing! Well, don't worry, Stretch. We love ya and welcome you to the forum. Good story. Stovebolters: Here is Stretch's introduction. Rescued by clicking "Quick Quote". - Lonnie ===== Hi All. I’m new to this whole game of restoration but I’ve always had an interest in cars, trucks. All vehicles in general.
My history, I’m a 63 year old grandfather, retired. With a lot of time on my hands except when I’m babysitting my grandkids or riding my Harley. I’ve lived in central Ohio all 63 years except for the four I was in the Marine Corp. By the way, John, SEMPER FI. Myself 68 – 72 , RVN69-70. Work at a local chemical plant for 33 years and had the chance to retire early.
My truck story , A couple of years ago my son said that he wanted to do a ground up restoration of a Camero , if he could find one worth the effort. It would be cheaper to buy a new vehicle. So I mentioned to him that older trucks are a little cheaper to get his hands on. Long story , short , we found a 1966 c10 lwb , fleetside. Now , in an effort to find as much information about this truck as I could , because it’s not stock(350 4 barrel , 350 turbo trans) I started trying to find out as much about it as I could by way of my local Chevy dealer and he suggested checking out this site. I told him what we wanted to do with the truck , he said that you guys would probably be my best resource for all the information and help in general that I was looking for.
Our game plan is to bring the appearance back to stock , or as close as we can , but put a lot of donkey under the hood. We want to stick a 454 with dual quads in it. And in an order to save some money , I wanted to rebuild one. Now , I’ve never done this before so I’ll probably nerd the heck out of everyone or at least you’ all will get sick and tired of me. I’m also trying to find just exactly what my truck was built to look like. I guess I’m trying to possibly locate a build sheet on it. Looking for trim options , color , gear ratio’s etc.
Well , I’ve used up my 2minutes so I’ll sign off for now. Thanks for listening.
Dan
- Lonnie My '54 3104Photos that I have shared on Stovebolt via PhotoBucket are no longer available. Please contact me if you want a photo from an old post. lonniecook [at] aol [dot] com. I sold my '54 3104 12/12/2017, but I still visit Stovebolt. OLD STUFF ... houses, furniture, cars, wine ... I love it all | | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 | Hi Dan welcome to the site. Hey, the donkey is behind the wheel and the horses are under the hood, haha. I'm not sure if you can get the build sheet from GM, I know I can here in Canada back to the early 60s or slightly earlier.
Yes, there is a lot of info on this site, even have a separate section for 60-66 trucks; check it out. Hope you and your son can get this project done, always good to have a son help with it. Good luck.
Leo | | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 688 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 688 | Welcome!  | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | Welcome to the Stovebolt. | | |
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