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firefinder24 · 01-27-2013, 08:13 PM

Hello all, I introduced myself over on the other board so I figured I would start this thread as I venture down the road with my new "toy." The story of the truck can be found here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=562978 but here is a quick pic of the truck

The rebuild is going to start a bit slow, I just bought this property (foreclosure) and am starting a significant remodel, which should be done by mid summer. After that, it's all forward on the project. The best part about the property is it came with a 1200 sq' shop:

So today I went down to start looking the truck over, see how bad the cancer is and what kind of history I could pull from the truck. Boy am I glad I did that! Behind the seat in the wires I found this:

Yes that is the build sheet from GM. So I pulled it out and started to piece it together and came up with this:

Kind of interesting, it shows a schedule date of 04-08-65, but some of the codes show it from a 66. The engine code is a TF, which I found says it is for a 1966 C10-20-30 "250"-6 Cyl. with H.D. Clutch and 4-Speed Trans (which it has).

I pulled off the codes from the sheet and here is what I was able to decipher (if I wrote an underline and left it blank, it was illegible. If it is underlined and I wrote something in it, that is my best guess). Not in the picture was the following information: SCHEDULE NO. - 13 04-08-65; MODEL - K1404 and COLOR - 5S_ (bummer - will try to get this figured out).

Knowing the history of the truck like I already do, this was a grand slam for me. Finding this just solidified that I will be keeping this stock as it rolled off the showroom floor.

I look forward to hearing from all of you, getting your advice, following your builds, improving my non-existent fab skills and finding excuses to buy all sorts of tools for this project (yes BendPak and Millermatic, here I come)

. Be prepared for stupid questions (sorry, there IS such a thing as a stupid question), delays in updates - and hopefully one hell of a ride!

01-27-2013, 08:13 PM	#1
firefinder24 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Central Coast, CA Posts: 4	Firefinder24's '65 K10 Build Hello all, I introduced myself over on the other board so I figured I would start this thread as I venture down the road with my new "toy." The story of the truck can be found here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=562978 but here is a quick pic of the truck The rebuild is going to start a bit slow, I just bought this property (foreclosure) and am starting a significant remodel, which should be done by mid summer. After that, it's all forward on the project. The best part about the property is it came with a 1200 sq' shop: So today I went down to start looking the truck over, see how bad the cancer is and what kind of history I could pull from the truck. Boy am I glad I did that! Behind the seat in the wires I found this: Yes that is the build sheet from GM. So I pulled it out and started to piece it together and came up with this: Kind of interesting, it shows a schedule date of 04-08-65, but some of the codes show it from a 66. The engine code is a TF, which I found says it is for a 1966 C10-20-30 "250"-6 Cyl. with H.D. Clutch and 4-Speed Trans (which it has). I pulled off the codes from the sheet and here is what I was able to decipher (if I wrote an underline and left it blank, it was illegible. If it is underlined and I wrote something in it, that is my best guess). Not in the picture was the following information: SCHEDULE NO. - 13 04-08-65; MODEL - K1404 and COLOR - 5S_ (bummer - will try to get this figured out). Knowing the history of the truck like I already do, this was a grand slam for me. Finding this just solidified that I will be keeping this stock as it rolled off the showroom floor. I look forward to hearing from all of you, getting your advice, following your builds, improving my non-existent fab skills and finding excuses to buy all sorts of tools for this project (yes BendPak and Millermatic, here I come) . Be prepared for stupid questions (sorry, there IS such a thing as a stupid question), delays in updates - and hopefully one hell of a ride!



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