My Late, Very Slow 84' C10 Build.

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I've been lurking around for a LONG time, couldn't begin to explain how much I've learned on this forum about these trucks.

I'm 17, what I know is mainly self taught/trial and error. I work as an AG "Tech" at a New Holland/Kuhn/Kubota dealer and spend most of my time around hay and corn harvesting equipment.

This truck is one of a few toys I have and it's been pushed to the side while I work on the others (67' F350, daily driver F150, dirtbike, tractors...), I just recently started back up on it and goal is to have it road worthy and presentable by late March 2015. Work part time for the most part so funds are a little low right now, but my spare change is dedicated to this build now.

The truck started life as an 84' SWB C10 Custom Deluxe, 6 banger Auto, I bought the truck cheap as a running/driving bucket of rusty bolts with a pre-vortec centerbolt headed 350 and heavily built (possibly TCI crate) TH350 installed in it. A few years ago I stripped it down to bare frame and it sat around until late June 2014. I bought a rust free 84' nose, 87' Silverado cab, and 86' Fleetside bed as the body wasn't solid enough to justify repairing. The motor that is in it now is an old 377 out of a Super Modified (destroked 400) that has been rebuilt with streetable compression, a milder cam, and a laundry list of other components.

My goal for the truck is to build it respectably clean, keep it simple, and maintain all the practical aspects of a truck. It WILL be used as a truck, it WILL go through multiple pairs of rear tires every few months, and it WILL be driven, hard.

ADHD is kicking in so, pictures:





















And an interesting idea the PO had: