New Member with a 66 C20

[earl84]

Sorry to thread jack, but Irishblueyes, do you have any more info on your painted hubcaps. What hubcaps did you use for raw materials and paints and any other helpful tips.

[Irishbleueyes]

Originally Posted by earl84

Sorry to thread jack, but Irishblueyes, do you have any more info on your painted hubcaps. What hubcaps did you use for raw materials and paints and any other helpful tips.

After losing one of the original 65 hubcaps on the road and replacing it for 40 bucks I bought 4 of the 73 to 87 10" caps. My original rims are clipless type, just the 3 nubs. You can get those 73/87 caps cheap. Degrease with citrus degreaser then sand with fine grit sanding sponge from Home Depot. I painted with Ace brand Gloss White. Spray on full wet coat then let sit for 3 or 4 minutes to get real tacky. Then lay on about 4 coats, the tacky coat will allow the heavy paint to hold on and not run. Go lighter on the vertical sides then allow to dry for at least 2 days in the shade. Then tape over Bowtie with regular blue painters tape. Use an Exacto knife to cut away inside edge of Bowtie, not the outside edge or the top middle. If you go slow you can get it exactly perfect. I used a thick plastic sheet cut out for center hole as template to spray Ace brand Gloss Orange for the center, do two light coats that cover and wait about 5 minutes between the two. To heavy of solvent from the rattle can, can eat into the white finish. Let dry for an hour or so and peel away Bowtie tape. It will look like factory automotive paint, good luck!

[mrnkc130]

Engine and vin

[mrnkc130]

Only lets me do one pic at a time from my phone?

[Irishbleueyes]

Originally Posted by mrnkc130

Only lets me do one pic at a time from my phone?

327
http://outintheshop.com/faq/casting/castings2.html

[mrnkc130]

What would be rare about it?
Here is the vin plate and the engine casting (pain to get a pic of!!!)

[urmyboyblue]

Check the VIN number on the block to see if it matches the truck VIN- that will tell you if it is the original engine. Nice buy- nice truck!

[factorystock]

Originally Posted by urmyboyblue

Check the VIN number on the block to see if it matches the truck VIN- that will tell you if it is the original engine.

There is no engine VIN match on '66 pickups. The code on block pad ( front of block near right cylinder head) will reveal only year of block and application : C 10 C 20 manual trans or automatic etc.