Carolina K10, 1979 Reg cab short bed.

[1963c-10]

Austin, call me on the house/cell phone on the aluminum polishing. I can help on that end. Or just bring it down w/you and use the high speed polisher I have. Will save your fingers and elbows a lot of work.

[TheBlueBomber]

Originally Posted by 1963c-10

Austin, call me on the house/cell phone on the aluminum polishing. I can help on that end. Or just bring it down w/you and use the high speed polisher I have. Will save your fingers and elbows a lot of work.

Too late. Hit it with an applicator pad and some microfiber towels and got them pretty decent. Will post pictures soon.

Laid some peel and seal from lowes down on the trans mound. Because of the floor (or lack there of) I kept it to just that and didnt add it anywhere else. Might add some under the seat tomorrow. Plan on putting the rest of the interior back in tomorrow.

Replaced the master cylinder today also so hopefully that takes care off my brake problem. TC cover painted and cleared, 2qts of oil added, small stuff.

All that needs to be done now is a new battery/vacuum modulator on the trans and she'll be on the road again.

[TheBlueBomber]

Originally Posted by rusty76

bare metal just make sure to coat them

Took a look at the hooks today and saw a little browning under the CC. Going to strip them tomorrow and paint them silver.

[TheBlueBomber]

Originally Posted by winningz

Nice truck! I just bought a 78 chevy k10 scottsdale. looks very similar but a darker red

Congratulations on the buy and welcome to the forum! Will you be starting up a build thread?

[1963c-10]

Page 3.....this stuffs addictive isn't it

[TheBlueBomber]

Originally Posted by 1963c-10

Page 3.....this stuffs addictive isn't it

I told you... As long as I stay off the forums my wallet is MUCH happier!!

[8lugnutz]

Nice truck! I'm kind of partial to the Tangier Orange, just because it is different. I haven't seen many around in that color. Keep plugging away at it!

[TheBlueBomber]

Originally Posted by 8lugnutz

Nice truck! I'm kind of partial to the Tangier Orange, just because it is different. I haven't seen many around in that color. Keep plugging away at it!

Thanks. I was at first, When I bought the truck It was so dirty I thought it was red. After looking into it this was a "specialty" paint code that didnt come in two tone. I think it'll look good after body work and paint has been laid. Saw a restored on just like this on CL and it didnt look to bad imo.

[winningz]

Originally Posted by TheBlueBomber

Congratulations on the buy and welcome to the forum! Will you be starting up a build thread?

I will be. most likely in the summer time though. too cold to work on her yet!

[TheBlueBomber]

Picked up a new phone today. Will get good pic's up from now on.

[TheBlueBomber]

Painted the cover silver. Going to match the transmission when it comes out. As for the np203 I'll most likely paint that black.

Also polished the aluminum trim pieces... i think they came out nice.

[rusty76]

Paint the tow hooks silver. They'll look good just like the cover. It's fun to mess with these old trucks isn't it.

[TheBlueBomber]

Originally Posted by rusty76

Paint the tow hooks silver. They'll look good just like the cover. It's fun to mess with these old trucks isn't it.

Without a doubt. Once you start, It's hard if not impossible to stop.

[1963c-10]

Its my addiction.......

[TheBlueBomber]

Got the interior back in and new battery put in. Scored this for $39 bucks just need to figure out how to secure it. Most likely I'll end up putting it in my Dad's Mazda and swapping that one in here.

Got the cover on, of course within 5 minutes it had oil running down it...

[TheBlueBomber]

Of course it rained 2 inches here yesterday so I got off work and tested the boggers out. If feels like the carb is having a tough time at certain points but I never got stuck.

The only casualty was a piece of trim.

[rusty76]

Ahhhh don't just love the rain....Man we got hit with a bunch too. Truck is coming along nicely.

[TheBlueBomber]

Originally Posted by rusty76

Ahhhh don't just love the rain....Man we got hit with a bunch too. Truck is coming along nicely.

I wish it was daytime when we went so I could've gotten more pictures. Our campsite next to the creek was non-existent...

[1963c-10]

Ouch....watch it Austin. That trim gets harder to find and will only get harder to find NOS or OEM as it gets older.

[rusty76]

Man it did some local flooding here too. Mostly low line areas. I bet you guys got right much too. You know it's funny but my uncle took the trim off my truck years ago and I've never found it again. I looked high and low. Most of it is there but still it's a royal pain to find it in decent shape.

[TheBlueBomber]

Lesson well learned. Pulling the trim off until I make it a pavement pounder. Plus it's missing the bed trim so it'll look better Imo with a bunch of holes rather than missing trim.

[TheBlueBomber]

So the TH350 didn't want to shift in reverse this morning so I pulled the pan to see what was going on.

Of course the blue truck is at the shop right now so this one just had to mess up also. I take it as a sign I need more truck's.

[TheBlueBomber]

But in all seriousness I threw it back together and I'm going to drive it until the Z is back. Then I'll wheel it one more time, wash it, pull the tranny, and rebuild it. Reverse takes like 1-3 seconds to go into gear.

[rusty76]

Yum pudding...

[TheBlueBomber]

Originally Posted by TheBlueBomber

I'll wheel it one more time.

... why don't I just quit while I'm ahead?

Successfully destroyed reverse... time to start building for real now....