Greetings from Chico, CA! - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

BearFlagRepublic · 10-18-2010, 06:12 PM

Hey Guys,
I've been browsing the forums for the past couple weeks now in anticipation for the pickup of my 69 LWB that I'd been waiting for. I paid $1000 for it and the only rust I was able to find was on the drip rail and it looked to only be surface, not too deep. Overall I'm not looking to turn it into a show truck, but moreso a stock restoration slowly but surely.

I figured I would drop a note and introduce myself with a few pictures of my new ride. It's not my DD for now, but hopefully will be a partial DD soon. Specs on it are as follows.

1969 C10 LWB
350 Chevy Engine
Headers W/ Dual Flowmaster 40 exhaust (needs to be moved back to cut down on the sound)
Aftermarket (HEI I believe) Dist.
TH350 Tranny
Late 80's 60/40 Bench seat
Blasted and powder coated frame and blasted and primed bed.

**El Jay** · 10-18-2010, 07:21 PM

WELCOME

That there is one nice looking truck.
You'll find a ton o' knowledge and a bunch of helpful friendly people here.

BearFlagRepublic · 10-21-2010, 07:56 PM

Thanks for the welcome! It's got a lot that needs to be done to be a daily driver but luckily it doesn't need to be right now so I can take my time.

1ATony · 10-25-2010, 02:11 PM

welcome to the site.looks like a nice foundation for a hot rod.

**scotts62** · 10-26-2010, 07:28 AM

from OKC!

Jerry Jones · 10-26-2010, 08:42 PM

Nice rig!

Welcome Aboard

BearFlagRepublic · 10-27-2010, 01:13 PM

Thanks guys! I will have to get a project thread going in the coming days.

Jacfourteen · 10-28-2010, 01:25 AM

Welcome from Oroville! Don't see many people on here from our neck of the woods, there is one guy on here from time to time from paridise but that is about it. Looks to be a great start for a project for a great price. This is a great place to learn tons about these trucks! If you ever need a hand with something PM me a few days in advance and I'll see if I can help you out, I'm in Chico at least a few times a week.

BearFlagRepublic · 10-28-2010, 04:13 AM

Thank you for the kind words and the offer Jac! I certainly have learned a lot already in the couple weeks I've had the truck. Being in college my funds are limited as to what I can do with the truck as of right now, but I have always wanted one of these trucks and while it isn't perfect (LWB as opposed to SWB) it was too good of a deal (in my mind) to pass up. The seller was a stand up guy and let me know everything that was wrong and showed me everything from the frame to the cab to the engine breaking down any potential issues, luckily their weren't too many. The engine really just needs a good tune up after sitting for a couple years and it should be a good runner until I can get it fixed up how I want it. I will definitely let you know if there's any questions I have or help needed, and I'm available as well if you need it, I'm not much for knowledge on this stuff as of yet but sometimes a second set of hands can be helpful.

Also on the lookout for parts sometimes a couple sets of eyes looking around in the same area can be good in finding things. I'd love to get a little meetup together at some point when my truck is further along as it would be fun to get together and share ideas and what not.

Jacfourteen · 10-28-2010, 02:00 PM

I know how it is being slow going when you are a college student with limited funds (I'm in class at UC davis right now, maybe I should be paying more attention to the professor

). I'm not sure what parts you are looking for but there are some of our trucks in a junkyard in oroville that I've been getting parts off of for a leaf to coil swap on my truck. There is a 72 lwb that is pretty stripped and a 69 lwb that has a little more left on it, there is also a 66 that I got some rearend parts off of. They are all coil rear 1/2 tons. I haven't looked at the chico pick'n'pull in a while but they had one a while back. I would be down for a Norcal get together.

BearFlagRepublic · 10-28-2010, 05:07 PM

It's definitely difficult keeping up with school, a full time job, a girlfriend, family, friends.... and of course the new truck. The parts that I want/need right now are really basic, for I need a driver side hood spring assembly and possibly a passenger side one as well.. No big deal, just didn't see one at P-n-P here in Chico, but I'd have to look again. I also am on the lookout for a cherry grill (nearly impossible) If you see in the pictures of mine the area near the hood latch is damaged, but any decent ones are ~$200 or more and I'm too cheap for that. I may end up trying to fix mine if I can't find one reasonable enough.

The rest of the truck is fairly solid, eventually I would like sport bumpers and a hitch, but that's simple and more for looks than functionality. The existing bumper has a hitch, it just looks horrible.

Jacfourteen · 10-28-2010, 05:39 PM

The yard I'm talking about is right off of hwy 70 on feather river blvd, its called Oroville self serve and is owned by the guy that used to own the Chico p-n-p (before it was P-n-P). They are reasonable pretty reasonable price-wise. I am pretty sure they have the hood hinges you need but am not sure on the grill. I may go there on Sat. so I will check it out. I forgot to ask, what school are you going to? I went to Butte College for about 4 years (Changed major when I was almost done and got to start over). Good luck with the truck and school!

BearFlagRepublic · 10-28-2010, 09:20 PM

Good deal! I will have the check the one in oroville when I'm driving through (work has me all over nor-cal from time to time) and see how they run. There's a couple pretty nice trucks at a yard in Orland, but the guy who runs it thinks a little too highly of the value on the parts, he asks way too much for basic parts that can be had new for almost as much. Maybe he just takes me for a young fool with money (wrong on both fronts) but either way it's worth checking all of them.

Thanks for the offer to check on that stuff. If you're already there I'd appreciate it!

10-18-2010, 06:12 PM	#1
BearFlagRepublic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Chico, CA Posts: 60	Greetings from Chico, CA! Hey Guys, I've been browsing the forums for the past couple weeks now in anticipation for the pickup of my 69 LWB that I'd been waiting for. I paid $1000 for it and the only rust I was able to find was on the drip rail and it looked to only be surface, not too deep. Overall I'm not looking to turn it into a show truck, but moreso a stock restoration slowly but surely. I figured I would drop a note and introduce myself with a few pictures of my new ride. It's not my DD for now, but hopefully will be a partial DD soon. Specs on it are as follows. 1969 C10 LWB 350 Chevy Engine Headers W/ Dual Flowmaster 40 exhaust (needs to be moved back to cut down on the sound) Aftermarket (HEI I believe) Dist. TH350 Tranny Late 80's 60/40 Bench seat Blasted and powder coated frame and blasted and primed bed.

10-18-2010, 07:21 PM	#2
El Jay Gone to greener pastures Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gateway to the Delta Posts: 7,354	Re: Greetings from Chico, CA! WELCOME That there is one nice looking truck. You'll find a ton o' knowledge and a bunch of helpful friendly people here. __________________ '69 Chevy 1/2 T LWB Stepper: Daily Beater '72 GMC 3/4 T Fleet: Another Daily Beater '72 Plymouth Gran Coupe: ? "Ah women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent." Friedrich Nietzsche "Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day." Harry S. Truman GUN CONTROL: Never having to say, "I missed you." Always fire two warning shots into your attacker's chest area before putting a bullet between his eyes. Paraphrased from Louis Awerbuck

10-21-2010, 07:56 PM	#3
BearFlagRepublic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Chico, CA Posts: 60	Re: Greetings from Chico, CA! Thanks for the welcome! It's got a lot that needs to be done to be a daily driver but luckily it doesn't need to be right now so I can take my time.

10-25-2010, 02:11 PM	#4
1ATony Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Pepperell,Mass Posts: 724	Re: Greetings from Chico, CA! welcome to the site.looks like a nice foundation for a hot rod.

10-26-2010, 07:28 AM	#5
scotts62 One day... Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Tuttle, Ok Posts: 9,243	Re: Greetings from Chico, CA! from OKC! __________________ Scott 93 crew cab build Project 62

10-26-2010, 08:42 PM	#6
Jerry Jones Happy Camper Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern California Posts: 8,407	Re: Greetings from Chico, CA! Nice rig! Welcome Aboard __________________ RIP El Jay! Love you brother!

10-27-2010, 01:13 PM	#7
BearFlagRepublic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Chico, CA Posts: 60	Re: Greetings from Chico, CA! Thanks guys! I will have to get a project thread going in the coming days.

10-28-2010, 01:25 AM	#8
Jacfourteen Big Red - Now its a SWB! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oroville, Ca Posts: 1,624	Re: Greetings from Chico, CA! Welcome from Oroville! Don't see many people on here from our neck of the woods, there is one guy on here from time to time from paridise but that is about it. Looks to be a great start for a project for a great price. This is a great place to learn tons about these trucks! If you ever need a hand with something PM me a few days in advance and I'll see if I can help you out, I'm in Chico at least a few times a week. __________________ 68 3/4 ton (Project)-350 Small Block, .030 over, 10:1 comp, 3998993 heads, C3BX edelbrock intake, comp cams XE268, Holley 670 SA, long tube headers, dual flow 40's, E-fan, Alum rad, currently under the knife getting shortened and bagged build thread 41 3/4 ton (wife's)-flatbed, fully restored to original 01 Tahoe LT 4WD (my daily driver)-Magnaflow Muffler, Rollin on 22's 02 Ford Mustang Convertable (Wife's Car)-Flowmaster 50, Clear corners, Intake, sittin on 18's

10-28-2010, 04:13 AM	#9
BearFlagRepublic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Chico, CA Posts: 60	Re: Greetings from Chico, CA! Thank you for the kind words and the offer Jac! I certainly have learned a lot already in the couple weeks I've had the truck. Being in college my funds are limited as to what I can do with the truck as of right now, but I have always wanted one of these trucks and while it isn't perfect (LWB as opposed to SWB) it was too good of a deal (in my mind) to pass up. The seller was a stand up guy and let me know everything that was wrong and showed me everything from the frame to the cab to the engine breaking down any potential issues, luckily their weren't too many. The engine really just needs a good tune up after sitting for a couple years and it should be a good runner until I can get it fixed up how I want it. I will definitely let you know if there's any questions I have or help needed, and I'm available as well if you need it, I'm not much for knowledge on this stuff as of yet but sometimes a second set of hands can be helpful. Also on the lookout for parts sometimes a couple sets of eyes looking around in the same area can be good in finding things. I'd love to get a little meetup together at some point when my truck is further along as it would be fun to get together and share ideas and what not.

10-28-2010, 02:00 PM	#10
Jacfourteen Big Red - Now its a SWB! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oroville, Ca Posts: 1,624	Re: Greetings from Chico, CA! I know how it is being slow going when you are a college student with limited funds (I'm in class at UC davis right now, maybe I should be paying more attention to the professor ). I'm not sure what parts you are looking for but there are some of our trucks in a junkyard in oroville that I've been getting parts off of for a leaf to coil swap on my truck. There is a 72 lwb that is pretty stripped and a 69 lwb that has a little more left on it, there is also a 66 that I got some rearend parts off of. They are all coil rear 1/2 tons. I haven't looked at the chico pick'n'pull in a while but they had one a while back. I would be down for a Norcal get together. __________________ 68 3/4 ton (Project)-350 Small Block, .030 over, 10:1 comp, 3998993 heads, C3BX edelbrock intake, comp cams XE268, Holley 670 SA, long tube headers, dual flow 40's, E-fan, Alum rad, currently under the knife getting shortened and bagged build thread 41 3/4 ton (wife's)-flatbed, fully restored to original 01 Tahoe LT 4WD (my daily driver)-Magnaflow Muffler, Rollin on 22's 02 Ford Mustang Convertable (Wife's Car)-Flowmaster 50, Clear corners, Intake, sittin on 18's

10-28-2010, 05:07 PM	#11
BearFlagRepublic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Chico, CA Posts: 60	Re: Greetings from Chico, CA! It's definitely difficult keeping up with school, a full time job, a girlfriend, family, friends.... and of course the new truck. The parts that I want/need right now are really basic, for I need a driver side hood spring assembly and possibly a passenger side one as well.. No big deal, just didn't see one at P-n-P here in Chico, but I'd have to look again. I also am on the lookout for a cherry grill (nearly impossible) If you see in the pictures of mine the area near the hood latch is damaged, but any decent ones are ~$200 or more and I'm too cheap for that. I may end up trying to fix mine if I can't find one reasonable enough. The rest of the truck is fairly solid, eventually I would like sport bumpers and a hitch, but that's simple and more for looks than functionality. The existing bumper has a hitch, it just looks horrible.

10-28-2010, 05:39 PM	#12
Jacfourteen Big Red - Now its a SWB! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oroville, Ca Posts: 1,624	Re: Greetings from Chico, CA! The yard I'm talking about is right off of hwy 70 on feather river blvd, its called Oroville self serve and is owned by the guy that used to own the Chico p-n-p (before it was P-n-P). They are reasonable pretty reasonable price-wise. I am pretty sure they have the hood hinges you need but am not sure on the grill. I may go there on Sat. so I will check it out. I forgot to ask, what school are you going to? I went to Butte College for about 4 years (Changed major when I was almost done and got to start over). Good luck with the truck and school! __________________ 68 3/4 ton (Project)-350 Small Block, .030 over, 10:1 comp, 3998993 heads, C3BX edelbrock intake, comp cams XE268, Holley 670 SA, long tube headers, dual flow 40's, E-fan, Alum rad, currently under the knife getting shortened and bagged build thread 41 3/4 ton (wife's)-flatbed, fully restored to original 01 Tahoe LT 4WD (my daily driver)-Magnaflow Muffler, Rollin on 22's 02 Ford Mustang Convertable (Wife's Car)-Flowmaster 50, Clear corners, Intake, sittin on 18's

10-28-2010, 09:20 PM	#13
BearFlagRepublic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Chico, CA Posts: 60	Re: Greetings from Chico, CA! Good deal! I will have the check the one in oroville when I'm driving through (work has me all over nor-cal from time to time) and see how they run. There's a couple pretty nice trucks at a yard in Orland, but the guy who runs it thinks a little too highly of the value on the parts, he asks way too much for basic parts that can be had new for almost as much. Maybe he just takes me for a young fool with money (wrong on both fronts) but either way it's worth checking all of them. Thanks for the offer to check on that stuff. If you're already there I'd appreciate it!



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