So like any of you sitting there reading this, you came here because you're not willing to accept "good enough" .. This week, we decided to break out our perfectly good 1966 c-10 truck from that "good enough" place and yank the 1hr old 67 327 with fuelie heads and build a 348-409 1966-c-10 with a Don Jacks engineered 409!!
Ok, so you may think we are crazy or not thoughtful of our ride, nope. We built the truck with all the bells and whistles for a replacement plant sometime way down the road. In fact, I promised Jeanne that we wouldn't see that day for a long time. Well, forgiveness is virtue and told her we bought a block and seemed perfect ok with that. Actually, that's not completely true, she immediately reminded me she needed a sports watch to even things out.. Now, i might be dumb but stupid I aint, we did leave out the other little detail, its way to Carl McQuillens shop for machining and excited to see what Don, Bob W, and Carl come up with. I aint saying a word till it shows up and will beg forgiveness using my virtue card...
Avery and I will be doing the work to prep the truck and if anyone has ever put one in a c-10, we'd love the advice and the reason were here. Some things are simply over our heads, but willing to tackle just about anything. Were prepping the remaining items on the list to get it all together for a straight shot from our home here in NH to meet in Bowling Green, run it for the races, and cruise back!!
Here's a list so far so if anything needs changing or doesn't meet spec, please let us know. Its a 349-409 build, so chew it up. The goal is to build what we would have wanted the factory to send out in 1966 for a high performance c-10. We dont want to see any flashy modern things, but as you can see, the underside is chock-full of new high-tech. Well post pics as soon as we can, heres a few to get the idea...
Already installed
Ride-Tech Air Ride Level 3 Suspension
Willwood 6 Piston Disc front, 4 Piston rear.
Currie Ford 9" rear (see spec)
TKO 600 (see spec) - Not sure if its too short in 1st?
Need help...
Headers - Well need help building a set of headers
Fuel Tank - Need to weld in a fuel pump, any advice besides drain first, ha!
Bench seat - Jeanne wants the (the death trap) to have new leather on the bench seat. Hoping for someone that knows rawhide, distressed stuff. Anyone know someone who can do custom leather bench?
Cold air induction - Love to have a "period correct" air induction set up. Has to look like it would have been in 1966...Maybe a z-11 knockoff?
Ok, so you may think we are crazy or not thoughtful of our ride, nope. We built the truck with all the bells and whistles for a replacement plant sometime way down the road. In fact, I promised Jeanne that we wouldn't see that day for a long time. Well, forgiveness is virtue and told her we bought a block and seemed perfect ok with that. Actually, that's not completely true, she immediately reminded me she needed a sports watch to even things out.. Now, i might be dumb but stupid I aint, we did leave out the other little detail, its way to Carl McQuillens shop for machining and excited to see what Don, Bob W, and Carl come up with. I aint saying a word till it shows up and will beg forgiveness using my virtue card...
Avery and I will be doing the work to prep the truck and if anyone has ever put one in a c-10, we'd love the advice and the reason were here. Some things are simply over our heads, but willing to tackle just about anything. Were prepping the remaining items on the list to get it all together for a straight shot from our home here in NH to meet in Bowling Green, run it for the races, and cruise back!!
Here's a list so far so if anything needs changing or doesn't meet spec, please let us know. Its a 349-409 build, so chew it up. The goal is to build what we would have wanted the factory to send out in 1966 for a high performance c-10. We dont want to see any flashy modern things, but as you can see, the underside is chock-full of new high-tech. Well post pics as soon as we can, heres a few to get the idea...
Already installed
Ride-Tech Air Ride Level 3 Suspension
Willwood 6 Piston Disc front, 4 Piston rear.
Currie Ford 9" rear (see spec)
TKO 600 (see spec) - Not sure if its too short in 1st?
Need help...
Headers - Well need help building a set of headers
Fuel Tank - Need to weld in a fuel pump, any advice besides drain first, ha!
Bench seat - Jeanne wants the (the death trap) to have new leather on the bench seat. Hoping for someone that knows rawhide, distressed stuff. Anyone know someone who can do custom leather bench?
Cold air induction - Love to have a "period correct" air induction set up. Has to look like it would have been in 1966...Maybe a z-11 knockoff?
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