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    80 C10 "Nemo" Build - Started as: Front frame buckled…

    Got the spring hangers de-riveted and cleaned up underneath, which wasn’t that bad. I used a cutoff wheel and cold chisel for the rivets this time since I had just painted the frame and didn’t figure the heat of the plasma rifle would be good for the fresh epoxy. Finally got the doors off...
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    80 C10 "Nemo" Build - Started as: Front frame buckled…

    Neutralized the ospho on the frame today and sprayed it with epoxy. Also had kid help me by running the wire wheel on the bottom of the bed. He did a nice job overall. We washed it and ran some ospho over it to kill rust, then I sprayed it with epoxy but forgot to take a pic. I’ll fix that...
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    Favorite Project Truck Sales Pitches

    Another one I have seen quite a few times is “lost title.” What, like in a poker game?
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    K20 pulling 19k lbs...

    Dan, you've been a real nice guy in this thread given all the very direct advice you've received. So I'll try to put this gently: If everybody tells you it's a bad idea, and that it's unsafe, and that you put yourself at legal peril, and all of that doesn't dissuade you; then what if somebody...
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    USA1 Industries

    I've been waiting 6 months for a dash pad. Bought one from them last year and it took 5 months or so. I got the canned email response. I'm not that confident that I will see a dash pad anytime soon. The good news is that the other items in my order were shipped within a few months. The...
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    80 C10 "Nemo" Build - Started as: Front frame buckled…

    Put some time in early this morning and removed the z bar bracket and the core support brackets. Removing the rivets was a first time thing for me but I went right for the plasma cutter and figured it out fairly quickly. I cut the heads off on the side with surface metal that I was removing (eg...
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    80 C10 "Nemo" Build - Started as: Front frame buckled…

    I should have written that clearer... I plan to drill / blow out the rivets and remove it from the frame, so yes, I'll keep it intact. Thanks...................
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    80 C10 "Nemo" Build - Started as: Front frame buckled…

    As I noted, I'm going to be removing some of the old bracketry on the frame. The truck is an auto (TH350). Can anybody tell me why I should leave the z-bar bracket on the donor frame, which is from a 3 on the tree truck? I am thinking I'll cut it off.
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    80 C10 "Nemo" Build - Started as: Front frame buckled…

    I finished the blasting phase at least as far as I’m taking it with my harbor freight blaster. I spray-bottled some ospho all over to kill whatever rust is left. I still need to remove and replace the core support brackets and cut off the exhaust brackets. I wanted to wait on cutting the...
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    80 C10 "Nemo" Build - Started as: Front frame buckled…

    Got the frame stripped of brackets and suspension with the exception of one fuel line holder that I missed and one rear spring bracket that I’m still marinating in some penetrant. No surprises over all. Didn’t have to bring out the big guns for nuts and bolts( but I do have a full strength...
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    80 C10 "Nemo" Build - Started as: Front frame buckled…

    The back bumper has a small dent on top about the size of the palm of your hand. It’s on the far side in this picture, but I think it could be straightened out. The Front bumper looks good. Other than the surface rust, the only problem area looks like the core support brackets. They are...
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    80 C10 "Nemo" Build - Started as: Front frame buckled…

    Picked up a short bed frame off a farm a couple hours drive from home. Hit the nuts with pb blaster and should be able to disassemble for blasting tomorrow or maybe Monday. Back at the shop I ended up flushing out the engine coolant passages with a hose. I had plugged the engine up and...
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    80 C10 "Nemo" Build - Started as: Front frame buckled…

    Well, I wasn't that far torn down until yesterday. My son and I had taken the front clip off on Sunday and that's when I ran into the frame damage. We pulled the motor and trans yesterday. So, you aren't far off. I have a line on a short bed frame that looks like it will be good with some...
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    80 C10 "Nemo" Build - Started as: Front frame buckled…

    So that it doesn't sound entirely crazy, because I agree with you in general: - I already have bed off, front clip off, engine and trans out, and the interior stripped. - The truck already needed floor pans (prior owner had replaced rockers at some point but the floor pans are in sad shape)...
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    80 C10 "Nemo" Build - Started as: Front frame buckled…

    Took a closer look today and see some stuff I’m not thrilled about. Took the motor and trans out. Frame Motor mounts aren’t tight in the frame, looks like a kink aft of the power steering box. Gonna shop for a frame. I will just feel better about it if it’s done right and resale will be...
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    80 C10 "Nemo" Build - Started as: Front frame buckled…

    You are correct. The core support definitely hasn’t been off the truck for at least 20 years. It did unbolt pretty easy but the body mounts were old and cruddy. I wouldn’t be surprised if this was damage circa 1980s.
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    80 C10 "Nemo" Build - Started as: Front frame buckled…

    Yeah. Reality is that the truck isn’t worth that level of investment at the moment (this isn’t the ‘85 in my profile, it’s an 80 that I picked up for relatively cheap). I think if I were to go the custom chassis route, I’d be starting with a better cab. I thought titles went with the cab, not...
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    80 C10 "Nemo" Build - Started as: Front frame buckled…

    Here’s a fun one. I picked this truck up earlier this year. It’s an 80 c10. Drives straight. Had many more things to fix than this, so I’m just getting to tearing it down. It was in the grass and I crawled under a bit when I bought it, but probably got myself in a hurry, so yeah yeah yeah...
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    Towing with a 305 V8?

    Lower compression in the early 305s. Early 305s were 8.5:1. Later ones were 9.5:1. Believe that made the difference.
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    Towing with a 305 V8?

    This is the truth. It’s all user and engine condition dependent. I have followed your saga with ESC and tried to put mine back to stock and just found that it ran far worse with the esc restored. I run MOST everything stock except ESC, including my timing at stock set point (4 BTDC iirc) and the...
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    Best Spent $$ for Square Restoration

    My biggest challenge is buying small hard parts and then losing them multiple times before install. I probably have duplicates of 25 parts in my shop right now not counting nuts and bolts due to "hmmm, I think I still need that" then realizing I already bought it a year ago.
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    Best Spent $$ for Square Restoration

    Great points. I probably should have been clearer that I think paint is near last in the process for the reasons you cite. I intended “body” to be all the welding, panel fixes, grinding, primer and major fill/sand stuff. I think paint belongs before interior, but as you said, it can depend on...
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    Best Spent $$ for Square Restoration

    I am about three vehicles into the restoration hobby and my order is body / chassis first, engine second, interior last. I have made the mistake of doing engine first and it’s not only painful to have a newly rebuilt engine just waiting for years to go, it can also be bad for the rebuild if you...
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    Rough and shaking 350 after changing spark plugs

    That’s the likely culprit for the behavior you are describing. I would do a quick check on all the vacuum tubing. If the rubber stuff is that crunchy, the plastic stuff is likely brittle too.
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    1984 C10 305 stall at low speeds, loss of power during accel

    Did the 1984 305’s have electronic spark control? Some of what you describe reminds me of my 305 with the ESC working (poorly!). Do you happen to know if you have an intact ESC distributor? It’s the one with the extra (grey) four wire connector out the side of the distributor. I might try...

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