I thought I post a pic of my project, some of you might like that kind of stuff. Started out as a '66 long bed that i bought for $100.-. Some things I'm doing to it are, air ride, convertible (roadster), suicide doors and so on. The list of modifications is long, but I want to be done for the Texas Heat Wave show this summer ( end of Juli). I'm not planning on entering the truck in any shows as a contender, just want to have a nice little custom truck that i can cruise around in and go to meets and shows with. Here is the truck as it looks like right now
so I finally got the '66 back in the shop after a long year of working on other things and not having the space or time . Now I can continue with the build.
took the cab off the frame today, the engine and tranny are next. I have a basic pic in my head of what i want to do with the truck, but keep modifying that while working on it.
yo FRANKS66-C-10 that looks DOPE!!!!!!! is thatta stock rearend? if not wut is it and did it bolt up to the suspention?...the 'drop' is kewl,,,luv the rims,,i gotta 66 i found fur 600 buxxx!!!! hahaa i jumped on that deal when i seen it,,almost gotter done tho ehhee,,,i cant find a short bed fleet side BED fur it,,i found a few long beds but i dont kno how to weld,,or chop yet,,go'n 2 learn tho,,but yea wut color is ur truck go'n 2 b??
the rear end is a 12 bolt from a '72 pontiac. I cut the brackets of the original rear axle and welded them to the 12 bolt. Not sure on the color yet. I took the cab off and took the engine and tranny out, now I can clean the frame and modify it.
Nice project, I think the convertible look is pretty cool it also looks pretty cool on the 70's K5's... Here are a few pics of another fella's truck who did a similar build. I can't remember the fella's name but I think it was a buddy of 283man. There was a thread on here about a year ago with a bunch of pictures of this truck.
Found one of the links (about 1/2 way doen the first page) https://talk.classicparts.com/showthread.php?t=6548&highlight=convertible
I remember some of the pics, I had seen them on here. It's going to be an interesting build. The purists among the old truck crowd hate those kind of builds, but I don't care.
dont have to worry about me being a purist, the more the mods the better. make it what you want, not what "they" tell you to make!!
Finally set the engine into the frame. I needed to see where the engine sits and where the motor mounts will connect to the frame before I start boxing in the frame. And no, it's not a V8
wow this engine looks familar,,,i wuz gunna say looks like a V-12 but its hard to tell without the intake,,looks DOPE THO!!
It's a BMW V12. I'm making my own intake setup with 12 throttle bodies. I like the look of the engine, looks somewhat old school with those valve covers.Making headers for it will be a lot of work, but it adds to the overall look of the engine
