Cummins/82 C10

[dazedandconfused]

Dam you will be driving it next week at this pace.

[ellis93]

Man I wish but sadly I doubt it.......I've a fuel cell to fab, fuel lines to run,bed to piece together,and a schit load of paint prep. I've got awhile to go yet

[ellis93]

I got the fenders on this morning and found some room
Now I can run the mechanical fan



I've got some fitting to do to make the shroud work.


I think I can shift the core support and make things look a little better but idk

Inner fenders are fitting nice tho

[CumminsPower59]

From the pictures, the fan looks pretty darn close to the radiator...how much clearance is there, 1/2"-1"?

[ellis93]

Fuzz over a 1/2 inch,but thats gonna change some. I'm gonna loosen the core support and slide those fenders ahead some,hopefully that'll get it about just shy of an inch.

[rockbuggy4x4]

That is pretty close. Do you think you'll have any interference between them when its running?

[ellis93]

That is pretty close. Do you think you'll have any interference between them when its running?

Not that I "think". I doubt it'll make any difference,is close but not close enough that it gives me the heebee geebees. I'm spacing the finders out right now and hopefully I can gain another 1/4 or so.....I figure that'll be good enough.

[RCCUMMINS89]

The only other person that I've ever seen that put a truck together as fast as I did is Ellis.

I've done two conversions (frame off) that took less than a month from start to finish. Has this even taken this long?

[ellis93]

The only other person that I've ever seen that put a truck together as fast as I did is Ellis.

I've done two conversions (frame off) that took less than a month from start to finish. Has this even taken this long?

Man I ain't finished yet.....the long time is gonna be in paint. this thing has got to be STRAIGHT !!! I ain't having wavy bed sides,I hate that and these trucks show that the most thanks to that hard body line. It'll be a real beootch too.

This is the fifth Chevy I've pulled apart to nuts,bolts and a huge pile of parts since I was 14,it ought to be easy. Only two things is different this time,diesel motor and newer than 79.

Oh and I haven't painted frame or replaced the horrid front end parts either but for two weeks of 2hrs in the morn and 3 at night,I think I've done pretty good. Just think if I could use my weekends on it I'd be done

Ike is the one that put a whoopin on a rebuild,that dude slung his truck together in short order.

[RCCUMMINS89]

True dat...............

As did dazedandconfused...............wow!


Paint.........sigh.........mine needs painted.

[ellis93]

Oh yeah......!....Andy rebuilt his in 2days ol big boy can hustle

[dazedandconfused]

Lol well I've built many over the years so it helps me. Fastest I've ever done a full truck from ground up and piles of parts was a week. Converted a 2wd ford F-250 to 4x4 painting frame, building engine and redoing all the front end and brakes. I've rebuilt small block 302's in 24 hours and that's pulling thm, building and reinstalling. I was once big on Ford's and still like them. Its the GM crap that kicks my ass.

[cmann250]

I was once big on Ford's and still like them. Its the GM crap that kicks my ass.

Amen brother!

I had that black truck apart in under a week. Sure is a lot easier going that way

[CumminsPower59]

I should have had mine done a lot faster, since I have a concrete pad to work on, progress hinged on weather. Then there was the short parts wait.....then I F'd up my leg....that set me back a month. I wanted to take it to MMillers, but just wasn't in the cards. Andy rebuilt his ride like a boss! It's good to see a few builds going on though

[ellis93]

The speed should have never been spoken of pps:
I got a touch of the food poison,stopped at the choke and puke down the road from the shop and bought a chicken strip box dinner about 5:30 last night and ate it at the shop.....I worked an hour and half then commenced to puking my guts up
I'm sick as a dog....... if it ain't coming out one end,its coming out the other

Build to be continued