Pt.5 Chevy C10 Build | CUTTING to MAKE it fit!

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There's probably a six inch difference whereas on here there's like a foot and a half uh difference or so so Uh, basically what we're gonna do is kind of lower this thing back down a little bit figure out where I need to cut it Uh, and then we're just gonna freaking cut it And then I guess go from there So set this thing down get it to where the front will actually drop down a little bit more Uh, we'll probably go ahead and remove these inner fender wells Just so that we could get around these little strut tower things right there Uh, but once we get uh, get those out of the way we should be able to set this thing down And start moving moving or modifying the cab mounts to put them in the in the right position So we got this thing sitting down in here a lot lower Pulled out this guy right here and had to make a little notch for this Power steering pump, but now it's basically sitting on the inside of the fender liners. So, uh I have made a mark kind of where we're gonna cut it for now And uh, see where it lines up So this basically this front piece right here is going to drop down in front of it These frame rails are going to sit right on the side of the frame actually right here Uh this Mount right here needs to go basically cut this off and move it back put it right here because that's where that mount Point is and we still actually have to go down a lot with the cab So right here, basically we need to remove this mount as well And uh the factory mount Is just right there So this will basically sit right on top of the frame probably take this little puck out stick it right there and figure out figure out a good way to Actually mount it and bolt it or to be able to actually do that So, uh got a couple little things we're gonna go ahead and lift it back up Cut that out and you can see this is the frame chunk That I cut off. This is basically 12 and a half inches From the front So we should be able to re-weld that Lower down and make some different mounts or just make like another little bracket to kind of hold the front of this thing so i'm gonna Pull this guy out and start giving her the cuts All right guys I've been plugging away on this thing for a little while now And I kind of got these things pretty close to where they need to be as far as cutting these tubs and I know you know, I know I probably shouldn't cut them but um You know it I would have had to spend like 300 and some bucks to get like some aftermarket Reproducing ones just to save these ones just to sit around And they would have sat around the shop and I would have never sold them It would have just been one of those things. So, uh, and I want wheel wells in here I don't want this thing like being uh, you know when you drive it, obviously, we're gonna have a turbo setup and stuff in here Hopefully the engine bay will look cool. I don't know how cool actually be able to make this engine look but Again, I don't want a bunch of crap, you know flying in it. Like if we drive it in the rain Um, you know, or if we decide to go mud bogging or something in it, but uh, yeah So I don't think that turned out too bad and you can actually see the strut, uh stuff right there So I think that actually, you know, it doesn't look bad It doesn't look like we just hacked it up like crazy And we'll go back in and kind of round all these edges and it might end up It might actually sit up just a little bit higher Uh, so basically it's almost sitting on the frame completely I had it sitting on there and had the lift completely out from underneath it But what I wanted to show you guys real quick Yesterday I removed this rear mount right here and then the front mount right there And that basically goes right here. So this is where we have our cab Or bolting location. That's basically where we're gonna gonna mount it Uh, so I just had these blocks of wood slid under there a little bit a bit ago and it mounted just perfect right there so Um, i'm just trying to figure out what's going to be the best way to get something on here. I don't know If I should like cut this out And then weld in a nut and then just put the bolt in from the top with like one of these little bushings in it, uh Haven't quite decided yet. I thought about doing something like this Since I cut this off right here if I just kind of put it over Uh, maybe move it over just a little bit more and then kind of bend Bend one of these tabs down on the side to kind of reinforce it right there on the bottom And then we could actually get one of those, uh, get one of those mounts in there So that's kind of an idea Uh has getting the front bumper and rear bumpers off of this frame for now Uh, they actually welded they actually had this hitch on here Uh, which I mean honestly would have worked pretty good back in the day. So it's welded right here bolt it. Well they Looks like a flat piece of strapping that the you're actually that's angle iron So bolted right there welded it to that welded it to this and then welded it to the bumper on the very bottom So once we get this license plate bracket off i'll be able to cut some of the little tack welds they have right there and then we'll pull the bumpers off here because the plan is It's actually have these, uh, the bumpers fit it and make it look like it, you know Like we never did the frame swap, but uh, i'm gonna go ahead pull these bolts out real quick set it on there Because there's a bunch of crap under it from like hitting it with the saws on cutting and grinding and stuff There's just so much dirt Down here. I just want to actually roll it back get kind of a visual of it Uh sitting on there and 60 60 10 is rolling on its own frame or its new frame So still haven't made the mounts right here. Uh, basically just set them down right there on the on the pieces of wood Uh, I think it needs to go up Maybe like a half an inch or so in the back and then actually maybe raise the front just a little bit Just to where we could get some sort of a bushing or something up underneath. Uh, where the actual cab mounts so you can see Right there That's actually, uh where the bolt comes down and so it's resting right here on the frame So it actually doesn't need to go up just a smidge unless I just decide to cut off a little bit of that right there too, which that's You know, you know I am that's that's an option. So, uh, yeah, basically the cab bolt Bolts right there and the back comes up from the bottom But we could probably do something going from the top and then right there. That's where the front cab bolt goes down And you can see that it's just kind of hanging out on the side of the frame right there So this one's pretty much doing the same thing Uh, we actually probably need to scoot over the frame in the front just a little bit so they even out but uh Yeah, I got everything pretty even in the back like two and three quarters inches in between the frame right there Um, so definitely need to do some more measuring. Obviously, it's not bolted down or finalized yet. So Mostly just rolling it back to take a look at it and uh See how it actually looks so I was really concerned that it was going to be really wide In the front and we weren't going to be able to get some cool wheels on here, but I think we're gonna be uh I think we're gonna be all right. So, uh Yeah next thing, uh, you know Once we actually have this thing mounted is to figure out how to lower this because sitting at this ride height It's a little bit lower uh, but obviously we want this thing freaking slammed on the ground, uh as much as we can so you know, we we could achieve that by Setting the frame the cab down a little bit further um You know to where we can kind of get the body low We have plenty of room right here for the hood because these hoods They go up and I mean you could probably go to like right here with that engine the way they're they're kind of shaped so Yeah, it's uh, it's definitely looking good Give me some hope now. I just need to figure out a creative way Or a useful way to actually make the body mounts to where you know, it's easy to come on and off Uh serviceable I guess and um, you know, it's not necessarily hard mounted either So we figured before we officially mount The truck body on this thing. We need to test fit the bed Make sure that the length and everything is looking all right And then we don't need to modify it or do anything other crazy before I start cutting and welding making mounts and stuff so one of the things that uh Like I said before the bed is going to have to pretty much go up inside of these right here Or this is going to have to go up inside the bed where this wood and all the cross braces are so What we're going to go ahead and do is actually remove this, uh, this wood and these little cross braces and stuff Uh so that we could actually set this thing down. So we're going to get that stuff off and then we're going to test it For off this thing. It's basically three bolts on each side And I thought this was just going to be like some cheap thing, but I mean honestly pretty Pretty solid unit we got right there. So it's got the I think they call it that the class It's a class something it's a two inch receiver So it's it's not like one of those like little tiny ones like we put on the mustang So I think you could actually tow some stuff with this thing Um, so we might try to modify that get that back on it later but for now, we just took it off because it was sitting up about right here, so Yeah, uh got the wood out of the bed, man That was that was a big pain tons and tons of bolts a lot of them like rounded out uh, just because it's like those ones where it has a little uh, like the bullet head or the round head and then Like right here a lot of a lot of times They basically just round it off on the thing So we had to like cut them and pry them and do a bunch of stuff to get it off But uh, all the wood is out of the bed So we're gonna go ahead and roll the truck back and kind of start setting this thing down on there See what it looks like see how we're gonna be able to mount this thing So doing some testing setting the bed on here so up front we're kind of getting close It's a little bit close to the cab up here on the top uh, but mostly what we were looking to to figure out is actually How the wheel sits in the wheel well if it looks if it looks all right Or if it looks like it's too far back too far forward So right now right there on the bottom we have about an inch and on the top we have about zero inches. Um, so The reason it's doing that is just because the back of the bed is kicked up. So it's basically sitting you can see this piece Basically needs to drop down below that and then right here. We have the this back cab mount It's sitting on the back piece of the bed same thing right here And then you can see the little uh, like kind of the shock towers Uh, they're actually in the way of this little side thing. So, uh I think what we'll have to end up doing is trimming the bed out just a little bit right there um and kind of the plan is is to kind of have a raised bed anyhow, but uh Overall, I think uh, I think we're definitely getting close. Uh, you know, we just need to cut some stuff So I think i'm going to cut the edge of this off so that when it sets down this will actually kind of sit flat right there um just for maybe temporary purposes just to see if that's a good good look and we'll cut this And then what we'll do is we'll slide the bed back a little bit. So this will actually drop down below This little lip right here and then maybe we could use this to kind of mount to the back of the frame Or something like that. But uh, yeah up here in the front We also have these uh these mounts Which they're kind of in the way, but it might uh It we might be able to just make like a nice little bracket or put like another little mount right here Off the back so and then those little frame pieces they basically slide down the side Um, so I need to pull this fuel line kind of back up on the side But then that should almost kind of let us square it up right there on the frame um, so yeah Definitely, uh, definitely looking promising. Like I said, I think we might just end up having to do the the raised bed I don't know how these things come off. I don't know if they're welded or Maybe it's just like a trim piece or something that slides straight back I don't know. Maybe I need to do some googling real quick before I start cutting it but this one looks like it was welded and then Maybe we'll figure it out. But yeah, I want to get this bed kind of sitting down on here to kind of see how she's All right guys, so we got this thing back on there. I mean i'm i'm thinking that That's my quarantine dance when I come out of quarantine I mean, I I like I think that that looks good, you know, I mean I I think overall So I think the bed needs to go down just a smidge. We had it down a little bit lower So basically it's sitting on right there See those guys so that's like the factory uh Mount and then we just use the little rubber isolator thing and then we put a piece of wood Just to kind of bump it up a little bit. But yeah, you can see right there on the frame Where it is. I mean we can make some easy brackets off of that too to kind of hold this thing up um So man, I it's just it's kind of funny how how simple this thing is is it's kind of going together So you need to kind of make sure that it's looking good side to side But uh Yeah Yeah, it doesn't look too bad at all. I'm pretty stoked. So the the wheel well sit And the tires sit in the wheel wells So I went ahead and I just cut off these mounts right here on the edge there's basically this little uh little piece So I just uh, just sliced that off. So it's kind of sitting right here now It's got a nice little little lip that it's sitting there These back things we just kind of had to use a screwdriver and pop them back underneath here but that would be an easy way like literally if we wanted to we could just like Bolt it actually look right here on the bottom We don't want to just make a flat plate and just literally bolt it straight to it And we could bolt the back of it if we wanted to so yeah, so we have a little bit of wiggle room going side to side on this thing and uh, Again, we don't have We don't have the cab or anything bolted on it yet I haven't uh, haven't quite decided on how i'm actually going to make the mount On that but again most of the the purpose of this was actually just get the bed on it and get it test fitted Make sure that it's all going to look correct before we go cutting and welding on the frame and doing all that type of stuff So obviously the hood is going to work Uh gonna gonna close down on there. It's honestly a little bit lower than it was Just even how it is uh I kind of would like to bring the cab down just a little bit more but Again, the issue is is just that little piece right there So unless I like notch the frame or cut that chunk of the body off um, I think that's almost what we're gonna have to deal with for now, but Probably could get it down just a little bit more but Yeah, honestly i'm pretty uh, i'm pretty happy with With the way it's looking so far And uh, man, I just I just wish this engine didn't have a freaking rod knock Because it would be so sick to just like wire this thing real quick throw a radiator in it and have like a running and driving truck Within like a week, you know with uh with a frame swap So yeah, yeah, we were just talking about a minute ago how long it would have actually taken me, you know to get you know an engine swap and tranny and you know get the mounts made and You know the drive shaft and the disc brakes and bleed the brakes and you know, just all the things Uh, so I think what we're gonna do to test fit it Uh probably in the next video or so after we get the the body mounted on it Because we'll actually cut the springs, uh on it just to kind of give us a simulation if we had some lowering springs on it so And i'm gonna play it a little bit more and we'll we'll figure it out You guys well when I was kind of messing with the truck bed over here. Ty was actually getting jamie's sob All cleaned up so freaking detail for retail I'm, basically cleaning out the whole inside of this thing Getting it pretty much all ready to sell wiping it down vacuuming it out. I just gave it a little wash real quick Pulling out all the extra pieces because jamie is actually uh has been driving that thing and um, so yeah, I kind of got a little bit distracted from the truck for a little while and Started putting a new tire on my dirt bike now at time We actually got a a set of sway bar end links and a new coolant overflow From the boys over there at esobparts.com and if you guys actually don't know there actually is a Like a sob museum in sturgis and there's like this really crazy road that you could drive Uh, so, you know sturgis the place where everybody goes on the belt on the biker rally There's literally a sob museum there and they have a facebook page and stuff too So if you guys are interested in uh in sobs and you like sobs like me, uh, and you're in sturgis So you're driving there be sure to check out the museum or like their uh, their facebook page uh, and again if you guys need sob parts, it's uh, it's always a huge help to have uh, Matt over there at esobparts literally they have pretty much everything. I don't know what I would do sometimes Without like quick too like two day shipping Yeah, he ships it out literally ships it out like the neck. Well, basically that day if you order it So as you guys know, i've had my little uh little wagon for a while Uh, jamie has been driving the bmw And I just kind of decided to keep this for a while. And uh, so yeah esob helped me out a bunch uh getting pieces so this is like a uh, Basically a trim piece from uh from europe or something like that Uh, the front bumper is actually the griffin bumper. So, um and the griffin grill and stuff. So my sob actually looks Really unique compared to a lot of them over here in the united states So my car got held on a couple months ago So it has a bunch of hail dents and stuff in the roof, but I got a new hood and had that all painted Uh, I think that's gonna be it for this video guys. Uh, Really appreciate you watching this whole uh, this whole c10 thing if you guys are uh still interested There is some of the quarantine and build t-shirts available on the website that we're going to do be doing the pre-sale order until sunday Uh, so if you guys haven't got yourselves one of those go pick you up one help support the channel if you can Uh, really appreciate everybody who has actually already ordered We've sold almost a hundred of them and that really helps out in times like these So, uh, yeah, i'm gonna go for a quick little ride on my dirt bike, uh tomorrow Uh, and then i'm gonna see the rest of you guys at lowe's and home depot on sunday Because I gotta freaking put up the fence at my house So again, appreciate you guys watching go check out esau parts.com and oh and tecton too freaking tecton I was gonna mention them earlier That socket set right there. Uh, so we have the metrics and we have the standards deep and shallows. We've used that so many times Going from this frame to the old stuff because everything on the old truck is uh is standard And everything on the new truck is metric. So, uh again huge shout out to uh to tecton tools for sending me out that Um, my coupon code is still valid So you guys could save 10 On tecton for the rest of the month, but appreciate you guys watching. See you later