Pt.6 Chevy C10 Build | Custom Cab Mounts!

Welcome back to the channel and as you guys seen we finally pulled in the c10 again I'm a big fan of new projects and new shiny things and I'm like I'm like a frickin squirrel And so when I see something new and shiny and wrecked, you know that has potential I Want to buy it and I want to get started on it, but I know I need to quit doing that So ordered some parts for this thing, which you guys don't know what that is yet But it's coming soon, but we have the c10. A lot of people have been commenting They're like man bring back the c10 We want to see that and honestly like it was just one of those things got busy pushed it outside needed some room in the Shop, but we're pulling it back in one of the main things that I was stuck on was actually the cab mounts Was figuring out how to mount this thing to the cab just because there's this really weird thing right here that You can see that the actual has like a big L right there That's kind of coming off of the frame and it sits on the frame. So in order to Get it to sit any lower You'd either have to notch the frame or cut that off and then you know again You're gonna have you're not gonna have a lot of space for like a rubber isolator or some sort of a mount You know so that this cab isn't just like solid mounted. So that is what we're gonna be doing today Get Garrett over here. As you guys know, he helped me with the downpipe on the on the Civic and You know should be helping around a little bit more around the shop here a lot more Consistently just kind of helped me with some fab projects and stuff that I kind of get stuck on or I don't want to spend The whole day doing and that I want to probably turn out, you know nicer than what I would have the time to do So yeah, I'm excited about that. But we got this thing rolled in. What do you what do you think about it? I'm looking forward to it. We're gonna see what we can get to get these two to marry Yeah, so I mean right as of right now, nothing is bolted. Nothing is mounted Basically, this is the frame off of a 2008 Chevy or GMC Envoy, which is the short one. It's a hundred and 13 millimeters or 113 inches Technically the the wheelbase on these trucks the single cab short bed is 115 So technically the bed is a little bit longer, but we have some gap in between the bed So if we scoot the bed in, you know an inch and you know We split a half an inch between the front wheel well and the back I don't think we'll have any issues and even sitting how it is. I think we should be okay Maybe if we slid it back just a smidge But again, not not a huge deal either way So me and Garrett have been kind of brainstorming on this thing looking at it for past 30 minutes trying to figure out Kind of where to go with it, and I think we kind of have a game plan But before we do that, I guess we're just gonna roll back get it up on the lift and start looking at it So got it up in the air and I'll show you guys what we were dealing with and what was kind of our issue So right here is the factory cab mount where it basically just goes straight down and it was kind of hanging off the side of The frame so like the c-10s frame was kind of going straight down right here Well kind of like at a little angle type deal or maybe it was right here But there's basically a little puck right there a little hockey puck type deal and this was just bolted in right there I'm surprised this bolt actually Looking so Issue is is this piece right here which kind of supports this front like, you know Where your feet go with the floor has this little piece of angle iron that kind of goes down and kind of supports the floor that's kind of Right where this frame is so we were kind of getting to the spot where it was gonna be like right on the edge Right here for this bolt if we wanted to use that So this side I've already cut out a bunch just because of this and we're gonna end up having to cut a lot more of It out just because there's there's no real reason for this So you're gonna take this whole piece out and you can see right there That's kind of where we just halfway marked with a sharpie just to show where the factory frame is and then so what the plan is is since this is a pretty beefy piece of metal right here and it's tied into the floor and Pretty solid goes over here to the little rocker Basically, what we're gonna do is just cut up into that remove this piece. That should give us about an inch and a half of Clearance on the frame just because of where the frame is right here It kind of starts tapering up and that was our issue So the the body we weren't able to get it to set really low which was you know Gonna make it not look like a low hot rod, which is what we want So are you and you like that plan? We're ready to go Yeah, you ready Ready ready to start cutting Garrett needs like If if he was like a What would it would be if you were like a robot man? You would have an angle grinder as like one of your as an attachment. Yeah, pull it out start cutting stuff So Garrett, let's hear the update So yeah, basically cut out the frame like we were talking about. It's got us really close We've had to do one little adjustment didn't plan on and that is the gas tank We had to lower it a little bit Well now we didn't have that issue before because it was sitting up so much higher yeah, so basically you got this chopped out got that out of the way and then now there's this little piece right here and Then you basically lowered the strap for the gas tank to kind of drop it down Which shouldn't be a big issue at all You should be able to just throw another strap or put a spacer or something in there to kind of get it down. But But yeah, we're gonna do another little test fit real quick. Yeah, let's check it out I'm excited Again basically just whacked off them pieces right there You can see it's for sure sitting down Is it hitting the gas thing again Or is it I mean, that's that's honestly sitting down already a bit lower I Mean for sure lower because it was resting on that before I think it's actually sitting on this front Frame rail right here. So we need to squeeze that over a little bit Where we at? Where you at? I'm here. Uh, I think we made pretty good progress I think we've got the frame or the body sitting on the frame. So before We basically had this cut out to right there, right? Yeah, so you could basically see the top of that tower So we already went down probably what a good two inches or so From there, so we'll go ahead and we'll pull back a little bit and you can actually see That already made just by going down Right, there's where it used to get hung up on the frame way way It's hard to say that whole chunk was in the way So I think it's down a solid two inches for sure It's especially towards the front here It might taper a little bit isn't back and we could always lower that back down and and figure all that stuff out, too So the other thing is this is 100% stock suspension as of right now and stock wheel and tire So if we put a smaller wheel and tire, so I just went ahead I had a 17 Inch Nanking. It's like a 235 or something. So really low profile on a 17 We could throw that on there real quick and we could actually see how really how low it would actually be Just sitting down. Oh, yeah. I mean look at that. That's gonna lower it like Four inches right there So, yeah, it'll be really I mean and it depends I don't know if we want to run that I mean, obviously 17 is pretty small. It'll probably have you know 20s or Maybe 18s or whatever more of a patina style. I was kind of thinking I think the Envoy bolt pattern is unique So I don't think you get like six lug off of like an Escalade or something Because what I really wanted to do was get those transport wheels. They're a factory Okay, they're like a 20-inch factory wheel that they put on to transport so that they the Factory 20s on the Escalades don't get stolen in transport, but they're steely Yeah, and then paint them red because I think that would look kind of cool. So yeah yeah, I mean it's already way freaking lower than it was and the funny thing was is Garrett unbolted the factory brake master cylinder and we were looking at it man. That is really freaking close So literally the factory brake master cylinder without the booster bolted straight up I put the plunger in it So now we have brakes And I don't even think we need to use a booster if we kept that pedal because that pedal is Like two feet long and it's like a really I guess The advantage with the fulcrum is really good So even pushing it right then like that would probably feel really good and then especially since I'm planning on turboing this thing We don't have to worry about the brake booster or if I'm doing burnouts or whatever and it's in boost and losing brakes So I think that's another another cool option for sure, so Maybe we'll wait till tomorrow. We'll throw that on there and kind of see but yeah catch up with you guys tomorrow He's gonna come back over here. We're gonna try to get this thing officially bolted down All right a little bit more of some c10 updates So Garrett has been messing around with this thing for a bit today and just kind of came up with some designs on What we're actually gonna do or what he's gonna actually do. He has a plasma table at his house So what he's gonna do is basically take that over in Plug it in all the dimensions and everything cut it out and then basically bend it and make some cab mounts for it What I ended up doing was ordering some other Some other like OEM cab stuff or OEM Energy suspension like polyurethane cab mount. So those are actually on their way and should be here soon Playing around with getting the front bumper kind of mounted and stuff on it It's catching up with you a couple days later Garrett went to his house and he has a plasma table at his house basically like a CNC plasma cutter and You do a bunch of stuff in CAD and playing around with all that stuff So these are the cab mounts, which this looks like it you'd almost buy it as like a kit from somebody But this is actually what he kind of came up with and was designing the other day when we were working on the Civic If you've seen the c10 it was going up and down and up and down on the lift This is basically what he was figuring out So if you want to go ahead and explain So basically what we need to do is a couple things we needed to come up with a mount for the front of the cab Here or the radiator support area and then the rest of the cab, of course, those are pretty straightforward But this one basically mounts up the bumper locations here. So look we have brackets coming out this way There's a diagonal bracket. It comes off the bumper this way. I'll pick up here and this basically Sets to the side of the frame and is welded in place and then we're gonna have basically a piece that sits like that and then another one that boxes in the frame at the front there and Then that is our front mount that picks up the cab mounts the bumper and the whole nine that one Gonna be a trick one Make sure we get the cab set right to begin with Yeah, and then the rest of the way back we can adjust the cab up and down Whatever is necessary, but we got it to work with The energy suspension. Yeah, so ordered an energy suspension bushing kit for 63 to 66 I think it is and we just made it to where it it's gonna fit nice and perfect inside the bushing there and Nice tight fit. So yeah, that'll basically mount in the frame. There is a weld it right here. Exactly. There's a frame support under the cab right here that this will pick up to and basically basically just cradle and Yeah, it's pretty straightforward from that point on once we have the forward four Locations, uh all fixed and set in place then we can mess with that back when that back one's gonna be a little more tricky Just because we're the frame Kind of overlaps the original mounting holes, so we'll get those ones going last but Yeah, good. Yeah, I'm excited to see all this stuff coming together And then you got this to mount the radiator or a little bushing stuff. Exactly. Something like that. So factory was Hard-mounted. I mean, it's just a simple bolt through a plate. There was nothing no bushing on there from the factory apparently So we're gonna give it a little bit of something to flex a little cushion. Yeah, exactly So yeah, I'm excited to see all this stuff kind of come together. I Believe you got all these angles to match up like that. Look at that Just bend in that stuff. Yeah, that's crazy Well, I guess we're gonna start get this up in the air and start looking at it and see how she looks Pop in give you guys a little update Garrett. Let's check out this front. Yeah So you went ahead and got them all tacked up on the bench Yeah I got the couple pieces tacked up on the bench and then yeah tacked up into the car into the end of the frame now so the front end of the truck is Actually sitting on The mounts there. Yeah, so it's actually right up in there. There's a little hole Same thing with this side But I told him that thing looks like a freaking OEM piece Right there. It's crazy Even got the little dimples and stuff in it like a little triangle and then you just ran and got some new bolts So back over here Gonna show you this so that's that little place on the frame that we were kind of talking about before and You basically just cut this little piece out of right here, which that was the factory Piece and you can see how it goes right there on the frame Like you could touch your finger on the top of the frame So basically dimpled that and then moved this piece over here so we can basically tack that in get that all nice I'll go in the front Yeah, that's looking really good goes around the little cab mount got the Polyurethane bushings in there. So basically we'll just get it tacked or you're gonna tighten it down Yeah, you're gonna clean everything up before I take it all apart clean up the painted areas that it's gonna actually Weld to and then yeah, we'll just bolt it up tight tack it into place and then you know If something comes up when you change cab location or something like that, it's not too late We don't want to weld it in until maybe even the bed is set Suspensions in and it's where it's gonna be you get some solid tacks. We could actually yeah So is the back of the cab on the lift right now the back of the cab is yes Yeah, until we get these two mounts in and then we'll be able to set it down sound Yeah, we got what like a little over a quarter of an inch In between the frame rail or the frame and the actual body Which I don't think we'll have that much play in them. Yeah, they push it Should be good. But yeah looking really freaking good, too So I went ahead and I ordered some lowering springs, which they got delivered to my house this morning Which I before I came down to the shop, so I'd like to be able to get this thing at least tacked tacked and kind of mounted right there and then You want to put the lowering springs on it, right before we nice So what I did is I set the cab parallel to the frame so it's got that same break to it So if the back is dropped down three inches and the fronts to just give or take it should then be level But if it's not I'd like to cut those tacks. Make sure the cab is sitting. Yeah, you know sit nice and level Or at least a slight rake. Yeah She's looking good. And then so one of the other things that That we changed was kind of moving the radiator up. So typically in the Envoy you have a lot more room in here So we'll have to do some slim electric fans But so you can see how tall this is this actually sat it's almost level to this before in the Envoy But we actually went ahead and raised it up and there's plenty of clearance in here It's crazy how much stuff you can actually fit up underneath the hood of one of these things. So Eventually, there's gonna be a big old turbo hanging off right here maybe we're gonna have to delete this little heater core figure out some stuff with that, but Overall I think it's Turned out really good I'm really stoked on the on the progress how it's looking and then especially those mounts that you came up with because that Like like I said, I was as soon as the frame and the bolt that was like the factory mount Was like on the edge of the frame. I just kind of like lost a little bit of hope man I don't know. I don't even know how I'm gonna do that. So glad that Garrett's over here helping helping out with that, but he's gonna continue on with it Am just about at a stopping point Trevor had to take off so he wanted me to Give a quick update. So I just saw the middle support in the Body mounts are pretty heavily tacked in If we had a support in the back here That would be plenty to support the whole cab for the time being so we're gonna leave them tacked in until Everything is finalized. But now I'm at a stopping point now I didn't do the rear cab mounts here because we weren't quite sure where they were gonna land height wise now that the far forward and the front of the cab here are Pretty much in their final position I'm gonna start making a template. So that's my next that's my next Direction, I'm gonna turn to Not a whole lot to see but I'm gonna see if I can throw a camera to it a little bit dark under there but basically just paper mache gonna start making up some cardboard templates and Seeing what I can put together. I'll run back to my place tonight Probably cut those tonight or first thing in the morning and then we'll be ready to finalize the cab Before I call that though. I'm gonna make that template and I'm probably gonna go ahead and mount the radiator as well. So I'm gonna be using part of the factory This was an envoy, yeah, I'm gonna use part of the envoy radiator mounts so these were at the The far front of the frame it was cut off prior to dropping the cab on so basically I'm gonna cut What's left of this mount off and what I made? last night or Whatever it was Was designed to incorporate that as well So that'll weld to the inside of it and that'll that big plate that I did on the front here. It'll Basically take care of everything mounting the bumper mounting the radiator mounting the cab the whole nine so once I get the Templates made for the rear of the cab. I'm gonna go ahead and lift this up. I don't know if we've shot a video Of where things are with the with the mounts that we've made here But once that templates made I'll lift the cab up and give you guys a look at what? How it's sitting, you know for the time being so that's that's the direction we're off to next All right guys, so Garrett is pretty much done for the day. So what We've drawn so I was making templates. I gotta make sure I don't leave without that today so we got the forward for Mounting position. Yes. We got these guys right here Got those all tacked and welded in those look Oh, yeah, once we throw some paint on that we're gonna be like did this thing come like that? GM's not changed in 40 years So The thing that we have is we got a bit of an interference between this rear mount here and The frame and things going on So I was waiting till we had the forward for really locked into place before jumping on this back one So now I've got a pattern to work off of tonight. I'm gonna make another Cut file for the back and kind of go along the same lines One of the big reasons I had to wait for it is because we're actually have to cut the bushings and the sleeve that goes Inside of them. There's not enough space Exactly. It's just it's so tight in there. We're pretty much gonna cut the bushings almost in half To get it to tuck up in there and to find a factory bolt hole This is the only I guess the forward one at the radiator Our four spots that we've picked up on oh we mounting locations just this The middle one here. We had to push the outside a little bit. But yeah, that's pretty much it once that's done I should have it designed maybe cut tonight if not probably in the morning, but I'm thinking tomorrow We'll have it pretty much sitting on the mounts, you know Rolling around ready to go. Yeah, really excited about that. And then tomorrow too We'll probably go ahead and do the should we do the lowering springs to be nice before we final finalize So we're yeah, those are basically tacked right now front tacked This get that kind of figured out and then we have the lowering springs for the front and the lowering springs for the rear That'll drop this thing down quite a bit and we still haven't tested the small tire So that's another option too, but that's thing is gonna make it really really low Yeah, freaking turn out really good. Hopefully you guys hope you guys liked all the Garrett's camera work He's done some some video stuff before and so it's kind of cool Just throwing him the GoPro and just kind of letting him have at it and and stuff like that Also him, you know filming the stuff at his house Cutting the stuff and then throwing in just kind of designing it in a little program from like a little screen screen record So that stuff's super cool and super appreciative Spending his time over here and you know working on my silly projects and stuff But yeah, the giveaway Civic is we're still waiting on our third-party sweepstakes company to send us back the confirmation for Isaac to make sure that he's hundred percent, you know hundred percent eligible for this thing and Speaking of giveaways our buddy Tommy F. Yeah is actually giving away a LS 3 swap Colorado with air 5 tranny Lowered on some Volks some KW suspension. I think is super sick But I know if you guys you guys didn't have enough of our giveaway or our giveaway wasn't your style again Tommy F Yeah at Tommy F. Yeah comm same thing every dollar you spend or every I think it's every five dollars you spend as an entry over there, but Quick a little shout out for his giveaway. Just cuz I mean Tommy we we talk crap to each other But we get along pretty good. But yeah, appreciate you guys watching and stay tuned for the next little build update This freaky t10, hopefully you guys are stoked for the c10 continent. So I'll see you guys later