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What I do when I'm not driving my Porsche...
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 5:49 pm
by Arne2
...I restore cars. Sometimes Porsches, but often other things. Sometimes rather far removed from Porsches.
Here's a review of my current project - 1964 Chevrolet C10, a mild resto-mod. Bought it as an interrupted project last fall.
As purchased:
Starting to piece it together:
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Ready for a trip to the muffler shop:
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Re: What I do when I'm not driving my Porsche...
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 6:07 pm
by audi4t
Re: What I do when I'm not driving my Porsche...
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 6:36 pm
by Arne2
New wheels and tires:
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Power rack & pinion conversion, with a Volvo electric pump:
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Re: What I do when I'm not driving my Porsche...
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:47 pm
by Tom
The Force is Strong with this one...
Looks really nice!! I've always mulled restoring an older American car (or a Pantera), and this is good motivation. On the other hand, I changed the oil in my truck today and had to rest for an hour afterwards...
Re: What I do when I'm not driving my Porsche...
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 10:07 pm
by blueline
That's gonna be one nice truck Arne!
Re: What I do when I'm not driving my Porsche...
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2023 6:01 pm
by Arne2
Just finished the brake upgrade. It was already converted to 5-lug and front disc when I got it, but no power assist. Took a lot of leg to stop it from speed. So a vacuum booster and matching master cylinder has been added this past week.
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Getting close to finished now. Just a couple of larger items left.
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Re: What I do when I'm not driving my Porsche...
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 7:50 pm
by Arne2
Applying finish to the new bed wood today and tomorrow. Should have the bed installation wrapped up by Monday or so. The pic here was during the mockup stage.
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Re: What I do when I'm not driving my Porsche...
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 6:38 am
by Tom
Arne2 wrote: Fri Apr 28, 2023 7:50 pm
Applying finish to the new bed wood today and tomorrow. Should have the bed installation wrapped up by Monday or so. The pic here was during the mockup stage.
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Looking good!
Re: What I do when I'm not driving my Porsche...
Posted: Mon May 01, 2023 8:17 pm
by Arne2
The bed wood is installed. I replaced the front springs to bring the front ride height up an inch. The springs the PO installed were too short, gave too much rake, and only had ¾" travel before hitting the bump stops. Much better now.
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Also installed a rather basic radio/media player and speakers. Not because I have any reason to expect people to want a radio, but since the truck has an antenna and a big, DIN-size hole hacked in the dash, a DIN radio was the easiest way to fill the hole.
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Re: What I do when I'm not driving my Porsche...
Posted: Mon May 01, 2023 8:23 pm
by Tom
Looks super good!
Just me or is that dash is begging for iPhone holders on both sides of the radio. Maybe MagSafe chargers.
