Almost finished LS swapping a 5.3 and 4l60e into a 66 c-10. Thought I would post up a few pictures.





1966 C-10





Came with a nice all white 5.3 sitting in the engine bay.








Checked and cleaned the motor and painted it a more tasteful color.








LS Simple Alternator and Power Steering Kit. Going to add the AC Later





Ready to go back in!





Found out truck Manifolds won't fit





Front Disc Brake Kit





Painting the Brakes











Engine in place with factory mounts with ls adapter plates





Front Disc Brakes





Master and Booster Intsalled





Master and Booster Intsalled





2001 Truck ECU








Summit Radiator and Fan Kit





Didn't Like the Stock truck hose so we modified the radiator a bit later





Battery Mount





Battery Mount





Battery Mount





Battery Mount Painted





Finished Mount Aerospace Optima Battery Holder





Red Top Optima Installed








Making the Air Intake





Fabricating new top hose location





Welded Tabs For Overflow Tank





Mr Gasket Coolant Overflow





Radiator Back in Truck





Modified truck hose looking much better





Air Intake Finished





Air Intake Finished





Sanderson CSLS1 Finally a header that fits!!!!





Driver's Side Header





Headers after a few coats of VHT Flameproof





What a mess!





Speedway LS1 fuel pump kit

 

Wow!! I'm digging it. Nice swap!!

 

Any pictures of the outside of the truck? everything looks great!

 

Cool build! What are your plans for a chassis harness? We offer one that currently comes with a $50 rebate. http://www.painlessperformance.com/webcat/10112

 

nice work. you're gonna love it. my only regret is not going 4l80e & ebay turbo.

 

Looking good. I plan to do this to my '65 after I get my shop built.

 

Thanks for all the replies. Basically have truck done waiting on hood latch and and hood springs to show up.





new vintage dash





Dash Wired





Truck has a dump bed so side exit exhaust





Lights off in truck





Lights On





Factory wiring cleaned up





More wiring

 

Thanks for the offer but I was able to save the factory wiring after pulling years of added crap out.

 

Return added to factory sender

 

nice job on all the work into it. Makes it a cool driver now.

 

Very nice work.

I just finished a 62 step side that my wife uses for a daily driver.

 

Love it , looks great ,, and should run even better

 

Thanks for the complements!!!

 

killer work.
you got way bigger ***** than me running 50 psi fuel lines inside the cab.
I think part of aging is you get more cautious about stuff like that, and I'm old now.
maybe a roll-over switch to cut the fuel pump?
not baggin on ya, just a comment. carry on with the progress!

 

I have not tested it, but the fuel pump is on the frame rail. I don't think the feed to it achieves 50 psi, and I know the return less. Everything fuel related inside the truck is metal hard line. Plus the truck has a dump bed so it isn't like we could put a fuel cell back there.

 

Got the headlights wired. Ended up just making my own harness since the oe is on back order. Hood latch and hood springs are now on. Just have a few bugs to work out. Since it is heating up outside we are going to go ahead and add the LS Simple A/C brackets to the truck now.




New Hood Latch





Hood actually stays up with both springs installed

 

Got the LS Simple AC Bracket and compressor. Murph is awesome to deal with.









LS Simple AC Bracket and Compressor

 

Question, why didn't you just weld the top nipple on the radiator on the passenger side instead of the drivers side? I can tig aluminum and have done a couple. I just used a slug from a hole saw without the center drill as a piece to cover the hole left. Good looking swap and i like the LS Simple brackets.

 

The original idea was to use off the shelf parts so the owner could replace parts on his own if need be, but the hose looked terrible with out a little modification.