New York August NYC Meet-Up 2021

[Calzone]

Good Evening Cal and MFM,

Here are the two C10 photos that MFM sent me.

Calzone Truck 1 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Calzone Truck 2 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Saweet lookin' C10 🙂

Devil Dan,

Mucho thanks for posting this for me and MFM.

Pretty much a Barn-Find.

I was looking into mild performance mods last night. Ophenhauser has a 4 barrel manifold that would use a small 350 CFM carb, split headers, and updating the ignition to a HEI.

Please don’t tell “Maggie.”

These mods are for better breathing, efficiency, and economy. The electronic ignition is for reliability.

I really do think this truck was bought as a camper/RV and it would explain its low mileage. Still have to remove the seat cover to see the condition of the original bench seat. How cool is it to have a retro “cruiser” with 3-on-a-tree.

I have to clear out the garage so I can store the truck for a while. I’ll need some time and money to build things up. As everyone can see, the original paint and condition suggests 60K miles is correct. The bottom end of a low RPM motor should be fresh. When the head gets pulled and freshened up it makes sense to do the upgrades.

What kind of hill billy would I be without a pickup truck?

Also realize that when I do the front disc brakes that the C10 will get dropped 2/4, meaning dropped 2 inches n the front and 4 inches in the rear so it sits level. Eventually I’ll convert the rear brakes to disc also.

I think I will keep things simple: no AC upgrade; nor power steering. It is a cruiser so open the windows, and manual steering when on the highway is no handicap. Around town though no power steering is a free gym membership.

Maggie BTW worries that the truck will be a money pit, but she does not see things my way that nice things cost money. She cheaps out in the end cheats herself.

I tend to not waste money and buy things that have “legs” and are durable. The money has to come from somewhere so I am cheap-cheap-cheap. Yes it is true that I do crazy things that are kinda bold and loud in a “Calzone-way.”

In the photo you can see 10x10 “The Pergola” that was mucho expensive due to Donald Trump tariffs. Also imagine how a craftsman style modest home (tiny house) was built in a Victorian styling, then understand that the original lap siding was stuccoed with “Pebble-Dash” to make a rather strange looking house that is mucho unusual with a crazy Victorian complicated roofline.

In the front we have a hundred year old Japanese Maple that has a trunk thicker than 24 inches that was savagely pruned, but now has thickened into a true monster.

The house I would describe as cute now, but when we bought it I understand why it went unloved. It suggests artists live here. Also know the country like feel and the remoteness being on the very edge of the “City” promotes my new hill-billy persona.

Glad to share my happiness with my friends. My neighbor has this expression, “One and done” that is the right attitude of doing things right and all the way without compromise. One and done describes my attitude and perhaps the reason why I am known for creating “Monsters.” LOL.

My neighbor would slam the truck to the ground and likely put a big motor with crazy low profile wheels. This would be on trend. Know that 1964-1966 C10’s pretty much only had cosmetic changes. My Fleetside should have rear backup lights because it is a 66, but because it lacks the 66 backup lights it looks like a 64.

Not shown in the photos is that the cab has a small rear window. The truck was not ordered with the “panoramic” rear window. The small rear window is mucho retro.

The only real upgrade/difference was that the standard base engine was a 250 Cubic Inch I-6 increased from 230 Ci.

It is doubtful that I would find another mucho clean truck at a great price that presents as great a value. Again to find an 2015 Audi A4 with 16K miles selling during a time of shortages for no money is lightning striking twice. The Baby-Victorian is yet another value investment.

In the decades ahead I have treasures that I accumulated. I have a rich life…

Cal

 

[Calzone]

These shots were “as delivered.” I washed the truck and now it is much cleaner.

Condition-condition-condition…

Cal

 

[Calzone]

Gorgeous truck!

Pete,

Many thanks.

Cal

 

[Nokton48]

Hey Cal,

Deer in the hedgeapple tree by Nokton48, on Flickr

They are quite good at balancing for a bit. To reach those juicy hedgeapple leaves. Recently we had fifteen deer laying down in our backyard, some snoozing..... They must feel comfortable LOL

Newborn Baby Deer in our backyard by Nokton48, on Flickr

Moma Deer left for a while, Baby waited patiently. We came back later, and gone! So all good.

 

[Calzone]

Hey Cal,

Deer in the hedgeapple tree by Nokton48, on Flickr

They are quite good at balancing for a bit. To reach those juicy hedgeapple leaves. Recently we had fifteen deer laying down in our backyard, some snoozing..... They must feel comfortable LOL

Newborn Baby Deer in our backyard by Nokton48, on Flickr

Moma Deer left for a while, Baby waited patiently. We came back later, and gone! So all good.

Devil Dan,

The country life is good.

I created a brush pile to encourage wildlife. The squirrels destroyed my oak forest I had in containers. I still have I think three seedlings they didn’t get to yet. Pretty much all I need.

For some reason it seems that we have more than our fair share of birds. I think they like our mulching and organic gardening, as well as the more feral parts of the yards.

Seems all my neighbors use gas mowers, which I don’t like either. Animals are smarter than you think. They know a safe place.

I can see the future in the C10. I’ll park it in the garage for a while and get ready to do a Calzone to it. I know Maggie might think I jumped the shark buying it, but I’m not an impatient Digital Influencer. “Time is the best weapon,” is a Chinese expression.

I’ll want to concentrate at the task at hand, and then I’ll fully enjoy the experience. No willy-Nelly action. I want to own and enjoy this truck for the many decades ahead.

In the future to “slam” the truck all that would be required are lower springs, wheels and tires. I think I will avoid slamming the truck as a tease and to annoy people like my neighbor. LOL.

“I am my own dog,” I say.

Cal

 

[Nokton48]

You have to strike when the iron is hot, as they say. Glad I grabbed what I could for low low prices. Now I have it all to enjoy.

If you slam it etc it will become dated later on IMO. Keep it resto original as the classic that it is. The color is cool I like it

 

[MrFujicaman]

Cal, a HEI also makes the truck easier to start in the winter. I wouldn't go with a carb...I'd get the Holley throttle body fuel injector.

 

[Calzone]

You have to strike when the iron is hot, as they say. Glad I grabbed what I could for low low prices. Now I have it all to enjoy.

If you slam it etc it will become dated later on IMO. Keep it resto original as the classic that it is. The color is cool I like it

Dan,

I agree that a slammed truck will be dated one day. Keep it practical a slightly lowered truck that has handles more like a car with independent suspension and disc brakes on all 4 wheels.

Hopefully I can keep the narrow OEM steel wheels with the dog dish hub caps when the disc brakes are installed.

Cal

 

[Calzone]

Cal, a HEI also makes the truck easier to start in the winter. I wouldn't go with a carb...I'd get the Holley throttle body fuel injector.

MFM,

I forgot about a throttle body fuel injection. Definitely a step for more efficiently and reliability. I can still use the Ophenhauser intake manifold.

I have to check the new below bed fuel tank. They sell a version for fuel injection. I believe it need a return line.

Cal

 

[MrFujicaman]

In the decades ahead I have treasures that I accumulated. I have a rich life

Cal[/QUOTE]

Yeah-but I've got the black Nikon F2 and you don't !

MFM

 

[Calzone]

In the decades ahead I have treasures that I accumulated. I have a rich life

Cal

Yeah-but I've got the black Nikon F2 and you don't !

MFM

[/QUOTE]

MFM,

If I won the lottery I’d get a F2 Titan. I like the size with a DE-2 Prism. Would be great with my Noct-Nikkor.

Snarky Joe has a stable of Black F2’s to torment me.

What keeps me from getting a F2 is my Leica SL2-MOT. I have a 50 Lux “E60,” a great lens.

The 50 “E60” and Noct-Nikkor also are great lenses for digital.

Cal

 

[Calzone]

Here is a link to “Maggie’s recent post: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CeRDEGeFoal/

Decided to store the C10 in the garage until next year. I need to get the house under control first.

Pretty much I want to concentrate on the truck and fully enjoy the experience.

Because the Chevy is so OEM any mods will be mild and will support efficiency, durability, and longevity. I figure headers, intake manifold, EFI, electronic ignition. Of course a valve job and seals to freshen up the top end.

Chassis wise a 2/4 drop (2 inch front drop spindles and a 4 inch drop in the rear to level the stance), first front disc brakes, and later additional rear disc brakes. I’ll keep the stock springs (no-slam) OEM steel narrow factory rims, and use the dog bowl hub caps.

There is value added because the truck is so untouched and is factory original. I don’t want to destroy that value because original trucks like mine are kinda rare. Also will keep all the factory OEM original parts so basically anything I do can be undone. Value added there also.

Kinda funny that the Audi A4, a compact car, weighs almost a hundred pounds more than a 1966 half ton longbed. Phil is correct that new vehicles are “bloated.”

Also using a Holley 390 CFM 4 barrel, a larger carb, will actually aid in fuel economy. An Offenhauser intake manifold is better at retaining low end torque than the Clifford Research intakes that favor higher horsepower higher in the RPM band.

I favor Tom Langdon cast iron headers. I had tube headers rust out, and they transmit and resonate more sound. I’m building for durability and any performance enhancement is secondary. I just want a durable old truck that cruises well. Over the long-long term I think value will be best retained. Also any serious hot fodder wants as close to a “blank-slate” to begin any project.

56 years (age of 1966 C10) plus 47 years ( my estimated life expectancy of 111 year) equals 103 years. How stubborn will it be to keep this truck until I die? Also know that the oldest man alive is some Japanese man who is 115. I don’t know if he had another birthday, but if so then he is 116.

Anyways I’ a contender for the oldest man alive if Maggie does not kill me first. LOL.

Anyways Maggie likes the idea that I’m putting the truck on the back burner, but in a bait and switch kinda way this allows me to plan and spend my money “once” so it gets built with “legs.”

I know from my 84 Scrambler that one must get all the materials on hand and have a plan of attack. Best to be free of distraction and conflict with the house.

The truck in the garage is a mucho tight fit. It would be a disaster if the truck was too long.

Cal

 

[Range-rover]

That's a nice Truck, good luck with it Cal. I like old stuff too!

 

[jsrockit]

You picked a nice one Cal... now, where are we on that 8x10" Ebony?

 

[Nokton48]

What keeps me from getting a F2 is my Leica SL2-MOT.
Cal

When I worked at Columbus Camera Group, as an Architectural Major at OSU, I sold Nikons and Leicaflex SLMots by the score. I specialized in Leica and large format and you name it we had it. Kinda like the Lens and Repro of Ohio LOL

002 by Nokton48, on Flickr

I am glad I grabbed these two Minolta SRM's. You can drive nails with these things. Some day I will get the 250 Exposure Back I have for these rolling again.

The 58mm F1.2 MC Rokkor is a serious cult lens. No wonder Leica teamed up with Minolta

 

[Calzone]

You picked a nice one Cal... now, where are we on that 8x10" Ebony?

John,

The truck kinda fell from heaven. It picked me. In fact the seller wanted to sell to me because he would see it around and he knew I was into cars. The seller also lives in Peekskill.

“Maggie” and I on one of our after dinner walks did that video, and the next thing we know we see the for sale sign go up on this truck we admired sitting at a wheel alignment shop about a mile from our house.

It was as if divine intervention happened.

I think you would shoot these old houses I photograph that oddly have storefronts as additions here in the burbs. Kinda ghetto and odd, but work from home is an old idea.

Retirement is a bit over rated. I’m working harder than ever, and I am mucho busy.

“Maggie” gave a talk tonight to aid the Peekskill Library. Met a woman who was a partner at D-Luoit, the accounting firm, but also formally was the Mayor of Peekskill right after the housing crisis.

Cal

 

[Calzone]

When I worked at Columbus Camera Group, as an Architectural Major at OSU, I sold Nikons and Leicaflex SLMots by the score. I specialized in Leica and large format and you name it we had it. Kinda like the Lens and Repro of Ohio LOL

002 by Nokton48, on Flickr

I am glad I grabbed these two Minolta SRM's. You can drive nails with these things. Some day I will get the 250 Exposure Back I have for these rolling again.

The 58mm F1.2 MC Rokkor is a serious cult lens. No wonder Leica teamed up with Minolta

Devil Dan,

58/1.2 seems just like a Noct-Nikkor. Any hand ground ASPH glass? Low comma?

Cal

 

[Calzone]

Sunday June 12th is some Mountain Bike Festival that happens every year at Blue Mountain Preserve.

I’ll be hooking up with our friend Ignacio from the Bronx and some of Ignacio’s crew.

My friend A.J. Is a local bike shop owner, but back in the day he was a mountain bike downhill pro. How crazy is that?

Cal

 

[Calzone]

That's a nice Truck, good luck with it Cal. I like old stuff too!

Bob,

One of “Maggie’s” followers called the C10 the “Passion Wagon.” I might call it the “Green Monster,” but I have to come up with a cool name for the truck.

Kinda rare to find a truck of this age that is so original and OEM. A bit like a time machine.

Oddly it is a 66 C10, but without backup lights. Pretty much it looks like a 1964 because other than the larger 250 Ci engine (1964 had a 230Ci engine as the base engine) because of the missing back up lights it otherwise looks exactly like a 1964 cosmetically.

1964-1966 C10’s other than the different base engine on the 1966 are pretty much the same for all three years. This makes 1964-1966 year sell supported by the aftermarket. The aftermarket is strong because of the economies of scale. Some years like 1963 are not so well supported and parts are expensive.

My base engine also was made from 1966 into the late 80’s. Again economy of scale…

Cal

 

[Calzone]

Devil Dan,

I imagine if I worked in a camera store I might be the world’s biggest camera nerd. I would have a camera junkyard and build all kinds of mucho crazy cameras.

Call me D.J. For “Dan-Junior.” LOL.

Cal