Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Well I got home from work and went straight to the garage. The first job was to cut down the repair panel so the join is under the rocker panel . That way no filler is required over the join

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psb45da2e4.jpg

Once marked it was then cut to match the cut on the repair section

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...pse1c1bd47.jpg

Next was to offer up the repair section

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps83070fe2.jpg

Once lined up it was out with the welder

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psbe83ce04.jpg

After welding it in place I offered up the rocker panel with no sign of a repair section fitted

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps9b99d15f.jpg

Job done

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Looks good Martin

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Great Progress Mate!!!:metal:

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

We'll I got a little bit more done this afternoon. After I got all the usual jobs done Saturday morning . I went into the garage and got the inner rocker and floor section welded in. Another step nearer if only a small one

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psbfd5cd30.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...pse999dbf2.jpg

Next step is to turn it back over hang the door and fit the outer rocker . Then start all over again on the other side

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Looks very nice ,I wish I had that talent .

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Progress is progress...:uhmk:

When's the Essex meet?:mm:

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Posting this for Rian and his mates...:metal: Rian's wife called them 4 of the 7 dwarfs...:lol:
This was taken just at the Swap Meet in Essex before the gates owned and the spending ensued...:uhmk:
Rian will post more of the results later…

Not sure of the order, but the pic includes, Rian, Kerry, Jim and Martin...

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

I was tempted not to post up these pics as requested, as Martin would rather search out all the Cherry Bargains than take photos........:mm::mm::mm::lol:

Thanks to Don for posting up the early pic I texted through to him.

Mate Martin, Disasterbus and Jim and I met up early today to go seek bargains for our vehcles.

Spured on by all the bargains he got last year, including a door for his truck at £100.00, new front screen rubber for a tenner and a full new cab mount rubber kit for £35.00 we all had our skates on.


And it was Martin who drew first blood with a lovely pair of old skool bullet shaped chrome lights, with interchangeable clear or red lenses.

Through the day we all found real bargains and items we wanted or needed.

Kerry, Disasterbus got a brand new full rear rollpan for his truck at £40.00, that he will probably bring over soon, to weld up and probably paint at my place. He also picked up a lovely old sideplate sized V8 hubcap for garage art.

My bargain of the day was a pair of 2.5" used stainless tailpiece tips that took me an hour or more to clean up with metal polish. Not perfect, as I really wanted a set of square/rectangular Range Rover type tips. But at £10.00 for the pair, I had to have them.

Here then are the pics, as they came off my mobile phone camera.

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http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psl5bbdacv.jpg

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http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psy2i2cy9x.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps1dnqro8v.jpg

I have also wanted a pair of bumper over riders as long as I have had the truck, this vendor was prepared to let me have these for £25.00 although they are Pre-60 items, and if I could make them fit, I would then have to get them chromed, so the voice of reasoning suggested I wait till I find a pair of chromed ones, so I walked away.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psmcu3xuhd.jpg

Dead cool hearse, sounded rather nice and quietly menacing when it drove by later.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psqizdctkv.jpg

I think I would like one of these.......

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psqd9zadw5.jpg

At that price I ask myself, what did the seller pay for it and to land it here?

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pscxblldnn.jpg

TECHNOLOGY !! LOVE IT !!

Martin Googling some pics to show Disasterbus what his Stepside would look like with a rear rollpan fitted.

Of course that made the decision easy.

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http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pscfjeyevo.jpg

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http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps5xbpgmwn.jpg

60-66 Chevy C10's seem to be suddenly picking up in presence and value. Good news for all owners I guess.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps5cpe6rk8.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psftyyli4k.jpg

Another C10. Read description.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psucizkwh0.jpg

OHHHHH HOW I WANT ONE OF THESE.

Never seen one of them before, no idea what they are called.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psbqo3c9k7.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pswkdxjdeh.jpg

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http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psyopl9ah9.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pszgaqmodp.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psgtxzqwld.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psdevpnft7.jpg

Chevy Power in a Ford.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pss2lyl50b.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psh6vptnqh.jpg

Quite like these.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pshfj6qzjk.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pstuzn0gsd.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psevgeoepi.jpg

This was just perfectly understated and clean.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psbyljnx1t.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pszzoizpvp.jpg

There were many more, and a few nice cars that I missed for various reasons.

Again a great Swapmeet, meeting old mates and finding bits needed for builds.

Just needed to be warmer.

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No wonder I cant find anything at swapmeets ,its all over there .Im going to try my best to get to a meet this weekend to sell a few parts I dont need .Thanks for the pics .

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We do get a good turn out at this meet. The American and hot rod seen in the UK is quite large . But it was definitely a lot warmer when I went to the NSRA swap meet and show in Tampa last October

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Well this is the my little haul . Not as good as last year but still ok . Like Rian I got at shirt (note to one self make sure not to wear it at the same time) Some small cutting discs, a set of Allen key sockets, and two circular hole cutters and best of all two small chrome lamps with interchangeable lenses White or red to fill I the holes in the rear bumper .

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psdd7ce69f.jpg

While at the show I got a text from an eBay seller. I had bid and won on a push bike £25 very cheep for a Marin 21 speed mountain bike . So after Rian had left my house myself and Amanda took a drive down to Dover to collect it

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps1e2d35b0.jpg

So a good day had by all

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Nice score in Essex and on the bike as well...:metal:

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Decal ordered mate, will chat when I hear from him...

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Thanks again Don speak to you soon

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

You want some new tyres for that Marin MTB Martin? I have a pile of spare 26" knobblies in the shed

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

That would be great thanks Kerry

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wooot :metal:

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Waiting for your report on today's SUPER JEALOUSY INDUCING SCORE........

Oh, and speaking of score..... What about yesterday's score??

Post up man, we are waiting.

Knobblies on your bike??
Hmmmm..... You know Amanda will take it off you.

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Well I scored this yesterday . At a dealers it's amazing what goes in the metal skip . Rian was proud of me . Last time it was a tow bar for his truck this time it might be a rear bumper for Kerry

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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Well yesterday I got a call from a customer, that I had previously done the adaptions to his car . He informed me that it was going back to the dealers to be exchanged for a new one . As it was now three years old and the lease was up . After a chat he informed me that the supplying dealers had booked the adaptations with another company and he wasn't very happy with there service . I have done his last three cars for him, so he asked if I would remove the old hand controls as he may need them for a project . The electric handbrake fitted to the car he didn't need so if I removed it I could keep it . So I removed the unit and put the car back to standard . Once I had finished I had a chat with Rob the owner and told him about Russell's play station controls . It looks like he may have a new use for the hand controls I removed after all . Looks like I may be building another play station seat again

This is the electric park brake I removed the plan is to fit it on the truck so no more knee nocking and my polished steering coloum will look nice and neat

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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Great score there Martin.

I know they cost a lot of money, but a push button handbrake is really going to clean up, but also be a cool addition to the build.

I found you this clip, knowing you want a spot welder.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrlvqib94xQ

How about building one for less than $10.00?

But you have to look out on bin day for a broken, or discarded microwave oven.

The rest of it, oncluding woodwork, we can do here.

Redneck engineering with a twist.

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Awesome Score...:metal:
Microwave Oven Spot Welder, Noooo, that's not redneck...:haha:

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Well today's job was to go to the local Nissan dealer and fit the hand controls to Russell's new road and track car . It's a Nissan GTR NISMO . If only I could get away with putting the engine in the back of the van for the truck .

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psd390888e.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps31639ba2.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps66d04309.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psf0fa73a9.jpg

If you get 5 minutes look up the speciations of the GTR NISMO

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

So, Do you get to test drive???:uhmk:

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

I have driven a GTR before Don as I had to take it to our work shop, that's about 80 miles away. What you have to realise is that when we do adaptations at the dealers they are on brand new cars , and when you weigh up the risk of taking them for a spin against what you earn ie $300 for fitting them, against say a stone chip in the front screen or worse the paint it's not worth it . We get a lot of work because we go to the dealers to do the job eradicating the risk of them having to drive it to our workshop for the work to be done . They like us have to weigh up the risk factors as well . You have to think how busy London and the South East is and the state of the roads, with just sheer volume of traffic to see the reasoning behind it .

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I'm not a fan of Japanese cars but this is one sick car. A friend at works Brother in Law has one. All wheel drive plus turbo. Lots of fun. I can't imagine driving one with only hand controls though.

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Well today I had to go and fit a hoist in the back of a Ford Explorer (kuga) in the UK . Once I had finished the job I called George , as he only lived a 15 minute drive from the job . Now let me explain who George is . When I used to manage a car body repairs, George was one of the employees that had been there longer than anybody else and with a wealth of experience . Being retired for over eight years now he spends most of his time playing in his blue grass band and repairing string instruments , including making banjos that he plays . So when he offered to repair my front grill I was very pleased . So I called in to see how he had got on . Well all I can say was wow most of the big dents had been knocked out and he was starting to work on the smaller ones . While I was there he also found an air chisel to give me . He has already given me an air sander , an electric rattle gun, an air saw and best of all the electric nibbler as seen in earlier posts

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psc81816e3.jpg

And no he wasn't using the air chisel on the grill

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

It's good to find /know folks like George. I love watching these guys work, hoping som,e of their knowledge and skills will osmosis themselves to me.

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Yes Bill
I don't know about America but in the UK . A lot of the skilled workers of a certain age are all retiring . The younger lads don't want to go into auto body repairs . They can earn more money sooner by going into retail or computers . The trouble is with auto body repairs,you have to do an apprenticeship,so the money isn't that good at the start . At an early age you want the best pay you can get as soon as possible not in three years time .

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Hats off to George… :metal:

In my business, 25 years ago when I started out apprentices had to learn the ropes with no pay involved, lots of sweeping, mopping, and cleaning first… then off to the drawing and tracing, then we even learned needle making… most new tattooists nowadays wouldn't know how to put a needle grouping together to save their own lives., Rant over…:m6:

Enjoy and glad to see the grille shaping up...:mm:

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Quick road trip this evening after work to collect some eBay wins for Grizz and Martin as the seller was closer to me than either of them and shipping was expensive.
I’ve roped them into helping me do a few jobs on my truck this weekend so I’ll deliver them to Grizz’s place when I pop up there for a C-10 working party on Saturday morning.
The seller was a really nice guy called Mike who happens to own this beauty.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...psej3dghp2.jpg
He’s not on here (yet) but I’ve told him what a cool and friendly place this is so hopefully he’ll sign up and we will see a bit more of his ’66 truck.

Anyway, boxes of goodies on the way to Martin and Rian………….
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...psfgvh3ulx.jpg

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Cheers Kerry for colecting our parts look forward to seeing you on Saturday hope the weather holds out for us . With Rian's friend Ian doing all the cooking on the bbq should be a good day .

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

No dang wonder trucks are getting so hard to find ,ya'll are trying to corner the market on them over there ,that is sharp .I hope he does join the forum so we can see more of it .

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Sounds like a fun day...:mm:

me too...:chevy:

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Wrapped up, new bolts, assembled and packed away.

Not bad for an amalgam of Jeep Cherokee and Mercedes A Class tow bars.

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Remember the kart frame I bought last year?

Meet my crashed 2005 Honda CG125 with only 14k miles, and a bent, buckled front end. Think marriage or Frankenstein.

Bought off Martin's step son who crashed it at recovery/scrap value, it will be stashed in the garage till the right time.

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Today was booked at my place for Kerry, Disasterbus and Martin to come over so we could do some jobs to Kerry's Patina 64 Short Stepper.

Kerry had picked up our spares earlier this week including my pair of expensive but on inspection really good vent or quarter windows. Today he swung by Martin's place to pick up the little buckled Honda for me on their way over here.

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So when they got here, I had Kerry reverse his truck and the bike down the drive, then we all had a cuppa tea and a chat, followed by unloading the bike and all the parts n bits Kerry and Martin had brought along.

One of the planned jobs was to weld in the rear roll pan bought at the NHRA Swapmeet recently.
But before that happened Kerry needed to try out the Ford side step that Martin had managed to rescue from a skip a few weeks ago as a potential rear bumper.

As it was before.

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A lot to be said for car ramps.

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Something useful from Ford.

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Some cutting, twice......

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Got the bumper to size and gave Martin some toys.

Modifying Kerry's straight six, which is soooooo sweet !!

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Later on we were joined by MercDan and his petrol head son George, Ian our former housemate, and Mickey next door were all here.
Ian's main job was to do all the cooking, he is an accomplished "Tong Master" and managed the BBQ brilliantly.
Through the day, we were joined by Ta2Don traveling across America, so everyone did a Hallo to Don here.

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Don and JoJo doing backseat driving duties.

Somewhere along Interstate 81 in Salem, Virginia.

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Later, passing a Tennessee flag, about an hour West of Knoxville.

Just love technology......

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In the mean time, Ian carried on with the cooking duties.

At some point we all poured into the house and scoffed ourselves stupid on three types of sausages, spicy chicken wings, pork belly, chilli chicken breast strips and rolls..... A proper mans BBQ.

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After lunch we carried on with various jobs, electrical mainly, Martin sorting a load of bad connections, and fitting new switches in the cab etc.

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Kerry fixed and fitted the rear bumper.


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And finally the highlight of the day........ New lights under the bumper as well.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pseevjtvnp.jpg

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Well my day started at 7am getting Michael's bike ready and the vehicles out of the way for Kerry to turn up at 8am . Rian had asked me what we were going to do with it , as Michael had passed his motorcycle test on the Wednesday. I had gone and collected him a bigger bike on Thursday , due to the rules after passing his test he is able to progress to a larger bike . So there was no point in mending the small Honda . Rian wanted the engine for his cart frame so Kerry being the nice bloke that he is and passing my house on the way to Rian's had agreed to collect it for Rian . These trucks do come in handy

The replacement I collected

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Kerry reversed onto my drive ready to load. The damaged little Honda

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Bike all loaded up ready to take to Rian's house

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Once we turned up at Rian's house Kerry found it a little tighter to reverse onto his drive than mine

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps601810db.jpg

After getting the Crome side step out of a ford main dealers skip it's amazing what can be achieved . The little lights fitted to the rear I had purchased at the swop meet earlier in the year looked so good on the back of Kerry's truck, that he twisted my arm to sell them to him , as they looked better on his truck than mine . So it's back to hunting for something to fill those bumper holes .

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Saw this.........

Thought I would just leave it here.

http://imagehosting.rodsnsods.co.uk/...6ab8197bf8.jpg

http://imagehosting.rodsnsods.co.uk/...6ab7e28f4f.jpg

YES...... It is a 59 Fleetside, but just an idea.

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Its Purty .

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Diggin' the Seat...:mm:

Grizz tells me I'm a Bad, Bad Man...:lol:

Here ya go Mates...:metal: Daniel is sending more pics...:mm:

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No more pics yet, but this was in a PM earlier...

Some one has patched up the floors, needs rockers,cab corners, and cab supports.