Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

I think the little van is pretty cool and you could haul all your interesting finds in there .

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

Hi John,

They really are very small, but perfect at the same time.

I hope that I can get to buy it.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

I wish you luck on getting it ,on another note are you finally feeling better ?

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

Cool little van. I like the Tiki style someone suggested

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

Yesterday and today in bed.
This thing really just wants rest.
Not even seeing Katy this weekend

Tiki style is very good, or woody style wagon with stick on vinyl wood .




Photo shoppers............ have your way with it.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...s4hutjjl0.jpeg

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http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psmzlawtfv.png


Thinking all sorts of stuff.

One of the ideas is race support or pit crew car.

Some liveries from the past.

Can be done with rattle can, vinyl, wrap and stickers.


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psfbuzgle1.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pscoyy1brt.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psbfwpq5ce.jpg


Other ideas.

Keeping in mind the car has to retain its base dark blue paint.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

Ups and Downs and more of them....... Life is good.


This is what makes us what we are.


Thankfully in my world the various forums and friends I frequent keeps my sanity on a level plane.


So what do you do when life hands you a bucket of lemons?? Of course, you drink tequila.


I have been looking for a distraction that could be a tool as well for weeks, if not months.


This week I was interested in a 4.3 litre V6 Chevy S10 truck at sensible money in the U.K. Not a lot of them about at sensible money. Unfortunately it has had a bit of a chequered history and when I started asking the seller some questions, the answers to which I did not necessarily subscribe to, next thing he goes quiet, then I get a text that someone has offered him £500.00 more than the number he had offered it to me for........ I suspect it will be on EBay soon.

Anyway, Some of you know I have random, eclectic taste and next thing I looked at, after mates like Paul Y, CraigRK, Martin and others tried to rattle my wallet with various finds all over the world (literally) was a cheap Facebook trade page car.

I started this thread to find out more on various forums and learned enough to decide to go look at the car today, after speaking to the seller who is the second owner only, having bought it a year ago from the first owner.........

Thread: http://retrorides.proboards.com/thre...tispace-bought

So this was the ad.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psxw8ae4re.png

2001 model Citroen Berlingo Multispace in 1400cc petrol guise. A rip snorting 75bhp from the factory.

This car came with a full length electric sunroof.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pso8xp5y6g.png


I called on mate Martin, always game, like me for any road trip, so this morning after his lady went to work, we walked his dog, then hit the road to go look at the car.

By 09.00 we pulled up in the yard where the car was stored.
Seller a really nice guy, chatted, looked around the car, then took it for a quick test run.
A few small issues, all within the realm of a small car for cheap bicycle money.

It seems it has had a load of attention over time, new tyres, exhaust, battery and steering parts as well as a timing belt about 4 yeas or 25k miles ago.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pswb1jjvze.jpg

The brakes suck and need investigating. Probably pads, discs etc, but it seems they are reasonably cheap as well.
The drivers seat is in need of replacement in my world, still good but not good enough.

Back seats fold forward in two phases making for a large load area, and of course if you open the roof you could have 5 meter lengths of timber stacked through to the rear.

Electric sunroof is a pleasure to open and allow to fold back on itself.

Martin's drive was about 15 miles and my first drive about 30 miles and we both agreed that it is just a lovely little thing.

Having done only 86150 miles, confirmed by its MOT history, it maintains legal speeds easily up and downhill.

The seller told us when we got there that the radio/cd player was wired in in such a way that you needed to pull the removable face off it when you parked up in order to switch off the dash lights...........

So at Martin's place, before even going indoors, he was straight into it and pulled the head unit out the dash.
This car has a CanBus wiring system......

Less said the better.

After an hour of trying to figure out the why and how of some clearly expert radio fitter, I ordered an ISO Lead off eBay which should help resolve the weird setup and fix all of this mess.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psm7i5mgkl.jpg

Current shoes......... on steelies with painted hubcaps. Nothing wrong with them.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps93b8ytv2.jpg

However.....

Been offered a set of Saxo VTR wheels with 5 year old 185/65-14" wheels for £40.00

Even without the tyres, I like them.

Kind of reminds me of the NASCAR wheels on mate Dennis in St Louis, Missouri's race trucks.

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


So I bring you my own version of Prozac for my Soul.

I need a bit of distraction right now.

This little van should give me some of that.

Modification direction is not yet established, so happy for advice, input and ideas.

I like the Tiki surf wagon or Woody look, but also race support vehicle look.

Black rims are cool, and Gold will contrast more......... what to do? Photoshop?

I will be back with more photos tomorrow once I have given the van a look over.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psfybabz0o.jpg

Lastly, I thought that being a quirky tool I would rummage in the key ring box and find something interesting


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psiyy9d6ko.jpg


Hope you approve.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

Congrats. on your new van/wagon.
Can't wait to see what you do with it.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

:metal: Great parts fetcher!!

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

I like it .

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

Thanks guys.

It will have to tell me what it wants.

But I am loving it.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

Something interesting from UKGSER

Copy and paste.




I will update on the Prozac-Mobile when I get time, hopefully tonight.

Back to work today.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

like your new ride, should be cheap to motor around in and haul all your stuff.
also it sounds like you're finally feeling better.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

Hi Clem,

I love it a lot. It has grown on me really fast.

And yes, feeling better. Not completely back, but much much better. This thing has really beaten me up for a while.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

So Sunday I looked it over a bit.

I always like to just get a feel for stuff.

Mechanically I am not at all the sharpest wrench in the toolbox.

Anyway, some pics to speak for themselves.

The drivers seat is past it's best, but is still very much functional.

Forward view is great.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps2slxyjf5.jpg

Tailgate inner panel, rear wiper and its motor missing.

Interesting repair.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pslg54urha.jpg

Underside really clean for 16 years.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pskezevuo3.jpg

Rear brake proportioning valve and its actuator was seized solid.

Long screwdriver, some WD40 and 10 minutes later that was loose.

HOWEVER....... The return spring is hanging loose, so I will need to figure that out some time.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps5c1y3duu.jpg

Front brake discs look rough as hell, but pads are thick.

Brakes work fine but I suspect new parts would work too.

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

Inner side of disc.

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

Passenger side on the inside, not even full surface contact.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psod7g05az.jpg

I took off the one rear wheel, but the drum was solid on it and I did not want to use a load of force, so no idea what goes on, on the inside. A job for another day.

Then I drove over tomAndy's place in Gravesend to buy the Saxo VTR wheels off him, the tyres are shagged, but Scot (Jabbo) agreed to remove the tyres for me, so that I can clean up and paint the wheels before moving the tyres from my existing steel wheels onto the alloys.

Andy drives a Berlingo Van.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psfuq6ekeq.jpg

Wheels in.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps7rutgbu5.jpg

I also bought 16 new wheel bolts for alloy wheels from Andy.

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

That's was Sunday.

At this point I had already done over 100 miles in the car and it put a big grin on my face.

Perfect.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

Rian,where was the van built at ,never heard of them before ? The brake discs do look pretty rough but they may be able to be turned .

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

Citroen is a French car.

Part of Peugeot, Renault etc.

No idea where it was assembled.

Loads of small cars in Europe because cities have 700 year old streets that are narrow and winding.


Right....


A quick bunch of photos I took on Saturday on the way home, overlooking the Thames river to Essex.


Video splicing and make up by mate CraigRK and thanks to Martin for helping me get it back to my place.

VIDEO



Photos. Because we like photos.


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Pop out side windows. Basic but fine.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psw01ycmoe.jpg

Deceptively large. Especially when the rear seats are rolled forward.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps0aaf9l8y.jpg

Full length sunroof feels really ofd initially

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

Thats it for now.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

Rian,loved the video ,the little van is just cool ,that truck going thru that narrow driveway was scary close .Thanks for sharing with us across the pond .

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

Always a pleasure John.

I post up stuff like that as I know you guys would not see them.

I only ever drove the truck down that way face first once.

Since then I only reverse it, as it's easier to reverse and then come out head first.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

Temptation alert.

Andy offered me some 8' timber planks. Shed anyone?

Was going to offer it to Mickey but thought that maybe I should build a garden tool shed under the pine tree in the garden.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps83j55awe.jpg

Looks like the weather is turning too.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psujra9wkr.jpg

Harley really did a good tour of the van on Sunday too. Never got a photo but exhaustion saw her settle in the study later.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psvuqzt6d4.jpg

Andy who sold me the VTR wheels and new wheel bolts also has a Berlingo van. He identified that the rear silencer was missing a support strap.
I went to look tonight and found this bodge.

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

Kwik Fit telephonic quote was £135.00 fitted.

Not impressed, I searched and found a cheaper DIY alternative.

Under £40.00 including delivery.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pshxschfnm.png

Because when you wriggle the tailpipe with your toe around the rear wheel you see part of the problem.

I am not going to try weld it up.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psy0txoup6.jpg

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

Looks a great fun little parts hauler. For my two penneth I vote white for the wheels, my second vote would be gold :thumbs: (it's that World Rally thing)

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

May have to disappoint you and others......

Will probably be black. In order to go with a theme that is spinning around in my head.

Who knows...?

However, Gold is a great choice.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

The thing with these European cars and vans are parts are very cheap to buy as they often all share the same platform so discs are probably only £40 the pair

The German cars however are slightly more expensive for parts due to them being generally more expensive to buy IE . Audi , Mercedes , Porsche and VW .

In case you are interested check out the link

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_Berlingo

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psibyv30tr.png

Maybe not in the direction I am thinking.

But I do like the combination.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

Some pretty cool stuff in that link .Cant say the Gold turns me on though.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
 

This may be the better way to go....... for the wheels.


Black or dark anthracite. Like what was on my old MX5 roof or wheels.


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psa8691ec6.jpg


I also took the van out to fill it up late afternoon........

Service with a smile as standard.

Bradfords Garage, they still work the forecourt and frown on self service.

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

Looked at replacing the discs and pads. But decided to see what a bit of road use will do to them first.

Bosch brake system, typically the most costly option, thankfully there are 30% and 50% discount vouchers online this weekend.

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

Just before dark I buffed up all the plastics as well as polishing the scuffs from the first owners use.

Removed the Italian flag and replaced it with this on the rear.


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psk1dhxpcz.jpg