Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB
 

Thanks for the photo's Martin (Mr Bloodhound)

Hi Paul, no problem, just gutted that you get to use all the wood you cut up today in your two wood burners.

I think that you are right, the truck sits low, but everything is do-able. And yes, speed humps do suck.

Tea and biccies always on the go here..... I have a very good wife.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB
 

Was chatting to Ta2Don around 23.15 on FaceTime about patching the speaker holes and also cutting out the crease down the passenger door and letting in fresh metal....... So went to the garage to photograph and measure the damage, when Don said "Lookey what I have here for you."

Being quick on the old camera finger, I took a screenshot pic.

Can you tell what it is yet??

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps8a1b40b7.jpg

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB
 

Rian I am doing the white as you , but also my grille and bumpers will be white as well as the frontend eyebrows. I want my paint as close to original ad I can get it

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB
 

Almost midnight here......

Because my truck is not standard at all, I will be looking for a colour that appeals to me Bret,

I like the idea of the white behind the grille too.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB
 

Spent from 09.00 to 17.30 at mate Martin's today......

On the way there, I stopped at a guys house who had replied to my Freecycle request for old Imperial sized spanners, he had actually recently thrown this lot into a shopping bag, ready for his next trip to the tip, then my email came by...... Perfect.

So I still need to see what he gave me, and also to clean them all up, but hey..... More of the right sized sockets and extensions cannot be a bad thing.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps2bce7ccf.jpg

At Martin's, this was part of what greeted me.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps6a3d57f4.jpg

Much prepping, cutting and time spent, and little to show for it.


http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psf88e644c.jpg

More cutting, grinding, swearing (at Martin) later..... Some welding

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps8c00166b.jpg

Made some templates, cut them out of a Ford Transit side panel with the nibbles Martin got from George and have more to do, but started seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

I also brought home some work to do here, to make a replacement panel for this piece.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps8151fe7d.jpg


This is sooooo rotten.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps58a9a855.jpg

Ohhh, and one more side panel made today.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps96902892.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psb32393a5.jpg


Whoever said this was going to be quick or easy??

Thanks for checking in.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB
 

Teamwork and Great Friends...:metal:

Looks like you need those clamps...:mm:;)
They'll be on their way soon...:uhmk:

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB
 

…almost forgot… Free Tools!!!:metal::metal::metal:

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB
 

Hi Rian, followed your advise and registered on here :-)

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB
 

Welcome mate.

You realise that you will have to start a comprehensive build thread with many photos on here??

The guys like photos.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB
 

:hi: and Welcome aboard...:mm:

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB
 

Welcome to the thread I think you may have been given my number by Paul the guy you got the truck off

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB
 

Drop those tools in some vinegar Rian. When They come out you can paint them and they will be good as new.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB
 

Rian,

How about this for an interior idea. I like the small things chromed. Maybe no the glove box.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7572/...caf3eee0_b.jpg10690077_10152488578126249_2261293490330881840_n by bjohnson388, on Flickr

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB
 

You need to explain this a bit more Bret, I have heard about it, but never tried it.

These are chromed, well, they were chromed at some point.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB
 

As I am building up credits for my trucks rewire and new EZ Wiring harness to be fitted by Martin when the time comes, I thought it prudent to get on with my latest punishment.

Came home tonight and thought I would give making the next panel for mate Martin's truck a go.

My piece of railway line that Woodsie got me years ago, again came in really handy. Can you say ANVIL ??

So using the sharp top curved edge, I started to bend the edge over.

Of course putting a curve at 90' to an existing flat surface, meant the plate started curling up like the "Fortune telling fish" you get in Christmas crackers.

So I took the hacksaw and cut slits in the edge of the curve, managing to complete the fold over.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psb7f93862.jpg

Then drilled in the mounting hole for the fender in the plate. Using the step drills Ta2Don sent me last year.

Amazing tools they are.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psd0646a11.jpg

Next up I cut the lip back by about 8mm to get it to loser to the size needed on the truck.

Then I welded all the cuts back together........ Using my mobile to get one of the best ever action pics in my opinion.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps783eb47a.jpg

Then into the woodwork shed, to use my linisher to work it back to smooth and flat, flush.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps77da85f8.jpg


Finished product, ready to be welded back into the fire wall.


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psa9a9afd0.jpg

Even if I say so, I am starting to enjoy this thing.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB
 

Thanks Rian I think you have more than enough credits already.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB
 

Never enough credits, if you were to believe the girl you supply with Super Glue mate.


Always looking at re-purposing stuff I see.

Saw this skip today. On closer inspection it yielded a bunch of large heavy duty extruded plastic "trays" which I immediately saw as perfect receptacles for the parts that I strip off the truck, or even in the garage loft as tidy storage.
They have some extruded pieces inside with Velcro straps that seem to be set with double sided tape, not yet investigated fully.

Anyway, I feel another big waste if not scooped up......


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psd56a3018.jpg

Size perspective.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psbefeb7fe.jpg

Saw this somewhere before, and just rediscovered it again today,

I do hope that someone helps her realise more than the declared value, should I bite the bullet.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps13e8a265.jpg

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

nice fab work on the cowl piece... and it always fun when you can make nice stuff or save useful stuff from the trash. good going rian.

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

Hi Rian just finished reading the two build threads, I'm inspired to do one myself! That sign reminds me of a one I once saw which said (something like) " when explaining the cost of the parts you just bought to your wife remember, always tell the truth......... Even if you have to make it up"
Cheers Ian

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

Well, Now you owe me a new iPad keyboard..........

Just spat my coffee all over the place :mm:;);)

Martin is over here to drop some of my tools, and to pick up some others and Nicola is in the lounge with us..... I read the quote to her, and her casual reply was "You know it applies to shoes and handbags too?"

Welcome to the best board for our trucks.

I think it will be good for you to start a thread on your truck too, you have been working against the odds too.

Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB
 

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps86427033.jpg

The plan is to use them and some more 1/4 inch angle iron or wide flat bar to make the mounting irons for the new bumper to fit to, and then to also create a new towbar mount with a removable tow ball.

A few minutes with a flap wheel and most of the chrome on it came back with years worth of crud flying off.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psb401b2ef.jpg


Remember this???

Picked up a free Mercedes Benz A Class tow bar today.

May just be right to incorporate into the trucks new tow hitch.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps173f5ae1.jpg

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

Free sure offsets the cost of getting bits from this side of the pond! :mm:

Cheers Mate!!! :metal:

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

:agree:

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

THIS....^^^^^ is very true guys.

And having Nicola along for the ride, and approving my purchases from the side line (she will never stop me doing stuff, but I respect her for it, and our relationship comes way before the truck) is a blessing too.
So making sure I stretch my Dollars/Pounds a bit further just makes it a bit easier.

OF COURSE ALL OF THIS IS SUPPORTED BY VARIOUS OF YOU GUYS IN THE USA HELPING IN VARIOUS WAYS.


SO A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ARE BUILDING MY TRUCK !!

Ta2Don needs a special mention as his address and credit card is often Martin's and my saving grace when certain companies like Top Banana will not post to the UK, so he buys on our behalf, has parts shipped to his place in Arkansas, and then either repacks, or directly reposts to us, after which we get to PayPal him the funds for our purchases. Of course added shipping costs and duties do not make it easier cost wise, but we can at least build our trucks.

I do the same for guys in Germany, and South Africa and the USA who build weird stuff with no support where they are. Like this BSA Bantam where the parcel was posted end August last year and got delivered yesterday....... http://www.wilddog.za.net/forum/inde...topic=155455.0
My home address is a delivery address for many guys in Europe for their EBay purchases.

It is what makes this world go around.

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

Hi Rian,

It looks like you're building one of these? This is the one that came off my C10, it "quite sturdy":). Would be ideal for towing oil rigs and the like, you're welcome to it if it's any good to you, we'll just need to figure out how to move it south.

Cheers
Ian

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

Hi Ian,

Thank you for the offer, but I need to create a way to mount the new chrome 67-72 rear bumper, as well as a removable tow ball.

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

Pimpston65 saw the state of my ashtray front recently and then sent me a perfect one from his personal collection, refusing any payment.

Thank you very much mate. Hopefully I can pay it forward soon.


NOT SURE, BUT IT SEEMS THE SYSTEM IS TURNING PHOTOS UPSIDE DOWN AGAIN FOR NO REASON.... GRRRRRRRR!!


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps96b28e9d.jpg


Also came home to another A4 Manila envelope today, opening it and expecting some drivel from work, I was pleasantly surprised to find two copies of the original electrical wiring diagram for the truck for Martin and I from Kerry "Disasterbus"

Going to be useful when the truck gets its new EZ wiring harness.
!

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps2f89fc51.jpg


I started to look at fitting the Mercedes Benz tow bar to the truck when the new 67-72 rear bumper arrives.

I just need to either find out, or figure out what the spacing is from the body to the bumper, and also the spacing of the mounting bolts so that I can create the new mounting bracket incorporating the tow hitch.

I also want to weld in a US style square receiver for a removable tow hitch.

This is what I currently have.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps96b7c662.jpg


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psed3a1a1d.jpg

Chilly again tonight, around 3'C, clearly nothing compared to other parts of the country and world.

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

Being my Birthday today, Nicola my sensible, sensitive caring ..... you get the picture, wife actually gave me the day off to do whatever I wanted, including "Garage time " should I want it.

You may remember that she had bought me the 3" Cutout Valves over the Christmas season for my birthday, so today she gave me a lovely card, and another book on traveling the USA plus she is taking me out as a surprise later.

I have rotated the photos on my iPhone before sending them to the iPad to upload to Photobucket, and it seems to work, let's see if they suddenly revert to upside down in a week or whatever, I really have no idea why it is flipping photos upside down.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pse1544be2.jpg

Mate Martin had bought himself a new oil cooler for the auto trans, then found an even sexier one last year, so when I offered to buy it from him, he wrapped it in some old newspaper and gave it to me for my birthday. Thanks Mate, way too much and too big, but the truck thanks you.


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pscd917f18.jpg

As Nicola had given me the day off, and my £500.00 travel vouchers were delivered on Friday, I decided that we needed to pop in to Thomas Cook Travel and get the tickets bought today, which would anchor the road trip for October's trip to Clem's Party in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

I asked a lady to take the photo for me, and her reply was "This is a bit freaky" Hey, I don't care.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps1d4d8adf.jpg


After the flights were sorted, we went down to Deptford in South East London to buy my white for the two tone the truck will be getting on its roof and the side flash.

I have really had a problem with choosing the white.

I wanted something traditional, like an Ivory or Old English White but it also needed to "pop" a bit against the Chrysler red I already have, without being a glacier white or pearlescent white.

In the end I chose an older Mercedes Benz Alaska White Variant Y which I trust will make me happy once on.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps4e7b02d3.jpg


Weird colours mixed to get there, included Red Oxide, Blue, Yellow.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps12383225.jpg

In the end I spent the rest of the day with Nicola, a good investment in my long term life expectancy......

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

Regarding your present its not a problem Don't forget we are in the states for mine Hint hint . Bringing the present over wasn't a problem but the outside temperature this morning was

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps8d2d416f.jpg

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

Happy birthday Rian!

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

Rian,
Happy birthday!

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

Happy Birthday. January is such a great month for birthdays ;)

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

Hell Fire! Another one in the infamous post Christmas Birthday gang! Trust you had a great day.

P. :D

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

Thanks guys.

Great day out doing stuff and then at home with Nicola.

She took me out to,dinner, and then surprised me with two of our very good friends joining us for a Chinese dinner.

Back at the car which was parked about 20 meters from her work car park, yes really, we found a £60/$100 parking ticket...... So a bummer end to a great day, but hey....lists he first ever parking citation.

Tomorrow we will try to write a letter that gets her pardoned...... Doubtfully, but worth trying.

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

Another day not wasted..... No real truck time, but a load of "Honey-Do's" ,completed, including a bunch of new pictures up in the study, after removing a 6'x5' picture I made a few years ago.

Cartoons.

Now need to find a new home for this piece, anyone want it, PM and collect in Rochester.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...s/P1080839.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...s/P1080846.jpg

I eventually made it into the garage by 3pm.

Because I know that I am rubbish at welding, but have a lot of open space welding to do, like fenders, doors etc as well as about 80 small holes just on the load bed, I know I have to practice, and also to set up my welder to make the most of the steel needing repairs.

So I prepared some hood steel off cuts with a multitude of holes drilled and some slots cut in with a 1mm disc.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psd781fe78.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psc55f226a.jpg

Welded up and added more holes, leaving the front like this

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps4efc9bae.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pscd11d4ba.jpg

Rear penetration was good enough for me.
Of course one can grind back afterward to tidy it up.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps4d32e3d3.jpg

More practice needed, but I think it was the right thing to do.

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

Grizz check out this build by mp&c http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=564201 he is an amazing talent. I picked up a lot of tips

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

Nice work mate...:metal: Practice… practice... practice...:mm:

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

I think your welds look pretty darn good ,you should see mine .I have had my welder for many years and just dont take time to practice .If I need something welded I get my nephew to do it as he is in my shop as much as I am.

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

THAT IS AN AWESOME THREAD, AND SOME INCREDIBLE SKILL IN METAL WORKING. THE MAN IS A MAATER.

Thanks Don, that's the idea.


I have nobody to weld, but I do know that setting my current and wire feed, has already improved my welds.

Next up........ Learn to be patient and follow the advice in the thread quoted above.

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

My truck has a huge, pulled dent in the passenger door, which has been repaired at least twice before.

The holes in there where it had been pulled before, and the grinding back of the metal on more than one occasion, has left it quite thin, so I had planned on cutting out and replacing the section with a piece of shaped metal.

During one of our Face Time chats ( don't you just love technology?) I mentioned this to Ta2Don over in Arkansas, and he came up with the brilliant idea of cutting the replacement section from his old door as he had bought two good doors for his truck.

While we were talking about it, I also mentioned the holes in my door where 6x9 speakers had been fitted before...........

Yesterday he was cutting up his old chassis which was bent beyond redemption with a plasma cutter, a job he seemed to enjoy tremendously, so while at it, he cut out the repair panels for my doors as well.


Door centre section cut out to replace creased, damaged section on mine.


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psf2dbd9f7.jpg

Remember this ?


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps137fcb9e.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps1e484cbc.jpg

Speaker panel sections being cut out to cover 6x9 speaker holes that were hacked in before.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psaf509323.jpg

Spot welds drilled out.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps04c2576d.jpg


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psbfc9263a.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps5e22312c.jpg

All done and ready to be shipped out.

Thanks again Don, for making my life a whole lot easier.


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