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

Close Chief.

Mrs Boss has spoken..... See reply below, and it really happened. :mm:

A couple of weeks ago I bought some steel from the local scrap steel yard for making the trucks bumper irons.

While there, I chatted to one of the guys and told him about the stuff I get up to, playing with rubbish.
I also mentioned I wanted to make a wheelbarrow tub soap box cart. He reckoned that was cool, asked for my number and said that if a decent tub came in he would give me a shout.

This afternoon I was just at Charing Cross station on my way home when the phone rang..... BINGO !!

So when I got back to my station I picked up my car and drove via the local industrial estate to find this.

I offered to pay, as I always do in these situations, but he said it was probably worth 45p so not to worry.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pspcuokpb3.jpg

While down there, I popped into the local council estates maintenance yard where I always have a chat with Pete, and then get to rummage his scrap pile.

TREASURES !!

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps4neympbo.jpg


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psi1ekre55.jpg

Start to get the picture ??

After robbing off the bits I needed for this challenge, I ended up with this lot.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psay2sghja.jpg

When Nicola came home, she popped down to the garage to see that I had not hacked off any limbs or welded myself to something.

I also showed her the Rallye wheels I got yesterday, and her response was "They are even better in real life, I hope you are going to keep them Red"

After this AI felt quite brave and asked her to take a photo of the projected challenge to Ta2Don over in Arkansas.

BEHOLD !!

What is it to be??


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psnhnu8tqn.jpg

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

that's cool man! You sure are goofy! :metal:

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

Wherer is the LIKE button! :lol:

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

Me thinks you will go in circles with only 2 wheels but you will look good doing it .

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

Rian,

Heres another nugget for you. The 00-02 Camaro SS had the option for CME(Center Mount Exhaust). Such as seen here on my Camaro.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5604/...69da8bc4_b.jpgIMG_1313 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

This second pic is not mine

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8672/...f9fef279_b.jpgExhaust006 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

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

Says the guy with the funny hair.... ;)

Thanks Mike.

Your reply is a good enough like for me.

Now go build something crazy. :metal:

Using the cat as a spare will help.

Looking at this from underneath it looks like you can side fit it relative to the side of the truck, the way the pipes route out.

Thank you for posting this up too. I do like the shape, possibly more than the square tips of the Corvette.

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

Took the trims, centre caps off the wheels tonight.

Mate Jabbo will be collecting them all at 05.30 tomorrow morning, removing the tyres and disposing of them for me by lunch time, delivering the naked wheels later in the week on his way to work.

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

Martin, always being helpful has suggested I get the wheels blasted and powder coated at £50.00 wheel, including fitting new tyres (well, the ones of the chrome smoothies)

Will check out if the price is sensible first before jumping at the opportunity.


With Paul Y over next weekend to sandblast (well, walnut shells) all his suspension parts etc, Martin and I assembled the blasting cabinet I bought the end of last year, this week.

Word of warning, it was bought from a large importer who supplies others and just adds their badging, but when we unpacked it, most of the paint had blistered, so if you scratch or push on the paint, it flakes off badly.
I just could not be bothered with exchanging it as it would probably mean taking time off to get the new unit delivered and this one collected.

Still, it is ready to work.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psxbc4h4hu.jpg

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

Have I mentioned I love my wife?

No?

Let me explain......

When I met Nicola it took her about a week to realise that there was free cash all around, if you chose to see it and pick it up.

A few moths ago I came home from work one evening and she said "I got you something today"

Nice, I thought..... Chocolate or a T-shirt.

She pointed out the kitchen window and there was a slightly mangled temporary road sign and a frame.
It had been up the road in a ditch of some time, probably a year or more, and she thought it good to drag it home for me.
The sign was straightened out and the frame went to my steel stash pile.

Today I needed some steel to make a wheeled frame for the sand blasting cabinet and fetched that bent frame.
After standing on it a few times, I had some decent donor steel.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psynrgokj0.jpg

Some cutting and welding later, after running out of welding wire, getting the tension right etc, we had a result.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psdzn1pgze.jpg


So now with the blasting cabinet on wheels, it means getting it out of the garage solo is a charm.

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

Also finished bare metalling the front end of the cab window frame today, hopefully Martin will make it back through the Dartford tolls as he seems to have lost the Dart tag to get through the Tollgates, though I may have been the last one to handle it. So that he can supervise my priming the frame for paint this week some time, if the weather holds out.

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

Great idea on the cabinet roller,
If you can afford it have your new rims sandblasted and powder coated, Cleaning up the rims to paint is a dirty job, and lots of little knooks to clean out unless they fit into your new sandblasting cabinet

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

Thanks Dan,

My large compressor is also on wheels.

And yes, looks like the sandblasting will be happening.



Got a PM from Scot "Jabbo" earlier with pics of the process he went through today to remove the tyres from the Rallyes.

Thought I'd drop you a couple of photos as requested.

Apologies the pictures are a bit crappy. A combination of poor lighting in the garage and only a camera phone means you're not going to get top quality results.

For info purposes I'm using a Sealey TC960 Tyre changer. It's a pretty poor man's version, but you can pick them up for around £50 brand new if you shop around, and it's got a bead breaker too (though if I'm honest at some point I'll beef that up a bit as it's certainly the weakest part of the changer).

Step 1) Deflate tyre.

Step 2) Use bead breaker on front face;

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psr53lt4wh.jpg

The tyre changer really should be bolted down to make life a lot easier, but I couldn't be bothered to move everything to get my mounting plate out, so just used some good old fashioned brute force.

Step 3) Flip over and repeat;

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps2eqvoxk1.jpg

I chucked a blanket down so as to make sure you're wheel didn't get scratched.

Step 4) Mount on tyre changer and lock into place;

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

Step 5) Lever front of tyre over the wheel;

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psmjvq7awi.jpg

Step 6) Do the same with the back;

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pstv9jivqr.jpg

Hey presto, seperate tyre and wheel.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psc678mtjz.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps23v6lcuc.jpg

Also as requested, please find attached a picture of a hairless Sphinx cat in a sack;

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psenru5omb.jpg

Thanks mate, this is a great help.

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

Have I mentioned that I love this forum??

No pissing contests. No unpleasantness.

Just good old fashioned hospitality and friendships.

I was looking around for cap embellishers for the Rallye wheel caps I have that do not have any on them, and EBay was not delivering.

Asked the question in the general section...... http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=662667

Loads of answers, advice and pointers.

I think custom made pieces may be a way to go.

Possibly even with a Grizz(ly) Bear in the design.

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

Paint on the frame dried, I mounted the blasting cabinet on it this morning and grinned when I pushed it outside.

Easy easy.......

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

Mate Martin was going to come and supervise the primer and masking up of the screen frame.

Of course nothing goes to plan.

So, the spot blaster for the small rust sports did not quite do the job getting into all the crevices.

Martin's ongoing insistence (read badgering) that I could not paint rust, eventually meant we agreed to stop wasting time and I will get his blasting pot this week, and do the rust everywhere on the cab before prep, filler, etc.

So to his great joy, I agreed to remove the doors..... It really made me feel like there is no going back, but of course it makes sense as the glass in the doors will not do well with random blast media hitting it.

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

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pspm8lw0uv.jpg

After Martin left, I tidied up and removed the bench seat as well.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psbgk0lbfx.jpg

Now things will have to start happening, looking at all the other projects around me progress, this job will not do itself.

Lottery win anyone??

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

So glad to be of help . But you know I am right !!!!! .
It does make me laugh when you stress out,at the stripping of the truck . When you start a job like this,half the battle is excepting it will take twice the time you thought,and probably cost twice as much as you calculated

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

Thanks again to Jabbo, my wheels were returned tonight sans tyres.

Next up get ready for powder coating, as soon as I have a price to strip the tyres of my smoothies and fit to the Rallyes once powder coated.

Just need Martin to see what "his powder coating guy" will be charging to coat and move the new tyres onto the Rallye wheels.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps88ihwl7n.jpg

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

Great Progress mate!!!:metal:

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

True words. I expected to have my cab done and back on the frame before Xmas. Maybe in the next couple of months!

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

Indeed.... So did I.

Now I just do what I feel like.

Time will see it getting done.


Right.....

Calling clever people and any others with opinions.

I have been quoted £40.00 per wheel to powdercoat, and then remove tyres from my chrome smoothies and fit, balance to the powder coated wheels.

This sounds like a decent price to me, but I have no real idea.

I do have a. Blasting cabinet, but it's too small for the wheels, so I will be building a plywood box with a simple door, some glass in the door and a vacuum cleaner along with holes for my hands and the spray nozzle hose.

I plan on using glass media as I purchased a load at reasonable price last year.

I spent quite a lot of time trying to find answers on Google today, but lot a lot of info came up on glass media.

So my question is, what safety steps should I take out back behind my garage?

I plan to use safety glasses, a plastic visor and a bush hat, also an overall over my clothes, and some kind of simple mask.

Any advice appreciated.

Thanks again.

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

It seems that the two pack I am painting with comes with its own health warnings, and one of the suggestions is to use an airfed mask.

So if I need one for the media blasting, then surely it is another way to split the costs.

So today I bought this DeVilbiss mask to use for the blasting and painting, hopefully to help me survive.

At £140.00 it should be worth having, again an unexpected expense, but I knew there were many along this journey.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psxer1eji0.jpg


Nicola came in with a parcel too.

A pair of slip on stainless reducers for the cutout pipes, taking it from 3" diameter to 2.5" exhausts.

Nice fit.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psrj8rlqoa.jpg

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

Glad you got the mask, albeit pricey...:metal:
As for Nicola bringing the other parcel...:bann:

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

One blasting pot, 100kg glass media, a KKK head mask thing and the airfed mask I bought should see me heading in the right direction.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pssl60ltk7.jpg

Tonight when I came back from London I gave the MX5 a wash and then some Zymöl polish to revive the paint.

Just checked, when I bought the car, it had 128800 km on the clock.
Tonight, 18 months later it is around 132600 km.
so she did about 3800km or 2400miles.
Bit of an under-utilised toy, hence the fact it is up for sale.

URL=http://s294.photobucket.com/user/niknakpix/media/2015%20Continues/image.jpg2_zpstibsdlws.jpg.html]http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pstibsdlws.jpg[/URL]

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps3lwlniiz.jpg

This little car is far from perfect, but dang, it is a good little toy for what it is.

Pity it never got used as I wanted her to.

Still, funds toward the truck, cannot always be wrong

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

So much for the pros blasting your wheels. HA

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

New Toyz and the MX5 Polished up...:metal::metal::metal:

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

Hmmmmmmmmm ;)

Yup.

Just need a buyer now.

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

Just a quickly tonight.

Fetched the airfed mask this morning, followed by shopping and then a quick Maccy D coffee with Nicola, then home.

Got a cool toy...... Says a lot about how easy I am to please.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psfnw0zupm.jpg

After lunch time, Martin came over to change the drivers door glass in the MX5 for me, took him a total of 18 minutes to remove the donor glass and fit it, and close up the cars door. WTF?? Talent or what.

Then I had planned to remove the towbar and paint it all, despite knowing it was far from right as it was mal-aligned and to pack it away before starting the blasting as I have done nothing with it the last couple of weeks.

Martin again forced me via my own vanity and realisation that geometry was not my friend to take the whole lot apart and redesign it all.

Then to cut, grind, fit and tack it all together.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps8txqivlm.jpg


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pswpw4ijyj.jpg


Tacked the corners, then disassembled and started to weld it all up.

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

At this point the welded decided to go to sleep, so I shut shop and came indoors.

Tomorrow we continue.

Looking forward to wrapping up this bloody towbar and getting on with other stuff.

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

I can't help being fussy, but that also says a lot about you as I chose to have you as a friend . But it's fun to turn up at yours and point out the errors of your ways then go home . Good luck tomorrow, and you never know I may call round to check you progress

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

Following old man's winter late slam...:waah: This bloody british weather we've been enduring for the past week or so, read RAIN, is finally taking a break...:mm: So hopefully some truck time this weekend...;)

Tow bar looks great and I also dig the new toy!:chevy:

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

New toy is pretty cool ,I found a few new toys today too at a estate sale .

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

Today the weather turned wet and cold again, so I finished the final welding on the towbar, tried it out for fit and then removed the lot, including mounting plates, took the flap wheel to the lot and cleared the rust and tidied the welds.

Then the parts that will be sliding inside the receiver got a coat of rattle can black, just to cover the metal as well as the ball bolt heads.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psrhtnzsm3.jpg

I decided to hold off on the Hammerite till the weather is more conducive to drying.

Last year I bought a new triple chromed front bumper for my truck, problem was, it was a damaged item that I was prepared to take a gamble on to try to repair.

When Offering it up to the truck, it came up that the passenger side tip was bent in by 40mm meaning it could not even be fitted.

I am also painting the rear of both new bumpers as they often rust there despite the chrome, obviously because most of us do not wash, dry or polish the rears of our bumpers.

So at lunch time I contacted mate Darren who is a local rodder with a machine shop to see if I could come down to his place 30 miles from where we live, to use his 8 ton hydraulic press to try tease out the crease in the bumper, he agreed, as long as I was done before 13.30 as he still had Mother's Day to deal with.

My old and new bumper in front of the press.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pscon2f35b.jpg

When trying to determine where the energy had entered the bumpers tip when it fell from the top of a shipping container and thus how to press it to return it to shape, I realised that hooking it into Darren's forklift truck, and persuading it with a large lump hammer while putting pressure on it in the opposite direction would work.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps3eddnczt.jpg

So within 10 minutes we had the bumper straightened out and that without any damage to the chrome.

So the gamble pair off, for once.

While I was there, Darren was also busy preparing some of his cars for Easter weekends Chatham Festival of Steam show.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pssfqmym65.jpg


Before I left, I had to use the toilet (happens when you get older and it is cold) and saw this which has to be a sign of a hard core rodder.

Thanks again to Darren for the help and offer of machinery.


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psqtzc4cdr.jpg

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

Well, just spent £63.00 on a bid in the last 10 seconds on Evilbay and won a pair of used vent windows.

The passenger window on my truck is very rotten, and judging by the photos on the ad, these should be an improvement, as these parts are not re manufactured or readily available out there.
Also never seen them for sale here, and plan B which would involve Ta2Don in Arkansas and trawling multiple breakers yards till he found a pair for sale, then adding in postage, taxes and the risk of them arriving intact, meant that I needed to hit the bid button quite high.

Hopefully Disasterbus will be able to pick them up for me some time this week.

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

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps2hfbdhmk.jpg

So there you go, now my weekend is over.

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

Congrats on the vent windows and my wife loved the toilet seat ,said I could have one made if I ever add a bathroom to my shop or in my future new shop.

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

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

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

:metal:

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

Thanks for collecting Kerry.

Looks like Saturday is growing...... More people to BBQ for.

Looking forward to sorting out your truck.


BLUE TITS !!!


Thought that would get your attention.

Last year Harley the Thug, garage cat ate both Blue Tit babies.

So I removed the nest over winter, then put up a new nesting box on the other side of the garage, this morning I saw that they were back, and had started padding the new nesting box with poopy paper.

Where do they find clean poopy paper??

Anyway, it's good to see them back.

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

The towbar has it's second coat of Hammerite.

Today I bought new 8.8 high tensile bolts for all the fittings oft he towbar as well as a pair of even higher spec collared Allen head bolts to make into fixing pins, along with the R-Clips I was given on Monday by the local spares shop.

Measured, then ground flat aspects for the drill to take to, drilled through (sacrificing some bits in the process) and then tidied them up.

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


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps7d3vg6qx.jpg

This means the towbar is now complete, ready to fit once the truck is ready for reassembly.

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

Thanks again for the preview…;)
As we travel East I've been snapping a few pics…
An old Barn somewhere in Tennessee…
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8603/...08a754a8_c.jpgIMG_2141 by ta2don, on Flickr
An Electric Vehicle Charging Station in Tennessee outside a Cracker Barrel Restaurant…
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7283/...7c9e879b_c.jpgIMG_2129 by ta2don, on Flickr
And a cool guitar building in Virginia…
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7650/...50dee2fd_c.jpgIMG_2159 by ta2don, on Flickr

Cheers Mate!:mm:

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

One of the most entertaining threads...build and otherwise!

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

Justin ,I have to agree ,its the first thread I come to see most of the time bt there are sooo sooo many I follow .

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

Thanks guys, I guess it just shows that most of us are not one dimensional, so we have varied interests.

And I always think that we learn from each other, so why not share.

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

Nicola had to help a severely disabled school friend move from a two bedroom flat, to a one bedroom unit in a warden controlled housing estate as her movement is severely impaired by various health issues including a very buggered spine.

So she was not home from 08.00 to 17.30

This left me in charge...... :metal::metal::metal::metal::metal: :mm:

Wrapped up, new bolts, assembled and packed away.

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

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps2izl1qwx.jpg

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.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pstd47uq4g.jpg

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.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psp7li4rcv.jpg

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.

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

A lot to be said for car ramps.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps0frpflmf.jpg

Something useful from Ford.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psx3la4yxj.jpg

Some cutting, twice......

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps0tw8kd2s.jpg

Got the bumper to size and gave Martin some toys.

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

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psmax7wnuy.jpg


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pslbtkwil2.jpg

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.

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

Don and JoJo doing backseat driving duties.

Somewhere along Interstate 81 in Salem, Virginia.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psdpirge5a.jpg

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

Just love technology......

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psct7o64ks.jpg

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.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pstjzisdz7.jpg


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.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psucks7tfy.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psgsppm7po.jpg

Kerry fixed and fitted the rear bumper.


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psnst06vp5.jpg


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

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


An absolutely awesome day, spent with like minded folks.

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

Kerry finding it a little harder reversing onto Rian's drive

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

Another great day with lots achieved . It's amazing what can be done with parts rescued from a ford main dealers skip .

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

Today we went to the first boot fair of the year this morning early. Brrrrrrr.... Cold @ 3'C in a field with a breeze.

And as most of you know, we love boot fairs n swapmeets because there are bargains to be had or negotiated.

Each item was 50p and the Moon thermometer works, accurately. Hammer to join my formidable collection of hammers.


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pswjvt2fjy.jpg

Then came back, washed the MX5 as there is an interested buyer. Who then called an hour later to say he could not get hold of a mechanic friend who needs to guide him in buying and he needs to check the internet on pricing. I feel a time waster coming up.