Re: 66 GMC Fleetside Okie Daily Driver
 

Kieth, That GMC is looking good to me. I love that stance. If mine sits like that when im done ill be real happy. Thats a good looking truck!!

Re: 66 GMC Fleetside Okie Daily Driver
 

265/70/17 Michelins and they barely fit very little clearance on the inside or the outside....rims are 9" wide.....

Fronts are 255 65 r 17 michelins,,,9" wide,I may change them to 245/60/17 and then air bag the front.....to get it a little lower and have more room to drop the front and clear the front fenderwell lip....

Have not notched the rear yet but will just to gain some clearance for the rear axle, it rides like a cadilac now....

Rear: air bags 8" firestone (will be changing to 9000 series)

2" spacer blocks

stock shocks---stock location--will be changing soon after doing frame notch.

Front: stock 6 cylinder springs

2.5" McGough drop spindles

stock shocks

will be changing tire size and then bagging the front soon...

I have a new long panhard rod on order will install it soon.


Thnks for the compliment, it does look different from when I started...

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Re: 66 GMC Fleetside Okie Daily Driver
 

Added a tonneau cover:

picture show trial fitting:

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Just a trial fit, not final, not all parts installed including the rear corners...

Re: 66 GMC Fleetside Okie Daily Driver
 

Nice build all around.
I really liked your Lessons Learned list too... I am going to start ordering parts for repair and mods soon and am nervous about making bad purchases.

Where I live taking it back to the store may not be an option, and waiting on the mail man can be painful to the wallet and the watch....

Re: 66 GMC Fleetside Okie Daily Driver
 

Thanks for your compliments, but I have messed up quite a few times but maybe changing the truck after you get it driveable is what this process is all about. When my gmc is down for a few days for mods I really miss it.....I really like driving it every day.....it makes a dull drive into a lot of fun.
I am 61 and it has been a few years since young girls have looked at me all smiles and asked me to roll my window down and they say Oh, we just love your truck !! Kind of makes an old mans day.......!!!!!

Funnier still is the lack of knowledge which comes from the young guys, they like the truck, but do not know enough about them to say nice 66 instead they say nice classic ??

Oh well not enough 2 parent familys around to educate their sons.....:gmc2:

Going out to finish the tonneau install......good way to spend a nice Sunday morning. Kieth

Re: 66 GMC Fleetside Okie Daily Driver
 

Kieth I am following up close behind ya, I rolled 48 on my odometer this year too.

Da'Vinci said "you never finish a piece of art, you just abandon it." I kind of think of Classic Cars in the same light. They never truely are finished to the point where you look at them and say "I did everything I wanted to" ..... or at least that holds true for me so far. LOL

All you OK guys make me wish we were still stationed at Ft Sill. Would be great to meet up with all of you from time to time for coffee or beers and brain storming these rigs.

By the way, my Tempest came from Tulsa.
Was a long drive up there to look at it, but went back the next weekend and paid cash for it.
This photo is outside our house in Lawton.

Re: 66 GMC Fleetside Okie Daily Driver
 

Good looking truck Kieth.

Re: 66 GMC Fleetside Okie Daily Driver
 

Thanks Jason, yes mcMurphy
Ft Sill is still around but it got a little warm there this summer, there is a salvage here in tulsa that specializes in old 60 to 64 tempest parts........he only sells on the internet you cannot walk in and buy anything........thats a good looking car do you still have it ??

Re: 66 GMC Fleetside Okie Daily Driver
 

Thanks for the info... it worked, caught Grizz on the train after work...
Have a great week, hope to meet you in person at Clem's...