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

Be careful when reversing... watch out for the bloke with the phone...:lol:

looks great and I may have to add one of those myself... Cheers mate!

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

Who is that strange dude in the TV ?

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

Very Cool!

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

That will be a nice addition to the truck

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

I was going to avoid the figment of a radio......

Now it seems I may just have to copy what looks like a great idea.

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

Thanks Don I must admit every time I look in the mirror the guy on the phone is there .

He looks familiar

Thanks Bill
Thanks Donnie
Rian you know I love making your list of jobs on your truck to do longer .

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

AT LAST THE CAB IS HOME !!!!!!!!!!!

Well this afternoon I finished work and headed straight to We weld in New Romney . To. collect my cab the guys down there did a great job and also put in etch primer for me .

They also took me some pictures of the process mounted on the spit

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psilj67z3j.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psdjl0zlfo.jpg


http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps6ytypmco.jpg

Once blasted they put it primer

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps8kz6nx8l.jpg

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

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

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psk03cgkgx.jpg

All loaded on the trailer ready to head home

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psk8fy7xwk.jpg

So on my journey home I called Rian and my mate Stephen from my bike club to come over with the offer of pizza , it works every time . So with Rian, Stephen and Trevor my neighbour who had arranged getting it blasted at mates rates , as he has the unit next door to We Weld , and another neighbour John from over the road, we lifted onto the chassis .


Just love this picture

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psl7lf7wwa.jpg

So the next update will be showing some of the repairs . It's just finding the time that seems to be the problem at he moment , but more about that later .

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

Cab looks great mounted on the frame.

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

I agree with Bomp! As for the lack of time, I won't mention our conversation :mm:

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

You tell him Don.

:wave::wave::wave:

Cab looks great by the way.


Martin really lucked out with this one after he had to throw away his first cab.

Pizza was good too, and we left him some for lunch today. :metal:

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

PS. I think you need to point out, the cab is resting on 2" blocks above the cab mount points, to off you dropped it down a bit more, it would looks even more mean.


I want mine to look like that now too.


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...sx1l7oxlj.jpeg

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

Martin, the cab looks fantastic, looks like they did a great job, having it blasted will save you weeks of work.

Love the picture of it mounted on the frame :metal: Good result

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

Thats looking really good Martin. Definitely the correct decision to get it blasted.

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

Looking good Martin think there might be some long nights coming lol :metal:

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

Looking good Martin, I only wish I had gone that route with mine, would have saved a lot of time spent wire wheeling and sanding the underside of the cab.

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

too frickin' cool buddy... makes me think, to hell with blasting here, let someone else deal with it.

let the processes begin....................

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

Cool pics. of the process and the cab on the frame.

You will be driving soon.

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

Cab looks really good. Can't waity to see your future updates.

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

Martin glad to see the cab looks good. You , Paul and I are about at the same point now I primed his the other day and primed mine tonite.

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

looks really good Martin! I talked to a guy the other day about hydro blasting some of my stuff, I work with the guy and his father-in-law has the machine, so we will see!

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

Was looking for a photo of my truck.....

Found these two.

What a lifetime ago.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps6f0dc267.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps1e9996ee.jpg

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

Thanks Rian it's funny looking at that picture you'd never guess how bad the truck was . I think I only have the tailgate , grill , and chassis left . The rest has either been upgraded or replaced .

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

Well with the change in my personal life causing less truck time . This weekend I managed to get some truck time , due to the new lady in my life going away on a girly weekend .
Friday morning I got an email fron Ron at STS imports to say my panels had arrived . So I started work an hour earlier so I could finish earlier . So as soon as I got home I headed over to Essex to collect my Bedsides .

Bedsides loaded into the car

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

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...pscz3gsusy.jpg

On returning home I unloaded them into the carport ready to unpack them once Kevon arrived

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps4wiupxrv.jpg

So Saturday morning my friend Kevon , that used to work with me in the body shop , came over to my place . The main reason was to help me repair the damage in my cab roof .

The before picture of the roof


http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps8k7ko0mu.jpg

Kevon's spot welding slide hammer

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psltco8ajg.jpg

This tool makes work on a panel that is double skinned so much easier

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps54mtuyyx.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psjzovbi9y.jpg

After pulling out the dents and also using it to shrink the panel , Kevon put in the first spread of body filler the roof

Qhttp://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps1s7stmsp.jpg

Then it was a question of blocking it down reload it with filler and repeat the process

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

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psdtsc3jti.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psu3pr3gux.jpg

All blocked ready for primer on Sunday

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps2flv7m9n.jpg

Once the roof was repaired I got Kevon to help me lift out the bodysides from the boxes


http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psssyp9d0e.jpg


http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psxdybho0q.jpg

It's great to think these panels have traveled all the way from Tennessee via Miami , then into a container onto a ship and there isn't even a ripple in them so it's a big thanks to DeWayne at Nsane HotRodz parts and Ron at STS for the bedsides and Kevon for his help on the roof

Tomorrow I will get the roof into primer

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

Looking good Martin. I've used one of those spot welders before they're a great bit of kit. The bed sides look good too, they will save you a load of time and really push the build forward. Seems like everybody's making progress except me :waah:

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

And possibly me...... :waah::waah::waah::waah:

I think Martin did much better than me at following the advice below.

I still find it hard to do so.

Hopefully sooner than later I can get back to focusing on the truck build.


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