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

Hopefully you can explain the rest of this video....


Sure most health and safety managers would have a heart attack.

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

Man glasses and gloves are saviours. Ironworker by trade and have had those zip cuts blow up at full tilt. Pulled a 3" peice out of my arm once. Safety first!!!

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BRET !!

Thanks for picking up these Blue trucks for us, despite Andy wanting extortionate storage and handling fees......


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The Narrator has said that Andy needs to "just wait a minute" he knows the letter of the law, and extortionate storage fees cannot be tolerated......

We have an enforcer here.

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Last night Rian and I met midway between our places, dumped his car, then drove over to Russell the paraplegic former fire fighter who now is one of my regular customers, that I do hand control conversions for.
Russell toy fitted with hand controls for track days
And... BOY CAN HE DRIVE

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When we got to Russell's place and got out, I realised that in the haste to swop cars at home, I left all the adjusting blocks in the Mondeo, so we raced back, fetched and returned.


Russell had bought 150mm bolts, so I needed to cut down 26 of them, while Rian removed the existing feet and started to fit the adapters.

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Next up Russell had to test drive the new, higher seating position.

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He was a happy man.

SMOKIN'...... !!!

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That's Awesome!!!:metal:

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Well Santa arrived today in a big brown van (UPS)
And he left me this big box

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I tried to offer him a glass of milk and a mince pie

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But he said he needed £50. ($75) instead . I think Santas getting gready
When I ordered the panels I asked if they could throw in a calendar and the good guys at brothers said yes and kept there promise thanks guys

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Parts, albeit pricey, for Christmas!!!:metal:

Merry Christmas to Amanda and you, and the doggies!!!:mm:

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Thanks Don the total price was £240 landed to the door including the shipping
Duty and VAT and the £11 UPS handling charge

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your family

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:chevy:You been welding or eating today?

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Merry Christmas Martin... its great what you do for your friend Russell.

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Thanks Clem myself and Rian did it to just help him out . I just have to do his hand controls on his play station gaming chair to match his car .

Merry Christmas to you and your family .
We both are looking forward to coming over that we are going out on Boxing Day to try and book our flight tickets

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Firemen are like military personnel in my view, they usually serve unquestioningly, so the least one could do is befriend them, and help in real tangible ways, rather than dropping coins into a collection tin somewhere when you know they never get the help or friendship they really need.

When we were there, it became apparent again, just how badly we all need to be needed.

Russell lives alone, often seeing nobody for weeks on end. While we were there, he spoke about Nip Nip who was his house rabbit that died recently, he was ripped up about it, and then one realises, he was a responsible person before, having had a family etc, they have all left him, and all he had responsibility for, making him feel worthwhile, was this rabbit.........

Martin mentioned to me after I said I would make the adapters that Russell was shocked that we were prepared to do stuff for him, without dipping into his funds.

People need to care more, in more tangible ways.

Right....... I am off to go buy some travel to get to Clem's party with my buddy.

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Awesome...:metal::metal::metal:

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Well I've made a start fitting the floor and inner rocker section .

First I cut out the rotten section

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All the rust removed

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Trying the panel in place

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After trying it in place I will then remove it . Then clean up the surrounding area . I will then Tac it in place before then turning the cab back over trying the rocker panel and hang the door before welding it all up

But before I can do that I am going over to Rian's place today to give him a hand . I will also be taking over the door to repair the small damage on it caused by someone trying about three mirrors on it over the years

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Well as I said earlier I was going to Rian's place this afternoon . The plan was to help him fit his lights and then do my door . After welding up all the holes that had been drilled for the mirrors

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After welding the mirror holes the next job was to repair a rusty section at the bottom corner . First was to cut out the rot then make up a plate to weld in

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After cutting out the rust on the outer skin I found a small amount on the inner skin so Rian cut out another piece of metal from my old front fender . He then shaped it to match

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So the two plates were welded in to the door

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So once again we worked as a team. I got my door done and Rian got his lights up. This included an outside lamp that I got from my mums installed with a pir detector to light up the path

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Teamwork!!! :metal::metal::metal:

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Well on Sunday while working at Rian's house We discussed the fact that it was very cold in my carport . So on the Monday I collected some second hand gates localy ready to fit them on Tuesday .
Tuesday morning I got a message from Rian to ask what I was doing and did I need a hand He had to go and collect his cutouts from Tonbridge which means passing my house to get there .
This was the temperature in the morning on the way

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This picture shows the original wrought iron gates with no protection from the elements

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The first thing we needed to do was to replace the damaged kick board .After a discussion we decided to increase the height of the gates by increasing the size of the kick boards

After increasing the height we Hung the gates

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Note the tarpaulin to keep the weather out before the gates were fitted

The following day while Rian was stripping his truck .I finnished the gates off and fitted a roof from the carport to above the gates . Then painted them all that's left to do is fit some door furniture . I can now get on with the truck in warmer conditions

The finished gates

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Nice work guys! I would hate to say what my wood gates would look like. :rolleyes:

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As always, we all have different skills, so it is fortunate to find someone who can fill the gaps, but sometimes it is just a matter of giving it a go, trying, and then surprising yourself when you succeed.

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BONDO/BOG/FILLER/PLOD is the friend of every good body worker ehhh??

Took the door parts off today, including the door panels..... first surprise was not being able to unscrew one of the screws on the drivers side, followed by another 5 on the passenger side. Lubricated them, not progress, then went and had a coffee with Martin when he pitched, after which he tried various bodyshop techniques, followed by me and Mr Drill, so I have a repair job ahead before I can get the panels back on.

Inside the door was surprise number one, indicating that a lot more pain awaits me......

Can you tell what it is yet?

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Ohhh, and the red you see in the pic, is high density foam flooring, or a camping mat that some clever idiot glued a bunch of inside the doorskin as sound deadening.....

So then between Martin and I we continued to laugh, curse and be amazed at all the cockups as we unbolted bits, with bolts missing from the tailgate, some cross threaded bolts etc....

After we had undone a zillion nuts and bolts Martin made me remove the first fender, just to torture me.

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While I was at the second fender, Martin was grunting, groaning and sounding like a walrus mating on a rocky beach..... "Where's your bloody rattle gun?" he grunted from below my feet, under the fender.

The bottom fender bolt was not letting up, a bit like some of the others we had already encountered.

Fetched the rattle gun and got on with what I was doing, heard ZZZZZRRT..!! Had Martin's head pop up, kinda like a ground hog.... Burger me !!! This thing works well.

Note the offending items deterioration.

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Martin is upgrading the rear of his truck with park/indicator lights so made up a template using pencil, masking tape, which is then transferred to cardboard so he can mark out the rear of his truck before cutting the steel to fit the new lights.

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SURPRISE !!!

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We also removed the load body bolts, and I undid the fuel filler and overflow pipe Jubilee clips in preparation to remove the whole thing one my trolley comes back from under Martins engine and gearbox.

We called it a day quite early as we both had more stuff to do that had nothing to do with trucks.

End of a great day.

Now the work starts.

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Thanks for the help mate.

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Templates, templates...:mm:

Cheers mate!!! :metal:

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Well it's back to work after 12 days off . I didn't get as much done on the truck as I would have liked but with the carport finished at least I have somewhere warmer and dryer .
I also spent some time over Rian's helping him strip his truck and getting my door repaired so I guess the time wasn't wasted. I did manage to get myself a sheet metal bender for making all the repair panels I need . I also did some running around to find the best deal for our trip in October.

Here's a picture of the sheet metal bender

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Waiting the upcoming updates, especially since Rian is assisting today!!!:mm:

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You will have to wait a while Don, Martin talks fast but but types slow.

Been a long day, less done than planned, but I know that if this was the USA you guys would have walked away a long time ago and got a new cab...... Of course we cannot do that.

Still, I wish I had some lottery cash to get him a new cab to fit to his truck.

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Well today Rian came over to give me a hand on my cab . That or to hold the tissues when i started crying because of the state of it .

This is the state of the cab its clearly rotten as the pictures show

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While Rian cleaned up the side section I used the electric nibbler I had been given by George the retired panel beater that used to work with me . I think Rian was impressed with what light work it made of cutting the repair plates out

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Once the plate was cut it was tried for size

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Next was to clean up the inside for the side repair section

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Then the top section had to be cut out as welding in a repair section was clearly going to be easier to do with the bottom section missing

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Once the top repair section had been welded in. It was time to cut out and make a repair section for the top

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That's it for today I would like to thank Rian for his help. He also took the the last template home with him to do the bend on the edge during the week

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Here's the pictures of the side piece that my photographer forgot to take (Rian) so it was taken later sorry about the quality but it was dark by then

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Yup..... A long day.

Sorry, I forgot to grab a pic of the side panel.

It seems I have discovered my forté, making and shaping panels

As punishment for not taking that photo, I have to try replicate the piece I brought home, from a section of the original bonnet.

Unfortunately the truck cab looks like a piece of fine Belgian lace.

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Nice work guys. You are right, lots of times we just grab something new on our side of the pond. Of course some of us are very cheap/poor, so we do the fabricationof parts too. I am no where near the quality you guys come out with though!

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Thanks Bill the nibbler I got given made the world of difference , it cut through the steel plate like a hot knife through butter, enabling us to cut any shape with ease

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Teamwork...:metal:

Tools...:metal:

Great Friends… Priceless!!! :mm:

How was the weather inside the work area today???

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Thanks Don luckily it was dry today . But it was a lot warmer inside the carport having both ends blocked off makes it feel more like a garage instead of a wind tunnel . Yes the nibbler did make a difference . As for friends we both help each other and that works well

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Wow Martin your cab is rotten. Oh well you are on your way to having it all new again. Will look great when you are done.

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Cheers Bret
it will get there in the end, if only you could post me a cab over

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Nice progress so far and in this crappy weather we are having. Do you have a a date when you want it back on the road or just rolling along to get it to a certain standard?

PS Grizz told me to tell you you should have bought this...............................which is now sat on my drive:lol:
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I was hoping to get in done by the end of this year . That way my trip to the states in October for My 50th with Grizz I would just be getting the finishing off parts . But I have now decided that getting it to a good standard is more important .
As for your truck I did look at it when it was on eBay and spoke to Grizz about it . In hindsight it may have been a good idea . Though I had already purchased all my new parts for the 65 and being that yours was a 63 I decided against it . I can't wait for you to start a build thread the Lexus V8 sounds a good idea

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yeah I was only joking Grizz put me upto it:lol: Best to concentrate on just the one if you can, I cant that's why I have 4 cars on the go:lol:

I'll start a thread in the next few days,

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Nicola always says I am like a kid with a puppy and a pair of pliers..... Martin is the puppy.

He needs to be tortured at all times. :mm::mm::mm::mm::mm::mm:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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


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

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What can I say you are waisted as a drug dealer (sorry pharmaceutical rep ). While you were making the repair panel I myself was busy in my garage welding the lower door pillar end on
Once again I have to say thanks to Grizz.

After cutting the end off I cleaned it up and welded on the new panel . At last things are going back on now and not coming off . Well at least till I start the other side .

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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.

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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.


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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.

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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.

Martin also needed some paint mixed up for his Eddie Lawson Replica Kawazaki, so the trip kinda did a load of jobs in one.