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11-24-2009, 09:11 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Saint Petersburg, Florida
Posts: 117
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New '65 Project in Florida
I just picked up this 1965 Chevy Fleetside/Shortbed a couple of weeks ago - that I found on Craigslist. It had a brand new 350ci/400+hp that had not even been started, a 700r4 transmission, new power disc brakes, new power steering, new headers and Flowmasters, new aluminum fuel tank mounted between the frame rails, brand new front fenders, brand new doors, all new chrome, all new rubber (weatherstrips, etc...), new Ididit chrome tilt column, new Dolphin instrumentation, the cab had all of the metal work done and is painted Hugger Orange with PPG single stage polyurethane "Concept" paint (he even gave me a gallon of paint), brand new tires with the stickers still on them, brand new Rally wheels, and much, much, more!!! Since I have had it, I got it running. It sounds awesome! I love the Pete Jackson gear drive! I ordered all new glass and carpet and had the seat covered. It looks awesome.
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11-24-2009, 09:13 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Greenwell Springs, Louisiana
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
Sounds cool! I will let the pic czar handle this!
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11-24-2009, 09:15 PM
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Location: Saint Petersburg, Florida
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
Pictures of my '65 project.
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11-24-2009, 09:19 PM
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Location: Saint Petersburg, Florida
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
"Let the picture Czar handle this"??? Did I do something I wasn't supposed to? I am new to this site and I not familiar with all of the "etiquette" I guess.
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11-24-2009, 09:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Greenwell Springs, Louisiana
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
QUOTE=wlevick;3637715]"Let the picture Czar handle this"??? Did I do something I wasn't supposed to? I am new to this site and I not familiar with all of the "etiquette" I guess.[/QUOTE]
No, its a joke. Joe231 loves pics, so someone has gave him the title of picture czar.
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11-24-2009, 09:20 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Greenwell Springs, Louisiana
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
Very nice! You beat him to it, the czar that is!
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11-24-2009, 09:21 PM
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Account Suspended
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Kansas City, KS
Posts: 3,906
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
Welcome to the forums from Kansas City, KS. Nice score on the '65 and lots of nice goodies. Good luck and post often with lots of pix. Happy Thanksgiving.
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11-24-2009, 09:22 PM
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Registered User
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Location: Saint Petersburg, Florida
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
Not bad for $3,000 either.
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11-25-2009, 02:00 PM
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Location: Denton, Texas
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
Quote:
 Nice looking truck!
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12-02-2009, 09:47 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Saint Petersburg, Florida
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
Mechanically it is ready to move under it's own power...with the exception of the transmission. It has a 700r4 and when I put it in gear it doesn't do anything. When I first got the engine started (I have ran it for about a total of 15 minutes), something was making a loud sound - kind of like a supercharger sounds. Initially I didn't think to much about it - because it also has a Pete Jackson gear drive - which makes a similar sound. The longer I ran it the louder it got. I checked the dipstick on the tranny and the fluid wasn't even touching it. I added ten quarts and it still made noise and still didn't move. I jacked the truck up, took out the converter bolts and slid the converter back. The noise went away. Good news for the engine...the problem is not there...but I don't know about the tranny. I don't know if the guy I bought this "project" from put fluid in the converter. He says the transmission was newly rebuilt and the converter was new ???? Is there a way to test the converter now to see if it is OK? How about the transmission? If he didn't put any fluid it the converter, will the converter pick up the fluid by me adding it to the transmission? Should I pull the converter, add fluid to it, put it back in and try it again?
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11-24-2009, 09:23 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Greenwell Springs, Louisiana
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
Wow! Thats a good price!
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11-24-2009, 09:26 PM
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Registered User
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Location: Saint Petersburg, Florida
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
I also forgot...brand new radiator (Be Cool) with dual electric fans and new Painless wiring harness.
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11-24-2009, 10:26 PM
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more ideas than money
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: spring grove, pa
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
Wow! 3k for all of that?! That is a deal that I would have drove across the country for.
Welcome to the board, keep us posted.
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11-24-2009, 10:55 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Alamogordo, NM
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
Yes, more pictures of the engine compartment! I love red trucks!
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11-24-2009, 11:11 PM
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Member of the longbed union.
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Killeen, Tx
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
Welcome to the forum, and really nice truck. I'm really surprised Joe didn't beat you before you put pics up.
What all do you have planed for it?
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11-24-2009, 11:16 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Newburgh, IN
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
Quote:
 Nice truck!!
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11-24-2009, 11:38 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Saint Petersburg, Florida
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
A few more pix.
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11-25-2009, 01:29 AM
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Rollin' Old Skool
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Hattiesburg, MS
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
sweet! it's almost scary how good of a deal you got...what's the story (why'd he get rid of it)? keep us updated & welcome aboard from a fellow Floridian
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11-25-2009, 02:23 AM
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60-66 Nut
 Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
Yes that is a very nice truck......you stole that for 3k.
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11-25-2009, 02:40 AM
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Member of the longbed union.
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Killeen, Tx
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
I thought I stole my truck for 1500, Till I tore it apart. Looks like you have a good build though.
I guess he needed the cash and had to unload it.
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11-25-2009, 03:24 AM
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Account Suspended
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Location: Kansas City, KS
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
Great pix, but I had to turn my laptop on end to view a few of them...just kidding. I'm digging the red!
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11-25-2009, 08:33 AM
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and a few others
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains of VA
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
Great score. Really nice truck. And welcome to the board. Always nice to have another 60-66 guy here.
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11-25-2009, 09:31 AM
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Registered User
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Location: Charleston SC
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
Yea great start and welcome.
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11-25-2009, 09:56 AM
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Tot Roddin'
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Location: Mid-MO
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
Awesome buy for $3k....
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11-25-2009, 10:30 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: green cove springs florida
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Re: New '65 Project in Florida
That is a good deal here in Florida got any pics of the undercarrage??looks sweet though.
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