newby, my son just got aa 65 longbed

[ochretoe]

It really is a good running truck. His plans right now are to pull the bed, it's rusted out, and put a flat bed on it, then paint the cab primmer black and polish the remaining chrome and paint the trim red. He want's to kinda rat rod it a bit. The chrome rims will stay. After that is yet to be decided. Thanks for the kind words and offers of help. We will be on a lot more come spring when the real work starts.

[ochretoe]

Jed and I made some progress today. Pulled the bed and found a solid frame. The cab has a little rust we didn't know about but I think its fixable. Mostly the corners of the cab and door bottoms and one rocker.

[firefighter736]

Nice Truck! Cab corners and rockers are both really common areas of rust for these trucks.

If you're looking to replace the metal I always recommend TopBanana. I got all of my repopped metal from them and had pretty good luck with it (well, as good of luck as you can have with repopped stuff).

[4dranch]

It's about time. Steve

[ochretoe]

Originally Posted by 4dranch

It's about time. Steve

You need to ask Jed how it went. I lifted the bed with the tractor boom. I was closing the tailgate while lifted and Jed was balancing it when the side rail tore out. The bed fell on Jed and trapped his leg. All he kept saying is the bed is not on the tires (we set tires up to rest it on) It took me asking three times if he was ok before he said it was on his leg. I didn't bother with the tractor I just picked the bed up and yanked him out with one arm. He is OK but it scared the crap out of both of us. It could have been real bad. That steel plate covering the whole bed makes it kinda heavy.

[SIR]

...WELCOME FROM SOUTHERN OREGON..If your going to get new sheet metal for your project
I suggest "GOOD MARK" they provide what seams to be a "better" grade of replacement part. most if not all are "imported" and will need some "adjustments"
GOOD LUCK...& HAVE FUN!!

[ochretoe]

well...finally got the bed off! solid frame!

[ochretoe]

Originally Posted by ochretoe

well...finally got the bed off! solid frame!

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woops...its jed and i didn't realize that my dad had already posed the pics!sorry for the doubles!

[4dranch]

Originally Posted by ochretoe

woops...its jed and i didn't realize that my dad had already posed the pics!sorry for the doubles!

it's all good knucklehead

[ochretoe]

Well Jed and I spent the day on his truck. Only 4 days till he gets his lisc. so he is antsy to have it on the road. Today he wired it for his amp and speakers, put a new battery in and then we put in new a bucket seat. (Thanks Dave, it looks great) All and all a good day.

[Hx16457]

Looks like he is off to a great start! I might have missed it in my reading, did you say it runs and drives?
Get that stereo in there and working it helps get the motivation juices going, and the stereo is veeeeerrrrryyy important at his age!
BBW 1965 fleets are my favorite


Keep going Jed!

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[ochretoe]

Yes, it runs and drives great. I think he has spent all most as much on the stereo as he did the truck.

[Hx16457]

LOL DAD, "those things are important!"
Everyday/ week do a little something on her!
My wife calls it progress and as long as you are making progress you can keep it.
Jed has a greet solid
Looking truck to start with! Lucky guy! Keep going and enjoy!
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[ochretoe]

Finally got the title in and got Jed's truck tagged. His second day driving to school it died in our driveway when he came home. Turns out the electric fuel pump gave out. Jed just swapped it out and it's running again. Funny thing about the title, it shows C-15 and not C-10. Could this be a typo or am I missing something? What is the real difference?

[4dranch]

Seats look great Jed, and guys trust me when I say Jed has his stereo ready and it sunds great. wish I could have seen you when your brakes went out at the store.

[TJ's Chevy]

Hey there! Cool to know that your son is restoring a truck at the same age as me! I 14 also! Another good place for truck parts is Classic parts of America.
You can see my thread on here "my old 66 chevy" is the name. Cool to know I am not the only 14 year old restoring a truck.

[TJ's Chevy]

Are you restoring the oem 250 6 cyl. in there? If you decide to pump it up a little there are some places that sell some cool hot rod parts. If you are interested I can post you some of these places. Sweet truck!

[LostMy65]

So Cool.
Sure glad his leg is okay.
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I remember how pumped I was when I first got my 65.
Like most young butts in the early 80's, one of the first things I did was get a stereo, and cut holes in the doors for 6x9 Tri-Axials
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[ochretoe]

Originally Posted by T.J. MCCAULEY

Are you restoring the oem 250 6 cyl. in there? If you decide to pump it up a little there are some places that sell some cool hot rod parts. If you are interested I can post you some of these places. Sweet truck!

we thought it was a 250 but it turns out it's a 230. He has hopes to hop it up a bit but a few other things come first.

[1963-4x4]

Originally Posted by ochretoe

Finally got the title in and got Jed's truck tagged. His second day driving to school it died in our driveway when he came home. Turns out the electric fuel pump gave out. Jed just swapped it out and it's running again. Funny thing about the title, it shows C-15 and not C-10. Could this be a typo or am I missing something? What is the real difference?

I've figured out that a C-15 is a 1/2 Ton Longbed, although there are no 15 emblems. The 15 was purely used for coding and identification.