I bought my Granddad's '64 this week! - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

theastronaut · 05-13-2018, 05:42 PM

Pretty stoked to be able to keep this one in the family. My granddad bought it in '88, about a year after I was born so it's been around as long as I can remember. It's a '64 short/stepside with a 283 and three speed, small window cab, AM radio, thrift heater, and not much else. Still has the original bed floor in pretty decent shape, and the original paint is underneath a coat of brushed-on house paint that is coming off easily. It's extremely rust free, especially for our area; it's by far the dryest 64-66 I've seen locally. My dad tracked down and installed an aluminum grill, chrome bumpers, 8" rally wheels, and he recovered the seat not long after Papa bought it. I think he may have also rebuilt the steering column/shift linkage. Before the rally wheels it had a set of widened stock wheels with off road tires for more traction when Papa took it on hunting trips.

I'll eventually get it driveable and strip it back to the original paint since the house paint is in really bad shape. I might go back with a set of stock wheels like he used to have on it; I've never been a fan of rally wheels. It's been sitting for around 12 years so it'll need everything gone through to make it reliable.

**pimpston65** · 05-13-2018, 05:49 PM

Up this week, proof there are awesome trucks still out there!!!

**The Rocknrod** · 05-13-2018, 05:50 PM

Oh ya that's awesome right there.

**aerotruk63** · 05-13-2018, 06:18 PM

Great project with history to boot. Amazing.

68Gold/white · 05-13-2018, 06:24 PM

Very nice!!!!

Can't wait to see it cleaned up! That house paint should come off easy!

**mongocanfly** · 05-13-2018, 06:42 PM

sweet truck...should clean up nice

**Clyde65** · 05-13-2018, 08:37 PM

That’s too cool! I wish I could find my grandads truck! It is probably dust now, was a hard work truck in the mid west....

Rusty63 · 05-13-2018, 08:39 PM

very nice,and great history!

**DPowers** · 05-13-2018, 08:41 PM

Congrats

67pete300 · 05-13-2018, 08:44 PM

Love it! Very similar to mine. Except, of course, your unmolested perfect dash.

Awesome project.

LostMy65 · 05-13-2018, 10:52 PM

Congratulations!!! You should be stoked!

**allchevy58** · 05-13-2018, 11:57 PM

Nice, congrats!

jchav62 · 05-14-2018, 10:04 AM

Very cool!! They do become a part of the family.

oem4me · 05-14-2018, 11:11 AM

Nice. A solid start for whatever you do. Staying step, or going fleet?

Hack_Attack · 05-14-2018, 11:39 AM

That dash board is a beautiful thing, wish mine was like that. Hope you you keep it around for many years to come.

I have an old photo from the late 40s of my grand father on his knucklehead.....always had dreams of tracking down that bike but its probably long gone by now.

jcramsey · 05-14-2018, 11:42 AM

Looks like that truck will clean up nice. Even better that it was your grandpa's!

plmadding · 05-14-2018, 11:43 AM

Awesome truck! Congrats!

Sadlerracing529 · 05-14-2018, 07:30 PM

Awesome truck. And your story is way too similar to mine, kind of creepy. I just got my grandpa's 63 and it is also covered in house paint haha.

RDrancher · 05-14-2018, 09:17 PM

Great story. Congrats on the purchase!

Keets64 · 05-15-2018, 02:43 AM

Great story, great truck. Amazing condition.

theastronaut · 05-16-2018, 03:04 PM

Thanks dudes! I'm planning on having it cleaned up and back on the road for the fall Rod Run in Pigeon Forge.

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Originally Posted by oem4me

Nice. A solid start for whatever you do. Staying step, or going fleet?

It'll stay pretty much like it is, except for the suspension and wheels. Right now the plan is to copy the suspension I had on my blue '66 C10 and add a set of six lug Delray's from Detroit Steel Wheels in 18 or 20". Keep it the same style and feel but make it drive and handle better. I'll eventually ad Vintage Air and power steering.

**Clyde65** · 05-16-2018, 03:12 PM

I thought you said you weren’t a fan of ralley wheels? Those look a lot like a ralley wheel to me!!

theastronaut · 05-16-2018, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clyde65

I thought you said you weren’t a fan of ralley wheels? Those look a lot like a ralley wheel to me!!

I'm not, but they look better as 18" or 20" wheels and I want to keep it looking mostly like how my granddad had it. I might even do low profile all terrain white letter tires if I can find a size that fits.

**Clyde65** · 05-16-2018, 08:34 PM

I get that. It’s your truck, do with it like you like, I say!!

jhrusk · 05-17-2018, 01:30 PM

Congrats on getting the truck. I have a 1964 that my grandpa gave me when I was 15. I sold it and bought it back 14 years later. Awesome, I hope to see it in PF. We will be up there the whole week. Keep us updated.

05-13-2018, 05:42 PM	#1
theastronaut Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Anderson SC Posts: 3,898	I bought my Granddad's '64 this week! Pretty stoked to be able to keep this one in the family. My granddad bought it in '88, about a year after I was born so it's been around as long as I can remember. It's a '64 short/stepside with a 283 and three speed, small window cab, AM radio, thrift heater, and not much else. Still has the original bed floor in pretty decent shape, and the original paint is underneath a coat of brushed-on house paint that is coming off easily. It's extremely rust free, especially for our area; it's by far the dryest 64-66 I've seen locally. My dad tracked down and installed an aluminum grill, chrome bumpers, 8" rally wheels, and he recovered the seat not long after Papa bought it. I think he may have also rebuilt the steering column/shift linkage. Before the rally wheels it had a set of widened stock wheels with off road tires for more traction when Papa took it on hunting trips. I'll eventually get it driveable and strip it back to the original paint since the house paint is in really bad shape. I might go back with a set of stock wheels like he used to have on it; I've never been a fan of rally wheels. It's been sitting for around 12 years so it'll need everything gone through to make it reliable. __________________ Project Goldilocks '66 C10 Short Fleet BBW Build '65 C10 Highly Detailed Stock Restoration Thread '78 Camaro Targa Roof Build '55 International Metal/Body/Paint Work '66 F100 Full Rotisserie Restoration '40 Packard 120 Convertible Coupe Restoration How To Restore and Detail an Original Gauge Cluster How To Detail Sand Body Panels, Edges, Corners, Etc

05-13-2018, 05:49 PM	#2
pimpston65 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: corktown,mi. Posts: 5,194	Re: I bought my Granddad's '64 this week! Up this week, proof there are awesome trucks still out there!!!

05-13-2018, 05:50 PM	#3
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05-13-2018, 06:18 PM	#4
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05-13-2018, 06:24 PM	#5
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Clyde65 1965 Chevy C10, 2005 4.8L/4l60 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: DFW Texas Posts: 8,545	Re: I bought my Granddad's '64 this week! That’s too cool! I wish I could find my grandads truck! It is probably dust now, was a hard work truck in the mid west.... __________________ Clyde65 Rebuild of Clyde http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...84#post8338184 69 Aristocrat Lo Liner build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...84#post7561684 *support our troops!*

05-13-2018, 08:39 PM	#8
Rusty63 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Kincardine,Ontario Posts: 80	Re: I bought my Granddad's '64 this week! very nice,and great history!

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DPowers One foot in front of the other Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Parrottsville, TN Posts: 5,443	Re: I bought my Granddad's '64 this week! Congrats __________________ DP's 66 Build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=361556

05-13-2018, 08:44 PM	#10
67pete300 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Burke, VA Posts: 114	Re: I bought my Granddad's '64 this week! Love it! Very similar to mine. Except, of course, your unmolested perfect dash. Awesome project.

05-13-2018, 10:52 PM	#11
LostMy65 But Found Her 25yrs Later! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Oregon City, Oregon Posts: 10,528	Re: I bought my Granddad's '64 this week! Congratulations!!! You should be stoked! __________________ I lost my 65 - Found it 25 years later: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=426650 66 C20 Service Truck: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=428035

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05-14-2018, 10:04 AM	#13
jchav62 1962 C-10 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Las Vegas, New Mexico Posts: 4,978	Re: I bought my Granddad's '64 this week! Very cool!! They do become a part of the family. __________________ Joseph Chavez "See the USA in a Chevrolet!!" ......................_____ .........________//__{\_____ ,,,,,,,/__(O)___//___/__(O)_/ 1962 C10 Shortbed Fleetside 327/th350 GV overdrive 1974 C10 Longbed Fleetside 350/th350 "The Trash Truck" 1999 Chevy 2500 OBS, Longbed 5.7/4L80E 4x4 2015 GMC Sierra SLE 1500 4x4

05-14-2018, 11:11 AM	#14
oem4me Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Burbank CA Posts: 3,055	Re: I bought my Granddad's '64 this week! Nice. A solid start for whatever you do. Staying step, or going fleet?

05-14-2018, 11:39 AM	#15
Hack_Attack Registered User Join Date: May 2017 Location: Amelia Island, Florida Posts: 43	Re: I bought my Granddad's '64 this week! That dash board is a beautiful thing, wish mine was like that. Hope you you keep it around for many years to come. I have an old photo from the late 40s of my grand father on his knucklehead.....always had dreams of tracking down that bike but its probably long gone by now.



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05-14-2018, 11:43 AM	#17
plmadding Registered User Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Kansas Posts: 54	Re: I bought my Granddad's '64 this week! Awesome truck! Congrats!

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Sadlerracing529 Registered User Join Date: May 2018 Location: Sugar Creek, Wisconsin Posts: 28	Re: I bought my Granddad's '64 this week! Awesome truck. And your story is way too similar to mine, kind of creepy. I just got my grandpa's 63 and it is also covered in house paint haha.

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05-15-2018, 02:43 AM	#20
Keets64 Registered User Join Date: May 2018 Location: Perth, Au Posts: 8	Re: I bought my Granddad's '64 this week! Great story, great truck. Amazing condition.

05-16-2018, 03:12 PM	#22
Clyde65 1965 Chevy C10, 2005 4.8L/4l60 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: DFW Texas Posts: 8,545	Re: I bought my Granddad's '64 this week! I thought you said you weren’t a fan of ralley wheels? Those look a lot like a ralley wheel to me!! __________________ Clyde65 Rebuild of Clyde http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...84#post8338184 69 Aristocrat Lo Liner build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...84#post7561684 *support our troops!*

05-16-2018, 08:34 PM	#24
Clyde65 1965 Chevy C10, 2005 4.8L/4l60 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: DFW Texas Posts: 8,545	Re: I bought my Granddad's '64 this week! I get that. It’s your truck, do with it like you like, I say!! __________________ Clyde65 Rebuild of Clyde http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...84#post8338184 69 Aristocrat Lo Liner build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...84#post7561684 *support our troops!*

05-17-2018, 01:30 PM	#25
jhrusk Registered User Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: mid ga Posts: 553	Re: I bought my Granddad's '64 this week! Congrats on getting the truck. I have a 1964 that my grandpa gave me when I was 15. I sold it and bought it back 14 years later. Awesome, I hope to see it in PF. We will be up there the whole week. Keep us updated. __________________ check out SANFORD build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=522019

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