my 65 fleetside build

[flips72]

here is a few more.

[roll_low]

Coming along nicely man! Keep up the good work!

[Slowtruk]

Sub'd. Awesome rebuild man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[flips72]

thanks guys, i appreciate the kind words.

[chad64chevy]

hey man any updates?? its been a month since you updated your thread!! ive done a lil work to mine but not much!!

[flips72]

nope, total standstill. life has taken over for the time being hope to get back at it soon though.

[flips72]

decided to put life on hold for a few hours and drug out my hood and started stripping it. i was very pleased at the outcome of my hood, no surprises. here is a few pics of what i got done today till i ran out of da pads.

[allaboutchevelles]

hood looking good, I have mine sitting out in front of the shop if you want to stop by while im at work and strip mine down, lol , I cant wait to see your truck completly painted because mine is going to look very close to yours.

[flips72]

thanks allaboutchevelles, have you done much to yours lately havent seen any post in a while. oh yeah the color on my truck is paint code wa9260 victory red. my buddy who owns the body shop said it wont hardly fade like other reds do, still wish it had a little more orange tint though, but all in all very pleased with it.

[Alan's Classic]

Nice work on a nice clean hood.

[allaboutchevelles]

lol about the molasses, You can buy it at any grocery store near the pancake syrup. My uncle still sops molasses with biscuits. If you check out youtube they is a guy on there using the feed meal grade molasses sold in bulk. he is soaking whole fenders off of old 30 and 40 cars. Its slow and takes 1 to 2 weeks but its labor free, thats the best part. I ordered some por15 to try on the bottom of my floor. so soon as I fit the doors and align the rockers and get them welded I will coat the bottom of the floor.

[allaboutchevelles]

hey flip, Are you going to the goodguys show at charlotte next weekend?? Im going on saturday if the weather is good.

[flips72]

wont get to go this year, i have a ohio bow hunt that weekend. take lots of pics and post though.

[Dustin07]

lol most of the guys on this forum would have been happy to have this truck before you started working on it!

[flips72]

lol, i sometimes wish i had just drove it as well, but i hope when i get done the outcome will be worth it. i came home today and got back to work on my hood, i now have the whole thing stripped and the underside epoxed. hope to spray the top side tommorrow and then start the body work.

[Dustin07]

oh I'm sure it will be beautiful when done. you had a good canvas

[chad64chevy]

cool, glad your getting to work on it some!! do you have any pictures of the motor your gonna put in it? i just realized if i was your neighbor i would be at your house everyday or atleast your shop, lol! have you started stripping down the cab? anyways good luck and any progress is still progress!!

[flips72]

thanks dustin, and chad it is good to get back at it. as far as the motor goes i havent taken any pics of the 400 its sitting in the corner of my shop covered up with a moving blanket, but i will try to get some and post them asap. it wouldnt bother me to have a gearhead for a neighbor i would probably get more work done if i had some company no one else in the neighborhood works on stuff but me, so come on over lol.

[flips72]

came home today and got my hood epoxed, here is a few pics and also a few pics of my motor for chad, motor is extremely dirty.

[flips72]

a few more and this is my msd set up

[Dustin07]

hoods lookin good!

[allaboutchevelles]

hey flip, Hood is looking good, Are you using the PPG DP-90 or may not be 90 I know they have differant colors, I normally use the black. I decided to go a differant route on the bottom of my cab. Im not happy with this por-15 thing so I went today and got some more sand and tomorrow morning im going to blast the bottom side perfect and spray the epoxy DP-90 on it.

[Alan's Classic]

Nice work!!
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[chad64chevy]

motor still looks better then mine,lol!! i would be happy with either one, so when you going to paint the fenders, hood and grille support or were you waiting to paint them all together? have you seen how bad the cab is since you got it apart? does it have any rust on the floorboard? if not thats good and saves we some time and money!! now all you got to do is strip the cab and epoxy it then paint and your pretty much done with the body,lol!! i'll have to try painting mine after winter atleast get it in epoxy, will be better then primer from a can!

[flips72]

thanks guys for the comments. my epoxy is a sikkens brand u-tech e 350 in gray,as far as my floor is concerned not real sure as of now how solid it is, i do know i have some issues at the bottom of the kickpanel area its not real bad but there will have to be some metal replaced. i am hoping thats the extent of it but i have learned through this build to hope the best and expect the worst.