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1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
im terrible about figuring out technical stuff but im guna attempt to start my build thread....how am i doin so far? this is how i got it after cleaning it up a little. ill post pictures of how it sat for 13 years. story was i bugged this guy for 2 and a half years to sell me the truck, it was a scrap metal running truck the bed was just an 8 ft x 4ft garbage can for years. n the cab had enough papers in it to fill a small file cabinet. when he finally sold it to me for 1200. (pshhhh) i showed up next day with 900 in cash ,a flat bed and my truck
![]() .small back window .w/ air. .sm420 4 speed, .292 i6 , .4:11's in the rear end, -truck was well "loved" |
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
So what are your plans for your good looking truck? I like it.
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
Great start, how about some cab pics?
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
Ditto…
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
Rusty76, these pictures are from few years ago so this ol girl has come a long way. Keeping the 6 and leaving it a 4 speed. Best car security out there,a dang clutch haha. Doing all basic maintenance to have road worthy, the works ya know. Keeping factory stance. Give it a factory paint job....and drive the wheels off this baby. Maybe a BBC one day....396.Mmmm. Or a 305v6. I got a soft spot for those weird motors.
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so here is my dilemma, i have a 292 inline 6 in the truck now backed with a sm420 trans with 4:11 gears.the 292 has been built 3 times but has great compression and good lookin cross hatching on all cylinder walls. i have this garret 1 3/4" turbo given to me. i found all the parts i would want, offie intake running a 600 edlbrock and a turbo manifold paired with long down tube headers . keeping engine stock but only want to push 3-5 lbs into the motor to "pep" it up. OR i can go with a small block iv been building thats out of a 71 el camino. its a 2blt main that needs block to be punched out. 487 heads with 1.94 valves 2 burnt 1.5 exhaust valves i can run a comp cam w/ an unknown amount of lift or duration but my buddy ran it for 600 miles and said "its to aggressive for me" so he gave it to me
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
forgot the pics haha sorry
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
Nice project.....Looks like some goodies for the engine!!
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
Oooooh a turbo....yummy
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
I say turbo charge that 292!
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
okay, cab pics. for Jeff la, finally found em, had to dig a bit. pain in the rear finding old photos. heres the best i got tho. there was plenty of rust on the floor boards but it worked out nicely as it serves its purpose in the winter time. when coming to a stop all the water sloshes forward and drains out of them rusty holes
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
few more i found of how i found it sitting for 8 years or so ... i think.
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
Thanks man, loving it. Waiting for more.
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
Looks like a great start there !!
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
Nice start good deal for sure. Turbo sound simpler to me.
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
ok so bit of an update... LOTS of photos for all you photo lovers. this is the process/ 1 ish year restoration i have managed to come up with. also at least i don't have to worry about steeling a threat with pictures of my truck because this is my own thread. muah hahaha!
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
truck got a bath for first time in years with soap n water. started painting it with rattle bombs until i could find the time for a real paint job. cleaned all the crap out of the cab. popped trans cover to peak at trans. sm420 lovely surprise
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
re moved the badges and restored them with modeling paint and clear coat. turned out perfect for a DD work truck. started painting small parts white.
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
ended that week with a camping trip up to northern cal for log season/getting rid of trailer time
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
motor time. needed a new harmonic balancer, there was about a quarter rotation of play between the balancer and crankshaft. i happened to find one from my uncles friend in royal Nebraska when i went back. got lucky n picked it up for 80 bucks. brand new!! who'd a thought. intake/ exhaust off n ready to rebuild w/ carb.
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
put it back together, never did get a picture of the new balancer on, sorry all. picked up a new billet distributor for 45 bucks from a guy in santa Rosa who had a 236 i6 n this cap was ment for 230,250,292 soooo, lucky me i guess.
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
first picture is how it ended up sitting for a few weeks then i finally put down some primer after sanding off old paint a little. got the front end cleaned up and painted to where i WAS happy with it, excuse the license plate being put on wrong. and lastly started sanding the top of the cab for a two tone paint job.
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
paint time. gotta love that tractor paint. lays so nice from a gun.
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
paint un masked n drying, this next part i do not know what i was thinking but i obviously wasn't.....
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Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
the flatbed.... and rust repair. i would take rust repair any day over having to remember why i flat bedded my 65 .
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