Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!

[Grizz1963]

Yesterday I took a day off work, thanks to my boss understanding and spent it with friends instead.

So I suggested Dover Castle which has from Medieval to modern roots and uses.

We were there by 10.00 am.

McMurphy and I or is it McMurphy and me?



The Castle was very interesting, as was all the secret tunnels and the tour which included displays of the Dunkirk rescue mission in WW2



Once we got out the top it was time for a drink.



From Dover we went back to Whitstable Harbour to look for Fish and Chips for dinner.



They had just closed when we got there, however, a walk into town saw us sorted soon enough.

An no, we did not go in for Pie and mash.



And we were not disappointed

Cod and chips.




It seems food is playing a big Role in this trip.

Today we had a few errands to run, but first on the agenda in Chatham high street was a real Full English Breakfast.

Again, no complaints.




Done.



After this we went to a sports shop for McMurphy and his bride to buy some,comfy trainers as they will be doing a lot of walking.

Followed by a trip up to Hempstead Valley Shopping centre for some more money spending, and a coffee.

On a serious note, it's awesome to see these two still behave like kids after being together for almost 20 years.



Eventually home by 4pm.

Had Mickey from next door around to arrange Taxi duties for tomorrow as I was headed over to Katy's place.



The cats are also very happy to have visitors to make a fuss over them.

Animals are strange........

They know a good person.

[mjh1965]

That's a shame I dropped Sally at work in Chatham this morning at 9am the popped up the high street for half an hour before driving home .

[Grizz1963]

When Mickey was obpver to arrange getting the McMurpy's to the station for their trip to London today.......

Cost me £2.00 in cookies and chocolate after being given it by Mickey next door, so not quite bootfair, but a similar trade.

He was going to take it to tip, so I rescued it out the back of his skip trailer.

For my garage to replace the dead one in there.



Suspect there are too many bits, like the DVD or CD player, just need a radio.

Just need to make space in rafters now.

Commented on elsewhere:


[quote author="@skkylinedave" source="/post/2346534/thread" timestamp="1503823487"]Someone would give you at least £50 for that on ebay . Old seperates are great , my brother has our dads old silver chrome JVC amp from about 1983 . Still going strong and no matter what speakers we have put on it , it still only ever operates at about 60% capacity .

Cant believe someone would chuck that ![/quote]

[flashed]

Very cool pics ,love the castle ,time with friends is always great .

[Bomp]

Great seeing all the adventure going on.
Nice score on the music machine. I use a tuner with speakers in the shop. Pandora on my phone, plug it into the tuner, Rock On

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

Very cool pics ,love the castle ,time with friends is always great .

Absolutely.

Originally Posted by Bomp

Great seeing all the adventure going on.
Nice score on the music machine. I use a tuner with speakers in the shop. Pandora on my phone, plug it into the tuner, Rock On

I just need BBC Radio 2 in the garage, but the existing machine upsets its stations and then you,cannot get it reset some days.




Thought I would just bang this lot up here as well, in the interest of continuity.

I said I would post up a bunch of food centred photos.

Monday we went into Rochester for the afternoon.

Another good day.

McMurphy outside my place, over the road.



In town.



Leaning shop.



Lunch.......





Renault 4



Still on Honeymoon 20 years later.



Rochester Cathedral. Seen from the Castle.



Medway River and Rochester Bridge.





Then a break to sit down and relax with a premium priced tourist beer.



Eventually back home we decided to do a quick little BBQ.

My friend Kevin came over for a cuppa tea and to meet the visitors too.



Happy camper.



After dinner everyone faded and we all turned in by 10pm.

Being a tourist, or the guide is hard work.

[87Jimmy4JP]

Hello, Grizz!

good to see ya over here, too...

how much for some of your jam????

Im taking donations from any windfalls for the Dakota, too!

JP

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by 87Jimmy4JP

Hello, Grizz!

good to see ya over here, too...

how much for some of your jam????

Im taking donations from any windfalls for the Dakota, too!

JP

Hi JP.......

Free to collect over here.

I am not sure the postage costs or service would make it a good proposition.

I have to say, it has been a great success

If you are coming over here, like the McMurphy's did....... just come straight in.

[Bomp]

Oh, Soooooooo want pics.
Would like to see progress on the "I think this used to be a truck build" but YES, updates on the trip to the US and Dennis.

yes
Yes
YES

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Bomp

Oh, Soooooooo want pics.
Would like to see progress on the "I think this used to be a truck build" but YES, updates on the trip to the US and Dennis.

yes
Yes
YES

Guess it's all part of who I am.....

Look....Squirrel.




Well......

Long flight, even longer when all in flight entertainment has been lost.

Eventually made it to Chicago, no sleep and limited alcohol use.



Amazing, and twice as long as the photo shows, walkway to my Terminal in Chicago after collecting and rechecking baggage.



Then a quick 45 minutes air time to St Louis, this is over the very flat Illinois landscape

Just look at the order.

This went on for miles and miles.



Baggage collection in St Louis was very quick, really efficient.

Then outside and as I got to the pavement/sidewalk, Adam who is Dennis' son and works 3 minutes from there on a construction site, came down the road in his Dodge Hellcat.

Looked rather good.

Then onto the motorway that was massively congested and running stop start.

Eventually got off onto a service road......... Adam just wanting me to drive. What a question.




Dennis' face was a picture when I walked in asking for a beer.



Race car being prepped for two nights of racing.



Yes, the wheels are different sizes.



More engines than you need.

Two more race cars in the shop.



Dennis' 66 C10 Looking good on it's NASCAR chassis.




Now headed out to the Lake of the Ozarks race track

More later if you want to check in.

Looking forward to seeing 20 of these Alcohol fed V8 sprint cars on the start line tonight.

Later.

[The Rocknrod]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

...
Then a quick 45 minutes air time to St Louis, this is over the very flat Illinois landscape
Just look at the order.
This went on for miles and miles.

...

Iowa produced the most corn in the United States in 2016 followed by Illinois & Nebraska.
Iowa and Illinois both produced over 2 billion bushels in 2016.
Four states produced over 1 billion bushels of corn in 2016: Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, & Minnesota.
(And I have no idea what made me think that was important)

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by The Rocknrod

Illinois is the 2nd largest corn producer in America. A bushel of corn is 56 pounds. 41 states produce corn in recordable amounts, but the leading 20 states produced 100 million bushels of corn in 2016. So much corn they screw up our gasoline with it.

This I should great information.

Thank you for adding.

This is what I love about here forums.

I guess the sprint cars love the alcohol.



Saturday started like this.......

After a serious breakfast and getting some good sleep in.


You know you are not in e city when the mail box looks like this.



Dennis out in the shop doing more fine tuning.

When your motor is putting out high 800's in bhp every bit counts, because everyone else also brings their A-Game.



We did a few bit, me mostly just handing tools and bad advice over.

Then I took a walk to see some of the other stuff that's changed this year.

Real Barn finds, he found and bought this rust free Chevelle (already running after a couple of hours fettling) and a Kerman VW Beetle convertible (For Sale without a title)

Parked in the kitchen of the house Adam and Hanna are building on the 10 acres they bought next to his land earlier this year.





2/3 will be lofted hone and a third will be his shop for the Hellcat etc, till they build another home further away on the land.

Hard work gets rewarded.



Another Dennis purchase this year, just for nostalgic reasons and to haul the lumber for the house build.

I love this truck totally.



Hellcat getting out the shop.

Love the light rings.

One side is actually an air intake as well.



Father and son.



Dennis and Debbie. 12 years later she still lets him go out to play.

Pretty good deal ehhhh..??



This was just my sample from Debs breakfast, my life is complete.

NOTHING BEATS AMERICAN CRISPY BACON.....!!



After breakfast we went to fill the GMC Dually, Challenger and get both a wash.

Dennis is like that, he likes a clean car.

Right, got to go shower, plans have changed, no cutting trees today, we leave in an hour for a BBQ at Clancy's place, then day two of races.

Later you bunch of addicts, stalkers and Vicarious livers.

Hope to have more to report and photos to post up.

[The Rocknrod]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

... Vicarious livers.

...

I couldn't for the life of me find the definition of that online.

[Grizz1963]

A moment to sit up and take note......

Take a look at the rear wheels and tyres or are they tires??

See any difference.



The oval track is dirt.

Preparation takes hours, water, tilling, compacting etc.
















It goes on and on before race time.

More in a bit.

Time for dinner..... spare ribs.

Rum already kicking in.

[Grizz1963]

Dennis spraying anti mud on Adams car.





Danny pushing Adam onto the track.
From here the pusher trucks get them going, starting the high 800's alcohol motors





One of the cars rolled on Saturday evening being rebuilt.

[Grizz1963]

I think most of us know the mantra

"I live with fear every day, Sometimes she lets me go race"

In the case of Adam, this is Hanna, his certainly fairer half.

She lets him race.



Then we get started on the Hot Laps.

Modifieds first.

Followed by the other classes.




Love the size of these tyres.



Adam, local hero, or just hero..... well liked at the track, racing since age 6 thanks to Dennis.



Eventually at midnight, the last races end.

Adam gets some money not a bad thing.

.


The pit crew and Adam n Hanna stay near the track in a hotel.

We head out home after midnight in the Challenger.

120 miles.

Dennis gets pulled over for speeding at 01.30 in the morning.

We drive off with just a light warning.

Eventually get to bed at 03.00 or after that.


Sunday Danny comes back from the track to fetch some parts and to collect Dennis and I for the races.

Nice truck.





Dennis was Consigned to the back seat, due to his police history.



We head to Mittler Bros race shop, where he NASCAR race truck team are based, for some spares before heading out the race track.

Bed time now for me.

Later.

[Larry64]

Love to see your travels. I get a different perspective of our country from you.

[ibrown50]

OK I'm on-board for another Grizz adventure, at this rate you'll be getting your own show on the Discovery channel, I just wonder what they would call it?

Keep the picture coming, the Hellcat is cool but the Nascar truck is something else.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

Count me in.

Morning John,

You are always in, in fact, on the jump seat next to me


Woke an hour ago, managed to get almost 8 hrs sleep in.

Just had breakfast, and headed out to help Dennis with chainsaw and tractor to cut down brush and trees, then burn them before we head back to the California race track 2 hours from here.

Originally Posted by Indian113

Griz, I never get tired of this thread. Just seeing a slice of your life in the UK and the way blend in here in the States is AWESOME! Post any thing YOU want I'll enjoy it.

Thank you very much for taking the time to post up.

Replies like yours and Larry below, make it a pleasure and encourages me to keep posting.

I also get to share a different USA than the media often does.

My eyes sometimes sees different stuff to other people.

Originally Posted by Larry64

Love to see your travels. I get a different perspective of our country from you.

A pleasure Larry.

I really do enjoy doing it, as long as people respond on here.

Originally Posted by ibrown50

OK I'm on-board for another Grizz adventure, at this rate you'll be getting your own show on the Discovery channel, I just wonder what they would call it?

Keep the picture coming, the Hellcat is cool but the Nascar truck is something else.

Morning Ian,

The C10 is getting the one motor pictured above, from the No 4 Sprint car that Dennis sold recently. It was planned a long time ago, to add that motor when he sold the rest of the car.

It will be a beast when done.

[Palf70Step]

Add my "YES!!!!!!"

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Add my "YES!!!!!!"

Thanks Bill..


Thanks guys.

Looks like another Sleep when I am dead trip.

02.30 in the USA and 08.30 in the U.K......

Just getting to bed.

A long day and much noise and BHP's racing around an oval dirt track.

[flashed]

Count me in.

[Indian113]

Griz, I never get tired of this thread. Just seeing a slice of your life in the UK and the way blend in here in the States is AWESOME! Post any thing YOU want I'll enjoy it.

[The Rocknrod]

Oh wait - I get it now. I stopped that when I left the Navy.
I was thinking liver, like cow liver. I don't get out much I guess.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by The Rocknrod

Oh wait - I get it now. I stopped that when I left the Navy.
I was thinking liver, like cow liver. I don't get out much I guess.

Love it !!!

Yes, all livers should be punished.