Crossing over, the 65 rebuild.

[LT1 Burb]

Originally Posted by NEWFISHER

I should lay off the cough syrup at work

I finally went to the docs and got some antibiotics, hopefully this is almost over. On the bright side, I think I am going to get a 1Ton tomorrow so I can cut the roof off of it for my truck.

[NEWFISHER]

Originally Posted by LT1 Burb

I finally went to the docs and got some antibiotics, hopefully this is almost over. On the bright side, I think I am going to get a 1Ton tomorrow so I can cut the roof off of it for my truck.

I found lacquer thinner at work in small doses under the tongue is magic!

[NEWFISHER]

Getting somewhere now

[NEWFISHER]

Chopped and welded up. Rattle bomb black on the inside and matching bomb brown like the rest of the interior on the outer areas. I am making side panels for the riser so my "robot" welds ( LOL ) wont be seen. Should be sitting slightly lower than the 1965 seat position. The new seat cushion ( 40,000 miles) was really firm and placed me about an inch taller in the cab. this will drop it about 1 1/2 and just like Little Red Riding Hood says " Just right"
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[Coach529]

Nice seat mod!!

[TJ's Chevy]

Nice work!

[NEWFISHER]

I haven't been working on the truck lately as I found something else to occupy my time. A 1980 Burro aka "El Culo" or the Ass. I've been cleaning, painting , detailing etc and am going to micro tile the counter and backsplash next with a polished and quilted pattern stainless rear wall. I needed something a little smaller than the 20 foot Avion to tow to Disneyland and back up the coast this spring with 4 other friends in classic trucks/cars and vintage trailers for our 2500 mile trip and this fit the bill.
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[duallyjams]

I like it, old school is cool.

[hotrodred]

*****in, truck looks perfect man.

[NEWFISHER]

Thanks guys.

Hey Jon, I figured when its my turn to hold the club meeting I would hold it in the Burro just towing 10 guys around like a circus clown car talking about car stuff hahahaa

[hotrodred]

Originally Posted by NEWFISHER

Thanks guys.

Hey Jon, I figured when its my turn to hold the club meeting I would hold it in the Burro just towing 10 guys around like a circus clown car talking about car stuff hahahaa

That'd be awesome, Speaking of the meeting are you gonna make it to Coburg Pizza Comp. coming up for the next meeting?

[Bomp]

Don't take this the wrong way but Nice Ass

[NEWFISHER]

Originally Posted by Bomp

Don't take this the wrong way but Nice Ass

I found a new signature line hahahaa

[tll74]

Originally Posted by NEWFISHER

I found a new signature line hahahaa

Umm...I'll keep my mouth shut on this one.. oh..I'll be one of the 10 guys but I'll bring my oustside chair..

[NEWFISHER]

Originally Posted by hotrodred

That'd be awesome, Speaking of the meeting are you gonna make it to Coburg Pizza Comp. coming up for the next meeting?

Maaaan! I miss one over Xmas and get a beat down whenever I see one of the brothers!
Just kidding. Yes, its tough for a guy like me to miss PIZZA......and some friends

[hotrodred]

Originally Posted by NEWFISHER

Maaaan! I miss one over Xmas and get a beat down whenever I see one of the brothers!
Just kidding. Yes, its tough for a guy like me to miss PIZZA......and some friends

Sweet because I wanna get a side by side shot of our trucks, see who is lower!

[NEWFISHER]

About a month ago I had an engine fire/ harness melt down and rewired everything. I still don't have high beams, but wasn't too concearned. I also lost the coolant temp reading. As I was smelling smoke I could watch the coola nt needle jump around full swing obviously grounding or shorting out. I bought an extra cluster for the coolant gauge and the fuel gauge that I am still fighting ( 2 gauges, 2 sending units, still reads half...need to soldier an in tank sender ground next) and installed both gauges. Still no reading from the coolant gauge. Went back through my wiring and nothing stood out. Its cold here and I just didn't worry about it.

I'm sitting at the parts counter today and the little bastard that sits on my soulder always giving me guidance says " order a temp sender" and without ohm checking mine from a month ago, I get one $16 later. Back under the hood today and screw the old out and the new one in. Whalla! It works.

Moral of my story. Always check everything whithin the system from the fuse, fuse box, wiring, gauge and sender or switch. I must have wasted 3 hours throwing a gauge and rechicking wiring before giving up when I could have spent 5 min and tested the sender. Sometimes those voices in our heads really are correct.

[duallyjams]

That'll learn ya

[aggie91]

i know what you mean. Son's truck ended up being a $15 ignition switch that keep a bunch of stuff from working...

[Coach529]

My parents had that same camper when I was a kid............

It is a "Bad Ass".

Love the set up man......love it!!

[NEWFISHER]

seat is coming along. The rear of the seat has 2 large pockets sewn into the carpet for jumper cables and a gallon of coolant and a longer 30 degree angled pocket for an umbrella and a shotgun. More pics later tonight once its stretched around and installed in the truck.

[Bomp]

seat is wild!

[G&R's57GMC]

Well now that you looked at the Trorflex suspension and discovered that there is no way to to modify it.

Here's an idea, Take it out and replace it with a beam axle from a front wheel drive car and add air bags.

Of course this opens a small can of worms for the brakes. One could adapt the electric brakes to the axle or use the hydraulic brakes with a surge brake coupler and get a new set of wheels.

Fud 4 thought

[aggie91]

I like the seat and the pockets are a good idea!

[NEWFISHER]

Thanks guys. The seat definitely has " texture" and isn't plain Jane. With the added 3/4 pleated foam on top of the OE seat foam, it's reeeeeealy comfy! I added the heated seat grids back and bottom before the cover went on and will wire those in this weekend. I'm going to hide the flat heated seat switches on the bottom corner edges of the dash as it rolls under. You won't see them but can easily feel them.

The seat pockets on the back hold some jumper cables on the passenger side, a gallon of coolant on the drivers side and the large long pocket is for my wife's shotgun and umbrella. She does a little light competing in the spring every week at the local skeet range and has her concealed license so no worries. Should look pretty bad A with a 5'3" chick rollin up in the truck, airing it out and then pulling a double barrel from the seat pocket. I love me an ex surfer girl turned red neck
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