'64 chevy 2wd to 4wd

[dieseldawg142]

thanks Ol Blue!
my plans of a black van with green lightning just went down the toilet.
more dog damage. dieseldawg must like the taste of decal bonder. gave them another coat before i use them, come out to the garage 20 minutes later & there's green lightning stuck all over diesel's chops. looked everywhere on my 'puter for them, cant find them....must have deleted them, but i did find this old can (price tag says '97) of cool gm menthol green buried in the shop, so i think i'm going to use it instead
it's actually lighter, & more sparkly, just could not photo it

[Ol Blue K20]

Sounds like dieseldawg wants some custom chops.....lol....

[dieseldawg142]

thats funny!, told the wife i should print up some flame decals & feed them to him....

[dieseldawg142]

maybe dawg did me a favor eating my decals. it's not the black/green lightning i orig. envisioned, but this green is starting to grow on me. still photo's darker than it really is. maybe once i spray some clear on it.....

[dieseldawg142]

now that it's done, i aint so ticked at diesel for killing my decals, not minding the green, just wish it would photo the real color it actually is.

[dieseldawg142]

couple more
calling this one the BigPig....
there's a bed, fridge, & a 42" flatscreen inside with more seats

[Ol Blue K20]

Looks great...wish it was big enough to drive

[dieseldawg142]

yeah, wouldn't that be cool! had the same though when i seen that chevy at SWAT. dont know if the bank account could handle it though!
still looking for a few pieces for my 72 chev off-road wrecker, but i was down in the crawlspace the other day digging out crap for the wife, & found a couple old broken car bodies. mid '80's camaro (ehhh), another '57 chevy (woo-hoo, already got 5 of 'em), and this....


'68 el camino, nice, i like. got the body, glass, frame, hurtin' paint job, & most of the interior. after the dawg incident with the van i decided not to use the slots, but i think they will look good on here.

[Ol Blue K20]

Wow ...I like the Elkie. ...I have a 70 that's my daily driver. ..

[dieseldawg142]

nice, the '70 was always my favorite.
been busy prepping for our holidays, but got some parts ordered for the elco & started making fender flares out of 080 quarter round

a hint of the color

[Ol Blue K20]

It looks good... I like the flares and the blue

[dieseldawg142]

thanks Ol Blue!
yeah, the blue is ol', i bought it yrs ago to repair my cobra ski-boat but sold it before i used it. kinda excited to see what it will look like on the elco. it's the first time i've used it other then some test swabs. like the green van it don't photo well, same thing, bit lighter.
did spray the block & t-case with it. got this out of one of the '57's, not sure if it's a 454 or 396. seeing how they came with a three nine six, that's what i'm calling it


been spending some time on the body (i usually do them last), wanna see what this blue will look like!

[Ol Blue K20]

I want to see what it looks like too. In high school (won't say how many years ago) we 4x4ed a 71 Elkie

[dieseldawg142]

sweet! would like to have seen that. got any polaroids or was film not invented yet?....
haven't got a lot done. waiting for my axles & going on holidays this friday, got beer, fishing, quaddin', & beer on the mind, not much else
nuthin' real glamourous or exciting, got rid of the 2wd stuff & modified the frame


396 is pretty much done


caged the interior up

a little bit more color. thinking some black SS stripes for contrast. not sure if i'm going to drill the window & tie the roll bar to the cage

[Ol Blue K20]

I wish I had pics, back then we never thought about pics. My first Polaroid was after high school. Have fun this weekend. My girlfriend and I are planning a few days at my cabin this weekend.

[dieseldawg142]

yeah, know what you mean, only thing that mattered was cars & girls!
actually going for a week & a couple of days, thanks man. once our house is paid off in 4 more yrs, me & the wife will be looking for a small chunk of vacation prop. out in the bush somewhere, a cabin would be a big bonus!
soooo looking forward to it, been clocking big hrs to make up for the lousy winter & cant wait to unwind & just goof off. three more days......
pretty much at a standstill till parts get here & we get back, but i did scratch up some tubular steps for it

[dieseldawg142]

Originally Posted by dieseldawg142

just that there's nothing out there that grabs me right now, nobody is making much of anything that interests me, except old kits, enjoy them.
aint doing it cause it's cheaper, over $50 for them axles & swamps & stuff!
might have to do like you, more scratch buildin'
i have been thinking about doing the Deora truck on 44's with an expedition type camper body on it.

this is something thats been in the back of my head FOR YRS! even though the camino is not finished, with the good hrs lately, i just splurged & spent $75. this from fleabay


and these & some other cool junk from my fav caster (model was $28 w/ship, tires & rims alone were $28.50 wo/ship!). unimog rims on dunlops, they scale out to 44's


comes with a camper shell, good starting point to modify it into a big ol' 4x4 rv!

[Ol Blue K20]

I'm liking the Neff bars

[dieseldawg142]

have managed to get a few things done since we got back. was supposed to do the end links on the wife's envoy today, but it's raining, so hoping to get some paint laid.
narrowed down a spare visor to fit

scratched up some springs, shocks, crossmember, etc, brake lines will get plumbed to the m/c after the body is on


body primered. got a couple small touch-ups on the door & roof to do

[Ol Blue K20]

Looks good, I would have never thought of of a visor.....cool

[dieseldawg142]

yeah, i got a soft spot for them. some people think there cheesy or whatever, but i dont care, i like 'em, 4x4's need them.
while i'm waiting for the paint on the camino to dry, my mog rims & tires showed up today, so i started playing around with my deora. out of my entire collection ('bout 170), this is only the second non-gm in the fleet (mis-guided sister-in-law gave me a ferd thunderbolt few yrs ago)
comes with a slant 6 (), got a '97 LS, & a carbed BBC, undecided yet, but i like cubic inches! has a goofy camper shell, but i'm thinking a box style camper like a big expedition rig with a big roof rack & bumpers with bars around the cab & up to the roof rack.
just thinking right now, the finished product rarely looks like what i originally plan....

them wheelwells definitely need to be opened up some

[dieseldawg142]

got some paint on the 'camino. it looks silverish in the pic's, but it's actually GM met. lite blue.

[dieseldawg142]

couple more...

[dieseldawg142]

wifey was able to get a better pic of the blue then me...

[Ol Blue K20]

I like it. ..looks mean