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Old 12-10-2008, 03:29 PM   #1
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Re: Our '66 Short Fleet Build

Knowing Joe he will probably have all floors, rockers, dash fixed and painted shortly after christmas

Looks good man! Ya ill agree it is in good shape . mine wasn't so lucky from its former owned life.

I have 2 furniture dollies that i used on mine that you can use if you decide to pull the cab. Makes it easier to roll around. (remember the toe masher?)
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Old 12-11-2008, 12:26 AM   #2
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John your killing me

Kizer....might be a bit ambitious, but deadlines are made to be broken, right?

Scott, hope so! can we paint in the cold? you have heat out there?
and oh yes i....er my pinky toe remembers those vividly.


Et tu Chris

what are yous guys opinion on rocker and floor replacement.....cab on or off the frame?
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Old 12-11-2008, 12:40 AM   #3
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IMHO if you go deeper than the rockers the cab needs to come off. If you don't you will. It really depends on how nice you will finish it out on the bottom of the floor. Nearly impossible with the cab on the frame.
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Old 12-11-2008, 12:48 AM   #4
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Thanks Alan!
i can be a bit of a perfectionist.........i want it finished from all possible sides
i was worried about tweaking things with the cab off, but figured it would be easier to get to with it off.

which just reminded me of someone on here who was supposed to be coming up with a cab tilter design for these trucks......guess I will go bug him
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Old 12-11-2008, 01:06 AM   #5
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Yea, that was rckcrln(sp?) but he now has that truck for sale that he was gonna build the tilt for. Let us know if he says otherwise.
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Old 12-11-2008, 01:16 AM   #6
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is he selling on here?

I asked him again, i don't know why it wouldn't work to slightly modify the tip and flip dolly for the 67-72 to work on ours body style.....


edit: found it


looks like a nice project of $2100.99
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Old 12-11-2008, 01:18 AM   #7
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Ill tip and flip the cab for ya but don't think you will like it much

I have the cherry picker wonder if we could make something to lift it off easier..?
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Old 12-11-2008, 01:23 AM   #8
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um...no

yeah check this out, plans for $19.95
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Old 12-11-2008, 08:43 AM   #9
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Thats cool! Im sure out of all the steel and crap laying around we could come up with some sort of bracket, ill throw the picker in
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Thats cool! Im sure out of all the steel and crap laying around we could come up with some sort of bracket, ill throw the picker in


I'm sorry Scott-I just couldn't resist fixing your quote.
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thanks Tim i knew i was forgetting something
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Old 12-14-2008, 06:50 PM   #12
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Well is the front end all off yet Joe?
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Thats cool! Im sure out of all the steel and crap laying around we could come up with some sort of bracket, ill throw the picker in
here ya go , I built one and it works great for cabs and beds.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=113397
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Old 12-15-2008, 05:15 PM   #14
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Very cool!!
Looks easy to make too!
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I know you hate pictures on your forum but this is what I use. you can burn both kerosene and deisel. it has a thermostat and works real well. I leave the door cracked just in case but the fumes are not that bad.
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I saw the Ho depo had some electric and propane ones for less than $100.
I was just looking at them today
they have a little electric space heater for $17.....

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here ya go , I built one and it works great for cabs and beds.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=113397
Thanks for the link
where does the angle contact the cab?
oh and what wall thickness did you use?

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Very cool!!
Looks easy to make too!
you got plenty of scrap laying around......get busy man!!
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Re: Our '66 Short Fleet Build

not yet, i was working on insulating the garage door, and ran out of foam......
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Old 12-15-2008, 11:33 AM   #18
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not yet, i was working on insulating the garage door, and ran out of foam......
that sucks, you better hurry temp is dropping.

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oh no he didn't


speaking of cold.....anyone have a good idea for a heater to heat a 2 car garage, and not have problems with fumes?
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I know you hate pictures on your forum but this is what I use. you can burn both kerosene and deisel. it has a thermostat and works real well. I leave the door cracked just in case but the fumes are not that bad.
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speaking of cold.....anyone have a good idea for a heater to heat a 2 car garage, and not have problems with fumes?
Sorry. I've been a bad Jason this year. Will your ole lady let you leave the door that goes from the garage to the house open? Sorry, I'm not being serious again.

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I saw the Ho depo had some electric and propane ones for less than $100.
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Old 12-16-2008, 04:04 PM   #23
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Re: Our '66 Short Fleet Build

kizer, give me your thoughts, likes, dislikes about POR15...
I saw your thread, your frame and cross sills are looking SWEET!
I'm trying to decide if I wanna go with POR15 or ZERORUST.
ZERORUST is much cheaper, so ?????
anybody else with experience with these, feel free to chime in also
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Old 12-16-2008, 07:16 PM   #24
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Welp I've only painted the rear frame and the cross supports so far. When its warm the base coats goe on very smooth and self levels pretty well. Well so does the top UV protectant layer.

The only problem I had was after putting the 1st coat on its shinny, very shinny and when you goto put on the second coat well its shinny and hard to tell where you put on the top from the bottom.

Then you get to the Chasis, which is flat and is a UV protectant it goes on shinny and dries flat. I really and I mean I really like the flatness of it, but man there are some sweet rigs out there with shinny frames. I just like flat.

The only thing I didn't like about it if you try and brush it on below 60 the paint felt kinda thick and the instructions say to put it on around 70 so I'm kinda on hold to paint the rest of the frame this spring.

I didn't take any photos, but I did let a brush dry and attempted to bend the bristles and well I ended up snapping the paint brush handle before I could get the bristles to bend the slightest. I was rather impressed.

I used a quart of the base to do two coats of the rear frame basically under the bed, all of the bed supports and the rear axle. I used around 1/2 quart or maybe just a bit more of the Chasis black to do the samething. I"m guessing I used more of the base because it had to fill in little imperfections or whatnot.

I was tossing up between RustBullet and POR15 myself, but I decided I really wanted something I could brush on and I more or less flipped a quarter and picked POR15. hahaha

I didn't post some photos on my build either because I forgot or well I got lazy, but you can see all of them in my Build Diary just click on the Archive button and it will show you every post I've done in order. Bottom up that is.
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cool, thanks for the info!!
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