1966 SBBW pro street

[Dieselwrencher]

Dude, your buddy's truck is sweet! Nice to hear about the smooth azz floor. I hear ya about getting organized. My buddy just started sheeting my south bay north wall and put some shelves up in there. He spent 2 days organizing and throwing crap away. It's crazy how much crap we have in there for the building only being used for 2 years.

[chad64chevy]

wutnxt, truck is looking reallll good! remember if you build a truck to drive, dont sell it til the prostreet trucks done, lol!! this is my next project to start on, when i get totally done with my truck!! it's my buddy's and he said he'll wait til i'm done with my truck before we start on it, it's only got 43000 miles on it, 3 dents and very lil rust mostly surface rust! interior, trim pieces, grille and bumpers is all in the shop covered but the headliner was left in! anyways thought i would share this with you

[wutnxt]

Gasp.......

Some posted a dodge on my page...cluthes my heart.....ackkkk ackkkk....feels faint....

Chad ..just kidding
well good luck sounds like a great project, I have the next 4 lined up and have decided to start to double up on some while i wait for paint or parts....This is my year, I wanna drive the crap out of everything this summer

[65Pickup]

Originally Posted by wutnxt

Gasp.......

Some posted a dodge on my page...cluthes my heart.....ackkkk ackkkk....feels faint....

Chad ..just kidding
well good luck sounds like a great project, I have the next 4 lined up and have decided to start to double up on some while i wait for paint or parts....This is my year, I wanna drive the crap out of everything this summer

I couldn't resist stressing your heart one more time, I inherited this one, so I'm still Chevy to the core, just a Dodge Caretaker

[Dieselwrencher]

Dude, good luck with that! Seriously. I said that last summer and got half of my list done. Now I'm on to the new list.

[wutnxt]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Dude, good luck with that! Seriously. I said that last summer and got half of my list done. Now I'm on to the new list.

Dude if i have to I am going to buy something when the sun hits........lol...

[chad64chevy]

sorry about that, but its a Plymouth Roadrunner lol!! i did tell him that when its done i want to tow it around behind my truck to a car show or two! also told him i want him to buy my parts to build my motor for helpping build the roadrunner he agreed then i told him i wanted to race him, he said i would win anyways cause i was a better driver, not that he would take it easy on the car, lol!!

[wutnxt]

65Pickup

Hey it looks like it's in pretty good shape....
For the record I should say i have a apprecation of all kinds of things that move and that are mechanical...espically if they are taken care of and old

[wutnxt]

Well had a great work day on the chassis...it's been sitting a while so I didn't want to take any chances....drained the oil poured it back in the top half on each side.....pulled the distributor out and drove the oil pump until it came back up into the pushrods and heads...pulled the plugs ( which was a pain because i had to take the headers off to get at 3 of the plugs,apparently there is going to be a modification of the bolt flange before those go back on )..light spray of WD40 into the cylinders.Polished both value covers and breathers,polished some of the other bits and parts. Rolled it over by hand a bit while the plugs were out and it's all good and ready to go . I hope at some point on the weekend to fire it up and hear it run....

[Dieselwrencher]

Where's the video at man?!!!!! You're not done yet? WTF? I was all excited to hear this bad machine!

[wutnxt]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Where's the video at man?!!!!! You're not done yet? WTF? I was all excited to hear this bad machine!

Dude your killing me.....I do have to get 4 or 5 hours a sleep a night you know.I hope to fire it on the weekend....i might take video.....see how it goes. So does that mean your truck is painted?......lmao....I didn't think so....

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by wutnxt

Dude your killing me.....I do have to get 4 or 5 hours a sleep a night you know.I hope to fire it on the weekend....i might take video.....see how it goes. So does that mean your truck is painted?......lmao....I didn't think so....

Yes it is..............................







































With Dust!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wutnxt]

LMAO.....***************

Okay that was freaking funna

[wutnxt]

Well i fired up the engine in the new chassis and it really runs.....it really does....Just about everything that could have been wrong was wrong, the rocker studs were lose so had to strip all of the roller gear off and tighten all the studs down. Then had to set the roller rockers.......drove the oil pump with a drill until I had lots of oil pressure then set the distributor back excatly where it was.....then just before i tried to start it i found out it was 80 degrees out......( after i buttoned up everything with out checking anything )

Those aluminum angle plug heads hated every type of exhaust I tried....long tube headers.....fenderwell headers....it's impossible to pull atleast have the plugs with the exhaust on. I broke a couple of plugs as it was trying to get the rest out.


Note to self : Never rush and assume that the guy who did the job ahead of you did it right the first time.

[wutnxt]

I could sure use a good big back window cab.....or a short wheelbase suburban to put on that chassis.....just can't seem to find anything thats good.....( and cheap what can i say i am thrifty these days )

[Dieselwrencher]

Sorry to hear your issues. The headers sound like it's going to make working it a real PITA! Can you get a set of custom ones built for you that way you won't cut them up a year after you have it together? Running??? Really??? No vid. That's crap. I'll give you a vid of mine running but who wants to hear crickets. LMAO!

[wutnxt]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Sorry to hear your issues. The headers sound like it's going to make working it a real PITA! Can you get a set of custom ones built for you that way you won't cut them up a year after you have it together? Running??? Really??? No vid. That's crap. I'll give you a vid of mine running but who wants to hear crickets. LMAO!

Well ...in my defence it only ran for about a min because we didn't have the rad in it . Lots of work left to do yet and once I get the fuel pump mounted and the real fuel lines run we can talk video. But it sure sounded sexy right out of those headers.....and who doesn't like a little flame out of a open header right ?

[wutnxt]

Well so much for a mellow winter.....it snowed for a day. Woke up to find over a foot of snow.....was a adventure just getting to the shop door.

[Dinos63]

Originally Posted by wutnxt

well so much for a mellow winter.....it snowed for a day. Woke up to find over a foot of snow.....was a adventure just getting to the shop door.

yeah i feel ya i had to wear my extra thick tee shirt( short sleeve) and my longer pair of shorts brrrrr

[wutnxt]

Originally Posted by Dinos63

yeah i feel ya i had to wear my extra thick tee shirt( short sleeve) and my longer pair of shorts brrrrr

Cracks up...That was just cruel Dude....

[Dieselwrencher]

I'd say sorry, but you guys can have all that white stuff! Maybe you should build a 4x4!

[wutnxt]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

I'd say sorry, but you guys can have all that white stuff! Maybe you should build a 4x4!

I have "Tim the Tool man" issues and have built a few 4x4's but after i lifted the one 14" and sprained my ankle getting out......well i am old now and it's way easier getting in when they scrape the ground.....lol.

[65Pickup]

A little late but I found this post on positioning a bumper. Quite ingenious and seems close to your issue. I didn't see your name on the post so here's the post, like I said a little late but maybe useful.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...283107&page=17

[65Pickup]

Originally Posted by wutnxt

I have "Tim the Tool man" issues and have built a few 4x4's but after i lifted the one 14" and sprained my ankle getting out......well i am old now and it's way easier getting in when they scrape the ground.....lol.

I'd suggest taller air bags but those mickeys ain't gonna get any traction. Funny we only got an inch, surrounded by mountains we usually get hammered. Our turn is maybe Friday, hopefully it goes down the Strait again, oh but that will hit you again.

[wutnxt]

Originally Posted by 65Pickup

I'd suggest taller air bags but those mickeys ain't gonna get any traction. Funny we only got an inch, surrounded by mountains we usually get hammered. Our turn is maybe Friday, hopefully it goes down the Strait again, oh but that will hit you again.

Thanks for that bumper link it was intresting for sure....
Ya well we had a great non run snow season and then whamo.....there is way too much and now the temps dropped for a while so i am taking a shop break....lol....it's a trek just to get into my shop never mind heating it when it's that cold. So I think i will take this week off **lmao**