65Custom Build Thread

[65Custom]

I ran out to the tag office to get my title in my name today.

What an ordeal that was. In Ga you don't need a title if it is before 1986 and they will not even issue you a title if it is a 1962 or older (does not make sense ) even if you have a title.
I bought the truck from out of state that may have been why I had to have the vin verified, so you have a police officer come out and verify your vin (no change for this service) once it has been verified good, not stolen etc you make another trip to the tag office and then fork over some cash for title & ad valorem tax so I don't know if it was a good idea to go through this mess now since I'll have to pay taxes on it from now on but it is not much, at least now I know that it is not stolen so I can continue with my build with the knowledge it is clean.

[Alan's Classic]

I did the same by having my VIN's checked on the 55 and 65. I haven't put them in my name yet.

[65Custom]

Finally got off my but today and did something. This is one of the custom mods that I have been planning for some time now and finally got the light in last week, my other way i was going to do the light was too much work but would have very cool the biggest problem was finding a light thin enough to fit so i had to find another light and this one seems to work pretty well.

1. measuring it out to make sure I have as close to center as possible.



2. Making a mess I should have used my 3" grinder but I have small air compressor and it does not keep up well with a air hog.



3. Clamped it up to get the bend i needed since this a concave curve it needed a little finesseing to get it to go up.



4. A little preflight testing to see what it was going to look like and make sure that it was going in the right direction.



5. Finally got it fitted and started tacking it in place and I ran out of wire, so this if as far as I got

[65Custom]

Test fitting and a little motivation for me to see how it is going to look. I hope the finished product looks good. I'm a little afraid the height that it has now due to opening up that curve into a flat area has not made the back look too weird or look like it was an after thought, at least I know it is not an after thought as I have put a lot of thought into this one mod even though it is pretty simple to do I want it to look good when it is finished.



Another angle I think it will be alright and as it stands now I'm stuck with it.

[protrash64]

.......be sure and post some pics when its in; I like it!

[65Custom]

It has been awhile since I posted anything for progress on mine but here are a couple of things that I have going.

I finished up the pocket for the third Brake Light I do still need to do a little finish work but the major work is completed





I like the idea of a dash extension and taking a queue from one I have seen before I made a up template to see what it will look like when finished



So I am still around and working on it just not as much as I would like

[chad64chevy]

cool build!! alot of metal fabbing! looks real good, keep at it!! any updates??

[65Custom]

It is on pause at the moment! I hope to get back on it a little later this year, I am adding a better half to my life if everything goes well this week

[56taskforce]

I will defiantly be waiting to see progress here looking great so far and all the tin replacement pictures are a huge help. I have scraped out a lot of trucks and now wish that I had disassembled a few at the spot welds and kept the useful panels. Seeing pictures of careful deconstruction of the cab parts definitely eases the fear factor of rust repair and panel replacement, I can see my next tool purchase being a sheet metal brake and shrinker/strecher. I have already bought some of those nifty panel clips I seen you were using and put them to replace the inner door sheet metal for the window regulator mount on my 64 GMC that the P.O. had cut out they sure work good big plus now the window goes up and down LOL.

BTW Good luck with the addition of the better half

[mglumpkin]

Originally Posted by Alan's Classic

Do you need a new polished compressor? It came with my vintage air kit, but I'm using a serpentine setup.

Is it gone yet? I would love to have it?

[65Custom]

Originally Posted by mglumpkin

Is it gone yet? I would love to have it?

Check with Alan he is on this board, I did not take it, I'm not ready for it, I'm still in metal fab stage

[Strodder]

Thanks for sharing your build. I subscribed, now I have to catch on on all the threads. Your doing some scary stuff. Nice job from what I saw at a quick look.

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by 65Custom

Check with Alan he is on this board, I did not take it, I'm not ready for it, I'm still in metal fab stage

I PM'd him, I guess my price scared him off. Or maybe he hadn't been on the board.

[65Custom]

Originally Posted by Strodder

Thanks for sharing your build. I subscribed, now I have to catch on on all the threads. Your doing some scary stuff. Nice job from what I saw at a quick look.

Thanks, I thought some of it was going to be worse that it really was, it has just been a lot of work, I have gotten stalled a bit but hoping that it is going to pick back up sometime this year.

Originally Posted by Alan's Classic

I PM'd him, I guess my price scared him off. Or maybe he hadn't been on the board.

Thanks and I don't think your prices are all that bad, but my wallet does Just kidding!!!

I got to do something about filling my wallet up rather than emptying it every payday!!

I got some pic's to post too maybe tomorrow I can get them up here I think everyone will enjoy them, I know I had fun taking them.

[Dinos63]

Just read your thread ! Nice work and great skills!!

[65Custom]

On my recent trip out of the country I saw a few trucks and most of us being truck guy I started trying to take pics of the ones I saw, I missed a few good ones because I didn't have my camera with me at the time and sorry but a few of them are not so great.

But I was surprised at how good a shape many of them were

[65Custom]

So enjoy one is of a 4-5-6 GM it is in surprisingly great shape and the other a 50's ford i think! I may be wrong I didnt get a good look and still cant tell from the pics, also one thing i missed was a 50's ford that was Big Dump truck I have no idea what tonnage it was but it was big one and had a lot of nice chrome on it as well as I nice paint job that is one I wish I had gotten the pic but I was camera less that day

[exoticmetalworx]

is that columbia?

[65Custom]

Originally Posted by exoticmetalworx

is that columbia?

Yep the capital city Bogota, a really cool place.

[exoticmetalworx]

i was born there its weird i recognize it after for ever i never went back and still recognize it somehow

[65Custom]

Originally Posted by exoticmetalworx

i was born there its weird i recognize it after for ever i never went back and still recognize it somehow

Cool I met my fiance there hopefully she should have her visa next month and be here a few weeks after, The reason why my truck is kinda on hold.
those pics are of a area known as Suba a neighborhood north of the the city so it is like the suburbs here I guess pretty much the outer edge of the city of Bogota I really like it there a really cool place

[exoticmetalworx]

you know more than i do i have no idea whats what over there but some how the visuals kick in

[LostMy65]

Some serious metal work here in this thread.

[65Custom]

Originally Posted by LostMy65

Some serious metal work here in this thread.

Thanks I hope I can get the roof finished before the end of the year, it has been on hold for awhile, but not forgotten

[McMurphy]

Totally inspirational, I even made my wife look at more than a few of your pics!!
I want to do the one piece window with the wing omit too.
About them rattling half way up or down, I think I would install the felt guides that the cars of this era came with. I replaced the driver side glass on my wifes 72 LeMans convertible, and had to adjust these guides so the glass would seat properly with the top up. Their function was obvious.

I love threads like this, I learn so much from reading them!!
PM sent for the cab corners too.
Thanks !!