Canadian Rustbucket 66

[McMurphy]

Hello and welcome!

Are you going with white and silver for colors?

[chevyrestoguy]

Very nice! I dig the wheels! Real-deal wires from back in the day.

[rustbucket66]

Thanks. Appliance truspoke fine wires. Appliance hasn't been in business for 20 some years. I had these wheels, but were rusty. I sent them to this place in California to get new spokes and replaced aportion of the wheels on each edge. Cost me a bunch, but you can't buy a wheel like this. I know the offset is right, as they were on the truck the last time I restored it. As for the paint, it will be white with sliver in the insert, I have more pics coming.

[Slammed66]

Hey buddy!

I talked to you a few weeks ago at Scotts super trucks.

From what I see here youve got a damn nice truck coming together!!1 cant wait to see more!

[rustbucket66]

Here are the doors, have taped the old moldings on to what what it will look like. I installed a one piece glass kit and electric windows previous to taking them for paint. I think it looks much cleaner without the vent window.

[rustbucket66]

Insides of doors, installed dynamat and wont put the glass in until the doors are on. Too heavy to lift. Spent at least 25 hours on each door installing the one piece glass/ elec windows. A whole lot of grief and a ton of adjustments. Note the missing metal needed to install. Also the flat bar bracing around the hole, and rod welded inside the door across the top. There is a 3/8 rod under the outer door skin about 2 inches down and runs most the length of the door. The door loses some rigidity when you take the vent window out. I have jotted down about 20 points that the instructions don't tell you about, if anybody wants to do this, it will be helpful.

[rustbucket66]

Here are my dash pieces, the glove box door, heater control piece, and ash tray were all chrome, then I had the inserts of them painted brown to match the interior. I have an air brush artist friend and I want to have him paint the Chevy trucks ad in the next picture onto the glove box door. The ad came from a 1965 Life magazine, not sure what month. The paper was pretty rotten, so I had it laminated to save what was left. Note the red seat cover in the white truck, a fairly rare option. It reminds me of growing up on the farm, and the harvest each year. We couldn't afford 2 new trucks like the guys in the picture, but it brings back a lot of memories as a kid. I think it will make a cool glove box.

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by rustbucket66

Insides of doors, installed dynamat and wont put the glass in until the doors are on. Too heavy to lift. Spent at least 25 hours on each door installing the one piece glass/ elec windows. A whole lot of grief and a ton of adjustments. Note the missing metal needed to install. Also the flat bar bracing around the hole, and rod welded inside the door across the top. There is a 3/8 rod under the outer door skin about 2 inches down and runs most the length of the door. The door loses some rigidity when you take the vent window out. I have jotted down about 20 points that the instructions don't tell you about, if anybody wants to do this, it will be helpful.

Any chance you did a step by step photo log of your door glass conversion?
I ask because there is a Tips and Tricks/How To section on this site and that would be an excellent resource IMO.

I want to do this conversion, but I dont want power windows....