Bringing the '65 back to life

[racecougar]

Thanks guys!

Originally Posted by LostMy65

So, you have 15x10's in the rear and 15x7's in the front?

That was a different set of rollers utilized during the build. The truck has 15x7" front and 15x12" Cragars on it now.

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by racecougar

Thanks guys!



That was a different set of rollers utilized during the build. The truck has 15x7" front and 15x12" Cragars on it now.

Ok, that makes more sense. The tires are definitely wider in the rear. What tire size are you using?

[racecougar]

The rear is a 31x16R15. I believe the front is a 235/70R15, but I'd have to check.

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by racecougar

The rear is a 31x16R15. I believe the front is a 235/70R15, but I'd have to check.

Thank you.

[racecougar]

Had to run to Home Depot for a fitting last night. When I came back out to the truck, the sunset looked great, so I snapped a few pics with my iPhone. Wish I would've had a real camera and been in a better location than HD's parking lot, but for a total impromptu shoot, I think these turned out well.

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by racecougar

Had to run to Home Depot for a fitting last night. When I came back out to the truck, the sunset looked great, so I snapped a few pics with my iPhone. Wish I would've had a real camera and been in a better location than HD's parking lot, but for a total impromptu shoot, I think these turned out well.

Great shots

[racecougar]

Thanks.

Simple improvement today. Ditched the rattle-prone, P.O.S. re-pop door checks for a pair of modified Jeep Cherokee door checks. I used the door checks for the front doors of a '84-'01 Jeep Cherokee. Benefits include two detents to hold the door open, they don't rattle, and if the rubber fails, they won't allow the door to smash into the fender.
Out of the box, the detents were too aggressive; they required so much effort to overcome that I was worried about breaking the clevis out of the door pillar. Additionally, the "full open" position was not quite open enough. Grinding/smoothing down the detents and cutting the rubber bump stops in half corrected both issues.

Repop door checks on the left and top, modified Cherokee door checks on the right and bottom.

[cwcarpenter98]

Yup, I definitely need to do that door check mod to my truck. The repop ones I installed a couple years ago already broke

[racecougar]

There have been a few builds since, but this truck is still doing great. It gets cruised relatively often.

[joesscamaro]

Still looking good! Aggressive looking truck!

[bigmoe]

Originally Posted by racecougar

Thanks.

Simple improvement today. Ditched the rattle-prone, P.O.S. re-pop door checks for a pair of modified Jeep Cherokee door checks. I used the door checks for the front doors of a '84-'01 Jeep Cherokee. Benefits include two detents to hold the door open, they don't rattle, and if the rubber fails, they won't allow the door to smash into the fender.
Out of the box, the detents were too aggressive; they required so much effort to overcome that I was worried about breaking the clevis out of the door pillar. Additionally, the "full open" position was not quite open enough. Grinding/smoothing down the detents and cutting the rubber bump stops in half corrected both issues.

Repop door checks on the left and top, modified Cherokee door checks on the right and bottom.

I did the Cherokee door check mod. Since then I keep noticing that many vehicles use a similar design. I bet there's a bunch of other sources out there we could use for our trucks if someone had the time to research it.