Project truck dream 65"

[lenguini]

Fill hose will be rubber from tank to the steel tube,works out to about 12".As far as the vent tube goes,Im running a vented cap and the tube,because of the gas filler length...,more venting is better.

Cheers,
Mr.Ed

Originally Posted by 1965Project

I really like what you are doing with this truck. I am currently restoring a 65 and moving the tank to the rear like you. I think I am going to do something very similar to what you have done. Couple of questions. I noticed in some earlier posts you have a rubber fill hose and in later posts you had a steel one welded in. Did you see a problem with the rubber one? Also, you have a vent line in the later post. Could you just run a vented cap instead?

Thanks

[DLOE65]

Awesome work!
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[kgmunro]

Great looking truck!

[lenguini]

Thanks for the good words !

Cheers,
Ed.

[coulter]

really clean work man i dig it!!!

[lenguini]

Time for a couple more pics ? Here are a few of the recent work completed.
The upside of the inner's all oem holes welded up bodyworked and ready for paint.I tried aftermarket junk and soon decided as in earlier posts searched out oem inners from California.
For all you future builders,dont waste your time !There is not a company out there that can stamp a new one that will work unless your prepared to spend 60 hours a side.
I had conduit welded under the drivers inner fender to hide the wire harness.I had the original harness hole welded and smoothed and moved it under the inner fender channel.

[lenguini]

Thanks,been a long road but get'n closer !

Cheers,
Ed

Originally Posted by coulter

really clean work man i dig it!!!

[lenguini]

Just got my wheels this weekend !My cousin brought them up from Blaine Saturday afternoon, so tonight I thought Id check that they were shipped with the right bolt pattern.18X8.5...,should look good with a 55 or 60 series 285's.
Man...,a year and a half to finally decide on the wheel to go with.Definitely the right choice for my truck.

[GMR-PERFORMANCE]

Area where the battery sits always gets a bit etched ehhh.. Looking good .. Billet wheels WOW long way from the last conversation we had.. SO is there a new GM crate engine somewhere as well.. , .. Drop me aline when you find the time.. Mine should be done this friday.. or at least painted.. HA HA

[lenguini]

Just as I suspected my aftermarket vents are junk.Notice glass frame is bent downward and check out the rubber to door gap.I cant believe they can sell this crap.One more lesson learned about buying new !
Anyone who rebuilds these? Im loosing my patience so Let me know,I think Ill have them fix my originals
Beware for all of you who even considered buying a set of these !

[66-PMD-GMC]

Been following your build and as I have posted before, repop stuff for 60-66 trucks is lacking quality at best.
Sorry about your frustrations.. I wholly feel ya brother..
There are some good parts available for you to rebuild your originals... and it's not all that difficult..

[GMR-PERFORMANCE]

I rebuilt mine and really they are not hard. You do need to take your time and do one before the other.. And from what I saw the aftermarket stuff LMC anyways is junk. In fact I bought the new inner rail with the liner in it.. LMAO it is not even close to stock and it had the fuzzy side of velcro stuck in the track.. I bought the tools to rivit the parts back together, ended up having to modify that tool as well, rivits I got where a bit too long.. ETC..

I have to say the stuff that I have bought very little parts have been correct.

I pull all my glass out of my frames, re did the tape.. bead blasted the frames and epoxy painted them satin black.. and replaced all the seals. Ed some where I think I posted up pics of that.

Its not hard , take your time, and you can do it ED..

[DURG]

I went through these same issues with repop stuff on my 62 Impala. Nearly all of it is marginal at best with some being completely unuseable. IF you can get OEM it's the way to go.

[lenguini]

Here's a few more pics or the recent work done.OEM rad support ! Was in good shape rust wise,did need bodywork as it was out of an an ambulance and must of hit something in its previuos life.(hopefully not on the way to emergency)

Also a couple pics of the firewall finally painted.Alot of work went into welding and smoothing it.Im glad the time was taken to go the extra mile here,It will be worth it in the end.I added a couple nuts to the top of Captains booster bracket so I can cap it once the assembly is complete.
I'm considering running the wiper valance without the rubber to firewall to hood strip,not really sure its necessary.

I'm currently in the process of welding and smoothing the bumper bolts but have heard a few stories of bumpers done this way before and the chrome cracked at a few of the welds,so anyone who wants to give their input here will be appreciated.Maybe Ill scrap the idea if its a loosing venture.
Just so I dont look like Ive been sitting around on my a$$ doing nothing..., I have decided against the 283 sb build for my truck,now going with a full roller 383 .More torqe more hp and will make more sense with the 700r4 and 308's behind it.

A couple more pics of the from the other side of the shop,sometimes its hard to believe its the same truck !

[1enick72]

looking nice

[GMR-PERFORMANCE]

Hey brother you know if you add another hole to the left of the brake plate , ( adding the hole is easy..4 inch grinder and a ding dong running it) Just messing with you.. Looking good.. BTW shoot me an address for a cool front plate. This will look great on the front of your truck..

Here it is painted and on its way home Been working on it.. Looking forward to your trip across the boarder..

[padresag]

here is a picture of the ambulance that the rad support came from. It orig belonged to the City of Victoria-Fire dept and finally Garden City Transport. the first picture came from a book on ambulances in Canada
this old truck has had parts go to Texas, arkansas,N.Y, to you and a couple of others around here. just found out a couple of weeks ago where the cut out door panels went to

By rondavid at 2012-08-26

By rondavid at 2007-06-09
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[rusty_67]

I gotta admit Ed, I'm a little disappointed that your not going to use that old 283. What happened to the fuel mileage goal??!! Next thing I know you'll be putting 4:11s back there!

Haha, kidding of course. I may have to come over and help you tighten a few bolts or something so that I can still say I had a small part in the awesome build.

Russ

[GMR-PERFORMANCE]

He also swapped out the gears in the rear end and with a little engine not coming up on rpm and towing your fuel MPG is going to go down not up.. Simple deal really... % of throttle to cruise at a given Speed is based on amount of tq at that RPM.. If you can increase the amount of tq your % of throttle will be reduced and your fuel mpg may go up or at least stay at a great number..

Tons of guys have 383 strokers and set up correctly they will knock down great MPG add a 700R trans and you have the best of both worlds.. Great power and 20 MPG.

[rusty_67]

I was just giving him a hard time cuz I sold him the 283.

If I remember correctly the original plan was 283, 2spd powerglide, and 3:08 gears. 30+mpg. 0-60 in... irrelevant, its a cruiser.

But that was then...

Russ

[GMR-PERFORMANCE]

The 283 with a good trans would work well but with a 2 speed slush box that thing would have been the turd when he tows.. He started with the 700 trans and then things went another direction.. LOL Ed is a great guy.. GOTTA love his skills with a angle grinder..

[Dinos63]

nice work very clean !

[chevy88]

Great build, just read it all, lots of great ideas and perfection!!!

[1965Project]

Hey, just wanted to thank you for this thread. You are doing a fantastic job and I can't wait to see the finished truck. I just installed the same tank in my 65 frame and it is almost identical to your install. I haven't done the fill tube in the bed yet but it will be very similar as well. Thanks again for folks like you that take the time to share.

Mark

[lenguini]

Thanks for the pics ! Thats little history I can now add to the build !

Cheers,
Ed