Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!

[Grizz1963]

Sorry guys.......

Originally Posted by wraith666

Well I got 5 pages to go and the links go down. Wasn't a bad way to spend 3 days.

Photophuckit.........

Useless service it seems.

150 photos deleted, by their service it seems, though they say I did....... WTF ??

Certainly was not me.

I am really pee'd off, as I tried to contact them, but cannot get any link to work.


What do I do now??

This is what 6 pages of photo links look like now




Anyone got friends working for Photobucket??

Advice?

[Grizz1963]

Have emailed what I think is a contact us address for Photobucket I found on about a 7th level of their website.

No reply.

I get the feeli they do not give a hoot about people's photos.


In other news....... Harley.


Currently have two lodgers, one for two weeks, one for three.

On Saturday I do their bedding, well the machine does it and they remove and refit it themselves.

This week, the one, an ex army guy, ultra neat etc, stripped his bedding, and did not close his door completely, when I walked past, I saw this.......






Closer inspection, showed this......






Which meant we had a cat burrito

How the hell did she do this on her own..??


Made me laugh though.

[Grizz1963]

Bit of almost truck action today.

Bootfair just started, so always on the lookout for stuff I like or want or may even need.

This lot......



Included some healthy plants at £2.50 each for some work I am currently doing in the garden (report some time soon)

Also a large checkered flag.... £1.00

A bass drum pedal and its pedestal for £1.00 This is certainly truck related.......

I want to use the pedal as an accelerator pedal for the truck. I always love the cast ally pedals, but they are silly prices, so plan B comes into play.



I also got a large unopened pack of split pins for £2.00



Also from the same seller a tub of 100 hand cleaner scrubby towel things for £2.00 surely a bargain too.

And a bag of nails for the shed I am building currently, to be reported on some time in the future.

And a nice unused three hook coat hook, key hook for £2.00

Some punches for mate CraigRK at £2.00



And most randomly, a selection of drinking glasses at 20p each, some will be off to friends elesewhere, but I get to keep two, Katy gets one etc.



Prices have certainly gone up at bootfair, and there is less choice stuff, but there is still the odd gem if you take the time to look around.

Another bootfair tomorrow.

[Palf70Step]

Soon as I saw that drum pedal, I saiod to my self Rian wants that for the gas!!!

Pretty nice haul you got their Rian.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Soon as I saw that drum pedal, I saiod to my self Rian wants that for the gas!!!

Pretty nice haul you got their Rian.

Thank you very much Bill, I felt so too.

Pedal was certainly my highlight, wanted one a long time.



I went to Wheels Day on Friday with my buddy Craig and between is we took some photos.

Rather than load the lot on here, please click the link below and see the lot.

Also click below the last pic to download and view all the photos.

http://imgur.com/a/pbdj5


I hope you enjoy.

It was a great day out.

[flashed]

Great pics Rian ,thanks for sharing .

[65sub]

Thanks for the photo tour Rian. Some really cool rides there.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

Great pics Rian ,thanks for sharing .

Always a pleasure John.

I love to see what does go on elsewhere and guess most of us like a look into other parts of the world.

Originally Posted by 65sub

Thanks for the photo tour Rian. Some really cool rides there.

Indeed Dale.

Loads of creative people here.

The American, but also all modded and hot rod market is big here.

Just a lot more expensive than in the USA as we import what we need and get duties and taxes on top.

Got a text from Miss Katy yesterday with a photo......

Parcel from America had landed, included Pink cammo working gloves, from mate Dennis in St Louis, Missouri.
She had commented on a pair that he had sent to Mr Zog (His move to America and all it brought him here: http://www.wilddog.za.net/forum/inde...topic=190196.0 ) in Florida a few weeks ago, so Dennis offered in secret to send her some to her address. The big ones are for me.
She was tickled pink.

Thank you Dennis.



Got home last night and there was a small parcel that made it through the letter box, the address was a colleagues name and he had texted that he had dropped something off on his way home from work.

Opened the parcel.....



Yes, it's a knife, I love a good knife. And Kenneth wanted to thank me for just looking out for him. I need no rewards, but it was rather nice.






Then tonight after work I jumped into Prozac and shot down to Sheppey again to Darren's place to pick up some bits for the car.

I still need a few little trim bits, but hope to pick them up over time.

A rear panel for the tailgate that was missing and an original radio, with its code......



And most importantly, a piece of the wiring harness to try repair the mess that is there now.

Hopefully mate Martin with his electronic cleverness can figure it all out.



Still need one of these little twist knobs to retain the under dash fuse panel.



And a drivers side speaker grille.



Home by 7.30 and on my work desk till 10.00pm soma productive day in all.

[clemdaddy]

Nice pics Rian… Harley hiding in the bed roll waiting to spring on his prey, was my favorite.

[Palf70Step]

Very nice Rian!

[Ta2Don]

I finally found some time to get on here and catch up... As always, thanx for the pics and the narrative... I too love the pic of the kitty burrito
Martin will sort that wiring in a minute... Although I have little room to talk, what about some love for the '66? Just messing with you mate... Hope you like those pics from Micahdoodles...

Cheers Mate!

[Ta2Don]

Here ya go

[Ta2Don]

Artwork courtesy of Micahdoodles on IG

[Grizz1963]

Photophuckitt still at it.

This service sucks like very few things I know of and we are stuck with it while they take our money and have no way of communicating with anyone who actually gives a toss or would affect a change.


In the mean time I thought I would just upload a load of phot s they deleted before, no narrative, just as a second try at keeping a record of what has happened so far.


So Wheels bought from Andy, cleaned at Darren's shop.



Primered.



Painted and a red stipe added.






Spare wheel removed, cleaned and painted.



Off to get alloys swopped over..... that cost me a new tyre and a lot more cash that planned.





New silencer fitted...... 20 minute job, even for me.







Debadged from Citroen.....













Around about the same time I got a parcel from Dennis.

All was not yet revealed........






More photos later when I have time.

Little van also has a bit of a big job ahead this week, possibly moving 6 railway sleepers, or ties from a friends place 20 miles from here for a small project that is going on in the background.

Later guys.

[flashed]

Good Morning Rian ,still here with you .

[Palf70Step]

Me too.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

Good Morning Rian ,still here with you .

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Me too.

There you go guys.


While Photophukkit continues to be 100% ****e I am able to access my uploaded pics via mobile phone but not iPad. Really battle to understand that.

In the mean time some more photos for the records.

Slightly out of sequence set brake repair photos.


Brakes were never spectacular for starters.

So needed to be adressed.

Fronts looked fine after a few miles of purposefull heavy use but rears certainly made interesting noises.

Rusted up means penetrating oil. Lots of it



Aaaaaaahhhh......

Leaking cylinders and contaminated shoes.

New parts £60.00 for full rebuild kit.







Passenger side much better condition.

But replaced as matter of course.





Looking a bit sad



My neighbour Stuart whose vans I get to borrow occasionally for the price of diesel came to supervise and ultimately take over and do most of the clever reassembly.



Once the brakes and handbrake were all refitted and adjusted I had to try on the alloys.





It made me grin madly.

Yup......

Van makes my very happy.

And as always, Harley insists on inspecting and doing security control.

She helps a lot.

[Grizz1963]

Hoarders

Hoarders I said.......

I blame Prozac the Berlingo

Well, I probably should blame myself.

And the Chevy C10 stood in my garage in 1000 bits.

So when you get your ducks in a row and want to start restoring it.

Suddenly there is a load of stuff on the drive to move.

And piles of stuff in the garage as well.

Why have three lawnmowers ?

One works reasonably-ish

3 bicycles one works

Loads of stuff.

Hoarder ??

Anyway..........

Back to Prozac

When I bought it, mate Andy offered to sell me the VTR alloy wheels I bought off him and on collection also offered me a pile of wood. Mostly 8 foot planks. Some nailed together.
Just in case I wanted to build a shed.

"No thank you" I said, thinking I meant it.

So I took the wheels and left.





But of course as I drove off......

This was the image burned into my conscience.



Tempered with the first flowers of spring.



I really had nowhere to put another shed, those of you that know what my place looks like will know this.

But it kept burning in the back of my mind.

I guess the next is inevitable.

As is the question: " Is anyone interested in this rambling diatribe "


Shed thread here: http://retrorides.proboards.com/thre...-make-overflow


For you those wanting to see what happened next.

Later guys.

[Palf70Step]

AS mentioned in the other board, you can never have enough sheds!

[flashed]

Build it and it will be full too.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

AS mentioned in the other board, you can never have enough sheds!

Good morning Bill

Agreed, more sheds more stuff.

However. This shed will help clear the driveway and some stuff in the garage.

Originally Posted by flashed

Build it and it will be full too.

How true John.

Its kind of full already.



Had a couple of "objections" on other forums that guys did not want to click through to the actual shed thread but were interested in progress.

So I will do the usual copy and paste into this thread as its minimal effort for me. And nothing else is happening right now.

So.

Where do I start??

When I stripped the truck down, stuff like the complete exhaust system had to stay in one piece to serve as basic template when I make up the new 3" system with electric cutouts for the truck.
They have laid on the drive against a wall since then.
Loads of other "important stuff" has found its way there too.
Disability scooter chassis, beer kegs, biltong making cabinet, lawnmower, wheelbarrow and it goes on and on.

So the shed I had that was Nicolas potting shed would not take more stuff as it was already at capacity.

But it needed sorting and clearing as well as painting. Something used to do every year when I cleaned and painted the deck and pressure cleaned all the block paving and driveway.

So into action........

Clear away growth, empty shed, move onto lawn and paint 3 coats over three days. It s cheaper than replacing the shed and has worked on this shed since I had the Taunus Transit.




This side needed to drop and you can see how high it is compared to the shed.



What was there. Built up and filled over time to raise that section of garden.




Of course everything takes time and I had to go to Katy every second weekend to help her with various jobs in the garden at her place etc.

There were two Butlers sinks next to the shed that originally came from Jabbo, offered them back to him but he declined.
So CraigRK got one to use as a dogbath.

The other went to Katy's place as a smal garden for alpines.

Nice result once cleaned up and placed on some sleeper offcuts.



In the mean time Mickey next door rescued me a lighter weight patio set from his sons skip and I could give him the cast iron set on my deck for his garden.
The new set needed a clean up and one small repair.



Around the same time I bought a small bandsaw with 6 spare new blades off Facbook traders page while I was away at a three day training meeting in the Midlands. This would become impotant later. Like in yesterday.

Mate Paul fetched it and delivered it to my place one evening. Thanks Paul.



Around the same time I got two contractor lodgers move in for three weeks while they worked on maintenance at Damhead Creek powerstation.

So the BBQ got to work overtime.

This is really good as its part of the reward after a day digging holes or humping stuff about.



Keep in mind. This shed was really created to just be a rough rustic garden shed. With a dirt floor.

Of course that was not going to happen.

Another longterm good friend, Kevin who I helped a bit last year digging trenches and humping stuff when we built him a new patio, delivered a load of 500x500mm paving slabs that I stashed behind the garage for future use, months ago.......

Perfect ehhh.

So I started to carry them through from the rear to use some as a base for the garden shed and decided to lay some down on a very thin layer of sharp sand as floor to the shed.

Wooop Wooooopp !!

Free stuff.



A few weeks ago Kevin cleared out his garage and found some 3x3" 8 foot posts too that he offered me.
I also bought over 4 3" Metposts to use as corner posts from him for £30.00 delivered.
More about the delivery later.

[flashed]

You are always busy ,looks good too.

[Palf70Step]

I am tired just reading it, let alone watching you carry big rocks

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

You are always busy ,looks good too.

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

I am tired just reading it, let alone watching you carry big rocks

Getting this shed done and my garage cleared will allow me ti get on with the truck.

The shed and Prozac the van have helped get my MoJo back too.

[Grizz1963]

So once the existing shed was moved, the next job was to level out and clean up and place some of Kevin's old pavers on a very thin layer of sand..

There will also still be strips of wood under it when done, just to keep the floor as dry as possible.



Then of course I had to dismantle the existing garden after 6 years of carting stuff like stones, logs, ornaments and other plants in there.

Pile of rocks, to be redistributed later.



Measure and peg out the basic line where I wanted to get to with the new shed.

Using all sorts of rubble to create a dry wall behind which all the solid dug out will go.



Most nights after work I would get an hour or two in to dig a bit or move stuff about as I get home around 5-6pm if traffic and trains work well. So little by little it moved ahead.






One evening I had to pop in at my GP to collect my yearly antihistamine prescription.......

And had another Hallelujah moment.

In the garden of the practice was a large skip.

Yes, I cannot resist a skip.

And in the skip.......... MONEY !!!!!

Seriously, cash is all around if you keep your eyes open.

I saw this used garden gate.



Went inside and asked about it, before getting to my pills.

Of course you can have it if you want it.

Went home, fetched the Prozac Berlingo and also did a Google search to find the following.

£165.00 for the gate, excluding delivery or hardware. Online was free delivery. But regardless, not everyone would have that luxury.



Gate in the back, flat on the floor and tailgate strapped to it with some electric cord from the skip..... happy days.




Crazy Crazy world.

Free Money.

Who would say no to free cash??

I don't care how arrogant or up your own wallet you are, but if I tossed £165.00 on the floor in front of you, and said "Pick it up, it's yours" and you could go out to some pretentious restaurant and spend it on an overpriced meal, you probably would.

To me, these freebies translate into a new truer on my bike, a replacement circular saw etc.


So bit by bit the other parts of the garden where I had removed dead growth started to get filled with the soil dug out on the new site.
Carried there load by load.



More later, time for work now.