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

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Bomp

Oh, Soooooooo want pics.
Would like to see progress on the "I think this used to be a truck build" but YES, updates on the trip to the US and Dennis.

yes
Yes
YES

Guess it's all part of who I am.....

Look....Squirrel.




Well......

Long flight, even longer when all in flight entertainment has been lost.

Eventually made it to Chicago, no sleep and limited alcohol use.



Amazing, and twice as long as the photo shows, walkway to my Terminal in Chicago after collecting and rechecking baggage.



Then a quick 45 minutes air time to St Louis, this is over the very flat Illinois landscape

Just look at the order.

This went on for miles and miles.



Baggage collection in St Louis was very quick, really efficient.

Then outside and as I got to the pavement/sidewalk, Adam who is Dennis' son and works 3 minutes from there on a construction site, came down the road in his Dodge Hellcat.

Looked rather good.

Then onto the motorway that was massively congested and running stop start.

Eventually got off onto a service road......... Adam just wanting me to drive. What a question.




Dennis' face was a picture when I walked in asking for a beer.



Race car being prepped for two nights of racing.



Yes, the wheels are different sizes.



More engines than you need.

Two more race cars in the shop.



Dennis' 66 C10 Looking good on it's NASCAR chassis.




Now headed out to the Lake of the Ozarks race track

More later if you want to check in.

Looking forward to seeing 20 of these Alcohol fed V8 sprint cars on the start line tonight.

Later.

[Palf70Step]

Add my "YES!!!!!!"

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Add my "YES!!!!!!"

Thanks Bill..


Thanks guys.

Looks like another Sleep when I am dead trip.

02.30 in the USA and 08.30 in the U.K......

Just getting to bed.

A long day and much noise and BHP's racing around an oval dirt track.

[flashed]

Count me in.

[Indian113]

Griz, I never get tired of this thread. Just seeing a slice of your life in the UK and the way blend in here in the States is AWESOME! Post any thing YOU want I'll enjoy it.

[Larry64]

Love to see your travels. I get a different perspective of our country from you.

[ibrown50]

OK I'm on-board for another Grizz adventure, at this rate you'll be getting your own show on the Discovery channel, I just wonder what they would call it?

Keep the picture coming, the Hellcat is cool but the Nascar truck is something else.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

Count me in.

Morning John,

You are always in, in fact, on the jump seat next to me


Woke an hour ago, managed to get almost 8 hrs sleep in.

Just had breakfast, and headed out to help Dennis with chainsaw and tractor to cut down brush and trees, then burn them before we head back to the California race track 2 hours from here.

Originally Posted by Indian113

Griz, I never get tired of this thread. Just seeing a slice of your life in the UK and the way blend in here in the States is AWESOME! Post any thing YOU want I'll enjoy it.

Thank you very much for taking the time to post up.

Replies like yours and Larry below, make it a pleasure and encourages me to keep posting.

I also get to share a different USA than the media often does.

My eyes sometimes sees different stuff to other people.

Originally Posted by Larry64

Love to see your travels. I get a different perspective of our country from you.

A pleasure Larry.

I really do enjoy doing it, as long as people respond on here.

Originally Posted by ibrown50

OK I'm on-board for another Grizz adventure, at this rate you'll be getting your own show on the Discovery channel, I just wonder what they would call it?

Keep the picture coming, the Hellcat is cool but the Nascar truck is something else.

Morning Ian,

The C10 is getting the one motor pictured above, from the No 4 Sprint car that Dennis sold recently. It was planned a long time ago, to add that motor when he sold the rest of the car.

It will be a beast when done.

[The Rocknrod]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

...
Then a quick 45 minutes air time to St Louis, this is over the very flat Illinois landscape
Just look at the order.
This went on for miles and miles.

...

Iowa produced the most corn in the United States in 2016 followed by Illinois & Nebraska.
Iowa and Illinois both produced over 2 billion bushels in 2016.
Four states produced over 1 billion bushels of corn in 2016: Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, & Minnesota.
(And I have no idea what made me think that was important)

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by The Rocknrod

Illinois is the 2nd largest corn producer in America. A bushel of corn is 56 pounds. 41 states produce corn in recordable amounts, but the leading 20 states produced 100 million bushels of corn in 2016. So much corn they screw up our gasoline with it.

This I should great information.

Thank you for adding.

This is what I love about here forums.

I guess the sprint cars love the alcohol.



Saturday started like this.......

After a serious breakfast and getting some good sleep in.


You know you are not in e city when the mail box looks like this.



Dennis out in the shop doing more fine tuning.

When your motor is putting out high 800's in bhp every bit counts, because everyone else also brings their A-Game.



We did a few bit, me mostly just handing tools and bad advice over.

Then I took a walk to see some of the other stuff that's changed this year.

Real Barn finds, he found and bought this rust free Chevelle (already running after a couple of hours fettling) and a Kerman VW Beetle convertible (For Sale without a title)

Parked in the kitchen of the house Adam and Hanna are building on the 10 acres they bought next to his land earlier this year.





2/3 will be lofted hone and a third will be his shop for the Hellcat etc, till they build another home further away on the land.

Hard work gets rewarded.



Another Dennis purchase this year, just for nostalgic reasons and to haul the lumber for the house build.

I love this truck totally.



Hellcat getting out the shop.

Love the light rings.

One side is actually an air intake as well.



Father and son.



Dennis and Debbie. 12 years later she still lets him go out to play.

Pretty good deal ehhhh..??



This was just my sample from Debs breakfast, my life is complete.

NOTHING BEATS AMERICAN CRISPY BACON.....!!



After breakfast we went to fill the GMC Dually, Challenger and get both a wash.

Dennis is like that, he likes a clean car.

Right, got to go shower, plans have changed, no cutting trees today, we leave in an hour for a BBQ at Clancy's place, then day two of races.

Later you bunch of addicts, stalkers and Vicarious livers.

Hope to have more to report and photos to post up.

[The Rocknrod]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

... Vicarious livers.

...

I couldn't for the life of me find the definition of that online.

[The Rocknrod]

Oh wait - I get it now. I stopped that when I left the Navy.
I was thinking liver, like cow liver. I don't get out much I guess.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by The Rocknrod

Oh wait - I get it now. I stopped that when I left the Navy.
I was thinking liver, like cow liver. I don't get out much I guess.

Love it !!!

Yes, all livers should be punished.

[flashed]

Chicken Liver is pretty tasty .

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

Chicken Liver is pretty tasty .

Yup.

It sure is.


Right,

I am currently in Strawberry. Arkansas visiting with Donnie Wilson, no internet, but using their home tablet.

So just a bunch of pics for those waiting patiently.

Up early morning and off on the "Off Road" golf buggy to look at the changes that have happened since last year.



Drove into next door neighbor Donny's place and made a "Barn Find"

Look in the shadow



Turns out it is ne of Dennis' parts trucks.



After this it was off to fill the GMC Dually that pulls the race car trailer and give it a contactless machine wash.



Adam, Hanna and Tyler all went in the Dually, while Dennis, Debbie, Diane and I took his purple challenger to e races 130 miles away.

Doing some detours, stopping for a hand made sandwich along the way at Cranes famous store.






Then on to Clancy Boots' place after going down to the Lake of the Omari's and seeing the village, the dam and some of the places Dennis used to raise hell.






From there it was up to the Lake Ozark Speedway where we would spend the next two days.




More later for those who are still around.

Later guys, now off to see the cows.

[Palf70Step]

[flashed]

Glad you are having a good time , Im staying tuned for more adventures .

[aggie91]

Even thou there is not much truck build in your thread lately, I still like reading it! I wish I had more vacation time to do things like this.

[ibrown50]

Great update. Love the dually

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Originally Posted by flashed

Glad you are having a good time , Im staying tuned for more adventures .

Next part coming up John.

Read the words carefully though.

Originally Posted by aggie91

Even thou there is not much truck build in your thread lately, I still like reading it! I wish I had more vacation time to do things like this.

I agree, but it keeps me in one piece.

Ultimately, I will be back on the truck once my head is less screwed up with this divorce looming.

Originally Posted by ibrown50

Great update. Love the dually

Dually should have been the choice this time, or even th the Hellcat, which Adam wanted me to use.


Right.

Interesting times here in the USA.

Yesterday at exactly midday, my Challenger stopped working, on a road in the middle of nowhere.

Dead..... cranks but no Fire.

Checked relays and fuses etc. But it is a modern after all.

5 hours later and much texting and calling on a strangers phone (full report on that in about 150 photos from now) I found myself headed for Jonesboro, Arkansas in my friend Steve's truck, after he had driven up there to check up and pick me up, as the recovery was dispatched to the wrong address for starters, which resulted in us leaving 5.5 hrs after I broke down.
Back at the Dodge dealership in Jonesboro after 6pm, I signed the car over, and was to be back there at 07.30 today when they opened up.......

Then we went for pizza and eventually got home after 9pm.

Tonight by 5.15 pm my car had not yet even been touched or looked at by Fletchers motors of Jonesboro Arkansas, as they are very busy.

Of course I need to be back in St Louis for the secret party Dennis is arranging for Debbie on Saturday, beginning with a Hot Air Balloon ride at 06.00

Anyone have any advice on how to get my car sorted when 300 miles from my destination??





RIGHT.............

BACK TO THE ROAD TRIP OF 2017.


Going to post a load of pics in batches of 10 as VZi only allows 10 to be posted at a time.


All of this is Sprint car and modified.






When last did you see any of these used in anger?





Love these tool vans, all sorts and designs around.

Can you say Snap On ?





Race car rig.......??

These guys do not mess around, some were much bigger and impressive, some on smaller budgets.





Love this car



More in a bit.

Though it is 00.40 in the U.K.

[Grizz1963]

A moment to sit up and take note......

Take a look at the rear wheels and tyres or are they tires??

See any difference.



The oval track is dirt.

Preparation takes hours, water, tilling, compacting etc.
















It goes on and on before race time.

More in a bit.

Time for dinner..... spare ribs.

Rum already kicking in.

[Grizz1963]

Dennis spraying anti mud on Adams car.





Danny pushing Adam onto the track.
From here the pusher trucks get them going, starting the high 800's alcohol motors





One of the cars rolled on Saturday evening being rebuilt.

[Grizz1963]

I think most of us know the mantra

"I live with fear every day, Sometimes she lets me go race"

In the case of Adam, this is Hanna, his certainly fairer half.

She lets him race.



Then we get started on the Hot Laps.

Modifieds first.

Followed by the other classes.




Love the size of these tyres.



Adam, local hero, or just hero..... well liked at the track, racing since age 6 thanks to Dennis.



Eventually at midnight, the last races end.

Adam gets some money not a bad thing.

.


The pit crew and Adam n Hanna stay near the track in a hotel.

We head out home after midnight in the Challenger.

120 miles.

Dennis gets pulled over for speeding at 01.30 in the morning.

We drive off with just a light warning.

Eventually get to bed at 03.00 or after that.


Sunday Danny comes back from the track to fetch some parts and to collect Dennis and I for the races.

Nice truck.





Dennis was Consigned to the back seat, due to his police history.



We head to Mittler Bros race shop, where he NASCAR race truck team are based, for some spares before heading out the race track.

Bed time now for me.

Later.

[flashed]

Sounds like a fun time .

[Palf70Step]

Definitely looks like lots of fun. They ever figure out the Challenger issue?