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

[flashed]

I like the Minor too , want no part of the bike , your welding repairs look great .

[ibrown50]

The dash repairs turned out very well Rian and look like they’ll need next to no filler, which is always a good thing ��

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Nice work on the dash Rian!

Thanks Bill.

With all of you guys watching over my shoulder, I had to make itgood.

Originally Posted by Indian113

Nice Job! I can see that those New Abrasives make quite a bit difference.

Absolutely, I guess the glued joints were rotten on the old belts, the new ones have no joins.

Originally Posted by flashed

I like the Minor too , want no part of the bike , your welding repairs look great .

Minor is a clever build.

Welder made the difference. It’s a great machine for sure.

Originally Posted by ibrown50

The dash repairs turned out very well Rian and look like they’ll need next to no filler, which is always a good thing ��

Thanks Ian.

I think the trick is steady and slow.

[Grizz1963]

Prozac to the rescue.

Saw this in a skip on Sunday.



After work Monday I managed to get it for £10.00 after getting the driver to put the skip on the ground again and help me get it out and loaded into tbe van.



Unloaded back home.

Needs a clean up and paint.

Better welding table than the one I have.

[Indian113]

Wow! Good Find you lucky Dog. Materials alone would have been a lot more- I Think! LOL

[Palf70Step]

Kool table, You can drop it off at my place anytime

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Indian113

Wow! Good Find you lucky Dog. Materials alone would have been a lot more- I Think! LOL

It is galvanised too.

Materials would be a load, plus time and effort for,prepping

Think I did good.

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Kool table, You can drop it off at my place anytime

Postage would be a killer.

I am very pleased that pride is not part of my make up..




Sunday Bootfairs X2

My best day to date.

Random stuff, more than half for other people, but I scored a few nice bits too.

Most expensive was a £2.00 wooden Christmas tree that I would not bother making myself.

Two dog jackets for Dennis’ dogs, £1.50

When I got home and saw the price tags, I had to laugh.

We’re £7.00 each, marked down to 20p each somewhere in the past.

Ooooppps.



My one of two favourites, as I like smaller miniature stuff.

50p



Check the date in the front.



Bought an old cutthroat, really bad condition for £1.00

And a Sabatier knife for 20p

Cleaned the knife, sharpened up and used last night.... what a beauty.



Stuff I kept for myself, also with Christmas tree and frog cushion.

[Grizz1963]

Only had 40 minutes between getting home from work and having to shower last night with Joy coming over for dinner, so could not do anything big, like the truck or that work bench.

So decided this could be seen to in 45 minutes.

Remember it was another dumpster find.

Very early BSA Meteor .22 Air rifle.

More vintage than weapon, so let’s see where it goes.

Mate Craig found it and gave it to me as his wife does not agree with guns on their property.



Plan is to restore it, I have bought a replacement barrel seal and 500 pellets.

Stripped it down and started on the stock, removing varnish and sanding down to very fine grade by hand.



Next up will be either Danish oil, Matt clear varnish or oil.

I will see what the metal work looks like once done as it is a bit rough.

[Grizz1963]

Reversed off a raised verge outside my house a few weeks ago, when working on the Chevy speaker holes and managed to tear the bottom bumper lip that had been bodged together, including cable ties, before my time, off somewhat.



Been wanting to bodge it together ever since, and had a plan, just not been able to get to it.

The weekend when I discovered the welding bench in a skip at a panel shop, I was looking for a random bumper to cut up and repair and camouflage the damage. However, they did not want to give me a bent bumper, this evening on the way home, I had to fill my car and went to a different shop, they gave me a bumper off a Toyota Aygo as well as a Mk1 Mini tailgate in good condition which may become a small bench or wall hanging.





Measured up the bumper, marked out some lines and cut.






And with Mitsubishi turbo truck air scoop.

Needs to be fine tuned, and then self tappers from below.

Followed by painting the lip black. Needs something else to cover th original lip break.





Decided to reassemble after cleaning the gun.



Pellets and barrel seal,landed today.

Have shot with it in the dark tonight, packs a decent punch still.

TG serial numbers begin in 1974 and run to 1978

Just in case you missed something off.

T METEOR MK1 0.22 1959/62
TA METEOR MK2 0.22 1962/66
TB METEOR MK2 0.22 1966/68
TD METEOR + SUPER MK3 0.22 1967/69
TE METEOR + SUPER MK3 0.22 1969/73
TG METEOR + SUPER MK4 0.22 1974/78
TH METEOR + SUPER 0.22 1979-
N METEOR MK1 0.177 1959/62
NA METEOR MK2 0.177 1962/66
NB METEOR MK2 0.177 1966/68
ND METEOR MK3 0.177 1967/69
NE METEOR MK3 AND SUPER METEOR MK3 0.177 1969/73
NG METEOR MK4 AND SUPER METEOR MK4 0.177 1973-79
NH METEOR MK5 AND SUPER METEOR MK5 0.177 1979-



So that is that done too.


Over in St Louis, Dennis continues to build his gas station.

Roofing going on, he is laying the front deck flooring in thick oak.



This week he also managed to find and buy this old station gun.



Still needs loads of stuff to make it an authentic vintage gas station.

Later.

Bedtime now.

[aggie91]

Nice work on the dash and the new pellet gun.

Love to see what you find at your bootfairs and now the skip. Over here we call that "dumpster diving"...lol

You should add a line from that Pickups & Come-Ons book to your posts every so often...

[Palf70Step]

Nice work on prozak and the gun.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by aggie91

Nice work on the dash and the new pellet gun.

Love to see what you find at your bootfairs and now the skip. Over here we call that "dumpster diving"...lol

You should add a line from that Pickups & Come-Ons book to your posts every so often...

Thank you Karl.

I love the Bootfairs and also Dumpster diving as it allows me to experiment cheaply with stuff.

If you would like the Pickup and Come-ons book, I would love to pop it in the post for you, on condition that it lives in your bathroom behind the toilet

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Nice work on prozak and the gun.

Thank you Bill, happy with both.

[Grizz1963]

After work tonight, I cut the front hedge and shrubs, all the grass and then thought I would relax....... ermmm wrong.

Went down to the garage, moved Prozac and got started on cleaning the welding table/workbench.



Scraping all the paint off after clearing all the gunge of years off the flat surfaces took some time.



Finally two washes with petrol,and an old t-shirt gave me this, ready for either new paint or just leave it as is.

Still thinking.....

Opinions?




After reassembling the skip find air rifle last night and shooting in the dark, I also set it up tonight.

The little sight is not as good as the modern item I bought for the newer gun I bought recently

Size difference between the two calibers.



And after three sets of 5 pellets and setting up the scope, this was the result.

I am really impressed with this skip find.



So there you go, skip finds....

Free cash.


And lastly, a pic of Dennis’ progress with the deck out front of what will be his replica vintage gas station.


Note the broom on there.......

Made by Andy; he also is Blacksmith Thread here:

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/...d.php?t=334140





Thanks for checking in.

[aggie91]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Thank you Karl.

I love the Bootfairs and also Dumpster diving as it allows me to experiment cheaply with stuff.

If you would like the Pickup and Come-ons book, I would love to pop it in the post for you, on condition that it lives in your bathroom behind the toilet

...

I'll send you a PM, I have some license plates I would like to send you. Maybe a trade so to speak...

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by aggie91

I'll send you a PM, I have some license plates I would like to send you. Maybe a trade so to speak...

I made up the envelope this morning, put it in the car, but got distracted

Will get it in the mail soon enough though.

[Grizz1963]

Weird day.....

Woke early, fell asleep again and then woken by 07.30 by Harley making tiny little noises to see if I was alive.

Had to run around to get some stuff from shops, needed a new hedge trimmer as the one I have abused the last 6 years is dull as hell now. Needed some flat headed self tappers and Danish Oil too for some deck chairs Imhave to give some attention to.

Eventually home by 12.00 and then down to the garage.

Had planned some truck time today, and also wanted to start investigating a door or fender.

Looking forward to trying these Tungsten Carbide tips out as well.



Prozac needed to be completed after I ran out of time last weekend.

Ghetto repair part one was to raise the front end a bit, no need for jack.



Ex Aygo front lip fitted and screwed in place.

While under there, I realised just how messed up,the underside of the front end is, before my time for sure.

Fitted.

Paint next.



Completed.

Lower than expected, that is good then.



Happy with the result.

Also took the wheels back to Black all round, but wonder if I should redo the red trim.





By 3.30I had called it a day, and came in for a drink.

Even Dukey, not too clever most days, got in on the action, licking the bottle of 7 UP in my hand.



Bootfair and hopefully truck time in the morning after other chores are done.


Later.

[Palf70Step]

Prozak's front lip came out real nice!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Prozak's front lip came out real nice!

Thanks Bill.

As long as I keep an eye on kerbs and other things over 3 inches tall, like garden gnomes




Woken at 03.00

Could not get back to sleep.



Chatted to Dennis for about 45 minutes.

Bootfairs paid off.



New, unused Olney hat £2.00





A bit of research...



My other favourite.......

Aluminium safety hat, like new..... 50p



Could be an industrial style lampshade, or possibly I could try drawing onto it with a Sharpie and then engrave some scenery on it.

Other items included a pair of lump hammers, one for me, one for mate Craig, £1.00 each.
Safety glasses, 50p/pair
Large hip flask £1.00
D-shackles 50p each
Two Desperado glasses 50p each
Mug 50p
Quirky new Scarf for Joy £1.00
Toy for Wyzz 30p
Bearing scraper 20p
Radio (working) for my kitchen 50p
Working calculator for my office 50p
Grinding and cutting discs 30 for £8.00

Then back home to do ironing, clean house and then head for garage.

My deck furniture has been degenerating over time.

Found this chair on the South Circular and fixed it, minor repair.



Mate Kevin dropped off some chairs his wife had thrown out, so they needed a bit of tlc as well, mainly Danish Oil like the other chair did, but they looked a bit tired against it.



I made the mistake of buying two litres of Outdoor Furniture oil, and not Danish Oil as planned, only realised once I opened it and poured into my tub.

Still, it certainly revitalised the wood, comparing one done vs one not yet done.




I will go get some Danish Oil during the week and give them a coat over the oil.
Should be good.

[Grizz1963]

Been awake since 03.00

Had planned some truck time this weekend, just did not quite turn out as I wanted it to.

But, got stuff done and Bootfair God’s were kind to me.

Unpacked part of the small 2berth caravan that is one of my storage sheds, can’t go wrong with £40.00 for a large shed, can you?

Got the fenders out, that went in there over three years ago.

Laid them out and realised that I have my work cut out for me.





Passenger side, filled with mud and not healthy, loads of filler evident.



Also evidence on both sides of loads of filler......



Looks like a world of pain to me.



Patch panels and replacement braces laid out.





In the end I decided that as it was 15.00 already, I would carry on with the r pairs on some,hardwood deck,chairs mate Kevin had brought over.

Now the weekend is over it seems..

Thanks for checking in and commenting all.

[Grizz1963]

may I do the Brighton version of boot fairs with your list? If those things were here, it would go a little something like this;


a pair of lump hammers, one for me, one for mate Craig. yeah they're vintage mate £30 each.
Safety glasses. a lot of people are wearing these at the moment mate £65 pair
Large hipster flask £120
D-shackles, big on the gay scene right now, galvanised which is better, I dunno why it is better though. £8 each, I can sort you out some chain as well mate, only a tenner a foot/ you wont get it it any cheaper trust me
Two Desperado glasses, nicked from a pub but they're original, well futile £7 each. £7? but you stole them? yeah it is what it is mate
Mug (starting to wonder who the mug is at this point)
Quirky new Scarf for Joy, oh its a present? she will love it, its only £45
Toy for Wyzz. you have a dog? must be rich... all dogs love these mate, especially your French bulldogs £10
Bearing scraper, priceless. as no one will know what it is, no one will ask how much it is. although some kid with a moustache and a top hat will mumble something to his mate about it being Vintáge
Radio (working) for my kitchen, 50p, too new and ordinary to sell for loads and get shafted, you may well get one for 50p.
Working calculator for my office, needless to say the £20 asking price will be explained with over used adjectives; retro, vintage, oldschool digital etc
Grinding and cutting discs 30 for £8.00 - these will sit unsold, only clean handed folk live here, getting your hands dirty is not a good look.




despite this, I still go to the Brighton marina boot fair often. didn't get anything but saw a skull I liked. it wasn't anything majorly crazy but it was £90. so it didn't come home

One of the guys on Retro Rides responded to my Bootfair posting, made me realise I am onto a good thing here.

[flashed]

Your Bootfair findings are always spot on . I need to go to next meet here .

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

I made up the envelope this morning, put it in the car, but got distracted

Will get it in the mail soon enough though.

Went out yesterday from Post office.

Originally Posted by flashed

Your Bootfair findings are always spot on . I need to go to next meet here .

Thanks John, you will find it does your head the world of good too.

It’s two fold, stuff Imay or do need and stuff I like.

Often the liked stuff is to give away.

For little money, I get two or three hours entertainment and get to keep the bits I buy.


Still researching joggled vs butt welded joins. However, the Guru has suggested Joggling

Once the next 12days are out the way, I may get back onto it. (Mid year reviews and a few other bits)

I need to clean up both fender panels on both sides and deconstruct them as far as needs to be gone.

Then decide what I have to work with.

There are oceans of filler there, and if you recall the original lower control arm, the truck was in a decent shunt at some point, so it could have included sheetmetal too.

As removed from the running driving truck.



So there could be some more surprises hidden under all the red shiny paint

[61K10]

Good to see you back on the tk sense you have all kind of things going on. Just a note on your finder braces. If the upper part is good just use what you need at the bottom (cut new brace and weld in whats needed) as they are a pain to remove.

[ibrown50]

Great progress Rian.

I have used paint stripper and a wire brush on a grinder to strip both my fenders, you're absolutely right you have to know what you are working with before you start any repairs. A blow torch and scraper removes filler very quickly,.

With your fender repair it's all down to personal choice, I wouldn't joggle the fender repairs, it does give you a bit of leeway if you get your cuts wrong but you will run into problems getting the wheel arch to look right and the seam at the door edge will be tricky too.

I'd always butt weld this kind of repair, if you take your time with the measurements, leave an 1/8" extra on the panel for wriggle room and then grind the last little bit until you have the perfect fit. You have the skills to do that no problem

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by 61K10

Good to see you back on the tk sense you have all kind of things going on. Just a note on your finder braces. If the upper part is good just use what you need at the bottom (cut new brace and weld in whats needed) as they are a pain to remove.

Originally Posted by ibrown50

Great progress Rian.

I have used paint stripper and a wire brush on a grinder to strip both my fenders, you're absolutely right you have to know what you are working with before you start any repairs. A blow torch and scraper removes filler very quickly,.

With your fender repair it's all down to personal choice, I wouldn't joggle the fender repairs, it does give you a bit of leeway if you get your cuts wrong but you will run into problems getting the wheel arch to look right and the seam at the door edge will be tricky too.

I'd always butt weld this kind of repair, if you take your time with the measurements, leave an 1/8" extra on the panel for wriggle room and then grind the last little bit until you have the perfect fit. You have the skills to do that no problem

Thank you gents.

I think cautious, slowly, gently will be the operative word here.



Took a day leave today so that I could prepare for my mid year review next week.

Yes, it is a big deal and a lot of preparing.

Fetched a fan from the garage, because it got hot.

This thermometer is inside my bathroom.



At about 19.00 Iwent to the garage to give the four rescue chairs a coat of Danish Oil.

With help as always.



Despite the two coats of furniture oil, you can s e the difference the Danish Oil made.



And all four done.

Happy with the exult.

Probably around £35.00 plus my time



Hopefully years of use ahead in them