'64 chevy 2wd to 4wd

[dieseldawg142]

yeah, now i got 'burbs on the brain Dale...
also got a gravedigger truck, thinking of ditching everything except for the body & makin a b****in' old trail truck....crap! back to that imagination bigger than my wallet thing.....
the grille? lotsa knifing & sanding. thought it would be easier than painting the background black, then TRY to paint all the grille bars white...& STRAIT....
dually is done. kind of sped threw this one, want to get back on the '55 crew, not happy with a few things but i'll leave as is for now- when i'm bored or slow, i'll drag it back out
no. 1- should have notched the rear frame so the leafs can come in more, too much tire sticking out looking goofy
no. 2- headlights. could'nt get all the multiple layers of paint off them, so i just slapped some white on them. hoping to find an undamaged/unpainted grill & go at it again
plus side i was pleased with how the paint came out. with them multiple coats came multiple rounds of sanding. then i had wrinkling & fish mouthing from some of the old paint, then i nailed it with some blobs of paint......prob sanded it 14-15 times....

[dieseldawg142]

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[Ol Blue K20]

The dually looks great. Some details I noticed in the pics, the decal on the shroud, the drop hitch, the front locking hubs, visor and the striping. I also like the white wheels and the paint looks really good. All in all your patience paid off it looks great. Especially when you started out with a melted twisted wreck.

[dieseldawg142]

thanks Dale!
yeah, a few times i was almost ready to pack it in & just hit it with some flat black...

and here i thought i was so smart using the vette elec fan, avoid any clearence issues. well the body is FINALLY ready for paint, so one last mock-up just to make sure....



....and check out the lousy hood fitment all of a sudden- crap! rad support again!!
so i rip my support all apart, start modifying, nothings really working, grabbed a stock rad support, threw it in there, & BAM! figured it out & solved all the worlds problems...
the corners of the stock rad support are higher then where the hood sits at the fenders, ta-daa!
i'll have to write a sternly worded letter to AMT about this......

[dieseldawg142]

all this time i been lifting bodies, making new supports, when all i needed to do was nip & sand the corners


but i did'nt rip my support apart for nothing. while test fitting the support i realized all you will see is a blank wall now that the grille is opened. so i stuck a small piece of rad there to simulate the front of it

[Ol Blue K20]

It's looking great, I can't wait to see it painted.

[dieseldawg142]

with the flippin' humidity it was taking FOREVER for the paint to cure out....
'vette LT1


did'nt like the big holes down each side of the cab either....

[dieseldawg142]

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[dieseldawg142]

thought it was a little to plain, whipped up a rollbar & lites....

[Ol Blue K20]

Looks great! Love the license plate and the white and that green really pops. Definitely came out very nice

[dieseldawg142]

thank you Dale!
just went threw another bloodbath with the dentist, 6 shots today, & the distinction of having the largest filling ever at their office (whoopee) they re-filled it after grinding out the half of the old filling that did'nt break off...
on the plus side i dont need to see her 'till next yr, used up almost all my dental ins for this yr

i really want to get going on a suburban, & the only model that will fit my blazer, is another blaze, the MPC Rescue Blazer. with our buck in the crapper, cheapest one online was $45 all said & done to my door, so went to the hobby shop instead (50 mile round trip) $28 with tax, & $10 fuel in the wifey's envoy, not much different than online, except now i'm getting ripped-off face to face instead of electronically .....anyways, massive wind storm when we get there, branches & trees falling all over, no traffic signals anywhere, accidents at every second intersection, make it to the model store, standing in line with a blaze (one guy ahead of me) & the flippin' power goes out-bam! thats it, no more sales. clerk would'nt even take my cash, even after i told her she could keep the change. jeez! had it in my hand, this close <>, so i'm waiting till next weekend to try again (their hrs & my work dont kosher) guess i'll jump on the ECSB aGain...
did manage to snag this for $10 off CL, my other case is past full & out of room. i had to add an extra glass shelf, thinking i mite change all the shelfs to glass, as well as add a few more.


and when building the '55, i kept finding parts that i needed & did'nt know i had & ordered more so right now i'm in day 3 of a massive reorganization & inventory of 25 yrs of parts. finding all kinds of stuff- thought i was out of side mirrors, found 9 sets so far.....

[dieseldawg142]

turned out i had 14 sets of side mirrors.....
tried the hobby shop run today & made it in there, finally got my rescue blaze. took my glue bomb blazer apart & threw it in the stripper. who ever painted this box of trucks.....grrrr....all day & only the black on the roof is coming off....


bit of a jigsaw to cut apart, i'll wait 'till the other blaze is out of the stripper so i can double, triple, quadruple check....
haft to leave cab 1 roof long cause of the window slope on cab 2, wheelwells needs to be closer to rear doors, & i'll cut & re-glue a section of the 3/4 window to shorten it up to the right length

[dieseldawg142]

while i'm waiting on the stripper, started farting around with the ecsb.
"frame" was the ext-cab dually, so it needs to be shortened. molded in fake motor has to go....as does the a arms


couple hrs later here's where i am, will salvage the fuel tank. need to put a floor on the bottom of the box so i can start making the rear frame


going for the street 4x4 look with this. cowl hood, roll pan, pre-runner bar & a monochromatic paint job

[dieseldawg142]

well after a couple days in the stripper, the red blaze is not red anymore....in fact it's not even a blazer now....


decided to cut it a different way, & move the wheelwells

[Ol Blue K20]

Man, that's simply an amazing transformation. Looks great. You got a lot done while I was up north and off the grid.

[dieseldawg142]

off the grid, you mean up at the cabin? (lucky dawg...)
actually thought i was pretty slow on these 2, been clocking big hrs for the winter...
most of the major body work is there, 'cause it's a snap-tite, there's no motor, so i half to cut the hood off & make a rad support, firewall, & inner fenders, not too bad, big prob is figuring out how to mount the int tub- it snaps onto the bottom of the hood....


and remember them spring thingy's i got out of the wifey's window regulator? i'm thinking no leaf springs on the ECSB (think coilovers...)

[Ol Blue K20]

Yes the cabin, no landline or cell = off the grid. Only TV is dvd. My kids call it camping with a bathroom and a pool table. If you and the family ever get this way I'll take ya to gods country. With all the ctting and fitting...I think you're doing fine. Recycled coil overs will be cool

[dieseldawg142]

sounds pretty sweet Dale! nothing wrong with camping with a pool table....

have'nt gotten around to cutting the hood off the sub yet, needed a break from bodywork....
some rear susp work on the ecsb...the links & panhard i'll finish to length once the axle is in the truck



need somewhere to mount the links, just started on them, gas tank is fixed & mounted, rear frame is in, just glued the crossmember for the coilovers in, thats what the twist tie is

[Ol Blue K20]

The 4link is looking awesome. Keep it up. This is going to be bad a##.....

[dieseldawg142]

thanks Dale! bit of a pita compared to leafs...
nothings glued, just got it balanced together to check fit....



started an engine for the ecsb, 350 tpi

[dieseldawg142]

int is pretty much stock except for the shifters



a balancing act to see how the Baja's are gonna fit....after the rear susp, almost looking forward to cutting the hood off the sub...

[dieseldawg142]

the motor for the ecsb came out of a '89 firebird GTA glue bomb that one of the wife's fellow employee's son had attempted to build. seen a lot of weird stuff on gluebombs, but this is a first for me....(to the builders credit, only 8 yrs old...)
and yeah, thats the oil filter glued to the exhaust manifold....


kid used a tube of glue on the motor, was pretty rough, had to strip the valve covers, but was able to save the tpi. headers are from a chevelle, still needs wiring and plumbing


and 4 links are time consuming to build....stared at it for about 6 hrs....
making hyd steering for it right now


body has some minor touch-ups, then hopefully in the next couple days get some paint on it
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[Ol Blue K20]

It's looking great, the four links look real. In the light primer it looks like the truck I got last Friday only mine is a totally stock 97 k1500 extended cab Z71

[dieseldawg142]

thats prob what my next d. driver will be, my '90 stepper is starting to show her age, but want an ex-cab this time, reg cabs on these trucks are useless with a fam. '98 is about as new as i'll go for a dd.

finished up the motor


in the frame


paint was delayed a few days. lost one mirror, no prob, got 14 sets....of old style mirrors....needing something more modern to match the truck, cut these off the glue bomb ford i have, cut out the chevy mounts & molded these into their place

[dieseldawg142]

added hydro steering, the hoses go up to a scratched orbital valve, & scratched steering box. still need to add the fr brake lines


got the back ones in tho


t-case is a borg unit i added some styrene to so it mite resemble a 241. once the body is on, i'll add a tailpipe


just painted- no clear.
wow, they were'nt kidding when they said "shimmering metallic blue" i literally had silver flakes floating everywhere when i sprayed it....


mite be a little too metallic-e, when you hold the light on it, looks like something that belongs on a '70's cobra or sidewinder boat....