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

[88Stanger]

Your tape measure would drive me crazy.. lol
great job so far...

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by 88Stanger

Your tape measure would drive me crazy.. lol
great job so far...

Why?

The tape measure?

Thank you.

[Grizz1963]

Been a busy weekend.

Out for dinner, loads done with Sally, and also on the carport frame.

This afternoon I made some chilli oil, using 8 scotch bonnet chillis finely sliced and added to a litre of oil

This will get to steep for a while and get better with time.



Then down to the garage for a bit at 2.30-ish.

The Cortina dash lip fell off in my hand when I tested it.



Pretty rotten, and not looking great.

HOWEVER....... I really like it and will be reinstating it once I figure out the best way to do it.

All of the mounting bolts, which were moulded into the rear, were rusted away significantly





Next up I tried to undo the passenger side mirror, reaching up inside the A-pillar

Had to escalate the process and remove some stainless tabs used to hold the kick panels in place.

Ultimately I broke out the grinder to clean up the rusted studs broken off on the dash, and to remove the ones keeping the stainless tabs that were in the way for trying to get to the mirrors.



Result.



Ultimately I did not get the mirrors off]

They are fixed up the A pillar, And I had a walking date with Sally, so packed up tools by 4.00pm

Next time the mirrors will hopefully come off.

Looking up the A-pillar, circled where the mirror bolts are.

The angle iron is part of the window frame support.




Weekend over, again.

[Palf70Step]

Originally Posted by 88Stanger

Your tape measure would drive me crazy.. lol
great job so far...

Yeah I get confused when you mix the two scales that close together. Seperate tape measures, I'm OK, but close like that.....my oldensss is creeping in

[Grizz1963]

Found these videos.

I still think we are headed in the right direction

Antisocial?

https://youtu.be/DPTE4x_WbT8

Read between the lines

https://youtu.be/sjFblOmO6Hw

And not my taste but different enough

https://youtu.be/wlSwfumjXIo

Enjoy

[Grizz1963]

So part two today.

Unfortunately the weather did screw it up a bit.



Cutting out the rust, one of the things I have learned since a long time ago, is like with cancer surgery, you need to cut deep.
So cutting into good steel is part of the deal.



Cardboard Associated. Design.....

Translated into metal.



Tucked in



Tacked and. Then welded.



Once all the seams are welded in, use the persuader to tuck the fold in closer before welding that in as well.

Small spots at a time.



Weld



Grind, finish.



Then on to preparing the next two pieces.

Rot cut out.



Next plate cut, folded, ready.



And this one.



And then came the rain.......

A fairly serious amount. Enough to decide for me.

Pack up, two plates to weld in.



Found out one more thing from UKGSER

Originally Posted by Littledumptruck

Side light and indicator bulbs should be accessible via slide open panels inside the wheelarch Rian. No need to pull anything apart, but you might need long nose pliers to reach the bulb holders.

So that was it.

More tomorrow, weather permitting.

[Grizz1963]

Dennis in St Louis sent a pic of his NASCAR themed C10 trucks dash.

Wired up and ready to Rock n Roll.

This is the look I would love to replicate in the Rockit.

[Grizz1963]

Thanks to Ben, it was fidly but actually straight forward after retrieving my Torx bit with some BluTac on a stick. I broke the magnet version years ago.

Four Torx bolts. One 180mm deep in the dark undone.
Remove top two but only loosen bottom two that hold slide in tabs.



I undid top gour screws on grille and spaced it away with screwdriver handle.

Move light out like this to get to modified bayonet type fixings.



I bought a replacement bulb, except the pins are offset but it needs directly opposed pins.

Thankfully I had some in my toolbox I made in 1981 for my first car.
When pliers and two screwdrivers plus a plug spanner fixed everything at the roadside.
Good old days.

Bulb fits in stalk.

Stalk is bayonet fitting too, only one way to fit it.




Of course Galaxy failed on a sidelight as well

I got a replacement. Regular type.

BUT it had LED types fitted.

So same process to remove headlight.



This was removed.



So now I have two different looking but working lights.


Could this be a fail again? I dont care at this point.







Only a rusty brake line left to be fixed or replaced by a real mechanic.

Then retest.

[Indian113]

Rian, I have a 8 inch wide rear wheel on my S10 and it has a 275/60-15 tire on it . This gives me around 10 inches of rubber on the ground per wheel.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Indian113

Rian, I have a 8 inch wide rear wheel on my S10 and it has a 275/60-15 tire on it . This gives me around 10 inches of rubber on the ground per wheel.

Thats brilliant.

I think it will be overkill here so need to look at the right balance.



Mickey had asked me if I would paint the outer edge, facing his property green, kind of to blend with the hedge a bit, and the green roof sheets I had ordered.

So today in my “Lunch Hour” I quickly mixed some green and black enamel paints to get a darker colour.

Maybe a tad dark, but I don't care as I won’t be seeing it.



Resulting in this.



Once the gutters are fitted, they are some dark colour, it should be OK for him.

Still waiting for the roof sheets to be delivered.

[Palf70Step]

Nice work!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Nice work!

Thanks Bill,

Living with it, means I need to do it right.


So today I needed to fix a small (Massive) cock-up that @CraigRK commented on yesterday.

If you did not know, you would not know.

So the roof actually goes another 500mm ahead of where it ended before.

Plan was to add the 500mm onto the new section made up yesterday.

So today it was fix up time.

Started by preparing some wood for the front face and supports.



Got the. Supports on, a wall plate against the garage wall too.



Trimmed the bottoms up.



Front facade added



Ready for roof sheets now.



Gutters still need to be fitted.

Weekend over, again.

[Grizz1963]

Early start, foggy.





Stolen off FB Marketplace

Just likes it, note the split front screen.



Postman delivered a box.

Sent by PedalcarJoe.

Straight into my new display cabinet.......



And a Rockit that will find its way onto or into the Rezin Rockit.




I had planned to get to the Rezin Rockit as well over the weekend, but the carport kept me busier than planned.

[The Rocknrod]

Oh ya that will look cool.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by The Rocknrod

Oh ya that will look cool.

Thank you,

The replica cost me little to build, but a real pump at the time would be $1300.00 unrestored.


I am hoping to get some kind of gas station forecourt type look here.


SomI started early today, and donated my lunch and tea times to painting.

It did end up getting done in three phases, as the third one took some Hummming and ha-ing as to whether I would paint the front steel green.

Masking off takes time, but keeps it tidy.







Red added.





That was meant to be how far I go.

Typically, after work I went back and painted the front steel too.

This way, once the roof is on, when you come down there, it will present nicely.



Happy so far.

[The Rocknrod]

Looks good to me. With that gas pump it'll fit right in.

[Palf70Step]

Oh yeah, looking good Rian!

[aggie91]

Carport is coming along nicely. I like your color scheme for it.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by The Rocknrod

Looks good to me. With that gas pump it'll fit right in.

I think with a bit of thought, it can be good.

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Oh yeah, looking good Rian!

Thanks Bill.

Originally Posted by aggie91

Carport is coming along nicely. I like your color scheme for it.

Based around Sinclair,how could it not be a success?

I also grew up with a brand called Castrol which uses the same combination



So between meetings and work yesterday, I sneaked out and started to scratch another itch.

Started to paint the rear of the green beams white, and the rest of what is grey now, will become white.

If I can beat the weather today.





In other GALAXY NEWS

I ordered some Mercedes Benz alloy wheel centre caps.......

Total cost, £6.95 delivered.

Plan is to remove the stars to de-brand the wheels before fitting them to the Galaxy.

I was originally waiting to do the MoT on standard wheels before swapping out the wheels.

Then Corona happened, giving me another 6 months MOT time.



Remember the spider caps I bought last year?

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Compared to the Benz item, which is 70mm this 57 mm spider ended up too small.

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And from America.....



Remember Dennis’ NASCAR themed 66 Chevy C10 build.


He bought a cool transporter to go with it this week.


Excited to see how that ends up looking.


Oklahoma truck, no nasty rust to repair.










Paintbrush and roller awaits.

[Grizz1963]

I saw some of the wheels I had found for the Rezin Rockit on sale on FB Marketplace for £350.00

So feel pretty pleased that I paid £100.00 plus collection for mine.

I need to find some kind of centre caps, or a programme to 3D print a set for my wheels.



Looking at wheel,adapters, I found these reasonably locally, about 20 miles from home.

No idea on what they will be like, but the centre bore seems to be wrong at 55mm vs 63 on the hubs. But shows some are about if one looks.



I am assuming one needs to still assemble them, fit studs to the adapters and then fit to the car.



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[Grizz1963]

So yesterday morning, I started to paint all the greys , into white....

Within 15 minutes of starting, Mickey was here too, and straight up onto the shed roof.





First coat on.





So today started wet and windy, so I went to get some loo paper for lockdown and some food, in case I got hungry.

Back home, it was still wet.

By 2.00pm it had dried up, sun out......

So I decided to go do the second coat.........

FAAAAAAIIIILLLL...!!


It started to rain and with the wind howling an hour after I started, so I shut shop.

Really pi553d OFF.

What a mess.

Oh, and of course I do dislike water based paints.





Hopefully get it done before Wednesday, and have it dry before the roof sheets arrive.

Chicken Fajitas for dinner, Sallys treat.

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[aggie91]

How much light do you want? A normal office environment is about 40-50 Lux. For more detail work, you want a light level closer to 70 Lux...

LED lighting is the way to go and you options are nearly endless...

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by aggie91

How much light do you want? A normal office environment is about 40-50 Lux. For more detail work, you want a light level closer to 70 Lux...

LED lighting is the way to go and you options are nearly endless...

Hi Mate,

I want too much light, that should be just an out enough.

[Grizz1963]

So today started with this view.

7 contrails, one out of shot.

I would love this to be an indication of things being headed in the right direction, allowing us to do what we used to do.



At 2,00pm as one meeting came to an end, the doorbell rang.

Roof sheets and materials had landed.

Interesting experience, the driver refused to help me carry the 5.5 meter sheets onto the drive, as he was not insured, and would have to sue me if he got injured.

First time I have ever had such a ****ty experience.

As he said, he is paid to do sidewalk delivery....... not impressed.

But in the end I asked nicely after explaining there was nobody to help me move them onto the driveway, he drudgingly helped me carry them off the sidewalk.





Later on, Mickey got home from town and helped me carry them down to the garage.

One of the nice things is that the underside, being grey, is not too dark, should work well for winter work.



I after 5 weeks wait, we have sheets.

I have taken tomorrow and Friday off to get the sheets up.

So tonight it was oven grilled lamb ribs and vegetables

And just because I am off tomorrow



Roll on Thursday.

[aggie91]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Hi Mate,

I want too much light, that should be just an out enough.

I would try something like these:

https://www.amazon.com/Hykolity-Link...81&sr=8-7&th=1

Start with 4, two on each side of the carport. You can always add more of these. Space them evenly as possible for that side of the carport cover, like you had explained in your post about lights...