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

[Grizz1963]

Hi team

Despite living in England, I know answers are everywhere

Was wondering what options are out there for lifting cars (think American and bigger than Micra or Fiat 500)

I am busy with this slow build carport that will be low as 7’4” or 2200mm or 2.2 meters on the beams.

The Galaxy is about 5’10” or 1800mm or 1.8 meter tall.

So it leaves about 18” or 450mm to rise to the minimum.

If you come forward toward the entrance though it increases to as much as 8’ or 2400mm or 2.4meter but you lose most of your cover.

When I welded the Blazer it was just axle stands and replacing the front end parts was similar with a tall jack and axle stands.

Up she goes. Or is it a he??



Made safe-ish.



Or the rear

Up it goes.

And yes, axle stands too.



Up on axle stands, wheels off



So I am wondering if any of these low lift type hobbyist lifts are worth having. They ideally need to store in a way that you can park a car/truck on top of or over them.


All advice, experience and input appreciated.

I am happy to carry on with jack and axle stands if thats the concensus.


Thanks.

[aggie91]

Here are a couple of options for you:

https://www.quickjack.com/

https://www.maxjax.com/maxjax-right-for-you/

Possible drawback for you on the maxjax is that it should be bolted down when in use. Your paving stones would not allow that to be done...

For doing things like brakes and suspension work, the quickjack might be a good option. There are others on the market, but I knew about these two.

[The Rocknrod]

Kwik-Lift you can drive on and park when down. I had one. https://www.kwik-lift.com/products/?...UaAjPaEALw_wcB

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by aggie91

Here are a couple of options for you:

https://www.quickjack.com/

https://www.maxjax.com/maxjax-right-for-you/

Possible drawback for you on the maxjax is that it should be bolted down when in use. Your paving stones would not allow that to be done...

For doing things like brakes and suspension work, the quickjack might be a good option. There are others on the market, but I knew about these two.

Morning mate, it seems the Quickjack gets a load of yes votes, here and the USA

Originally Posted by The Rocknrod

Kwik-Lift you can drive on and park when down. I had one. https://www.kwik-lift.com/products/?...UaAjPaEALw_wcB

I like this a lot too.

Being able to move, or store them flat is important.

More here https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread...regular-garage

I like the idea of using an old forklift truck mechanism modified too.

[Palf70Step]

I like the quick jack option, but it seems like it would be in the way more than standard jack stands. I am not that old yet, so the old fashion way is still my choice. (I am sticking with that last statement regardless of what my body says) Also, getting the checkbook open is tuff, even if I wasn't married to an accountant, I am CHEAP.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

I like the quick jack option, but it seems like it would be in the way more than standard jack stands. I am not that old yet, so the old fashion way is still my choice. (I am sticking with that last statement regardless of what my body says) Also, getting the checkbook open is tuff, even if I wasn't married to an accountant, I am CHEAP.

Not sire what route to go yet.

The current build has shown me that I can change stuff, so maybe something submerged slightly to get a fairly level floor could be an option.

[Grizz1963]

We do like a BBQ

@Totti knows.....

Ordered 30kg of BBQ Briquettes from Germany

Let’s hope the reviews are accurate.



Over the weekend, Sally asked me to help her do a sign for a work friend and colleague who had a double mastectomy.

So I agreed.

Ended up doing three, for two of her friends and her colleague

Starting wit a rough sign, then a background painted on.



Resulting in



The other with added detail....



Result



And 5 hrs later, seriously.




The next big job was to wrap up the carport and driveway posts that had to be redone.

Greg, the lodger, who left today helped after Andy moved out, he also taught me a whole lot about welding.

He finished off the plates for me too.







DONE.

Galvazinc after finishing off.





Spoke to the steel guy today, he should be here to do the steel work in two weeks.

Price was a nice surprise.

[Grizz1963]

Signs went down well.

It seems her bestie and her husband just can’t decide where to put it.





I fetched the Custom Chevy C10 cab lifter made about 6 years ago from mate Martins place, along with another tool.

This has lived outdoors in all weathers, all the yea5s, so will need me to make some rot repairs as one end already fell off when I unloaded it.

Makes lifting a four man lift Sized cab off the chassis on your own using the engine hoist a piece of cake.



The cab roller frame, built by Martin is a brilliant tool, despite an old wooden pallet with wheels doing the same job.

The cab floor is stepped, and that’s reflected in the design, then add in four mounting points to secure it, and you can roll the cab about while working on it.

I will tidy it up and add some wheels before packing it away with the lifter for future use.




Been thinking of what route to go with my garage and carport “Forecourt” once the roof is on.


Years ago when I made this fake pump, these colours appealed, they still do.


The question is, do I develop the fake theme or use an existing brand.



Copy and paste


Been pressure cleaning the deck, furniture and repairing and painting all the stuff.

While waiting for paint to dry today I also applied the stickers I had made this week by a mate on the body of the dummy pump.



Other side......




I still need to draw up the design and hand paint the Belisha beacon.

But am procrastinating.

[Grizz1963]

When you buy one of these.....



To fix one of these.



It is often,because you are skilled enough to produce one of these for your NASCAR truck build, in order to save weight.

And change some subtle bits.

Even if you kinda fail first time, and start again, it shows what you can and will do.







Gel coat mould made



Result



One small bubble to fix.

Looks like Dennis is onto a winner again.



He also needs a custom front splitter to aid aerodynamic flow.

Anyone doing them for 66 C10’s ?



Back home, he and Tally offered it up to the trucks front end.

Looks right to me.

Next job: Build a glass fibre hood/bonnet to reduce weight.

Seems a slippery slope when you have over 800bhp under the hood, to start a weight loss Program




Clem at rubatrucks.com in Fayetteville, Arkansas also sent Dennis a steel Quuic Fill filler neck this week for the truck.




Bit by bit this crazy build is coming together too.

Soon it will be Black Lines all over Missouri.

[Grizz1963]

This thread has been going since October 2010

https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread...pdated-23-2020

And I certainly have collected, and shared out some free stuff.

Perfectly timed by mate Scott @Jabbo was an offer of a used (not a SnapOn) wheeled toolbox for my garage.

I have a SnapOn item that came here for £75.00 a year or two ago from a mate.

But this will be great for the extra stuff laying about, especially with the current carport build.




Including 30 mile delivery, it has the feel of a bargain.

Life continues to be good.

[Grizz1963]

I mentioned previously that my karma bucket was overflowing.

Where Sally lives, a bunch of paving guys with a Transit pickup and some vans have been doing a load of paving for older residents.

Her neighbour two houses down asked if she wanted to buy a mower (petrol, she likes electric) so she declined.

But asked me when I popped around.

I went to look, and it came home with me, along with two tools, a Jerry can and some fuel, all for £100.00




Happy with that as I have been looking for some time but prices put me off.



Tried it out yesterday.



After that, I went to the shop and cleaned, primed and painted the cab roller frame for the C10

Just need to fit some wheels to it today, then we have a complete tool.

I also need to work on the cab lifter tool, as it has rotten out around the mounting screws at the ends from living outdoors for years.





Coming together now.

[Palf70Step]

Nice find on the mower stuff. On your cab dolly, make sure you use some large capacity and diameter wheels. Mine had smaller diameter wheels at first and with the weight of the cab on it, it didn't wheel around very well

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Nice find on the mower stuff. On your cab dolly, make sure you use some large capacity and diameter wheels. Mine had smaller diameter wheels at first and with the weight of the cab on it, it didn't wheel around very well

Great advice Bill.

The wheels I have a re bigger than yours, and I would have tried to use them.

The ones Martin took off the trolley before giving it to me have a wider set of mounting points, so I may modify the mounts, or look out for a set of even larger Wheels with appropriate mounting points.

Regardless, I think that the ones I have will work, even on my paved driveway





Could be used as part of your car.

OR

Use it as the drop down door for your booze cabinet next to your outdoor BBQ area.

Collection only please.

PM gives you first dibs.



After the “ failed “ Bootfair, Sally and I climbed into the garden and cleared beds, moved my Ogre to a new open space as he had disappeared into the growth over time. I carried him to the 4 foot wall, Sally and I tried to get him on the plinth, but she is a girl, so I called my favourite 76 year old neighbour over to just help me safely get it up. Easy.

Had him about 15 years.



Loads of other jobs, including pruning, clearing and also doing a final number on the subterranean part of the wasp nest, finally covering it with soil.

Seems I now own a shed again. And @Glenanderson has a spares mower.




Galaxy was roped into action as well.

VIDEO LINK.

https://youtu.be/Wm4nIWjbPCk

Not the first time.

As was Prozac before.

NOW TIME FOR A BEER AND SOME LUNCH METHINKS.

Been a nice weekend.

[Grizz1963]

Am I the on;y one who has three or four future cars/projects spinning around in my head, while having one to still complete?


@georgeb and @joem83 @pauly there you go.


Part of my future planning or dreaming is something like these Owner type, or Tamiya style cars mostly seen in the Philippines.


One reply below, quoted from another forum regarding the Suzuki’s.


I am just wondering, thinking if it is all do-able.


RWD only needed, so front end may need to be addressed too, you guys tell me.



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Originally Posted by NeverRodeBefore

Rust. Absolute killer on them. I used to have mates who competed with the earlier SJ models right through to the more modern ones. Although I haven't seen them since the very new one came out. The current new ones are a little rare as Suzuki GB didn't bring that many into the country.

However, if rust is an issue, the construction is quite simple and my mates never had any issues welding bits up as and when required. In competitions they found the lack of weight to be an advantage and in general running around the smaller engines were better on fuel, when compared with my thirsty landrover.

I've just had a poke about on another 4x4 forum specially for Jimny's and it seems that the factory underseal is not all that great as the rust creeps along behind it, which is rather worrying... Also a slight tip if you're making an offroad toy, is to give it a 1" body lift, as that way the body mounts onto the chassis will have a little space to make them dry out and you're less likely to get the dreaded rot setting in.

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Thanks guys.


And NeverRodeBefore, thats a great reply.


Hopefully you can do more input and a bit more on chassis rot or not.


I am thinking (part of future planning) of rebodying a Vitara or something with a chassis.


Rather than use an old home built kit car frame, use something that has most of the bits in the right place.


Never done it before but think it is within my abilities.


AND I WANT TO LOWER IT QUITE A BIT


This is the idea.

VIDEO:

https://youtu.be/AGF50KECfPE









I think a rebody will be doable in the current IVA and various test criteria.


Of course, all of this could just be a dream and foolish, hopefully those who really know their stuff will input with encouragement or warnings.


Thanks.

[Palf70Step]

Those Jeep things reminds me of a RoadKill episode with Frieberger and Finnegan in a lowered Jeep. Not my style, but they look OK.

AS far as looking and thinking about the next ride, ALWAYS Rian. I look daily and ponder.

[aggie91]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Am I the on;y one who has three or four future cars/projects spinning around in my head, while having one to still complete?...Thanks.

Only 3 or 4??? But, yes, I have my '65 working now, a '75 C10 I am collecting parts for that is waiting at the farm, and then there are 3-4 more that are in my head that I want to do...Probably after the 65 and 75, I am going to do what I call a Stupid Car, something just for fun and not other reason...

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Those Jeep things reminds me of a RoadKill episode with Frieberger and Finnegan in a lowered Jeep. Not my style, but they look OK.

AS far as looking and thinking about the next ride, ALWAYS Rian. I look daily and ponder.

Pondering.... love it.

Yes, that Roadkill jeep was good.

I need something a bit different

Originally Posted by aggie91

Only 3 or 4??? But, yes, I have my '65 working now, a '75 C10 I am collecting parts for that is waiting at the farm, and then there are 3-4 more that are in my head that I want to do...Probably after the 65 and 75, I am going to do what I call a Stupid Car, something just for fun and not other reason...

This would resort under the filing area of Stupid Cars.



So remember the cab lifter.

https://youtu.be/vfTC9wyQKK0

It has spent a lot of time outside, degenerating, and in fact, on my drive the one end fell off completely.

So how do you fix wood?

With welding, it’s always easy to melt more metal back into a hole.

So I dismantled both ends and filled the holes with thin dowels I had cut from some scrap wood.

Then drove new, 45mm longer screws into the holes.



Then painted it all up once reassembled.



Done.



And of course waiting...... truck.

[Grizz1963]

[The Rocknrod]

Great work on the truck body lift. I built one for my build previously. Although I have since used the wood elsewhere.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by The Rocknrod

Great work on the truck body lift. I built one for my build previously. Although I have since used the wood elsewhere.

That made me chuckle...... Using the wood elsewhere.

This is PaulY doing his thing outside my hose a few years ago.....

https://youtu.be/ucVmsET4BFw

Note the load of steel garage furniture on the rear.

[Grizz1963]

Got two pics from the seller.






Seems the wheels are not on it at the moment.

Current status.




And what all the fuss is about.

One built in 2018 as part of a Stag weekend, raced and enjoyed.

I do like it a whole load.

[Grizz1963]

My brother in SA sent me this today.

Sounds of my youth.

https://youtu.be/u1V8YRJnr4Q


Looks like a red C10 to me.

[Palf70Step]

And great music to go wit it!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

And great music to go wit it!

For sure Bill.



PURGATORY

/ˈpəːɡət(ə)ri/

noun: purgatory; plural noun: purgatories; noun: Purgatory

(in Catholic doctrine) a place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven.


expiate

/ˈɛkspɪeɪt/

verb

make amends or reparation for (guilt or wrongdoing).



So.......


You need to read the above really carefully, maybe you will get it, maybe you won’t.

That's not real important.


But I can say that based on the following two photos and DVLA report, I contacted an old friend , Bill, up near Glasgow to go take a look on my behalf before he went to work tonight,

Bill has these two beauties





And then.....



This is typical of Bill....... and others I have got to know over the years through this hobby. Simply unselfish.

I could make a list, and it would be quite long, of guys who are part of this club.


This was the basic information we had to go on.


Got two pics from the seller.






Seems the wheels are not on it at the moment.

Current status.





So at 4.00pm Bill drove over to where the car had been laying for a very long time and did a very basic inspection for me.

Previous owner had it 6 years.

I will get to the motivation and Why such a masochistic project, later.


When Bill called me later, he summarised it like this, and being a Scot, he is a man who does not waste words.

He basically said that if he had asked himself to go look at this for For him, he would be very happy to report that it was way better than expected.

So I sent him the money by Paypal within 10 minutes.


The sort of thing that pleased guys like @CraigRK and @PaulY no end, getting their grubby fingers in my wallet, spending my money on stuff for me.


I will post pics tomorrow or soon if you guys want to see what my Purgatory looks like.



I just need to figure the most affordable, sensible way to get the Rezin Rockit (Thanks @pistonpopper for suggesting the name) down from Glasgow to Rochester, and no, it has no motor or trans fitted right now.


Stand by for more random ramblings.

[Grizz1963]

Plastic pig build thread is here.

https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread...c-rezin-rockit

Advice, comments welcome

Owner type

Tamiya style.

Keep in mind, different country, different rules etc.

Take a look. I would love to get to this point, but it is the U.K. after all, so many rules will be adhered to.

https://youtu.be/gxEEkp-0EsE

Right.

I have some woodwork and painting to get to.