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Re: '64 chevy 2wd to 4wd
and here's how it looks so far. wheel tubs need to section shorter & not so tall. have a spare fullsize t.gate, going to see if i can skin off the inside for the 'vair
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well, now we have something in common with california, we had a earthquake last nite,'bout 70 miles from us. USGS says it was around a 4.8. just shook a few things at our house, at first i thought it was a truck or something hitting the house.
a couple books in my junk/model room fell off the shelfs.....and tagged my ship ![]() ![]() just last nite i finished tying off all the bowsprit lines in step 3, was looking good, for a couple hrs anyways.....mother nature.... ![]() snapped off the bowsprit, both of them. i drilled a hole in the first one and pinned it- dont know how it will hold up once the rest of the rigging and b.sprit sails go on....i'm going back on the corvair.... |
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That's a heck of a thing to have in common.. Sorry about the damage to the ship but I have faith it's fixed. Hopefully you won't have after shocks.
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thanks Dale
sure was depressing-all that work. i think the only way i can make it work decently is to add a brace from the upside down vee to the bowsprit. wont be accurate, but the colors are'nt 100% either so....and with all the rigging and sails and junk, who would notice except a affeciando. bad enough i did damage to it (not this serious though!) but of all the things-whats that thing 'bout murphy's law.. ![]() we had our quake a few hrs after San bernadino had there's. from what i hear those are everyday things down there ![]() anyhow....sometimes i wonder if i'm ripping myself off ![]() cut the tunnel out of the firebird and cut a hole in the 'vair pan tunnel in, stock seats dont fit now, shaved some vette seats and bob's your uncle... this micro dremel is the cat's a**! |
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still have enough room for a in cab cage
chopped out the rest of the chassis pan and finished the rear tubs. will build a custom frame for it, still need to cut the hood open and make mounts for the int tub. lots of room hopefully for everything went to cut the back out for a tailgate- not happening, no support, body will twist. so i'm just etching in a 'gate, license plate will migrate to the bumper and a spare t.gate handle will fill the hole. also ground off the rear cooling vent and filled the stock bumper holes (won't be needing them....) wheel tubs are better sized, still need to put trim around the rear window oh yeah, can't forget, one of these... ![]() |
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never built a corvair, am at a complete mind block on color. on google most of them are red or dark blue.
wife's got these colors, maybe. go black accs & a black Spyder stripe on the hood... |
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first post of 2016!
dam, another yr gone by ![]() up in the mountains today, not a lot done on the corvair. trimmed out the wheel wells and window and started a frame. sunk it into the chassis pan a bit, was hangin' too low. putting a motor/tranny together so i know where to put the trans & engine mounts i think it'll work. only a couple mils higher, not a bunch of frame hanging down stopped at the $ store, thinking i might go that ocean whatever blue of the wife's, found a jar thats almost a perfect match, but flat, work good for the int. |
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Wow!! That looks great!! Too bad Chevy didn't think of it.
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thanks Dale!
build what ya got! was dis-assembling christmas at my house today, but still managed to get a couple things done on the 'vair. most of the int is there, just some minor things left. door panels were pretty plain, so made handles, cranks, and pulls made a cab cage for it. actually i made two......old saying, measure once, cut 3 times....easier just to do another one ![]() transplanted a t.gate handle in the plate hole, and made an aluminum checkerplate tailgate guard |
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and i had some success with the bowsprit.
i re-did the pins with the axle from the corvair, much stronger. i have'nt glued it in, it's just hanging on the pin, and the lines are reasonably tight. the hunk of white is just a piece of styrene, spacer. once the short one goes in, it's actually the main one, all the lines tigfhten up nicely. i'll prob just have to extend the black a little further.....cant match that brown... |
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The Corvair is looking good. The bed actually looks like it belongs there. Glad you're feeling confident on the ship repairs.
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yeah Dale, i think i can make the bowsprit work.
haft to hurry up & get the 'vair & camino done before feb, just heard AMT is FINALLY re-issuing my all time fav kit, the '84 gmc, end of feb one of the better squarebody kits & lots of parts i can use. i will be grabbing a case of 'em!....crewcab dually, long stepper, shop truck....no more cutting off body parts for one on fleabay... ![]() ![]() ![]() here's my engine/tranny....all parts box & a used block. thought i had a d44, but i did'nt, so the 'vair is getting corp axles (10 & 12b) 12b is out of a chevelle, so can only use the diff, fr axle i'm not really sure what it was, but i had a spare 10b cover, so there it is... ![]() rad is from one of the '55's, much too tall before & after |
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tooling along....
got one of the hardest parts done, getting the hood open. only have this one, so could'nt wreck it & could'nt dremel it out (takes too much) for about 3 hrs i just kept running my exacto knife back & forth 'till she popped out.....boring!!!! started making some crossmembers. here i was worried 'bout room, could slide a big block in there now....saving that one for the cameo/panel. and looking at the pics, i dont like the trans mount- haft to change that |
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just finishing some basics 'fore the prettying starts
dint like how you could see thru the inner fenders- looked cheezy, so i extended them. also added some ribbing under the hood started my axles and a first hint of color... |
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here's the final rims & tires going on it. haft to make hubs & lock-outs for the rims...
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Looking awesome.
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thanks dale!
finally caught a stretch of decent weather, been racking huge hrs, but getting closer on the 'vair. pretty much down to just the susp now and a bunch of small stuff. my $1 jar of paint....hmmm a fuel tank and rad support some old skool tube bumpers, and that thing on the roof is the base mount for old skool (yeah!) fold down baja lights |
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Who would of thought that a Corvair would make a cool looking truck. .Looking great
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thanks dale!
been clocking some serious hrs at work ($2600 payday-woo-hoo!) really needed it......still managed to get the 'vair closer though engine mostly done, just a dipstik & some wiring int mostly done, still need to fab a t-case shifter body was almost done, stock fuel filler door lines ghosted threw on me |
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susp is almost there, needs shocks & lines
hard to see, but made a steering box & drop pitman. dry fit it together, has a nice stance, looks pretty nifty on the krawlers i think haft to decal them up & paint the bolts made filler panels for the tranny hump, a fan shroud & painted the bumpers. |
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Glad to hear that work is good. The Corvair is coming along great and looking great too. Totally awesome. ..
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yup, after dec's rain & snow, really needed a good check....not much to show on the 'vair, but it should be done in a day or so....
making exhaust pipes & driveshafts motor is in, batt is wired & steering gear is in body is painted & detailed, put a spyder stripe on the hood, then will clearcoat everything. the color looks nothing like whats showing up in the pic. will try again with better lighting or if the sun ever comes out...... |
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was dicking around on the computer, and came across this beauty!
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Corvair is looking great, I like the stripe. Uh ohhh...I think I see yor cogs churning.....lol
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churning? hyperdrive !
![]() like that orange & black- nice stuff corvair is off the bench. actually had to turn down the lights so the real color would show. hard to see details.... turned up the light for detail and look what happens to the paint color... |
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