Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"

[mjh1965]

Yes Don they must have got a suprise . They left me a letter in every case to say they had opened it and checked its content

[mjh1965]

Hi Adrain
Rains showed me you truck on his laptop VERY NICE .These trucks are getting popular in the UK now .These are some pictures of one in Bromley Kent .The owner imported it him self. He also told me about Dennis Chevy parts in Tampa .

[rustyescott]

fairs fairs when u travel

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Originally Posted by mjh1965

Hi Adrain
Rains showed me you truck on his laptop VERY NICE .These trucks are getting popular in the UK now .These are some pictures of one in Bromley Kent .The owner imported it him self. He also told me about Dennis Chevy parts in Tampa .

Cheers,
Yeah there does seam to be a few about.
Like how the front of that truck sits, really need to lower the front of mine.

[Ta2Don]

Very Nice '63BBW...

[Grizz1963]

Popped in to Martins place on the way home to drop of some storage solutions for him and to collect the 4 ton bottle jack I bought for my truck, as it has no jack.

While chattin, he mentioned that he would like to include the carport we built for his truck into his thread.

So I will post it here, copied directly from my thread.

In other news, I went over to help mate Martin to put up a car port frame yesterday, started at 0,5'C at 08.00 and turned into a good day.

We ended up working till about 19.00 which was about 2 plus hours after dark and then I went back today to help him get the roof on as well.

Bunch of pics of the process.







Front corner post was actually correct.








After dark we carried on with the neighbours spotlight







Today we got half the roof on when rain stopped safe play.



Of course the whole motivation for this roof build is so that Martin can work under some cover over winter prepping his truck.



And that pretty much brought another weekend to an end.

[mjh1965]

Thanks Rian that saved me some time

[Grizz1963]

Shortly after that......

I was up early to get over to Martins today with the truck, to get a 4x8 sheet of MDF and my tall ladder to his place so that we could complete the rest of the carport roof for his truck resto.

It was really great to get the truck back on the road again, its been some time.



Martin's truck earning its keep.

We were done with the roof after dark, and by 5pm I was on the road home again.



Every time I drive my truck it leaves a HUGE SMILE on my face.

The cost of fueling it up, disappears with the sound of that V8 rolling down the road.

Looking forward to the new year and getting the body and paint sorted.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by mjh1965

Thanks Rian that saved me some time

Pleasure mate.

Always happy to help......

[Neatbeard]

Welcome aboard Martin, I too have read about some of your stuff on Grizz's thread. Looks like there's a few of us Brit C10 owners now..... They're getting more n more popular as well. Keep us posted, I know you will as Rian wont let you shirk off!

I have an ex USAF short stepside, original dark blue paint and markings, that sits on airbags all round and chrome smoothies. Thats about the only mods, other than painting the interior and retrimming the seat that have done to mine. Sorry to hijack. As you were, and I look forward to seeing the build progress.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Neatbeard

Welcome aboard Martin, I too have read about some of your stuff on Grizz's thread. Looks like there's a few of us Brit C10 owners now..... They're getting more n more popular as well. Keep us posted, I know you will as Rian wont let you shirk off!

I have an ex USAF short stepside, original dark blue paint and markings, that sits on airbags all round and chrome smoothies. Thats about the only mods, other than painting the interior and retrimming the seat that have done to mine. Sorry to hijack. As you were, and I look forward to seeing the build progress.

Hi Matey, Happy New Year to you and the gang.

You should add a pic of your truck for Martin.

[ad_coupe]

Sorry to jump in on your thread Martin.

So how many of us are there with these trucks in the uk on this forum?

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by ad_coupe

Sorry to jump in on your thread Martin.

So how many of us are there with these trucks in the uk on this forum?

Hey Adrian, sitting in a concert hall filled with bearded men and women with hairy armpits and moustaches.

Not quite the answer to your question, but I started this thread over on R&S the last few days. May partly answer your question.

CLICKY LINKY. http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/cha...nown-uk-165489

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Hey Adrian, sitting in a concert hall filled with bearded men and women with hairy armpits and moustaches.

Not quite the answer to your question, but I started this thread over on R&S the last few days. May partly answer your question.

CLICKY LINKY. http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/cha...nown-uk-165489

I think it is usefull to know what we all need etc in case we can help each other.

[Neatbeard]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Hi Matey, Happy New Year to you and the gang.

You should add a pic of your truck for Martin.

Hi Rian, Happy New Year to you and yours too sir.

I won't add a picture as I don't want to hijack Martin's thread, but there is a link to my trucks life in my signature if he wants to check it out.

Ad, there are a few of us about, hell there is even a long fleet side, BBW truck a 5 min walk from where I live! There are plenty more being imported as well, there are usually a couple on 'our' eGhay every couple of weeks or so.....

[mjh1965]

I have no problem with the hijack, if it helps us find how many of us from the uk are on this forum Martin

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Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Hey Adrian, sitting in a concert hall filled with bearded men and women with hairy armpits and moustaches.

Not quite the answer to your question, but I started this thread over on R&S the last few days. May partly answer your question.

CLICKY LINKY. http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/cha...nown-uk-165489

Ok, whatever floats your boat. lol


Oh cool, I definitely check that out.

[ad_coupe]

Originally Posted by Neatbeard

Ad, there are a few of us about, hell there is even a long fleet side, BBW truck a 5 min walk from where I live! There are plenty more being imported as well, there are usually a couple on 'our' eGhay every couple of weeks or so.....

Cool
Like Rain said, would be good to know all the owners over here and be able to contact each other.

[mjh1965]

Well some more parts have arrived . Because I am going down the V8 with a th350 auto , I need a new steering column with auto column shifter .
Autonets tilt column off eBay

That then ment I needed a steering wheel

Soon be time to strip it down

[ad_coupe]

Those parts look very smart.
Like it.

[mjh1965]

Cheers Adrain but will look better on the truck
Martin

[ad_coupe]

Are you doing a full body off resto?

[mjh1965]

Yes Adrain that's my plan .
I've just won a bonnet (hood ) for you Americans on eBay . New front fenders and front bumper from brothers in the states ordered . Rian has ordered his fender repair panels as well as my cab corners
I guess you have seen all the other parts I brought back from the states on this thread.When I have all the parts I will start the strip down . The trouble is I enjoy driving it so taking off the road will be hard

[ad_coupe]

It will definitely help having the parts ready before you start.
Well at least you will have motivation to get stuck in and get it finished so you can drive it again.

I have a MK2 Escort I'm restoring, but its been dragging on about 9 years now. Keep loosing interest. Really need to crack on with it. Trouble is each time I change one of my cars the escort ends up being forgotten about.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by ad_coupe

It will definitely help having the parts ready before you start.
Well at least you will have motivation to get stuck in and get it finished so you can drive it again.

I have a MK2 Escort I'm restoring, but its been dragging on about 9 years now. Keep loosing interest. Really need to crack on with it. Trouble is each time I change one of my cars the escort ends up being forgotten about.

Sell the 'scort

Send me the money.

Martin has some cars to sell as well, he should move on the MX5 and use the money for spares.