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

[Palf70Step]

Originally Posted by ibrown50

Martin / Rian, those Xbox controls are excellent, great vid, great post

Great job both of you!

[Grizz1963]

A very busy weekend for Martin and I on our respective properties.

Thought I would post up some of the stuff on here as we did it all together.

Today was boot fair as always, then off to Hamstreet with Nicola and Martin on the bikes to a bike show and auto jumble. This is where Martin gets his stainless fittings and other custom bits for the truck. Followed by a run up the M20 to Wateringbury near Maidstone for another car and bike show, which was more of an excuse for a huge party and tons of Harley's together together.
Home by about 4pm and stopped bike and truck about.


Martins Eddie Lawson Replica 1100cc Kawasaki behind Nicola who was being a clown all day, when we were filling up this morning.




Nicola snapped this pic of me headed to the Swapmeet...... She said I looked like a man on a mission. Wearing Clem's T-Shirt from last years party.




Our bargain of the day........ Been looking for something heavy duty like these for some time, found them on a traders stand at the bike swap meet.

Managed to get a deal on 10 of them, 4 for my truck and 6 for Martins long bed to tie his V-Rod down once the truck is completed. Paid £3.20 each in stead of £4.00 each.

Once countersunk and bolted down with countersunk head bolts in the rear bed, it will make the truck even more useful.



I suspect Martin will be along soon to report on all his chassis work he got done over the weekend.

[Grizz1963]

Another piece of the puzzle fitted today.

Martin and I went to the travel agency today to book our car.

Helped by Jesus...... It has to be a sign.



So headed to Don's place first, then on to Clem's or his shin dig.




Time is getting closer.

[mjh1965]

As regarding the hand controls thanks guys for the positive comments.

[uber cool]

Nice video, you should audition for the next TopGear presenter

[mjh1965]

As Rian said we had a busy weekend.
Well mine started on Saturday morning ,luckily Amanda had to work on Saturday ,which left me time to play with the truck in the morning . So I made a start removing all the brake lines and then cleaning up the chassis for paint . As I cleaned it up I found this number under all the paint .

This number matches the log book ( this is our document of ownership)



This is stamped in two places



But there is also this one stamped as well any ideas ?



Well I did manage to get the front half stripped


When Amanda came home from work at lunchtime ,I then stopped and got changed and ready to go out . Then Sunday I went with Rian and Nicola to the shows .
When I returned home I thought it would be a good idea to get my petrol tank from the garage and start making the fitting brackets . I wanted to get it fitted and installed drilling all the holes then remove it before painting the chassis



I need to drill the holes in the Side of the fitting on the tank and then in the chassis . I then plan on making two strips of steel one with studs and one with holes and sandwich the tank between them and the chassis . Pictures to follow next weekend .


Tommorrow I have to go on another training course, this time it's only in the UK but still a 5hr drive , so another night in a hotel this time with my work colleague Duncan . So no truck time till at least Wednesday .

[uber cool]

You're cleaned the chassis that well I think you should just clear lacquer it.

[Ta2Don]

[ibrown50]

Chassis is looking great, it does almost seem a shame to paint it!

[uber cool]

then tell everyone its brushed stainless steel chassis

[Grizz1963]

Every day is a school day......

Today we learned a load of stuff, but Darren and the other guys all learned from us.

Love this hobby.

Well, another Saturday gone, but a good day it was.

Martin and I jumped on our bikes, thankfully as the A2M2 was backed up from J5 to J3 and we ended up using the old A2 to get to Darren's place on the Isle of Sheppey.

Martin wanted to go discuss V8 engines and gearboxes with Darren, and I always find his and all his gang who hang around at his workshop and factory hugely relaxing. Real people, no pretence or Horse Poop. Just Horse Power.

Darren's friend Stuart was servicing and fine tuning his 1953 V8 Ford Popular. They had all been to Europe for a couple of weeks, including a hot rod show in France, where the laws are incredibly strict on rods.





Later he left for normal family duties. He has owned this car for 18 years

1953 Ford V8 - YouTube

Also got to meet Darren's latest acquisition....... A '32 Ford Coupè with V8 motorvation.

As purchased.






Colour selection is from a hardware store colour chart.

Test paint on the body.



Sadly, this is what remains of an 70-80's Show van.






I managed to rob the steering wheel and boss from it, plan is to restore the steering wheel, just because I can.



Also found this old Hazet tool box for my Imperial sockets inside the van.



The V8 exhaust hangers in laser cut Stainless steel Darren makes.

[clemdaddy]

never a wasted day when you hang out with buds and old cars. looks like a great time. really dig the tool box...

[Ta2Don]

Sweet...

Diggin' the toolbox as well... and the colour on the '32 is spot on!

[mjh1965]

Well as I said I my last entry , I was going on a training course and after looking on the map it seemed I was going to drive past Andys house (uber cool ) on this thread . So a quick call to Andy to check he would be at home I arranged to call in on the way past , and take a look at his truck. After four hours it was a nice break to stop at Andys with Duncan the other fitter from work .
We saw this on the way up to Andys



Andys truck on his drive



It's good to call in to see other truck guys and take a look at what they are doing

Well back to my truck after sanding down the front section I thought I better test fit the power steering box . I thought this would be a good idea as I didn't want to drill the chassis after I had painted it

Steering box all test fitted to chassis







Once I got this all drilled and fitted , it was time to meet up with Rian . We had arranged to go and see Darren's toys and have a chat

So Sunday morning I got up early and drove up to my mums to visit her for a few hours and do a few jobs . When I got home in the afternoon I thought I would go into the carport and mock up the petrol tank (read as Gas Tank ) I wanted to make it removable from underneath so I made a couple of brackets for the job I welded the top fixing bolts to a strip of steel so they wouldn't turn when removed .

The tank fixings I will cut down the bolts later just in case I need to space it down later to give more clearance above











Well that's all for this weekend next weekend I hope to get the rest of the chassis sanded after collecting so new flap wheels in the week from Rian . He collected some for me at a boot fair on Sunday

[flashed]

Looking good ,glad youre still keeping us updated here.

[Ta2Don]

Rockin' right along... Diggin' the Petrol Tank brackets...

[ibrown50]

Looking good Martin, great progress, the tank looks great. Shame there's no-where to put your spare wheel carrier................I may know of a good home for though

[mjh1965]

On Friday while doing a job at a Kia dealers ,I saw this in the scrap metal bin . I asked the sales man I was doing a job for if it was ok to have it . I explained I wanted it for my Chevy truck I was restoring . His reply was take what ever you want . So it went straight in the back of the van but not till after I had taken a picture and sent it across to Rian . We often send over pictures of things we score for nothing .




As Rian said we went on our bikes to Maidstone to pay for our car hire . Here are a couple of pictures we took, the one of the car on the wall was taken in a new insurance brokers,that has just opened . The other one Rian took of our bikes . It's the quickest way to get into town and the added bonus of free parking .

[Ta2Don]

Free stuff!!!

That's one heckuva Jag pedal car hanging on the wall!

[mjh1965]

Well this afternoon I went over to Dell's house to collect a 350 SBC . Well I say collect really it was to remove it from the chassis . The problem was Dell had been away for the weekend on a stag night , and a guy had called him to say he wanted to collect the chassis .
So I got there at 3pm which had given him enough time to get home from his weekend away. The guy collecting the chassis was due between 4 and 5pm .

This is a video that we took of the engine the day we removed the cab .

https://youtu.be/oTq_YsPVyvA

This is myself and Dell removing the engine and gearbox







Note Dell's long stepper in the background



All out and loaded into the trailer



After we removed the engine the guy arrived to collect the chassis so onto the trailer it went



He has a 59 Chevy body with no chassis so another part of this truck will live again



Once he left I gave Dell a hand to strip down the rear fleet side box as that's all that is left
Then home to unload it all

Well the engine is in the carport . The trouble is that the chassis is in the way of putting it in the garage so I had to put it the other end were I keep my bikes it's tight but all fitted .



When I collected the engine Dell also let me have the rest of the exhaust for helping him strip the rest of the truck and helping load the chassis . It will need the flow master boxes re welding as they have been done badly .



It's tight but all back in the carport

[Ta2Don]

Good chatting earlier today, I see the lump fit...

[Grizz1963]

Well done Martin !!!!

This is what you needed in the first place.

Glad it all went well and that Mrs Del kept you in tea and took the photos.

Really pleased you have the engine you always needed now and that it is truly complete.

Guess we will need another short session getting the 305/7 and box out the garage so it can be sold complete, and the 350 into the garage before the chassis goes any further.

[ibrown50]

Great engine Martin and great score on the exhaust, a bit of exhaust wrap will have those headers looking good as new

[mjh1965]

Originally Posted by ibrown50

Great engine Martin and great score on the exhaust, a bit of exhaust wrap will have those headers looking good as new

Thanks Ian I have already got some silver VHT paint for my original headers I guess it's now going to get used on these instead after I have re welded it all properly
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[mjh1965]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Well done Martin !!!!

This is what you needed in the first place.

Glad it all went well and that Mrs Del kept you in tea and took the photos.

Really pleased you have the engine you always needed now and that it is truly complete.

Guess we will need another short session getting the 305/7 and box out the garage so it can be sold complete, and the 350 into the garage before the chassis goes any further.

Yes that would be great I need to put the 350 in the garage and pull the 307 and the auto th350 box to the front of the carport and advertise it for sale . At that point I might as well flip the chassis over at the same time to make sanding it down easier
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