'64 chevy 2wd to 4wd

[Ol Blue K20]

I know what you're feeling. I just got done with three rough weeks. We were doing 98 hours in seven day pay period. We're back to 40 hour weeks for a while. The trucks looking good. Enjoy your time off, you earned it. I'm finally going to my cabin.at the end of the month....WOO HOO!!

[dieseldawg142]

98 hrs in a week is cranking them off Dale!...your time-off is coming up quick
been back a week and it feels like i never left....another 68 hr week. push is on to get a couple schools done before it starts next week...did get most of the susp. dialed in, just some fine tuning & hit it with some chassis black tomorrow. thinking going 2-tone, brown over tan, see what paint i got kicking around

[Ol Blue K20]

I just got back from a weekend at the cabin and it felt great! It's looking fantastic.

[dieseldawg142]

yeah, nothin better than getting away from it all! only 346 more days.......
weather was not the greatest this long weekend, managed to get a bunch of stuff done around the house, even got some more done on the crew

[dieseldawg142]

a little more bodywork, & finish etching the door jambs

[Ol Blue K20]

Wow, it's looking great. The exhaust has the cat and dual tail pipes. I see a lot of detail and it's awesome. I hope your weather holds a while.

[dieseldawg142]

thanks Dale!
weather has been pretty nice last little while, still racking up 120 hr paychecks, getting nothing else done...and then of course this weekend it pours, second day off in 3 weeks, figures....
so i drove 50 miles to the hobby shop today and splurged a bit for all my hard labor last few months.
got this '50 chevy i wanted to turn into an extended cab (love them roundy fenders) but the hobby shop had no '50's in stock for a donor


cost me 70 bucks, but came home with these 2 trucks instead. have always wanted a first gen blazer, and i snagged the '66 cause i have a spare short-box. took a chance my spare AMT box will work with the Revell box- there close, pretty sure i can make a longbox out of the two


had a plan of attack for the blaze (already ordered 38" swamps for it & the '66) but really liking the feather decals-mite go that route....with the 38's. and i gots a proper bumper with turn signals for it


still crawling along on the crew- hoping to finish it in the next couple days
first color of the two-tone........................................and the second color


also found a '50 body on fleabay, will see on monday if i get it or not...

[dieseldawg142]

unmasked the crew this morning.
couple of minor touch-ups, detail the body & shoot some clear on it

[Deer_hunter_088]

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[Ol Blue K20]

Wow my favorite color combo on the squares and that body style. It looks great! New projects will be cool too. I still kick myself for selling my Blazer. My girlfriend and I just got home from a 1200 mile ride on my Harley. We had pretty good weather the whole trip. It was abit cloudy and cold on the coast but nice coming inland and south coming home.

[dieseldawg142]

niiice! nothing better than a long ride with your woman!
one day i would like to get another blaze to keep the crew company...
which is what's up next...

[dieseldawg142]

had planned on chrome bumpers, but when i masked the rub strip off for paint, the tape lifted half the chrome off of them- so black they are, which also meant blacking the mirrors cause they looked stupid chrome with everything else black...

[Ol Blue K20]

That came out great. Lots of detail as usual. I noticed the battery and engine tune/smog decals on the shroud, cool details. I like the bumpers black. Yeah the ride was fun. Except for a few hiccups it went well. I do miss my Blazer. My dually V3500 is back on the road. I dont want to lose a timing chain ever again. It causes too much damage. ..lol

[dieseldawg142]

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

My dually V3500 is back on the road. I dont want to lose a timing chain ever again. It causes too much damage. ..lol

ouch!, that sucks....
one good thing 'bout the new job, i get to commute in my crew now, it's 3-4 miles away, only $65 a week lol stepper has'nt hardly moved since last june

[Ol Blue K20]

I will probably drive mine to work for a while to break the new big block in.

[dieseldawg142]

454 Dale?
just did the fuel pump in my crew, 454 was idling like it had a .600 solid lifter cam in it....
started on the '66 first instead of the blaze. blazer will be pretty much stock with just a lift, the '66 presented a little more of a challenge, mixing 2 different brand boxes... as you can see they were'nt a complete match


bed floors are also different, pattern is not even close. the long holes in the bedsides were the revell stake pockets i shaved off, the amt ones were better, they at least have the stake pocket holes. got the length bang on compared to the '72 longbox


i figure i will cut out the bed floor & do it in wood, which i just happened to pick up...


got to like the lines of the mid '60's chevys


the plan, mild lift on 38's. them rims are going on the blaze, thinking ordering steelies to go with the nice hubcaps in the kit

[Ol Blue K20]

Yep it's a 454 and it's feeling great. It hasn't felt like this since it was new! I have always loved them 60-66 trucks. This is gonna look great.

[dieseldawg142]

yup, nothin' finer then getting yer square back on the road!
stretched the '66 frame a half inch, got rid of 2wd susp & trailing arms, put a tranny mount in from the parts box, haft to take the one at the back of the cab out...


f.i. 427 out of street machine chevelle. will prob go carb though


a little box work

[dieseldawg142]

got most of the body cleaned up as well, sand & prime...(check out the hood fitment...brag, brag-2 hrs....)

[Ol Blue K20]

It's looking great. Hood fits beautifully and the wood in the bed looks great too. My next project will be getting ol blue on the new frame. I miss driving it too.

[dieseldawg142]

ahhhh, the money thing again...lol
i've managed (with wifey's help) to put almost 3 g's away for the crew this winter, but might have to dip into it. fired up the stepper this morning- rad has a leak
just going to get a new one, old rad is 26 yrs old (1990 k1500)

[Ol Blue K20]

Not only the money thing. You forgot the time thing. ....lol

[dieseldawg142]

that's for sure, wish there was 28 hrs in a day...lol
while waiting for my swampers to show up, put about 40 "bolts" in the bed rails- frikkin' tediously boring...


thinking my caster may have been indulging in what you brew Dale!
out of the 9 swamps i ordered, 7 look like this on the back- more work...and i got to sleeve the rims & backing plates so they dont fall threw the tires, but i got some basic axles happening & can start the susp now.


also made a bulkhead for the front of the box

[dieseldawg142]

i picked up a can of Bright Calypso paint, looks like a light mint greenish-blue, and have a white top


but thats later, payday today, another 109 hr check- taking the dawg & the quad & hittin' the mountains today...

[Ol Blue K20]

Looking good, enjoy your time in the mountains!