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

[Ta2Don]

Love it!!!

[flashed]

Pics or it didnt happen ..............

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

Pics or it didnt happen ..............

I cannot get the pics copied on the iPad, so take a look in his garage thread, unless he takes a look in at some point and posts in here for me.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/s...=185236&page=8

So it did happen.

[bj383ss]

Here are Rian's pictures he sent me this afternoon. I sent along one of my little blue shop helpers to help Rian in the garage

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Bret

[flashed]

Wow ,that rocket is cool as well as the rest of the loot .I see why he was excited to get all that .

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

Wow ,that rocket is cool as well as the rest of the loot .I see why he was excited to get all that .

Excited....?? More like totally blown away at Bret's kindness and generosity.

At moments like this I always wonder what I did to deserve this kind of treatment.

The plates were the cherry on top, and the stickers (I have still got a nice small collection, but used to have a large collection which I mostly gave to a guy who needed them more than me a few years ago) the sauce.

This morning Nicola was walking about with her rocket, tainting me with "Mine, Mine, Mine, Mine....... All Mine"

It lives on the front room bay window now.

[Ta2Don]

Nice Haul Mate!!!

great talking with you last evening… quite chuffed!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Nice Haul Mate!!!

great talking with you last evening… quite chuffed!

Good to speak to you as well Don.

Nicola asked me this morning if I used to pull the legs off spiders when I was a kid........ No idea what she means

[Grizz1963]

Slightly Off Thread....... but Hey Ho.

Well, two lots of plates landed this week.

First was an unexpected parcel from Bret in Texas, included three Australian plates (Never been able to get any, despite some promises) and a disabled veterans plate. This fits into my narrowed down collecting of Military, DV, Govt etc plates.

Also included was a hand made wooden Rocketship mkVI for my wife, which has her squealing with glee.

Stickers from his collection, for my collection.



Rocketship in place.

Note my special Sheriffs badge



The second parcel was a trade I did with Ben.

Unfortunately the UK Customs will rape you for every penny possible.

Unknowingly the value was made out to be $25.00 on the customs declaration which then attracted £13.61 ($21.40) in duty and handling fees.
We all know the real value of these plates are cents, most of the value to me is inherent and emotional........ so getting bummed by the government angers me.

Still, I have a load of awesome plates and just want this rant to make you guys aware that you need to really value the plates you put into international post at $1.00 each.



Cool plates that all fit into my collecting.

The last two weeks I have been buying in the stuff I need for the bodywork.

Last week my Ebay account reverted to my old address which I vacated more than 4 years ago...... WTF???

No idea how that happens, as I had deleted the old address 4 years ago.

So Yodel (less said the better) returned my items, some I found at the old address when Derek my old neighbour called me to say stuff had been delivered.

So I re-ordered and paid delivery again.

All items now accounted for.

Included a small bodywork hammer set.



Pile growing.



Tonight after work I went back into the garage for the first time in a week.
Re-welded a wheel mounting on my compressor that Martin and I managed to break off when manhandling it into his van last week.
First time I used the Argon/CO2 gas I fitted recently, works differently, seems to be an improvement.

So next up I need to move the truck out and fit the walls for the "Paint Booth"

[bj383ss]

Glad to see Hefty is pulling his weight already. Glad you are feeling better. Look forward to seeing your paint booth setup.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by bj383ss

Glad to see Hefty is pulling his weight already. Glad you are feeling better. Look forward to seeing your paint booth setup.

Got Hefty looking after the electrics table at the moment.

BUT.......

Sorry to disappoint you.


Was planning on getting the walls up for the "Paint Booth" in the garage today.

Instead I did all the ironing (Mrs Grizz is quite ill) some other tasks like filling the in house woodbox, kindling and coal scuttle, then refilled the outside woodbox from my stash behind the garage.
Followed by raking up all the leaves on the lawn, half a wheelie bin full and then cut the grass on a medium height.
Still not ready to start on my actual task, I remembered that I needed to make 13 spacers and 13 shims for Martins friend Russell, the paraplegic ex fireman.
His furniture in his house is too low, so I offered to make some pieces to fit between the legs/feet using longer bolts.

His daily drive car is a Nissan Skyline GTR which Martin converted to full hand controls for him.

Seems he is rather capable behind the wheel as well.

It was chilly earlier, around 2'C all day down at the garage.

Found some Oak to use as it needs to be solid and structural.

Cut, measure, mark.



Then drill all the holes, including the adjustment slots



All of these will be hidden underneath the furniture.




After this I measured out the garage and removed some of my number plates where the boards will fit.

I may start tomorrow, along with putting up the Christmas tree with Nicola.

Tonight by 6pm it was -2'C BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR......

[Ta2Don]

Stealing a line from Clem…

to arms, to arms, another British invasion coming!!!

[bj383ss]

This is freaking awesome news. Just gives more motivation to get my truck done. Will hsve to push hard to have it driveable by October!!!

[Ta2Don]

Originally Posted by bj383ss

This is freaking awesome news. Just gives more motivation to get my truck done. Will hsve to push hard to have it driveable by October!!!

Hey Bret, maybe you can make Clem's as well...

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Hey Bret, maybe you can make Clem's as well...

That would be pretty cool.



I HAVE STARTED A THREAD ON OUR TRIP HERE:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=653025

It's under the events section, but I hope to get to see and meet many of the forum names in real life at Clem's Party. As this looks like it is going to be the best year yet.

[Palf70Step]

[Ta2Don]

I'm quite chuffed, to say the least, about the coming invasion...

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

I'm quite chuffed, to say the least, about the coming invasion...

So are we mate.


Few pics from last nights mission.

[Grizz1963]

Perfect decoration for the garage, from Halloween a few years ago, Nicola found it on a sale for 50p




On Sunday I eventually got around to a job I have been putting off for some time, for various reasons, most of them just being logistics.

I got the "walls" of the "spray booth" months ago from the local Catering company yard before they set fire to them.

I decided to build a small recess into which my tall drill press/pillar drill would fit, and then to also offset the rest of the wall by another 300mm or 12 inches to give me maximum working space for when I do the bodywork on the truck, as well as the paint.

One of the things I cannot do alone, is to manage 8 and 9 foot long sheets of wood, so I asked Ian who is living with us to come down to the garage to help me a couple of times.



frame in place and first sheet in place





Another long sheet, problem is they have metal in them that needs to be avoided, so a helping hand is needed.



When screwing the connecting strips between the sheets, two hands each side are ideal, so I allowed Ian access to the tools.



Carried on till about 10.00pm on Sunday evening.



And this was where I ended play on Sunday evening.

Door to be created and hung, as well as some more reinforcing between the sections and closing small gaps




Door hung, gaps sorted.........



Truck back inside the space. Now there is space enough on both sides.

On annual leave from Friday, so can start dismantling the truck, first job is removing all the stickers, toolbox etc.....




That is all for now.

Thanks for looking in guys.

PS: Help, advice and visits welcome between 19th and 4th January.

[Ta2Don]

Paint Booth looks smashing!!!

Great Job!

[flashed]

Looks good ,you have been quite busy .

[bj383ss]

Looks good Rian. I am quite envious of all the time off you are about to have.

[clemdaddy]

nice job rian... looks to be plenty of room. hope you will remove your tools and plate collection, overspray gets everywhere. really like the shop decoration too.

[Ta2Don]

Thanks for the kick in the backside...
Here's the link for the rat build…
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...83#post6962283

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Paint Booth looks smashing!!!

Great Job!

Thanks Don. I am pleased with how it came out.

Originally Posted by flashed

Looks good ,you have been quite busy .

LOL, always busy, I do not do "Idle" very easily.

Originally Posted by bj383ss

Looks good Rian. I am quite envious of all the time off you are about to have.

Bret, you know the story...... save it up and enjoy it later.

Perfect to get focused, however there is a lot of stuff that needs doing through he time that are not truck based.

Originally Posted by clemdaddy

nice job rian... looks to be plenty of room. hope you will remove your tools and plate collection, overspray gets everywhere. really like the shop decoration too.

Hi Clem, thanks for the comment, I will be using paint booth plastic to cover up all the ceiling rafters and the plates.

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Thanks for the kick in the backside...
Here's the link for the rat build…
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...83#post6962283

I have posted it elsewhere, you may have to sell it before it is finished....