Lost My 65

[gulfcoast66]

This was a Excellent read Great Story from beginning to end, I spent all Day Reading it.. When you Posted the last set of Google Earth pics from the different angles, I know it was your truck I could see a dot on the Passenger rear side (65 fleetside tail light) Anyways You Got Running and Looking Good... Congrats on Finding Your 65... Chris....

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by gulfcoast66

This was a Excellent read Great Story from beginning to end, I spent all Day Reading it.. When you Posted the last set of Google Earth pics from the different angles, I know it was your truck I could see a dot on the Passenger rear side (65 fleetside tail light) Anyways You Got Running and Looking Good... Congrats on Finding Your 65... Chris....

Thank you.

[LostMy65]

I bought my 65 when she was around 18.
It's hard to believe she's around 55 years old now.

[66-PMD-GMC]

Originally Posted by LostMy65

I bought my 65 when she was around 18.
It's hard to believe she's around 55 years old now.

I remember before you found her.

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by 66-PMD-GMC

I remember before you found her.

Yep, and it was ones like you that motivated me to keep looking.

[LostMy65]

One of my fitech injectors quit working.
I was struggling to figure out which new ones I needed to order. I found out watching this video:
https://youtu.be/TDx7MPVDzAY

[LostMy65]

If any of you have been following this thread and my 66 thread, you'll know that I change directions a lot.
I found my 65 I had when I was a teenager and bought her back about 10 years ago now and I still haven't got all the upgrades I wanted to do to her done. So, my latest direction is to move my 65 cab and front clip over to the 66 frame with the long fleetside bed. The 66 already has power steering, power disc brakes, a 14 bolt, and a low mileage 350.
The whole downside to the 66 was how bad of shape the cab was in.
That is my goal for this weekend.
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So far I've made it to setting my 65 cab onto the 66 frame.
Going to bolt it down and start hooking things back up tomorrow.

[LostMy65]

This will be close to the look I'll be shooting for.

[Palf70Step]

Really liked your short stepside version, but since I am a long bed owner now, I can definitely see the goodness coming from you going this way.

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Really liked your short stepside version, but since I am a long bed owner now, I can definitely see the goodness coming from you going this way.

Thanks, and;
Oh yes, the stepside is definately a great look - even my wife would have preferred me to keep the lowered hotrod wide wheels stepside, and I can always go back to it - I'm not getting rid of it. But I want to go long fleet for a time.

[LostMy65]

All I got left to do is hook up the brakes and I can take it for a spin.
Again, I'm doing this because the 66 has all the upgrades.
Now I'll use the frame I posted here a few pages up and do all the upgrades to it while I keep my 65 rolling on the 66 frame.
I'm going to sell my 62 Shortbed frame or make a trailer out of it.

[LostMy65]

Yes, it's not as cool looking, but it'll do for awhile.

[cwcarpenter98]

I think it looks great! You're still going to be able to keep it on the road, and those upgrades already on that frame is a big plus. Long live long beds

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by cwcarpenter98

I think it looks great! You're still going to be able to keep it on the road, and those upgrades already on that frame is a big plus. Long live long beds

Thanks for the encouragement, that helps.

[LostMy65]

She was so beautiful when I bought her in 82.
Then, the teenager I was, treated her badly and totaled her.
When I rebuilt her, I rebuilt her as a shortbed stepside on the 62 frame.
Here is the only picture I have of her - after I wrecked her. We used to go mudding a lot.
Anyway, she was originally a longbed fleetside.

[Braunschweiger]

You only learn to appreciate things when you're older, they'll have a lot of fun with the truck again, but they won't do the really wild things anymore.

[LostMy65]

Been working on the alignment.
Took her for another spin today.
Shimmys at about 45 mph but goes away at around 55.
Going to keep working on the alignment using this thread:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=399479
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Also going to try a different set of wheels and replace the idler arm.
I want to get her driving safely before reinstalling the body panels.
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[cwcarpenter98]

The weight from the panels will affect your alignment numbers just a smidge. Might not be enough to notice, but I would want all the usual weight on the truck before getting that final alignment dialed in. I bet people give you some funky looks for driving around like that

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by cwcarpenter98

The weight from the panels will affect your alignment numbers just a smidge. Might not be enough to notice, but I would want all the usual weight on the truck before getting that final alignment dialed in. I bet people give you some funky looks for driving around like that

Maybe I'll put a couple sacks of concrete on the inner fenders - one on each side. Just kidding..
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I do like the easy access like I have it.

[350TacoZilla]

I like the long bed transition man it looks good so far. I started out looking for a short bed stepside to try and get as close as I could to a truck my parents had bought years ago to use as a play toy and run around but after looking and finding a 3\4t long step I kinda came to the conclusion that the long bed would probably serve me better as an all around truck. Sometimes plans change for the better and it can always be put on a short bed chassis down the rd or even shorten the 3\4 chassis like some do to get the short bed.

[LostMy65]

Working on my front steering linkage and ordered a new Moog idler arm.
I guess I forgot I used the 66 idler arm support bracket.
I could just order a 66 3/4 ton idler arm that has the bend, but I'm going to just switch out the bracket to the 73-87 so I keep the whole suspension as 73-87 - rather than having some 66 parts and some 73-87.
The 73-87 idler arm bracket hangs down lower than the 66s.

[LostMy65]

I went back and found the posts when I upgraded to power steering when my 65 was on the 62 frame.
You can see the difference between the 66 and the 73-87 idler arm support bracket.

[LostMy65]

And here is the new 73-87 idler arm next to the 66.
I just need determine what the difference in drop is so I know what height to set the 73-87 bracket at.

[SkinnyG]

Just make sure the center link is horizontal.

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by SkinnyG

Just make sure the center link is horizontal.

Yep, I just remembered that.
I missed your post.
Thanks