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

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by mjh1965

It's a lot quicker taking out the front screen when it's already broken,and you are not worried about cracking it on removal. No problem with helping that's what mates are for

Your face and that mad grin was priceless.

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Would've liked to see a video of Martin and the windscreen...
Great score on the spanners...
…and also scoring the radio plate...

Martin started out looking like he was very constipated and ended up looking like porn star towards the end, I was kinda expecting him to shout Yes Yes Yes YESSSS!!!
I think at $15.00 plus post for the plus shipping for the plate I could not make another or pick one here in the UK, so glad for the opportunity to get a decent repair plate.

Originally Posted by flashed

I love that Mitsubishi Delica ,never seen anything like it . Nice tools you scored too .

There are some Amazing Delica's out there.
This is a newer Mk2 but Mk1's are possibly more popular.

They are seriously capable off roaders....

Search YouTube for Mitsubishi Delica's off-road. I think it is basically a Pajero/Shogun under the skin

THIS IS A GREAT CLIP SHOWING SOME OF ITS ABILITIES AND THE VERSATILE INTERIOR.

Mitsubishi Delica 4x4 offroad - YouTube

Vertical Delica L300 - YouTube

And in Australia

Mitsubishi l300 4wd van blue mountains - YouTube

Spanners I scored are great and the ones I got off EBay are amazing, having used them before on the truck I wonder how one does without them.

[bj383ss]

I would have loved to see Martin's face. I know when I took the windshield out of my truck it was the point of no return in it coming off the road as my windshield had to many cracks to count. I set it out back behind the garage in my junk pile and the Texas sun got to it and it imploded on itself and melted. I was saving it just in case. I ended up folding it up like a box and putting it in the dumpster.

Over in the general section a guy has just posted a really cool way to fix a radio that has been eaten by an angry badger. It consist of a pretty cool face plate you can buy. If I hadn't already welded mine up and fixed it I would go that route.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=655585

Love those ratcheting spanners you got. They save a lot of time and fit into places the ratchet and socket can't.

[Grizz1963]

Thanks for the teply Bret.

I saw that radio face repair and sighed as I have already commited to going the hard way.


Regarding the ignition switch unit, I posted the question on Garage Journal and got the following replies and advice. Makes sense and will try it out tonight.

THREAD: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=275730

Rian, I believe if its like the 67 ignition switch thats theres a little hole in the barrel you need to push a paperclip or something similar into to release a catch, then you can take it apart. There's loads of threads on this over on the 67-72 Chevy truck board.


And also:

It looks as if you unscrewed the bezel and it may be jammed against the cylinder (if it is you won't be able to get it out). First thread the bezel clockwise until it's tight. Insert the key. Turn the key as far as you can to the left (counter-clockwise), then insert a paper clip and push against the spring pressure, and turn to the left again - after a few degrees of additional movement, the tumbler will come out. Sometimes a little back and forth movement with the key is helpful.

[Ta2Don]

Just a bit of encouragement Mate!!! Keep posting as much and often and wherever you choose, please don't let the opinion of one unhappy "Registered User" affect your time on here… Just like other areas out here in Cyberspace, there's always one idiot who didn't learn to keep his trap shut when he doesn't have anything helpful or nice to say…

Cheers Mate, and I look forward to reading about your adventures on that side of the pond... …not to mention the thought of the adventures the upcoming October trip will author...

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Just a bit of encouragement Mate!!! Keep posting as much and often and wherever you choose, please don't let the opinion of one unhappy "Registered User" affect your time on here… Just like other areas out here in Cyberspace, there's always one idiot who didn't learn to keep his trap shut when he doesn't have anything helpful or nice to say…

Cheers Mate, and I look forward to reading about your adventures on that side of the pond... …not to mention the thought of the adventures the upcoming October trip will author...

Thank you Don.

I was both amazed, humbled and actually pleased to see the guys come to my "rescue" when that member had a pop at me.

I just know for myself, that I always enjoy the side postings people make, also that there are members whose posts I do not enjoy, and just scroll past on so e forums. Usually I just ignore trolls.

In other good news, Pimpston65 has sent me a very good ashtray front FOC for the truck. Looking at his, it seems they came with a little handle up front that was also the mounting piece to the inside of the ashtray.

He posted that out yesterday.

THANK YOU PIMPSTON65





Thanks to MJH1965 for sending me this one.

Now I know where the break line will be for my black dash top.


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[duallyjams]

I saw you asked about paint around the grill here is a pic of my trucks chevy and GMC. The chevy has white paint and both GMC do not.

[Grizz1963]

Thanks for posting up James. Thats great to know.

My truck is far from standard so I can kinda do whatever I want. Including paint. I like the white lip behind the grille but hope to have a chrome grille and it contrasts best with red. So in two minds. Bit its a mod one can do later as well.

Just sitting in McD's for a treat with Nicola and she just suggested that I take a small ring and open spanner and gas weld two fixing bolts for the ashtray to it as a handle.

[Grizz1963]

After some great advice from Garage Journal members who clearly know a lot more than me, the ignition on my truck was identified and possibly from a post '66 Chevy.

So with the advice to use a paperclip in the hole and some anti-clockwise wriggling getting ramped up to a small screwdriver and some WD40 into the barrel, I got it undone.

Now the bezel can be addressed properly in its restoration.



Inbetween, I did a load of little jobs between the house and garage, according to Nicola it has scored me another day and a half "free garage and truck time"
Also preparing some stuff to shove onto Ebay tomorrow to generate "truck funds from scrap" as mostly it would go to the charity shop we support.

I did also remove the scuttle cover so that I can do the prep better around the windscreen.

I did notice the little wheel like unit the wiper fits to, i different sized between driver and passenger side...... Is this correct? My passenger wiper does not sit securely and can be lifted off by hand.



Removed the fender emblems as well, I want to weld up the holes and if I refit them, it will be automotive double sided tape.
They look good for their age but need cleaning up.



Also started to look at the exhaust pipes as I want to fit the 3" QTP cutouts, as well as running 2.5" pipes and silencers to go with them out the rear, exiting in front of the rear wheels, with some sexy rectangular stainless or chrome tips like what you get on large luxury SUV's

Also want them to exit a lot closer to the body.



I fitted one of the Cutout pipes approximately where it needs to go, along with the valve to get an idea what needs to be brought together.

Made a clip to illustrate.

Grizz's QTP Cutout patern - YouTube

Looking forward to building this system at home with the help, guidance and mentorship, not to forget, labor of Paul Y.

Lastly, I may have mentioned before that my wife will not mix white and cream laundry, let alone red and black etc..... BUT, she will quite happily tell me to bring engine parts in and shove them into the dish washer.

Tonight she did a similar Samaritan like action..... telling me to bring the rear glass from the cab into the kitchen, putting a bedsheet on the table, and then once done, she helped me wrap it in a mortuary shroud blanket, then stored it on top of the spare room wardrobe. So I got all the sticker glue, and gunge off with some industrial acetone which I previously mixed with ATF to make penetrating oil.

Nice girl ehhh??



Tomorrow will be a weldathon with some grinding thrown in at Martin's place when we try to get control of his cab.

Looking forward to test driving his carport for insulation now the gates are fitted and closed up.

[mjh1965]

I know you wanted some pictures of the colour break between the red and white







Hope this helps

[Paul Y]

Grizz,

Apologies for today, Wind + tree + Stihl = Firewood...

Looked at your clip and would be worried about ground clearance. Dependant on the size (narf narf) of your new mufflers I would be inclined to run the pipe inside the chassis, up tight to the bed floor and then make the turn out under the chassis by the rear axle. 3" pipes are big and by getting the turn out as far back as possible you will give yourself more room in case of large speed bumps etc. I know that your headers are the lowest part at this time so all this might be a moot point!

Have some other ideas that can be discussed over tea and biscuits.

P.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Paul Y

Grizz,

Apologies for today, Wind + tree + Stihl = Firewood...

Looked at your clip and would be worried about ground clearance. Dependant on the size (narf narf) of your new mufflers I would be inclined to run the pipe inside the chassis, up tight to the bed floor and then make the turn out under the chassis by the rear axle. 3" pipes are big and by getting the turn out as far back as possible you will give yourself more room in case of large speed bumps etc. I know that your headers are the lowest part at this time so all this might be a moot point!

Have some other ideas that can be discussed over tea and biscuits.

P.

Thanks for the photo's Martin (Mr Bloodhound)

Hi Paul, no problem, just gutted that you get to use all the wood you cut up today in your two wood burners.

I think that you are right, the truck sits low, but everything is do-able. And yes, speed humps do suck.

Tea and biccies always on the go here..... I have a very good wife.

[Grizz1963]

Was chatting to Ta2Don around 23.15 on FaceTime about patching the speaker holes and also cutting out the crease down the passenger door and letting in fresh metal....... So went to the garage to photograph and measure the damage, when Don said "Lookey what I have here for you."

Being quick on the old camera finger, I took a screenshot pic.

Can you tell what it is yet??

[bj383ss]

Rian I am doing the white as you , but also my grille and bumpers will be white as well as the frontend eyebrows. I want my paint as close to original ad I can get it

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by bj383ss

Rian I am doing the white as you , but also my grille and bumpers will be white as well as the frontend eyebrows. I want my paint as close to original ad I can get it

Almost midnight here......

Because my truck is not standard at all, I will be looking for a colour that appeals to me Bret,

I like the idea of the white behind the grille too.

[Grizz1963]

Spent from 09.00 to 17.30 at mate Martin's today......

On the way there, I stopped at a guys house who had replied to my Freecycle request for old Imperial sized spanners, he had actually recently thrown this lot into a shopping bag, ready for his next trip to the tip, then my email came by...... Perfect.

So I still need to see what he gave me, and also to clean them all up, but hey..... More of the right sized sockets and extensions cannot be a bad thing.



At Martin's, this was part of what greeted me.



Much prepping, cutting and time spent, and little to show for it.




More cutting, grinding, swearing (at Martin) later..... Some welding



Made some templates, cut them out of a Ford Transit side panel with the nibbles Martin got from George and have more to do, but started seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

I also brought home some work to do here, to make a replacement panel for this piece.




This is sooooo rotten.



Ohhh, and one more side panel made today.






Whoever said this was going to be quick or easy??

Thanks for checking in.

[Ta2Don]

Teamwork and Great Friends...

Looks like you need those clamps...
They'll be on their way soon...

[Ta2Don]

…almost forgot… Free Tools!!!

[uber cool]

Hi Rian, followed your advise and registered on here :-)

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by uber cool

Hi Rian, followed your advise and registered on here :-)

Welcome mate.

You realise that you will have to start a comprehensive build thread with many photos on here??

The guys like photos.

[Ta2Don]

Originally Posted by uber cool

Hi Rian, followed your advise and registered on here :-)

and Welcome aboard...

[mjh1965]

Originally Posted by uber cool

Hi Rian, followed your advise and registered on here :-)

Welcome to the thread I think you may have been given my number by Paul the guy you got the truck off

[bj383ss]

Drop those tools in some vinegar Rian. When They come out you can paint them and they will be good as new.

[bj383ss]

Rian,

How about this for an interior idea. I like the small things chromed. Maybe no the glove box.

10690077_10152488578126249_2261293490330881840_n by bjohnson388, on Flickr

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by bj383ss

Drop those tools in some vinegar Rian. When They come out you can paint them and they will be good as new.

You need to explain this a bit more Bret, I have heard about it, but never tried it.

These are chromed, well, they were chromed at some point.

[Grizz1963]

As I am building up credits for my trucks rewire and new EZ Wiring harness to be fitted by Martin when the time comes, I thought it prudent to get on with my latest punishment.

Came home tonight and thought I would give making the next panel for mate Martin's truck a go.

My piece of railway line that Woodsie got me years ago, again came in really handy. Can you say ANVIL ??

So using the sharp top curved edge, I started to bend the edge over.

Of course putting a curve at 90' to an existing flat surface, meant the plate started curling up like the "Fortune telling fish" you get in Christmas crackers.

So I took the hacksaw and cut slits in the edge of the curve, managing to complete the fold over.



Then drilled in the mounting hole for the fender in the plate. Using the step drills Ta2Don sent me last year.

Amazing tools they are.



Next up I cut the lip back by about 8mm to get it to loser to the size needed on the truck.

Then I welded all the cuts back together........ Using my mobile to get one of the best ever action pics in my opinion.



Then into the woodwork shed, to use my linisher to work it back to smooth and flat, flush.




Finished product, ready to be welded back into the fire wall.




Even if I say so, I am starting to enjoy this thing.