'64 chevy 2wd to 4wd

[dieseldawg142]

running out of stuff to do. the parts wife ordered for me (shipped dec 3) have still not arrived. have never ever had a order take more than a couple weeks, 3 at most. last tracking update was dec 9, saying in transit...hmmmm....not looking that great...especially as how i got the int parts for the '60 crew last mon, and they were mailed on dec 29, from the same place...new york
they look much better than the '65 revell parts i was trying to shove in there


tunnel and floor needed some pieces so they don't look goofy....


back to the "awesome" revell truck, added some ribs to the baby smooth bottom of the box.....revell....50 million sinkholes all over it...


was not crazy 'bout my baby smooth cab floor either....a old piece of el camino floor scabbed in.....

[dieseldawg142]

added fuel caps and did'nt like the tailgate so it gets a checkerplate guard


yeah...revell has got to have the lousiest squares around...


started some door work


having a hard time getting the box to un-warp, going to try one more thing, if it don't look great, i'll glue a canopy on it to hold it square

[Ol Blue K20]

Man, it sure takes a long time to get your deliveries. But what you have done is looking great. I like the canopy too.

[dieseldawg142]

thanks Dale, but i'm really starting to get frustrated with my caster. Has been 53 days now, and all tracking stopped on dec 8. i think it's pretty obvious it has been "misplaced" or lost, but my caster does not seem to give a s**t. I have sent him a few emails asking him to start a lost package procedure with USPS, as there is nothing i can do, i did not send it. So far he has not replied to any of my emails nor started a lost claim....hmmmm.....helluva way to treat one of your oldest and best customers, i have prob bought more from him than any other individual.
last email i sent was last friday, wife says if he won't answer by this friday (tomorrow) , go to paypal and get my money back....been trying to avoid that, he does have alot of what i use..... bummer
keepin on running out of things to do, already got 2 trucks on the go, dont really want to start a third...
some int work


whipped up a visor and aluminumized my tailgate protector

[dieseldawg142]

engine is mostly done. nuthin' fancy, just your standard small block chevy


don't know if anyone has heard, but Hobbico, the company that owns Revell, filed for chapter 11, bankruptcy. everyone is waiting to see how this will play out with Revell, apparentley Hobbico has to Mar to figure out whatever they are going to do. hope it does not mean the end of Revell.
But just in case, i scored another sub off fleabay for the incredible price (for up here anyways..) of 26 clams. this one will have the seats and winda's in it though. just hope my frikkin caster gets his stuff together....stock builds are boring....

[Ol Blue K20]

That sucks about your parts and the caster. The interior looks great and so does the engine. The visors nice too. This Burb will be cool

[dieseldawg142]

well i'm glad i waited one more day.....got a courier delivery today. would have looked dumb getting my money back and parts showing up the next day. only got part of the order, but enough to get going again. some kind of communication or reply would have been nice...
weather was pretty lousy today, spent a few hrs on the front. should be able to get the rear tomorrow

[Ol Blue K20]

Well it's about time you vot them. It's looking great.

[dieseldawg142]

just about got this one knocked off Dale...just needed them parts
fr and rear mostly done


a little bit of paint...


just finished spraying it. not real happy with revell. after i got the paint laid, a body seam ghosted threw on the box...don't think i got enough blue left to start dicking with it....really stretched it just to get 3 coats on...

[dieseldawg142]

what the hay, wanted to get an idea of what it will look like...

[Ol Blue K20]

Itlooks good, the shell looks good on it. I like the blue.

[dieseldawg142]

yup, it is a nice shade of blue Dale, looks better in person, another hard to photo color...

[dieseldawg142]

[dieseldawg142]

did'nt glue the lights on, don't think i will use them...

[Ol Blue K20]

Looks great. The stripes and a nice touch too.I'm on the fence with the lights though. It looks good either way.

[demian5]

4X4 Everything!

[dieseldawg142]

ya, no lites Dale
demian5, yup...four by or no buy....
stupid hrs at work, we are now booked solid till next yr and prob longer.....plus i was working on my 1:1 crew, put it back on the road the other day, getting it ready for some paint...finally after 12 or 13 yrs...
have been doing some on the '60 crewcab, and un-doing more of the crewcab...strait 6 in this one. the air cleaner is made from a '90 chev and a snork from a 60-something chevelle, also put a 2 bbl on it


had the int done, completed. went to do some final checking and it somehow grew a mil or 2 and would not fit. shaved it and still would'nt fit...
so i pulled it apart to take out a frikkin mil or so....


while waiting for the door panels to come out of the stripper, cut out the plastic for some real wood

[dieseldawg142]

think the frame came out not too bad considering 2 different brand models that did not want to fit together....


other change, going to a short fleet instead, got a better plan for the step box

[Ol Blue K20]

Looking good. I hope your.1:1 crew comes out nice...

[dieseldawg142]

costing big bucks for the 1:1 crew, biiiig bucks.....lots of "hold my beer watch this " moments in the body.....
welp, think this is the longest i spent on a junker, 9 months....mind ya, it sat for 6 months while part scrounging...


basswood in the box

[dieseldawg142]

few more

[Ol Blue K20]

Nice that came out beautiful. I love it's classic looks....awesome!! How bout some pics of the 1:1? I'll be tackling mine soon too.

[dieseldawg142]

wow! been almost 7 months...
thanks for the comments dale!
sadly my crew ain't getting paint this yr...i was sooooo close. had almost 11 g's saved for it, but went and blew almost 9k of it for a new quad for my son last apr....so as a consolation prize, took the rest of the money and decided to do some mechanical to the crew...as it has a 10" lift, i finally after all these yrs with the push-pull steering, had my steering wheel cranked hard over in some ruts off road and the truck was still goin' strait
just finishing up a cross-over steering on it and added some custom longer fr springs to it with bigger, beefier shackles.
so hopefully 2019 is the yr for paint...
then the dishwasher took a dump last month, another 600....yeah, hoping 2019

i think i kinda burned out on models for awhile....
took a break from trucks and just kinda threw this extra old '57 together in a couple days. not a truck, but it's a chebby...

[dieseldawg142]

grabbed some real oil and grime off my stepside and smeared it all over the chassis and engine...left it on my bench for about 3 days and like a real chevy, it marked it's spot when the grime warmed up and dripped all over..

coffee cup on the dash.....some burger king wrappers in the back...custom front seat cover....

[dieseldawg142]

was running out of truck room so spent a week swapping the car case and truck case around...