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

[mjh1965]

Thanks Rian I think you have more than enough credits already.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by mjh1965

Thanks Rian I think you have more than enough credits already.

Never enough credits, if you were to believe the girl you supply with Super Glue mate.


Always looking at re-purposing stuff I see.

Saw this skip today. On closer inspection it yielded a bunch of large heavy duty extruded plastic "trays" which I immediately saw as perfect receptacles for the parts that I strip off the truck, or even in the garage loft as tidy storage.
They have some extruded pieces inside with Velcro straps that seem to be set with double sided tape, not yet investigated fully.

Anyway, I feel another big waste if not scooped up......




Size perspective.



Saw this somewhere before, and just rediscovered it again today,

I do hope that someone helps her realise more than the declared value, should I bite the bullet.

[clemdaddy]

nice fab work on the cowl piece... and it always fun when you can make nice stuff or save useful stuff from the trash. good going rian.

[ibrown50]

Hi Rian just finished reading the two build threads, I'm inspired to do one myself! That sign reminds me of a one I once saw which said (something like) " when explaining the cost of the parts you just bought to your wife remember, always tell the truth......... Even if you have to make it up"
Cheers Ian

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by ibrown50

Hi Rian just finished reading the two build threads, I'm inspired to do one myself! That sign reminds me of a one I once saw which said (something like) " when explaining the cost of the parts you just bought to your wife remember, always tell the truth......... Even if you have to make it up"
Cheers Ian

Well, Now you owe me a new iPad keyboard..........

Just spat my coffee all over the place

Martin is over here to drop some of my tools, and to pick up some others and Nicola is in the lounge with us..... I read the quote to her, and her casual reply was "You know it applies to shoes and handbags too?"

Welcome to the best board for our trucks.

I think it will be good for you to start a thread on your truck too, you have been working against the odds too.

[Grizz1963]

The plan is to use them and some more 1/4 inch angle iron or wide flat bar to make the mounting irons for the new bumper to fit to, and then to also create a new towbar mount with a removable tow ball.

A few minutes with a flap wheel and most of the chrome on it came back with years worth of crud flying off.




Remember this???

Picked up a free Mercedes Benz A Class tow bar today.

May just be right to incorporate into the trucks new tow hitch.

[Ta2Don]

Free sure offsets the cost of getting bits from this side of the pond!

Cheers Mate!!!

[Palf70Step]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Free sure offsets the cost of getting bits from this side of the pond!

Cheers Mate!!!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Free sure offsets the cost of getting bits from this side of the pond!

Cheers Mate!!!

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

THIS....^^^^^ is very true guys.

And having Nicola along for the ride, and approving my purchases from the side line (she will never stop me doing stuff, but I respect her for it, and our relationship comes way before the truck) is a blessing too.
So making sure I stretch my Dollars/Pounds a bit further just makes it a bit easier.

OF COURSE ALL OF THIS IS SUPPORTED BY VARIOUS OF YOU GUYS IN THE USA HELPING IN VARIOUS WAYS.


SO A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ARE BUILDING MY TRUCK !!

Ta2Don needs a special mention as his address and credit card is often Martin's and my saving grace when certain companies like Top Banana will not post to the UK, so he buys on our behalf, has parts shipped to his place in Arkansas, and then either repacks, or directly reposts to us, after which we get to PayPal him the funds for our purchases. Of course added shipping costs and duties do not make it easier cost wise, but we can at least build our trucks.

I do the same for guys in Germany, and South Africa and the USA who build weird stuff with no support where they are. Like this BSA Bantam where the parcel was posted end August last year and got delivered yesterday....... http://www.wilddog.za.net/forum/inde...topic=155455.0
My home address is a delivery address for many guys in Europe for their EBay purchases.

It is what makes this world go around.

[ibrown50]

Hi Rian,

It looks like you're building one of these? This is the one that came off my C10, it "quite sturdy". Would be ideal for towing oil rigs and the like, you're welcome to it if it's any good to you, we'll just need to figure out how to move it south.

Cheers
Ian

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by ibrown50

Hi Rian,

It looks like you're building one of these? This is the one that came off my C10, it "quite sturdy". Would be ideal for towing oil rigs and the like, you're welcome to it if it's any good to you, we'll just need to figure out how to move it south.

Cheers
Ian

Hi Ian,

Thank you for the offer, but I need to create a way to mount the new chrome 67-72 rear bumper, as well as a removable tow ball.

[Grizz1963]

Pimpston65 saw the state of my ashtray front recently and then sent me a perfect one from his personal collection, refusing any payment.

Thank you very much mate. Hopefully I can pay it forward soon.


NOT SURE, BUT IT SEEMS THE SYSTEM IS TURNING PHOTOS UPSIDE DOWN AGAIN FOR NO REASON.... GRRRRRRRR!!





Also came home to another A4 Manila envelope today, opening it and expecting some drivel from work, I was pleasantly surprised to find two copies of the original electrical wiring diagram for the truck for Martin and I from Kerry "Disasterbus"

Going to be useful when the truck gets its new EZ wiring harness.
!




I started to look at fitting the Mercedes Benz tow bar to the truck when the new 67-72 rear bumper arrives.

I just need to either find out, or figure out what the spacing is from the body to the bumper, and also the spacing of the mounting bolts so that I can create the new mounting bracket incorporating the tow hitch.

I also want to weld in a US style square receiver for a removable tow hitch.

This is what I currently have.






Chilly again tonight, around 3'C, clearly nothing compared to other parts of the country and world.

[Grizz1963]

Being my Birthday today, Nicola my sensible, sensitive caring ..... you get the picture, wife actually gave me the day off to do whatever I wanted, including "Garage time " should I want it.

You may remember that she had bought me the 3" Cutout Valves over the Christmas season for my birthday, so today she gave me a lovely card, and another book on traveling the USA plus she is taking me out as a surprise later.

I have rotated the photos on my iPhone before sending them to the iPad to upload to Photobucket, and it seems to work, let's see if they suddenly revert to upside down in a week or whatever, I really have no idea why it is flipping photos upside down.



Mate Martin had bought himself a new oil cooler for the auto trans, then found an even sexier one last year, so when I offered to buy it from him, he wrapped it in some old newspaper and gave it to me for my birthday. Thanks Mate, way too much and too big, but the truck thanks you.




As Nicola had given me the day off, and my £500.00 travel vouchers were delivered on Friday, I decided that we needed to pop in to Thomas Cook Travel and get the tickets bought today, which would anchor the road trip for October's trip to Clem's Party in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

I asked a lady to take the photo for me, and her reply was "This is a bit freaky" Hey, I don't care.




After the flights were sorted, we went down to Deptford in South East London to buy my white for the two tone the truck will be getting on its roof and the side flash.

I have really had a problem with choosing the white.

I wanted something traditional, like an Ivory or Old English White but it also needed to "pop" a bit against the Chrysler red I already have, without being a glacier white or pearlescent white.

In the end I chose an older Mercedes Benz Alaska White Variant Y which I trust will make me happy once on.




Weird colours mixed to get there, included Red Oxide, Blue, Yellow.



In the end I spent the rest of the day with Nicola, a good investment in my long term life expectancy......

[mjh1965]

Regarding your present its not a problem Don't forget we are in the states for mine Hint hint . Bringing the present over wasn't a problem but the outside temperature this morning was

[markeb01]

Happy birthday Rian!

[ibrown50]

Rian,
Happy birthday!

[Palf70Step]

Happy Birthday. January is such a great month for birthdays

[Paul Y]

Hell Fire! Another one in the infamous post Christmas Birthday gang! Trust you had a great day.

P.

[Grizz1963]

Thanks guys.

Great day out doing stuff and then at home with Nicola.

She took me out to,dinner, and then surprised me with two of our very good friends joining us for a Chinese dinner.

Back at the car which was parked about 20 meters from her work car park, yes really, we found a £60/$100 parking ticket...... So a bummer end to a great day, but hey....lists he first ever parking citation.

Tomorrow we will try to write a letter that gets her pardoned...... Doubtfully, but worth trying.

[Grizz1963]

Another day not wasted..... No real truck time, but a load of "Honey-Do's" ,completed, including a bunch of new pictures up in the study, after removing a 6'x5' picture I made a few years ago.

Cartoons.

Now need to find a new home for this piece, anyone want it, PM and collect in Rochester.





I eventually made it into the garage by 3pm.

Because I know that I am rubbish at welding, but have a lot of open space welding to do, like fenders, doors etc as well as about 80 small holes just on the load bed, I know I have to practice, and also to set up my welder to make the most of the steel needing repairs.

So I prepared some hood steel off cuts with a multitude of holes drilled and some slots cut in with a 1mm disc.





Welded up and added more holes, leaving the front like this





Rear penetration was good enough for me.
Of course one can grind back afterward to tidy it up.



More practice needed, but I think it was the right thing to do.

[65sub]

Grizz check out this build by mp&c http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=564201 he is an amazing talent. I picked up a lot of tips

[Ta2Don]

Nice work mate... Practice… practice... practice...

[flashed]

I think your welds look pretty darn good ,you should see mine .I have had my welder for many years and just dont take time to practice .If I need something welded I get my nephew to do it as he is in my shop as much as I am.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by 65sub

Grizz check out this build by mp&c http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=564201 he is an amazing talent. I picked up a lot of tips

THAT IS AN AWESOME THREAD, AND SOME INCREDIBLE SKILL IN METAL WORKING. THE MAN IS A MAATER.

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Nice work mate... Practice… practice... practice...

Thanks Don, that's the idea.

Originally Posted by flashed

I think your welds look pretty darn good ,you should see mine .I have had my welder for many years and just dont take time to practice .If I need something welded I get my nephew to do it as he is in my shop as much as I am.

I have nobody to weld, but I do know that setting my current and wire feed, has already improved my welds.

Next up........ Learn to be patient and follow the advice in the thread quoted above.

[Grizz1963]

My truck has a huge, pulled dent in the passenger door, which has been repaired at least twice before.

The holes in there where it had been pulled before, and the grinding back of the metal on more than one occasion, has left it quite thin, so I had planned on cutting out and replacing the section with a piece of shaped metal.

During one of our Face Time chats ( don't you just love technology?) I mentioned this to Ta2Don over in Arkansas, and he came up with the brilliant idea of cutting the replacement section from his old door as he had bought two good doors for his truck.

While we were talking about it, I also mentioned the holes in my door where 6x9 speakers had been fitted before...........

Yesterday he was cutting up his old chassis which was bent beyond redemption with a plasma cutter, a job he seemed to enjoy tremendously, so while at it, he cut out the repair panels for my doors as well.


Door centre section cut out to replace creased, damaged section on mine.




Remember this ?






Speaker panel sections being cut out to cover 6x9 speaker holes that were hacked in before.



Spot welds drilled out.








All done and ready to be shipped out.

Thanks again Don, for making my life a whole lot easier.


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