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

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Micmac

I'm thinking. It looks show room does it not? If the divorce wouldn't be so exponsive, I'd head over there in the morning. My bride is driving to Atlanta as we speak, then hops on a plane to Kansas City and returns Friday. I could figure out where to hide it by then right? A big red 40 foot long truck should be easy to stash!

Go on...... You know you need to do this.

How far is it from you?

There is not a lot of detail.

Wonder if Martin and I could use it for the road trip??

Could we afford the fuel, and to find parking for it?

[flashed]

Just go buy that firetruck and bring it to my place ,40 acres to hide it .

Rian, that fire bell looks like new again ,I like it .

I have a metal drawer cabinet in back of my truck for weeks now just waiting on a place to put it in my shop. Im out of room really but free works for me ,need to build another shop .

[markthebass]

hi grizz
i,m a previous owner of this truck.i play double bass in the memphis flyers.i think i sold the truck onto rob,who said he was planning to use it to transport motorbike/s around.
i,m from hastings and probably owned the truck for about 18 months.i purchased the truck from a guy in ninfield near bexhill,i can,t recall his name at the moment.i,ll have a check round and see what pics etc i have saved and try and forward them to you..cheers mark

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by markthebass

hi grizz
i,m a previous owner of this truck.i play double bass in the memphis flyers.i think i sold the truck onto rob,who said he was planning to use it to transport motorbike/s around.
i,m from hastings and probably owned the truck for about 18 months.i purchased the truck from a guy in ninfield near bexhill,i can,t recall his name at the moment.i,ll have a check round and see what pics etc i have saved and try and forward them to you..cheers mark

Woooot !!!

Thanks for registering Mark, I was just watching one of your videos over the weekend, so the drummer is not the previous owner.

I stay in touch with Rob as we are both into bikes as well, and I am a former nurse too, he works in stroke rehabilitation.

I love this truck a whole lot, and thankfully my wife allows me to spend time with it.

I was really pleased Dave sent me some pics too.

Show us your new truck.......

[Ta2Don]

Originally Posted by markthebass

hi grizz
i,m a previous owner of this truck.i play double bass in the memphis flyers.i think i sold the truck onto rob,who said he was planning to use it to transport motorbike/s around.
i,m from hastings and probably owned the truck for about 18 months.i purchased the truck from a guy in ninfield near bexhill,i can,t recall his name at the moment.i,ll have a check round and see what pics etc i have saved and try and forward them to you..cheers mark

aboard… Lots of great folks out here...

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Woooot !!!

Thanks for registering Mark, I was just watching one of your videos over the weekend, so the drummer is not the previous owner.

I stay in touch with Rob as we are both into bikes as well, and I am a former nurse too, he works in stroke rehabilitation.

I love this truck a whole lot, and thankfully my wife allows me to spend time with it.

I was really pleased Dave sent me some pics too.

Show us your new truck.......

Awesome finding background info... plus recruiting...

[Grizz1963]

I have heard of traveling on a budget, but this must be the cheapest run around Paris, France you will get.

With Nicola and her daughter out to France last week for her birthday, I wondered how to share the pics I know some of the guys on here like to see. But they are all in high resolution, so emailing 125 photos in batches of 5 was never going to work.
So I loaded them into a file on her laptop, placed my digital camera on a tin of Heinz soup,and had the works iPad play some French music next to it while filming the screen in the dark kitchen, after which I uploaded it to YouTube. Think a piece of string, a couple of paper clips and an old shoe technology.

Mostly photos taken in Notre Dame, Sacre Coeur churches, and grave yards, including Jim Henderson of the Doors and Oscar Wilde the author's graves. Some skulls and bones of 6 million dead people in the catacombs under Paris toward the end.

So here you go......... Paris on the cheap.


http://youtu.be/VBAgJ1W5jKE


I hope you have a glass of wine at hand and some cheese.

Sorry about the not so professional quality.

[flashed]

The video was cool ,thanks for taking us along for the ride .

[Micmac]

Cool stuff Rian, thanks. France is nice, I went to EuroDisney in Paris in 1998 with the wife and Kids. I visited Jim MORRISON's grave. Oscar Wilde is also interned there. I had the pleasure of seeing the Doors preform back in the day, courtesy of my older brother Artie. We got our a&^%$ kicked by the 'ol man when we got home as I was 16 and very drunk! Artie was on leave from the US Marines fresh home from the "Nam. Sadly in May of 2013 the cofounder of the Doors Ray Manzarek joined him in Rock n Roll heaven.

[Justin@EntropyRad]

Cool setup across the board...how does MOT and VAT apply to classics like that?

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

The video was cool ,thanks for taking us along for the ride .

No worries mate.

I love seeing the USA from my armchair too.

So when you guys post up runs, or even a visit to breakers yards etc, I love to look at the scenery around the truck or car..

Originally Posted by Micmac

Cool stuff Rian, thanks. France is nice, I went to EuroDisney in Paris in 1998 with the wife and Kids. I visited Jim MORRISON's grave. Oscar Wilde is also interned there. I had the pleasure of seeing the Doors preform back in the day, courtesy of my older brother Artie. We got our a&^%$ kicked by the 'ol man when we got home as I was 16 and very drunk! Artie was on leave from the US Marines fresh home from the "Nam. Sadly in May of 2013 the cofounder of the Doors Ray Manzarek joined him in Rock n Roll heaven.

No idea what went on in my head when I was writing up.

Originally Posted by Justin@EntropyRad

Cool setup across the board...how does MOT and VAT apply to classics like that?

Hi Justin

MOT is a yearly road worthiness test for all vehicles older than three years and all manufactured since 1960.

For instance, if you have a llight in the dash of your 4 year old car either not functioning, or indicating an error, it is a fail, even if the error does not exist.

Everything has to work, rust in structures are automatic failures etc, you can go online and Google UK MOT rules and read more about it.

VAT is a flat rate 20% on all purchases in shops etc, if you are talking about VAT, it is also raised on importation costs and the taxes associated with it, like import duties etc.

However, if you are speaking of road tax the it is free for all vehicles with valid MOT and road use insurance that were manufactured before 1973.

So my truck is on free road tax, despite having a huge engine and belching CO2 while burning fossil fuels.

I hope this answers your questions.

[Palf70Step]

Originally Posted by flashed

The video was cool ,thanks for taking us along for the ride .

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Thank you.

I love to see what you guys get up to in the States as well, often the background is as interesting as the pic you post to us guys over here.

[Grizz1963]

Not much to show, hurt my back a week or so ago, and when I went out to the garage last night, I made it to the garage door and decided to come back indoors and be sensible.

This morning a combination of two cats and my back woke me early, so I had a cuppa tea and went to the garage for a bit, to tidy up stuff and just make a bit of dust, as the rest of today belonged to Nicola, it is the 7 year anniversary of our first date, and we had agreed to go out and do stuff in Rochester where we had our first date, it was meant to be a quick coffee, but had ended up in a four hour date followed by 5 hours the next day and culminating in her marrying me two years later.
It's not all been smooth sailing, but I would not trade this girl for most. How many women tell you to buy a truck, motorbikes, tools and toys?? ( sure, she gets her share back, but it's worth it every day)

So this resulted in a small bit of progress.



Clean metal around the screen, peak next and then some primer and white paint to get it ready for the insurance to replace the screen that got smashed last year. I would love to delay installation till all the paint is done, but they have jobs to do too.



A few pics for our American readership from Rochester high street.

Not sure if you can see the crazy angle of this building.



Looking down the high street toward Chatham.



Rochester Castle, it has three square abutments (towers to me) and one round one. If you want to know why, go ask Mr Google.



Eastgate House.



And looking at the plaque, it has been here for a while.



Tomorrow it is off to Essex for the NSRA Swapmeet, let's hope there are some bargains.

Last year Mate Martin picked up a door for £100.00 for his truck, as well as a new front screen rubber for £10.00 and a complete cab mount kit for £35.00

I do live in hope.

[mjh1965]

All I can say is I hope you have your trainers on as there is going to be a race with me you and Kerry and possibily Paul all going

[disasterbus]

Originally Posted by mjh1965

All I can say is I hope you have your trainers on as there is going to be a race with me you and Kerry and possibily Paul all going

you won't beat me to the bargains - I'm taking this............



(excuse the rubbish phone pic taken in the dark)
Same size as a Hog but without the V twin! Was going to take it along to the swap meet tomorrow to try and flog it.

[mjh1965]

Originally Posted by disasterbus

you won't beat me to the bargains - I'm taking this............



(excuse the rubbish phone pic taken in the dark)
Same size as a Hog but without the V twin! Was going to take it along to the swap meet tomorrow to try and flog it.

Looks like I will need some skates and my Rottweiler to pull me along . As his legs are longer than your Bassett hounds Kerry

[flashed]

I hope you have good luck at the swap meet ,Im going to try to go to one next weekend to sell off some spare parts and see what I may find that I dont need .

[Ta2Don]

Thanks for sharing the pics of the date…
Looking forward to the Essex write-up... Should be interesting, and we WILL need pics of Martin on skates being pulled by Rottweiler...

[Mjminino]

I agree with Ta2Don

[flashed]

And pics of the swap meet too.

[clemdaddy]

stay out of the loop for a week and your whole world is full of changes...

i love old buildings. Kim and i will go to new orleans sometimes and just walk around looking at the history, seeing 400 year old architecture and and learning about what happened and to whom. but dude... you are on top of that world. we have got to do some tourist time in your country.

hope you boys had good luck at the swap meet... i know you had big fun.

[Ta2Don]

Posting this for Rian and his mates... Rian's wife called them 4 of the 7 dwarfs...
This was taken just at the Swap Meet in Essex before the gates owned and the spending ensued...
Rian will post more of the results later…

Not sure of the order, but the pic includes Rian, Kerry, Jim and Martin...

[Grizz1963]

Thanks for posting up Don.


I Hope the following photodump does not crash any systems.

I know a few of you on here and Facebook asked for pics from today's NSRA swapmeet.

Mate Martin, Disasterbus and Jim and I met up early today to go seek bargains for our vehicles.

Spurred on by all the bargains he got last year, including a door for his truck at £100.00, new front screen rubber for a tenner and a full new cab mount rubber kit for £35.00 we all had our skates on.

And it was Martin who drew first blood with a lovely pair of old skool bullet shaped chrome lights, with interchangeable clear or red lenses.

Through the day we all found real bargains and items we wanted or needed.

Kerry, Disasterbus got a brand new full rear rollpan for his truck at £40.00, that he will probably bring over soon, to weld up and probably paint at my place. He also picked up a lovely old sideplate sized V8 hubcap for garage art.

My bargain of the day was a pair of 2.5" used stainless tailpiece tips that took me an hour or more to clean up with metal polish. Not perfect, as I really wanted a set of square/rectangular Range Rover type tips. But at £10.00 for the pair, I had to have them.

Here then are the pics, as they came off my mobile phone camera.













I have also wanted a pair of bumper over riders as long as I have had the truck, this vendor was prepared to let me have these for £25.00 although they are Pre-60 items, and if I could make them fit, I would then have to get them chromed, so the voice of reasoning suggested I wait till I find a pair of chromed ones, so I walked away.



Dead cool hearse, sounded rather nice and quietly menacing when it drove by later.



I think I would like one of these.......



At that price I ask myself, what did the seller pay for it and to land it here?



TECHNOLOGY !! LOVE IT !!

Martin Googling some pics to show Disasterbus what his Stepside would look like with a rear rollpan fitted.

Of course that made the decision easy.













60-66 Chevy C10's seem to be suddenly picking up in presence and value. Good news for all owners I guess.





Another C10. Read description.



OHHHHH HOW I WANT ONE OF THESE.

Never seen one of them before, no idea what they are called.



















Chevy Power in a Ford.





Quite like these.







This was just perfectly understated and clean.





There were many more, and a few nice cars that I missed for various reasons.

Again a great Swapmeet, meeting old mates and finding bits needed for builds.

Just needed to be warmer.

[Grizz1963]

Today was NSRA Swapmeet day at Arena Essex.

As always it was breezy and cold. I had prepared for this with some thermals under my jeans, a t-shirt under a hoody top, and a ski jacket and beany hat.
Toasty.

I had no specific searches, other than looking for a full set of 6 stud 15 inch Chevy Rallye wheels, with or without beauty rings and caps.

I love the Chrome smoothies, but also want a set of Rallye wheels on the truck.

So we all set off and I bought various things through the day, in my case, everything except the masking paper at £12.00 for the roll, and 4 rolls of masking tape at £5.00 was bought at prices I was happy to pay and made me feel I picked up a "bargain"

It included three Karen name plates for 50p, which I got for Mrs Nightmares Racing. A fire exit sign for the shed at 50p and an 8mm ratchet head ring/flat spanner for £2.00. A cool T-shirt for £5.00 which features a Chevy C10 Fleetside, wire wheels at £1.00 each, UVEX safety glasses at £1.00 each and a huge spanner for £1.00.



I also thought my bargain of the day was a pair of used Ripspeed Stainless Steel 2.5" oval exhaust tips. Not perfect, as I would love a pair of Range Rover rectangular units, or off an Evoque but they are not that common.

As bought.



One done, I hated the blue edge.




One hour, some metal polish, black fingers and a blister on my thumb later.......




While out, I also saw one of these for £5.00 and if he had a pair, they would have been mine.

Just like them a whole lot, think they would look cool as tip covers.



So that was my trucking weekend completed.

[flashed]

You came home with some cool stuff ,I would love to find a single exhaust tip like that one for my old 6 cylinder truck.