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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
cross member looking good. Re the prop just thought it must have done about 5000 miles but not in use over the last 6 months, imported from USA 4500 miles, up and down the UK 500 miles. Hopefully the next it gains miles will be in real use!
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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
nice Martin, you're making a lot of progress on the truck. keep focusing on the positive stuff and you'll be cruising in that sweet truck soon enough.
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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
Nice work Martin, really coming along now.
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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
Nice work on that transmission mount !
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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
Just been looking for another pic in my thread......l
Found this one. YOU SHOULD BE SO PROUD OF YOURSELF MATE. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
Looking really good Martin. I cant wait till I get mine that far on!
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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
Wow ,that is looking great .
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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
That's quite a change from where you started. Nice job.
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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
Huge difference...
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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
chassis looks sweet… any more progress?
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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
Way to go Martin, congrats. on the progress.
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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
Martin that looks stunning work on the chassis, if mark sees this he'll want me to strip his to the chassis lol.
what's the gold bit on the rack, is it just paint or an ali sleeve on the rack?
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Thank guys I should have some updates later .
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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
I see, that's a good idea
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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
Well I said I'd do an update on Sunday so here goes
I was looking on eBay the other night and spotted a Chevy C10 for sale . So as usual you look at the description and noticed that it said , he also had a set of smoothies to go on it ![]() As I already have a set of slot mags but always wanted the wider 10inch . He wanted the rear tyres from my wheels and I wanted the wider slots , so a deal was struck that suited both party's . The wider rears ![]() So on Saturday I drove up to Suffolk to meet Lee at a farm that has lots of small units to rent , when I got there Lee showed my around the unit , he shares with a friend . Lee has always had an interest in VW Busses and Beetles , and only got the truck as his other half liked the look of the truck his friend was selling . He told me he had started working on it but just couldn't get the same enthusiasm for the truck as he did on the VW's One of the busses ![]() ![]() And one of the beetles ![]() The truck had a V8 and 4 on the floor ![]() After we swoped over the rear tyres onto his smoothies, his front tyres hadn't arrived so he found a set of 15inch tyres to put on the wheels as a temporary measure so it could be moved . I had to take a picture as it looked so funny ![]() The front tyres were 195/50/15 way to small but at least it could be moved
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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
So Sunday morning I unloaded my car and carried the wheels out the back . I then fitted the rear wheels on the truck and rolled it out of the carport .
More slots than a Las Vegas strip ![]() This shot shows the difference in size from the old size to the new ones ![]() So my next job was to fit my gas tank . When it was made the outlet pipe was a little small, so I had a chat with Colin at my bike club . For those who also read Grizz's thread he's the guy that also did his exhaust pipes . I had given him the tank and had asked him to change the fittings . This is the new feed outlet ![]() This was were the old outlet was its now a drain plug ![]() As I don't like the idea of the aluminium tank rubbing on the new paint on the chassis , I decided to fit rubber gasket between the two ![]() Gasket made from the rubber ![]() Then glued in place ![]() Tank then fitted in place ![]() ![]() The tank in and rear tyres on ![]() So that's it for this weekend
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Sorry, but I have to say, I love these new rears wheels. They are seriously wide. And the alloys look good.
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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
I like the new rear wheels n tires.
I have a question , if you get a flat tire will the U bolt that holds the rear axel in drag on the ground keeping the truck from moving ? |
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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
I plan on ether fitting an extra inch lowering block , or cutting off the excess. I will do this after I try the bedsides to check out the stance , and how it looks .
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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
Martin, an extra lowering block will make it worse. Your "scrub line" on 15" rims is about 7 1/2" from the centre line of your axle, so you currently have 1 1/2" of axle tube, 2 2/4" of control arm, 2" of lowering block and 1" of nuts and lower shock mount, (1 1/2 + 2 3/4 + 2" + 1" = 7 1/4) if you add another 1" lowering block you'll be at 8 1/4", if you get a rear puncture your suspension will hit the road before your wheel rim and "jack" your truck. Not ideal
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I suppose that's the trouble with running with 15" wheels , but I always wanted the wide slots and when a set came up I couldn't resist them .
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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
Making great progress. New slots are sweeeeeet
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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
Looking good and nice score on the wheels
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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
Martin,
What size are your front tyres and could they be for sale? I think that my new ones are a touch short and am struggling to find a cost effective alternative. Let me know. P. |
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