64 C10 Stepside "Jaybird"

[bj383ss]

I have got all my goodies for the front end except the idler arm. Should be here in the next couple of days. Also still waiting on my patch panels from Top Banana

Here is all the stuff I bought on Amazon.




One more 10 hour shift and then I'm on vacation for 12 days!

Bret

[bj383ss]

This is a quick video I made last year before the tear down. I don't think I ever posted it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8rx...6b8e0CcGKJNG_Q

Bret

[pdxhall]

That's a great stack of parts you got there! I'll bet you can't wait to get started. I just finished vacation and didn't do a thing to the truck. Just played.

[TJ's Chevy]

Nice stock of parts there! And good work!

[Ta2Don]

Parts, Parts, and more Parts...

[aggie91]

Looks like you are going to be able to get some stuff done vacation!

BTW those are some cool wood projects on you bench. Did you make them?

[bj383ss]

Originally Posted by aggie91

Looks like you are going to be able to get some stuff done vacation!

BTW those are some cool wood projects on you bench. Did you make them?

Yes sir. Woodworking is my other serious hobby. I build mostly furniture and scale models. I spent almost 10 months building the steam train.





And last summer I had a little time frame with rockets. They are pretty simple to make on the lathe and a lot of fun.

Mark I


Mark II


Mark III


Mark IV This was my favorite one.


I also spent a year making this 1/10 scale Scania Truck


and my 1/10 scale small block Chevy for the 32' Ford I'm building.


Bret

[Ta2Don]

Awesome Woodworking!!!

GRIZZ Needs to see this...

[TJ's Chevy]

WOWZA! That's some sweet work you are doing! I wanna buy the steam train!!!!!!! LOL! Nice job!

[aggie91]

Your woodworking skills are top notch. My grandfather built custom cabinets after he retired from the fire department. I wish I could have learned more from him before he passed away. Your attention to detail on those projects is awsome!

[WhippinSaw]

That train is cool, nice build

Originally Posted by MikeN

I need a piece of clutch linkage, the frame-to-engine piece, or what I call a z-bar. Looks like there were three in the photo on page 1. I'd like to buy the best one you have left if still available.

[1963c-10]

Nice work

[bj383ss]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Awesome Woodworking!!!

GRIZZ Needs to see this...

Thank You. I have shown some of it to him.

Originally Posted by T.J. MCCAULEY

WOWZA! That's some sweet work you are doing! I wanna buy the steam train!!!!!!! LOL! Nice job!

Thanks T.J. I wish I could sell it but I have to keep it.

Originally Posted by aggie91

Your woodworking skills are top notch. My grandfather built custom cabinets after he retired from the fire department. I wish I could have learned more from him before he passed away. Your attention to detail on those projects is awsome!

Thank You. My grandfather did woodworking and so does my dad. He is the Master Craftsman I am just an amateur. He builds guitars and banjos. I am pretty much self taught on the woodworking. I ask my dad if I have a question but mostly picked it up from magazines and woodworking forums.

Originally Posted by WhippinSaw

That train is cool, nice build

Thank you. The Train is my favorite.

Originally Posted by 1963c-10

Nice work

Thanks

I spent about 4 hours this morning finishing stripping all the suspension. The crossmember gave me a little bit of grief. One of the horizontal bolts that goes into the welded on square nuts twitsted off. I tried welding a nut on to it but couldn't get a strong enough weld. I went to wack it with a hammer to try and loosen it and it busted the welded nut off oops.







Going to make a run to Lowes to get the lumber I need to bulid the boom for the engine hoist to lift the cab off and to make a dolly for the Cab to roll on.

Bret

[1963c-10]

Well, at least you can weld a new nut on now....just done with my disassembly myself, so I can understand the time and work involved. And am done with everything except caliper/spindle painting. Then reassembly!!!

Your crossmember looks pretty clean though...shouldn't take much to get it prepped for paint. The best part is cleaning out the void on the underside of the crossmember. I was just about able to level out my driveway with all the mud/gunk that came out of it.

[bj383ss]

Originally Posted by 1963c-10

Well, at least you can weld a new nut on now....just done with my disassembly myself, so I can understand the time and work involved. And am done with everything except caliper/spindle painting. Then reassembly!!!

Your crossmember looks pretty clean though...shouldn't take much to get it prepped for paint. The best part is cleaning out the void on the underside of the crossmember. I was just about able to level out my driveway with all the mud/gunk that came out of it.

This is true.

Well yesterday was an exciting day for me. Finally took the cab off. Went without incident other than the front mount bolts not wanting to come out of the floor. A lot of rust. One of them was almost rusted halfway through.

After the cab was off I cutout the manual trans member. Then it was outside to start sandblasting.

















I got in one round of sandblasting before this happened.



It was a good day. No rain predicted for the next 3 days so hope to get the frame all blasted and the cab is next.

Bret

[Grizz1963]

I never cease to be amazed by you guys who do the whole strip down thing.

Hope the rain comes and goes so you can get back to work.

I am on slow speed today. Had another chest infection that floored me this week so brush paint and woodwork only today.

[bj383ss]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

I never cease to be amazed by you guys who do the whole strip down thing.

Hope the rain comes and goes so you can get back to work.

I am on slow speed today. Had another chest infection that floored me this week so brush paint and woodwork only today.

Well I didn't really plan to do a full frame off but the more I dug into the more everything was in bad shape and not road worthy.

Your well wishes helped out no rain today and none for the next 3 days.

I got all of the bottom and outside of rails done. Just have about half of the top of the rails and little bit on the inside. About 3/4 done. Not to bad at all.

I forgot to take pictures of the bottom side. DOH!



Bret

[McMurphy]

I love your yard !!

[1963c-10]

Nice work Bret....progress is coming along nicely. Cool old pics....nice to see the old smash hit grill guard in the 1st pic.

[Jeff La]

Love the old pics, keep em coming and great work

[McMurphy]

I love the window mounted AC unit on the boat, for some reason that just stikes me as funny
Sorry, I know you posted photos of trucks and stuff and all I can talk about is the boat, but...hey....funny is funny.

[siggyfreud]

Love the cab dolly. Wish I would have built something like that. Would have been much easier to move around and take off/put on.

[bj383ss]

Originally Posted by WhippinSaw

you make it look easy Bret, I'm not that brave yet but I am inspired by the amount of progress you've made,

Thank you. I'm glad it looks easy. I'm exhausted after 5 days working on it. 6 days left.

Originally Posted by 1963c-10

Nice work Bret....progress is coming along nicely. Cool old pics....nice to see the old smash hit grill guard in the 1st pic.

Thanks 63. I have a lot of memories in that truck. I too like the smash grills. Won't fit my build though.

Originally Posted by Jeff La

Love the old pics, keep em coming and great work

Thank You. I've got a whole album of my grandpa's cars and trucks I'll post some more.

Originally Posted by McMurphy

I love the window mounted AC unit on the boat, for some reason that just stikes me as funny
Sorry, I know you posted photos of trucks and stuff and all I can talk about is the boat, but...hey....funny is funny.

No worries. This actually a rare sit to see the Carla II out of the water. It spent 99% of its life in a slip a Lake Meredith Marina in the Panhandle. Only time he took it out was to repaint the bottom. The A/C was quite common on most of the boats in the Marina.

Originally Posted by siggyfreud

Love the cab dolly. Wish I would have built something like that. Would have been much easier to move around and take off/put on.

I'm glad I built it to. I saw several different ones here on the forum and thought that's a great idea. Now I can move it outside to sandblast and out of the way if need be.



Well today was a good day. I got some color shot on the frame and I feel like I have hit a milestone. Even though I have a long way to go. Its great to have something looking new and painted.

Primer Surfacer





2 coats of Hot Rod Flatz Black. I originally was going to paint the truck with this but have decided to paint it blue instead. It came out a lot better than I was expecting. I have never used a spray gun before.











I also got the top half of the cross member blasted.


I plan for tomorrow is to finish blasting the cross member and the a arms and get some color on them. I need to build something to hang parts from so I don't have to have two painting sessions flipping things over. I have an idea.

My wife was so excited about it painted she asked what I needed to buy next. Wow that was a shock.

Bret

[TJ's Chevy]

The frame came out really nice! I like the old pictures to!!!

[WhippinSaw]

Frame came out nice, good place for the first time spray gun.
By the time you start spraying blue you'll have it perfected