Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"

[flashed]

That chassis is looking great and always good to get more parts .

[Ta2Don]

Time to get to work mate!!!

Glad to hear the bike passed and the propshaft is in your possession...

[mjh1965]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Time to get to work mate!!!

Glad to hear the bike passed and the propshaft is in your possession...

Thanks Don

Well Friday was wheels day here are a couple of the picks I took


Great sleeper truck




.

And this one the dash is all steel and big block power the guy said he's had it since he was 19 so over 30 years






A great day out with good friends and great cars and trucks . So tomorrow (Sunday) I will be in the garage back working on the truck . The weather doesn't look to good , so it may slow down the progress a little , but getting something done is better than non at all

[Grizz1963]

Some more C10 goodness.....

Wheels Day 2016. PHOTO LINK http://retrorides.proboards.com/thre...-day-2016-pics

Once again a pleasure. Brilliantly done for charity every year.

I took over 160 photos, and a couple of videos. And this year was brilliant for Nicola and I.

Mate Martin went with us and then went to see a friend afterwards, on the way home we all met up with Kerry "Disasterbus" at Cobham services for a coffee. Always good to see friends.

BONUS VIDEO.......

Plymouth thunder Wheels day - YouTube

Rather than post up all the photos, I will keep it relevant.

This is how I dream of finishing my truck........







Load bed......... Hmmmmm, yum.





A few other trucks and a panel were all the 60-66 C10's

Ohhhh.... C20







And lastly, greetings from Disasterbus.

[flashed]

Great pics over there ,thans for sharing .

[mjh1965]

Just a little update. I got some time in the garage over the Easter holiday . I had collected the prop from Andy two weeks ago , so it was time to clean it up change over the UJ's and the centre bearing. I had already purchased a billet alloy one from POL .

The two props together note more yellow paint



Because the cab is in the garage at the moment getting to the vice is awkward . Luckily I have a pull out one in the back of the van .



The centre bearing needed a small cut to be able to remove it



All cleaned up ready for paint



All painted ready to be reassembled




Test fitted to the truck so that's why centre bearing picture shows bolts not fully fitted





I only test fitted it , as I need to paint the auto box . Then fit the new sump pan to it and change the filter . I hope to do this soon , I am just waiting for Rian to return my engine stand so I can put the auto box on the stand . I also need to fit the flexplate and paint the crossmember I made .

[Palf70Step]

Funny, in all my trucks I have never had to deal with the carrier bearing thing. I guess always choosing a SWB truck helps eliminate that.

[Ta2Don]

Looking Great!!! Good to see you get some truck time in... Keep ip the good work mate...

[mjh1965]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Funny, in all my trucks I have never had to deal with the carrier bearing thing. I guess always choosing a SWB truck helps eliminate that.

That's the best way not to have to change one Bill . It's not a hard job just time consuming.

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Looking Great!!! Good to see you get some truck time in... Keep ip the good work mate...

Thanks Don back on track for a while , next weekend I should be at Rian's . I think Paul's coming over. I can then grab my engine stand if all goes to plan . so I can do the auto box once I get my stand back .

[dwcardfan]

Looking good!

[Paul Y]

Looks good Martin.

P.

[60chevyjim]

nice job , I love them aluminum center bearing carriers .
I put them in my 59 elcamino and 59 sedan delivery.

I just put one of the original factory style ones in my friend JB's drive shaft today .
I told him to get me 3 new u joints for it while im doing it.
im trying to finish his chassis this weekend so I can start on the cab next week

[uber cool]

I love the colour of that dark blue truck at wheels day. What paint did you use on the prop? has a great shine to it, is it Por15?

[mjh1965]

Originally Posted by uber cool

I love the colour of that dark blue truck at wheels day. What paint did you use on the prop? has a great shine to it, is it Por15?

Hi Andy , the paint I used for the prop , was a small tin I got from my mums shed . It has a great finish and it didn't need primer .

This is it



Not much of an update as I have a lot going on . I had to work Saturday so I got a little time in the garage on Sunday .

So far during the week I got the box painted now I have my engine stand back .



So on Sunday morning I flipped it over and fitted the new filter .

The old style filter



The new one fitted



New sump fitted and I also fitted a Ron Francis Transmission Neutral Safety Switch

[realvc]

Way to Martin, you are making great progress.

Work always gets in way of doing what we would rather be doing.

[flashed]

Looking good .

[Ta2Don]

Great work Mate!!! Good to see ya get some Truck Time in...

[disasterbus]

great progress buddy, that's really starting to take shape

[Palf70Step]

I feel like an idiot. After alll these years of wrestling with automatic trannys on the floor, I see your brilliant idea of using the engine stand to make it nice and easy to work with.

[uber cool]

a sump plug, yippee. Why didnt they put these in from day one, never figured that out?

[60chevyjim]

Originally Posted by uber cool

a sump plug, yippee. Why didnt they put these in from day one, never figured that out?

I have a early th350 that came with a factory drain plug ,
they stopped putting them in to be cheap .

[ibrown50]

Tranny looks great Martin. That's a very helpful warning on the tin too, next time you're feeling thirsty in the garage you'll know not to drink that paint

[clemdaddy]

agree on the chassis and tranny work… top flight Martin.

[Grizz1963]

Just had Martin over to pick up some bits for Ian Brown.

He also brought along the new dual filament LED lamps he had bought for the back up lights, we in the UK of course have to use Amber lamps for indicators, and they ideally should be separate from our rear lights.



Testing them, the amber is bright enough.



The eye searingly bright 50 watt white lamps will make great backup lights as both of us reverse into our properties.



Simply put, they fit in the new units I bought.



Biggest problem will be finding some replacement twin filament sockets to take the new LED lamps.






Has anyone else done this switch before?

[mjh1965]

Well this weekend I had to clear out my shed . Ready for the garage I purchased a while back . I managed to get most of the panels into the little shed .





In the process of sorting it all out , I decided to pass on some of the parts one of them being the gas tank from inside the cab . After speaking to Rian he told me Pete one of the guys in the UK needed one so Rian gave him a call and he then rang me to say thanks , and arrange collection .



There are quite a few C10s over in the Uk now and most of the guys are on this board . Best of all we are all helping each other .