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

[mjh1965]

Kerry I have been out of the country twice and away for four days in the UK as well . Rian has no excuse as far as I know

[flashed]

As always ,very well done.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

As always ,very well done.

Thanks buddy. In the post already since last week, on their way to Don.


Been a bit busy getting ready for my job change the last few weeks, finish the current job on Friday, new job Tuesday.

In the industry I am in, it is very academically driven, and all new knowledge needs to be learned and tests/exams have a non negotiable 85% pass rate.

So just when I thought I would spend some time on the truck while on holiday before leaving my current job, the training files etc got here........ Need I say more?

Anyway, those that know the truck will recall that I need to replace my door check straps as the passenger door is very knackered after at least two previous contacts with the front fender edge.
I already had the repair panels for the speaker holes in both doors, and the bad crease on the outside of the PS door but still needed to buy some Jeep Cherokee door check straps.

In stepped a hero from South Carolina and offered me his spare set, including the rubber grommets already prepped and ready to fit, along with some door pins as well.

Nicola and I went away for 5 days to the UK's Jurassic Coast to search for fossils and just spend some time together as the rest of this year will be rough from a job point of view, and of course I am off to the USA in October on a road trip with mate Martin.



Many roads signed like this, no mobile or internet, no Starbucks or McDonalds. Refreshing.




Our fossil finds. 170million years old.




So today I went to the Post Office to collect a parcel........

Came home, opened it and found these in it.




Thank you very much friend, these will be saving me a lot of pain in future.

On Saturday I am off to go look at a passenger door off a '64 as well, which has no speaker hole, and seems to be crease free, though not perfect with a bit of ruse, and dents on the bottom edge, at £200.00, the price the seller is asking is more than I would like to pay, but if you do the maths and include all the welding and potential warping on my door, it kind of makes sense to buy this door.



Seems Martin may have a complete cab for his truck as well, again not cheap, but less pain than patching his rusted cab, which is recoverable, but tipped in favour of the replacement unit.

[Ta2Don]

I could't see the door pic, but thumbs up...

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

I could't see the door pic, but thumbs up...

Killed the door pic in case someone identified it and bought he cab and doors before Martin could get to them...... He called me when I posted as it has happened before where people go I to a bidding war, so I will take better more detailed pics once the door is safely here.

[uber cool]

When you see the chappy breaking the C10 ask him about the propshaft for me please? infact drop me a phone call or text as I'll 99% likely to have it.

[Justin@EntropyRad]

Dig the crosses..and I'm not of any particular faith

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Justin@EntropyRad

Dig the crosses..and I'm not of any particular faith

Thank you.

Religious iconography is a whole art form in itself.

If you start looking around inside the Christian faith, go look at the Orthodox versions, and then go to the others, there is a lot of beauty focussed on the iconography as it is so central to beliefs.

Think about how central it is, that it would have people killing each other in the name of a god. Probably the biggest killer out there....... Religion.

[Grizz1963]

Amazingly, it is 25 months since I came back from this awesome road trip with my brother http://www.wilddog.za.net/forum/inde...topic=106063.0

Today also marks the last day with the company I have worked successfully for, for the last 25 months.

Headed into a much more intense, focussed market from Tuesday. Absolutely pooping myself, but like before, these new roads, challenges will be mastered and make my life better.

Just hope the new job allows me time for my hobbies, myself and my family.

The next few months will certainly be rough.

[clemdaddy]

i have no doubt you'll find the time to do all the things you love to do. family, friends and hobbies will always be there... you might have to give up collecting dinosaur dodo or those fossil thingys but thats no big loss...so go for that new challenge bro, we're all here for ya.

[53Sparky]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Headed into a much more intense, focussed market from Tuesday. Absolutely pooping myself, but like before, these new roads, challenges will be mastered and make my life better.

Just hope the new job allows me time for my hobbies, myself and my family.

The next few months will certainly be rough.

I can relate - I work a job with periods of intense activity which often takes up much of my time. I have found that it is an excellent opportunity to make plans, dream, research, order parts, etc so that I can make more efficient progress when I do get time to get a spanner or a ratchet in my hand (whatever you brits call it). Staying current on this forum has also been helpful even if I'm not contributing to my own build thread.

And from a more personal note, make sure you are very intentional about how you spend whatever free time you do have. A written list of priorities helps keep things in proportion. You probably shouldn't run straight to the garage without taking Nicola out for some face time first.

I wish you much success with your new job, and I look forward to seeing more updates when you can get to it. We'll be here when you get back.

[Ta2Don]

X2...

[mjh1965]

Sorry for the double post Rian's iPad has been returned to his old job so he asked me to post this on his thread

Well what can I say , that was one busy day . It started with meeting Rian at the local services at 9am . Then off to Essex to meet up with a guy called Dell . A few weeks ago I went to his place after work one evening, to collect a big back window cab section unfortunately it was to rusty to use. But after chatting to him for a while he told me he was possibly going to break one of his trucks . Having three of them a long bed stepper , his own daily driver on full air ride and a second truck that is up for sale . So after making him an offer for his cab and a drivers door , as well as bending Rian's ear about having the passenger door . With some help from Don . A deal was done .
On arriving at 10am as arraigned we found Dell had already stripped most of the outer front panels off .


This is as it was as we pulled up



The blue truck is his daily driver



This is the one he has for sale



This is Dell and his son I think his son found the V8 running a bit loud



Once again our cab lifter came in handy . In fact just to show how easy it is we got Dell's wife to operate it while holding his baby in her other hand

See clip below
http://youtu.be/vfTC9wyQKK0



Not much left of the truck



Here's a sight you don't see to often a ford towing a Chevy home



Once home Rian helped me unload it into my carport



Just a little update.i forgot to mention Rian's parts after meeting up with Rian,as he always
offers to help . But this time there was a good reason to come with me . I had convinced him that getting a door was the right way to go . He also said he Was interested in the inner fenders after I told him they were in mint condition . He wasn't disappointed While we were stripping the cab of all its internal parts he decided he would also have the custom heater box . Dell also let him have the cab mount rubbers , as I didn't need them.

This is Rian's heater



These are his inner fenders



The cab mounts



His door



Then there was the seat he said he would be interested in swapping his factory bench seat for this setup but it would be a question of him running it past (Mrs kemp ) the boss





So all in all not a bad day for every one including Dell's wife as you can see from the smile she was pleased to see one of his three trucks to go

[ibrown50]

Looks like day well spent, give me a shout if you want the heater box striping

[pimpston65]

very cool cab lifter, where'd u get the idea/design from??? probly a super awesome forum member i bet!!!

[Grizz1963]

Thank you for the uploads Martin.

I am so bloody frustrated with my PC and the fact that I cannot save images to a file from any Yahoo emails.

Originally Posted by ibrown50

Looks like day well spent, give me a shout if you want the heater box striping

Always a day well spent when it is truck stuff Ian.

Sorry about the phone yesterday, tried to call you a couple of times on the road but calls kept failing.

If I get striping done it will be a bit more than just the box. So it will have to fall neatly into the budgeting line along with all the other "things" that need doing.

Originally Posted by pimpston65

very cool cab lifter, where'd u get the idea/design from??? probly a super awesome forum member i bet!!!

..........HMMMMMM ??

Now that would be telling.

Yup, it has worked a few times now, and every time you get named, shamed and pointed out, right down to your Zip code

People continue to be amazed.

[Grizz1963]

Looking at my old door, it is good, but not good enough.



Today's Bootfair bounty.

All items except the side cutters at £1.00 were 50p

Router bits from a joinery shop.

Screwdrivers and side cutter from a local college.

Old Phillips and flat screwdriver, pin hammer from a deceased estate.



Small Mini Models for Ta2Don's House of Clutter

[mjh1965]

Originally Posted by pimpston65

very cool cab lifter, where'd u get the idea/design from??? probly a super awesome forum member i bet!!!

If you watched the you tube clip you will see it's so good and that easy to use a young lady holding a baby can do it . So hats off to you Mr Pimpstone and thanks again. Martin

[pimpston65]

Originally Posted by mjh1965

If you watched the you tube clip you will see it's so good and that easy to use a young lady holding a baby can do it . So hats off to you Mr Pimpstone and thanks again. Martin

trust me i have it saved on my favorites, its gonna be used on my burban. i will be using 2 on that beast. cheers mates!!!

[Ta2Don]

Quite chuffed concerning the parts and bits score…

Cheers Mate!

[Ta2Don]

Neat magnet…
… I've known a few individuals throughout the years that unknowingly lived ny that mantra...

[Grizz1963]

When last did you see one of these water transfer stickers?



Found someone on R&S selling these today, and thought why not.....?

As most of my trucking family are concentrated in Arkansas, it only seemed the right thing to do, but the AK one.

Looking forward to getting that on my quarter vent window after the resto.



The little things that make me smile.

[Paul Y]

I was lucky enough to get the California one Rian so Woody can wear his home town with pride!

Got a lot of house and truck stuff on this week so hoe to update my thread after the weekend.

P.

[Grizz1963]

Well, passed two of the tests so far.

Today while studying I heard a rather loud "THUMP" so when went to look it was a parcel from friend Steve in Arkansas.

Cool plates for my collection.

[Grizz1963]

Yesterday morning Paul Y popped over to collect some random stuff I had put out for him, chunk of railway line for an anvil, some large plastic boxes previously collected from the London Chest Hospital, and also the front bumper off my truck that will hopefully make its way onto his truck "Woody"

Some of you may remember the Chevy steering column I bought at Wheels day, it was missing a plastic cover.

Paul brought me half a Camaro column he had butchered for his old car.

It has the cover, and may even yield more bits for my steering conversion when I get to it.



Bit by bit the parts for my truck are coming together.

Just need to get through the next few weeks at the new job, school this week, to follow up on the home study of the last two weeks, more tests and practical exams.