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

[Ta2Don]

Be careful when reversing... watch out for the bloke with the phone...

looks great and I may have to add one of those myself... Cheers mate!

[flashed]

Who is that strange dude in the TV ?

[Palf70Step]

Very Cool!

[dwcardfan]

That will be a nice addition to the truck

[Grizz1963]

I was going to avoid the figment of a radio......

Now it seems I may just have to copy what looks like a great idea.

[mjh1965]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Be careful when reversing... watch out for the bloke with the phone...
looks great and I may have to add one of those myself... Cheers mate!

Thanks Don I must admit every time I look in the mirror the guy on the phone is there .

Originally Posted by flashed

Who is that strange dude in the TV ?

He looks familiar

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Very Cool!

Thanks Bill

Originally Posted by dwcardfan

That will be a nice addition to the truck

Thanks Donnie

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

I was going to avoid the figment of a radio......

Now it seems I may just have to copy what looks like a great idea.

Rian you know I love making your list of jobs on your truck to do longer .

[mjh1965]

AT LAST THE CAB IS HOME !!!!!!!!!!!

Well this afternoon I finished work and headed straight to We weld in New Romney . To. collect my cab the guys down there did a great job and also put in etch primer for me .

They also took me some pictures of the process mounted on the spit








Once blasted they put it primer









All loaded on the trailer ready to head home



So on my journey home I called Rian and my mate Stephen from my bike club to come over with the offer of pizza , it works every time . So with Rian, Stephen and Trevor my neighbour who had arranged getting it blasted at mates rates , as he has the unit next door to We Weld , and another neighbour John from over the road, we lifted onto the chassis .


Just love this picture



So the next update will be showing some of the repairs . It's just finding the time that seems to be the problem at he moment , but more about that later .

[Bomp]

Cab looks great mounted on the frame.

[Ta2Don]

I agree with Bomp! As for the lack of time, I won't mention our conversation

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

I agree with Bomp! As for the lack of time, I won't mention our conversation

You tell him Don.



Cab looks great by the way.


Martin really lucked out with this one after he had to throw away his first cab.

Pizza was good too, and we left him some for lunch today.

[Grizz1963]

PS. I think you need to point out, the cab is resting on 2" blocks above the cab mount points, to off you dropped it down a bit more, it would looks even more mean.


I want mine to look like that now too.

[ibrown50]

Martin, the cab looks fantastic, looks like they did a great job, having it blasted will save you weeks of work.

Love the picture of it mounted on the frame Good result

[MacQuigley]

Thats looking really good Martin. Definitely the correct decision to get it blasted.

[Chevy Apache]

Looking good Martin think there might be some long nights coming lol

[SamsAutoParts73-87]

Looking good Martin, I only wish I had gone that route with mine, would have saved a lot of time spent wire wheeling and sanding the underside of the cab.

[clemdaddy]

too frickin' cool buddy... makes me think, to hell with blasting here, let someone else deal with it.

let the processes begin....................

[realvc]

Cool pics. of the process and the cab on the frame.

You will be driving soon.

[Palf70Step]

Cab looks really good. Can't waity to see your future updates.

[White knuckle Garage]

Martin glad to see the cab looks good. You , Paul and I are about at the same point now I primed his the other day and primed mine tonite.

[chad64chevy]

looks really good Martin! I talked to a guy the other day about hydro blasting some of my stuff, I work with the guy and his father-in-law has the machine, so we will see!

[Grizz1963]

Was looking for a photo of my truck.....

Found these two.

What a lifetime ago.

[mjh1965]

Thanks Rian it's funny looking at that picture you'd never guess how bad the truck was . I think I only have the tailgate , grill , and chassis left . The rest has either been upgraded or replaced .

[mjh1965]

Well with the change in my personal life causing less truck time . This weekend I managed to get some truck time , due to the new lady in my life going away on a girly weekend .
Friday morning I got an email fron Ron at STS imports to say my panels had arrived . So I started work an hour earlier so I could finish earlier . So as soon as I got home I headed over to Essex to collect my Bedsides .

Bedsides loaded into the car





On returning home I unloaded them into the carport ready to unpack them once Kevon arrived



So Saturday morning my friend Kevon , that used to work with me in the body shop , came over to my place . The main reason was to help me repair the damage in my cab roof .

The before picture of the roof




Kevon's spot welding slide hammer



This tool makes work on a panel that is double skinned so much easier





After pulling out the dents and also using it to shrink the panel , Kevon put in the first spread of body filler the roof

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Then it was a question of blocking it down reload it with filler and repeat the process







All blocked ready for primer on Sunday



Once the roof was repaired I got Kevon to help me lift out the bodysides from the boxes







It's great to think these panels have traveled all the way from Tennessee via Miami , then into a container onto a ship and there isn't even a ripple in them so it's a big thanks to DeWayne at Nsane HotRodz parts and Ron at STS for the bedsides and Kevon for his help on the roof

Tomorrow I will get the roof into primer

[ibrown50]

Looking good Martin. I've used one of those spot welders before they're a great bit of kit. The bed sides look good too, they will save you a load of time and really push the build forward. Seems like everybody's making progress except me

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by ibrown50

Looking good Martin. I've used one of those spot welders before they're a great bit of kit. The bed sides look good too, they will save you a load of time and really push the build forward. Seems like everybody's making progress except me

And possibly me......

I think Martin did much better than me at following the advice below.

I still find it hard to do so.

Hopefully sooner than later I can get back to focusing on the truck build.