![]() |
![]() |
#101 |
SAVING ONE TRUCK AT A TIME
![]() Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: sherwood oregon
Posts: 1,141
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
are you just using the yellow crew cab as a guide to build a new one ?
__________________
53-suburban (99% done) 40-pick up (99.9% done) 12-cc lb dually D-max (dd) 61-crew cab D-max "PAY LESS FOR WHAT YOU NEED PAY MORE FOR WHAT YOU WANT" 53 BURBAN BARN FIND:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=404091 1940 PROJECT MOON SHINE:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=551088 1961 CREW MAX: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=6957999 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#102 |
60-66 Nut
![]() ![]() Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Posts: 23,247
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
Nice progress Jon
![]()
__________________
Power Steering Box Adapter Plates For Sale HERE Power Brake Booster Adapter Brackets For Sale '63-'66 HERE and '67-'72 HERE and '60-'62 HERE and "60-'62 with clutch HERE Rear Disc Brake Brackets For Sale. Impala SS calipers HERE Camaro Calipers HERE D52 Calipers HERE 6 Lug HERE Hydroboost Mounting Plates HERE |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#103 |
1961 crewcab
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: missoula, mt
Posts: 6,164
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
pretty much, as far as I can tell right now I will salvage the "B" pillars, some of the upper roof rails and part of the roof. Also the rear doors.
__________________
60 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=280904 61 crew build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=646830 63 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=336537 64 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=448681 65 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=590715 65 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=281955 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#104 |
Check The Champ, Demonstrator
![]() Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Montreal,Quebec
Posts: 6,627
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
Looks kinda Partridge Family with all the different colored panels. lol
you must be so happy with this project. You make it look easy.
__________________
1963 Chevrolet Truck Literature LINK: https://picasaweb.google.com/113840717762774560215 YouTube Channel with 20+ Original Chevrolet Truck Salesmen, Mechanics & Service Department Training Slideshows. https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...otruk63&page=1 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#105 |
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: somewhere . . .
Posts: 945
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
nice progress .....
__________________
dont want to hear excuses, i want to hear solution(s) |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#106 |
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Selkirk Ontario Canada
Posts: 1,141
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
nice work ..rhino lining will work ..make sure you do the perp for it
__________________
My 63 GMC Panel Slow Build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post5457281 63 ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#107 |
The 60-66 GMC/Pontiac guy....
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Apache Junction, Arizona
Posts: 1,306
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
I thought the cops got the perps?? LOL
__________________
![]() Building Genuine Pontiac Firepowered cars and trucks for several decades. ![]() Why Pontiac?? That's just me daring to be different. ![]() Projects.. 63 C10 Short Wheel Base fleetside (The Pro-Street) currently under reconstruction. 440CID 2X4 Pontiac ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#108 |
1961 crewcab
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: missoula, mt
Posts: 6,164
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
well, some steps forward,back, and forward again.....
next, before I set the "B" pillars I need to get the doors on and lined up. Of course I let the driver door freeze to the ground... so I was waiting for a thaw, and then remembered that I had brought a few sets of doors home a few years back, when I was ambitiously thinking of starting my own crew build... lo and behold, the front set I have behind the shed were not frozen down, and much better than the green set I was going to use..... so now I get the doors hung, and I see that the driver rocker is definitely not going to work...I checked it with a straight edge, and it was pulled in about a 1/4 inch where the orange , and seafoam green piece meet up., the passenger side is perfectly straight. so, I ripped all the tack welds on the edge of the new floor panel, re-drilled my spots on the green piece and used a friction jack to push the rocker out to the right place. now it is all straight and the door fits, so now I can get started on the "B" pillars...
__________________
60 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=280904 61 crew build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=646830 63 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=336537 64 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=448681 65 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=590715 65 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=281955 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#109 |
60-66 Nut
![]() ![]() Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Posts: 23,247
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
I hate it when that sort of thing happens. Glad to hear you got the issue fixed. Looking good Jon
![]()
__________________
Power Steering Box Adapter Plates For Sale HERE Power Brake Booster Adapter Brackets For Sale '63-'66 HERE and '67-'72 HERE and '60-'62 HERE and "60-'62 with clutch HERE Rear Disc Brake Brackets For Sale. Impala SS calipers HERE Camaro Calipers HERE D52 Calipers HERE 6 Lug HERE Hydroboost Mounting Plates HERE |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#110 |
Hollister, CA.
![]() Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Hollister, Ca.
Posts: 6,147
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
![]() Looking good Jon ... I know this will turn out to be an awesome crew !!
__________________
John What the Heck is that ?? CURRENT BUILDS: 62 BurbMaster ![]() Other Builds: My '63 C-10,LWB,CC,BBW '06 HD StrAight Axle Swap Father/Son '67 C-20, LQ9,4L80,Bagged,8-Lugger !!Good Friend Richard's Build AMERICAN CUSTOMS & CLASSICS (831) 630-1965 www.ACCHOLLISTER.com ACC on FACEBOOK "Rest in Peace, Mom & Dad ... I will see you again someday!" |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#111 |
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Selkirk Ontario Canada
Posts: 1,141
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
looking good ..stay at it
__________________
My 63 GMC Panel Slow Build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post5457281 63 ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#112 |
1961 crewcab
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: missoula, mt
Posts: 6,164
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
wanna see some scary sh--??
I couldn't see in there , but the camera could.. this is the spot above the driver door. I am trying to figure out how this roof piece was made. Unfortunately it is so rusty I can't tell if it is 2 pieces, or 1. If it is 1, then it starts (as a cross section) 12 inches from the edge of the roof, comes to the drip rail, and folds in: like a 1/4 inch tall backwards "C", then continues in as the top of the door jamb, and down, to end at the edge of the weather strip. It seems like a rather complex piece compared to some of the others that were made. if it is 2 pieces-which would make more sense for the ease of forming, it would end at the "C", but I can't find the weld if it is there due to the rust..... in other news, I did get a rear axle hung in there so I can roll it around. It is resting on the bump stops.... picture 3 is inside the door jamb looking forward to the seam with the factory roof skin picture 4 is looking towards the back.
__________________
60 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=280904 61 crew build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=646830 63 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=336537 64 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=448681 65 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=590715 65 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=281955 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#113 |
60-66 Nut
![]() ![]() Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Posts: 23,247
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
I don't know for certain but I would think that the easiest, simplest way to fabricate that piece would be how it was done back then. And probably the easiest and less costly for you as well.
__________________
Power Steering Box Adapter Plates For Sale HERE Power Brake Booster Adapter Brackets For Sale '63-'66 HERE and '67-'72 HERE and '60-'62 HERE and "60-'62 with clutch HERE Rear Disc Brake Brackets For Sale. Impala SS calipers HERE Camaro Calipers HERE D52 Calipers HERE 6 Lug HERE Hydroboost Mounting Plates HERE |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#114 |
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Detroit MI
Posts: 1,209
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
You should make some patterns of the pillar once you get to that part of the project , I am wondering what gauge metal they used for that ....
Last edited by awbrown; 01-16-2015 at 10:37 PM. Reason: duplicate |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#115 |
1961 crewcab
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: missoula, mt
Posts: 6,164
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
here is the upper portion of the "B" pillar, you can see the stock windshield pillar from a 61 that was used, and the little filler piece that they fabbed to tie it together.
__________________
60 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=280904 61 crew build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=646830 63 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=336537 64 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=448681 65 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=590715 65 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=281955 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#116 |
1961 crewcab
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: missoula, mt
Posts: 6,164
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
here is the lower inside, it is all wet, because I have soaked it down with Lysol, there was another mouse nest in here about 8 inches deep at the bottom.
this shows the support plate that was used for the hinges, it also shows the "cages" that were put in for the hinge bolts to make them adjustable. the last shot shows a cross profile of the outside edge, judging by what I can see from the inside , the rear portion of the pillar that they fabbed (front of the back door jamb) had a 90 degree bend on the outside edge. it was about a 1/2 inch in from the edge of the front portion (which is a rear door pillar), the nice curved portion that you can see is all lead.
__________________
60 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=280904 61 crew build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=646830 63 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=336537 64 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=448681 65 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=590715 65 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=281955 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#117 |
1961 crewcab
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: missoula, mt
Posts: 6,164
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
1) at the bottom of the pillar , the coach builders just cut it off level with the rocker, since mine is going together a bit differently in the rocker area I was able to use the factory brace that bolts to the mount/rocker, this also solved a rust issue.
2) at the top my upper roof rail will go together a little different, so I used the orange piece, since it wraps under the gutter. 3) the white piece was used in the back to fix a rust issue, and to better mount it to the jamb- when I took this piece apart, at the top there was just lead, 1/2 inch X 1/4 inch thick molding all this together, and covering the hole! 4&5) here is the rain gutter/ upper door jamb that I had a metal shop bend up for me.
__________________
60 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=280904 61 crew build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=646830 63 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=336537 64 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=448681 65 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=590715 65 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=281955 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#118 |
1961 crewcab
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: missoula, mt
Posts: 6,164
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
here it is mocked up:
pic 2: the lower rear portion is going to need a new piece fabbed, there is rust in between the inner plate and outer sheet metal, and the part that welds to the rocker must have busted loose and been re- welded several times when this truck was being used.
__________________
60 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=280904 61 crew build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=646830 63 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=336537 64 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=448681 65 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=590715 65 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=281955 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#119 |
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: vancouver b.c....is the biggest place most people would know but I am actually out in the valley 45 mins away
Posts: 2,050
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
Wow...About the only thing i haven't built is a crewcab.....but your doing some good work there . Steel replacement is one of those things ya can't rush and it eats up a bunch of time....good job
__________________
1966 Pro street build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...?t=448089[ 1958 LS 2 build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=527123 1966 SBFS low and go http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=5799909 1966 SBFS street HULK http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post5886625 Poject Low and go gets a 6.2 ltr LSA supercharged with 6 speed automatic Aluinum Radiator Dealer pm for details |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#120 |
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Detroit MI
Posts: 1,209
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
Your friend did a nice job on that upper sill plate .. how thick is the metal they used to reinforce the hinges inside the pillar ??
I guess you wont be using much of the original cab , you needed it mostly for measurements and the pillars ..... |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#121 |
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Sidney,b.c.
Posts: 4,425
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
looks good Jon. they had lots of lead in that ambulance to
ron |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#122 |
SAVING ONE TRUCK AT A TIME
![]() Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: sherwood oregon
Posts: 1,141
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
your metal work is looking good.
__________________
53-suburban (99% done) 40-pick up (99.9% done) 12-cc lb dually D-max (dd) 61-crew cab D-max "PAY LESS FOR WHAT YOU NEED PAY MORE FOR WHAT YOU WANT" 53 BURBAN BARN FIND:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=404091 1940 PROJECT MOON SHINE:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=551088 1961 CREW MAX: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=6957999 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#123 | ||
1961 crewcab
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: missoula, mt
Posts: 6,164
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
Quote:
Quote:
as far as I can tell it is 1/8th inch, or maybe 1/32nd less than that, the sheet metal part is the thicker gauge, like what gm used on the pillars and braces, 16 gauge I think? ... and it killed me to cut that pillar out of the cab!! kind of a point of no return. I'll use the doors too. However just seeing how it is/was/can be done was worth it.. lot of stuff that I just couldn't figure out from the pictures I have. I pulled the door/pillar off as one piece, and I couldn't believe how heavy the unit was ! I could barely lift it. thanks! hope some of this helps you as well, you have about 1/2 the repair I have to do ![]()
__________________
60 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=280904 61 crew build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=646830 63 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=336537 64 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=448681 65 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=590715 65 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=281955 |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#124 |
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: dresden , ontario
Posts: 628
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
Great metal work. Inspiring to watch
__________________
Dale ---------------- My suburban's Twisted Little Sister http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=655167 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#125 |
Senior Member
![]() Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Posts: 1,923
|
Re: My 1961 crew cab- XRMYCRU
man oh man, just read your thread and what a project. big kudos just for undertaking this beast. your work looks good but the noodling you've done to fix stuff is beyond me.
great job... now i want a crew too... |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Bookmarks |
|
|