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

[uber cool]

cab looks in great condition, needs just a few minor repairs, bonus :-)

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Nice work mate...

Attempted to send you a preview of my day via text, but looks like the pics didn't send… guess you'll have to pop over to my thread...

Originally Posted by 65sub

Nice progress Rian. The rust issues don't look to bad. A little welding and grinding and it will look like new.

Originally Posted by uber cool

cab looks in great condition, needs just a few minor repairs, bonus :-)

Thanks guys.

Andy, there are loads of bodges on the whole truck, some more like loads of filler on the bedsides will still come to the fore later when I get to them.
But whoever built this truck were certainly building a QUICK FLIP TRUCK when you look at some of the terribly executed modifications on it.

Still, I will continue to correct and repair what I find and what I can, some stuff like the blanking plate in the floor where the stick shift used to be will be tidied up and seam sealed before paint and carpet.


I also returned the Kurust on the way home from picking up work stuff at the Post Office.

Instead, I will be buying a litre of this stuff for the same price.

The write up makes it look like a better option, also 1/10th of the price of Hammerite Kurust.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VACTAN-RUS...item1c2db00f74

It means I will have a lot more to spread around in places where I may not have considered adding it in before paint like under the floor and chassis

[Grizz1963]

So there you go, new stuff. Another job jobbed.

Also took all the pipe work and flanges for my cutouts Colin tonight who will weld them up when he gets a chance, then that's another job done.



These people were really helpful and have a whole catalogue of other chemicals and cleaning agents. So I will be back.

[mjh1965]

Looks good
I will check it out over the weekend ,when I will pop over . I need to give the bike a blast . The weather looks like it's going to be good this weekend . So after I move the new compressor into the garage it's truck time for me .

[ibrown50]

Nice job well done

[Ta2Don]

making progress and sparks...
19 Days...

[flashed]

That really turned out great ,keep the pics coming.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by ibrown50

Nice job well done

Thanks Ian, it is far from perfect, but hey-ho.......

Originally Posted by mjh1965

Looks good
I will check it out over the weekend ,when I will pop over . I need to give the bike a blast . The weather looks like it's going to be good this weekend . So after I move the new compressor into the garage it's truck time for me .

Well, that's that one sorted then.....

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

making progress and sparks...
19 Days...

Time certainly has flown Don.

Originally Posted by flashed

That really turned out great ,keep the pics coming.

Thank you Flashed.

As always, I will, as I like pics myself.

[Palf70Step]

Look out Arkansas!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Look out Arkansas!

Indeed Sir. Indeed.

[Grizz1963]

Went over to help Martin at 07.00 today with his new 150 litre compressor that needed to be moved through the house.

Then we sat for a few hours making up our final lists of parts for the trucks that we will be collecting from LMC Truck in Kansas around the 20th October.

Once we saw the cost, we were a bit shocked, mine was $548.00 and Martin's just under $300.00


My list...

Firstly when I got back home I needed to remove the ally patches someone had stuck over most of the large holes with Gorilla glue, then ground back to metal and welded up, all 36 of them.



After this I had to make a patch for the passenger floor.





Patch cut and made to fit. Then welded and ground back.

But how does this happen? Two wires stuck in the tip.





After the welding I went to make a coffee and got this pic from Nicola, probably a nicer place to be.




After this I marked, cut, fabricated and welded in a drivers will panel.






It is actually better than the photo implies.







With failing light, I had opened up this bit of rust and made a repair panel, but walked away as the light was not bright at all.




Tomorrow, Bootfair then carry on with the cab.

[Ta2Don]

progress and some great looking metal work...

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

progress and some great looking metal work...

Thank you aeon.

It is not pretty, but it is strong and an improvement on what was there.



Reloaded this pic as the previous version was too big.



This morning I had a good Bootfair, managed to find a few bits I needed and some I wanted.

Also managed to pick up a new, unused 3M respirator mask for mate Martin for sensibly little money.perfect to accompany his new compressor.



After I got back from the Bootfair I had some home jobs to do, including waterproofing the tail lights on Nicola's daily driver car.

Just when I had done that, Mickey next door shouted over the gate that I had a visitor, I looked up the drive and saw a motorcycle helmet...... Knowing it was Paulusvrotius who had ridden up from Southampton to deliver a pair of axle stands he had offered me a couple of weeks ago...... Sound mad? No, not at all, just the sort of thing we all do for each other from time to time.
He then visited, chatted for a while before taking the scenic route home.

Thanks for the axle stands mate, they will be used well.




I then carried on welding up the kick panel I opened up last night, followed by some cutting and welding on the door pillar and also some more welding to the floor on the drivers side next to the kick panel.

I also refitted the old petrol tank that has been cut open as a storage space behind the seat...... Then cut off the front of the support tabs for the tank and tidied them up too.



Following this I used a flap wheel on the grinder to remove most of the scaled rust and old carpet glue from the floor and also to roughen up the floor to give a good keyed surface for the paint once it goes on.

Then used petrol to wash the floors once more after vacuum cleaning all the dust off it.



So that was another productive weekend in my view.all the welding on the cab done and cleaned up.

Later this week I will paint the rust converter on the surfaces of the floor and then two coats of paint.

[uber cool]

nice little repairs, great to keep as much original metal as possible

[Palf70Step]

Real nice work Rian. It is always good to see forward movement.

[flashed]

I love the storage area made from the old gas tank ,that is very creative .

[Ta2Don]

Very Nice!
Score on the stands...

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

I love the storage area made from the old gas tank ,that is very creative .

Thanks Flashed, if not used, it would get tossed out, and the space would be wasted.

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Very Nice!
Score on the stands...

Thanks Don, and getting home delivery plus a visit..... Pretty cool

[Grizz1963]

Went out to see a movie (The Martian) with Nicola tonight.

Got a text from mate Martin while in there that my cutout pipes and the Flanges my secret benefactor had cut for me were now welded up and ready for collection from Colin at the Checkers Pub in Hoo St Werburgh. Thanks to Martin for arranging the welding.

SomI drove by on the way home from the movies and traded a pack of Spitfire beers for the cutouts and dropped off a length of 16A three core cable fo Martin to wire his new compressor into the mains as it is not happy with the 13A it's been fed.

Got home and had to take a couple of bad pics of what I now have, HAPPY HAPPY.

THE ANTI-SOCIAL THUGGERY WILL HAPPEN.



340ml beer can on the 2.5" connectors just for perspective of size of these outlets.

Did I mention that I was very pleased ?

I do love the neatness of well done Tig welding.

Once polished and cleaned they will be stashed for later use.

[65sub]

Good looking exhaust parts Rian.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by 65sub

Good looking exhaust parts Rian.

Thank you very much.

They have come out better than I could have hoped for.

[Grizz1963]

Got a cryptic message from Optimusprime a few days ago about a parcel being incoming.

Today I collected a parcel at the post office.

All I can say is that I was very pleased.




I always looked at these old solid cast type plates, loved them, but could neither justify their cost, not afford them

Now I have a bit of old English history to add to my collection.

Had a bit of a rough day at work, so got home and cut the grass, I find this very therapeutic, and then went to the garage, dragged what's left of the truck out onto the drive at 6.30pm and used the rust converter I bought last week.

On Saturday morning early the cab is being rolled off, so I guess in the end this has become a "body off" job.

Never intended to go this far, did I mention this before?



Let's hope the weather holds out for Saturday.

[Grizz1963]

Had to come in for a bit of a break. Made coffee and grabbed some ginger biscuits.

My coffee maker is out shopping all day with a good old friend who needs a shoulder to cry on, or accomplice, not sure.

Anyway.... Progress is frustratingly slow, but getting it right is probably the slow way.

It is a long, slow job and as you go along you just keep discovering more and more bodges.

So far I have cut out 8 rivets on the chassis on bits of metal left behind, today it is grinding back old welds, removing more useless metal etc. In the cab there were ultimately over 40 holes to weld up. I know the bed will have around 100 plus holes, mad it seems, but real.

This job just takes a lot of man hours, and 98% of the time I am solo.

Martin pops over, and I do the same for him only when two hands are not enough and we help each other, thankfully.

Would be nice to have some extra hands on deck, but hey, I can only dream.

[Palf70Step]

I hear ya Rian. The spped of truck transformations just don't seem to roll as fast as I would like. Extar hands would be really great, although I wonder if our mouths would work more than our hands.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

I hear ya Rian. The spped of truck transformations just don't seem to roll as fast as I would like. Extar hands would be really great, although I wonder if our mouths would work more than our hands.

Agreed Bill,

When I have anyone around I know I have to write off a load of time because one cannot concentrate as you should.
Nicola's dad popped around this afternoon and I found it really distracting as I need to pay him attention but also wanted to get on with the job at hand.