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dwcardfan · 02-03-2015, 08:28 PM

bj383ss · 02-03-2015, 09:34 PM

Looking good Don!

**clemdaddy** · 02-03-2015, 11:17 PM

way to go don... nice detail and you're blowing through it. will be a roller before ya know it.

Ta2Don · 02-03-2015, 11:33 PM

Thanks Guyz!!!

If the weather guys and gals are close to right about this coming weekend's forecast...

I should have a roller…

That's the plan nonetheless...

Jeff La · 02-03-2015, 11:54 PM

Great work Don. Getting closer all the time.

Grizz1963 · 02-04-2015, 03:44 AM

Highly impressive progress Don.

I see JoJo checking out the progress too.

Bomp · 02-04-2015, 06:58 AM

Checkin in and lovin the progress!!!

Ta2Don · 02-04-2015, 03:48 PM

Thanks for checking in...

Gotta get some upper and lower Rear Spring Mounting Bolts and hardware as the Rust monster has used the past 50 years to slowly gnaw at these bolts...

Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr

Aiming to get this transformed into a roller this weekend...

Ta2Don · 02-08-2015, 09:30 PM

Started out today with a small list of Honey-Do's...

Some springtime pruning and clean-up started, more to come tomorrow...

Before, during and after the Honey-do's I cleaned and painted the rear-end

Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr

Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr

Then painted the Upper and Lower Spring mounts…

Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr

Bolted up the Trailing Arms and rolled the Rear-end in place…

Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr

Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr

Track Bar was up next…

Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr

Rolled the frame and Rear-End out into the Sun…67F today...

Moved the Front Xmember into place and installed…

Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr

Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr

Final job of the day involved putting the P/S Box in place…

Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr

till next time...

rusty76 · 02-08-2015, 09:43 PM

Looking good!

Bomp · 02-08-2015, 09:44 PM

All that hard work is starting to pay off.
Looking reeeal nice.

dwcardfan · 02-08-2015, 10:00 PM

Very nice brother!!!! It won't be long you will have that beast on the road.

Ta2Don · 02-09-2015, 12:52 AM

Thanks Guyz...

Had a bit of a setback...

Seems in my rush to get the steering box mounted, I measured something wrong… When I started to find the right placement for the center link, I found that no matter where I place it the pitman arm is a bit low...

After another trip to look at the old bent frame, it seems I need to raise the rear of the box about a quarter of an inch… That should eliminate the Tie Rod rubbing the Lower control arm issue that I found after getting the box and adapter plate bolted and welded in place...

Note to self… Slow down and check everything before making sparks and melting metal…

The Saga continues...

**clemdaddy** · 02-09-2015, 09:00 AM

a good deal of progress this weekend Don. you got that roller going and it looks sweet. hope you have a great week...

jlsanborn · 02-09-2015, 11:37 AM

Great progress, looks great!

Paul Y · 02-09-2015, 12:32 PM

Don,

Looking good but PLEASE stop using cinder blocks as axle stands!!!

I have the scars to prove what happens when they collapse.....

P.

CRGRS 66 · 02-09-2015, 01:48 PM

67F!!!! Spring Pruning!!!! we had 2" of snow last night... just a light dusting really

Progress looks great Don, I second the motion on cinder blocks.

Ta2Don · 02-10-2015, 02:13 PM

Thanks for Looking in and also the input on the cinder blocks…

Only used those while I was getting the Steering box mounted...

Resting a sore shoulder from moving a wood burning fireplace out of a dilapidated house while trying to stay above the rotten floor...

Grabbed the mail this morning and was pleasantly surprised with a tube from Grizz in the UK...

Thanks Rian…

The yellow Boddingtons tap handle will be a shifter knob in a ratrod I will build for myself in the future…
The Bacardi bat bottle topper will go on the existing ratrod as a shifter topper…
Mrs. Boss already claimed the bracelets as well as the beanie...

The tube will be re-used to send something Rian's way...

Ta2Don · 02-10-2015, 09:31 PM

Not much done today… I used the Bacardi Bat Bottle Topper and the small Sugar Skull as a Shifter extension for my Rat project…

IMG_1513 by ta2don, on Flickr

After the Shifter project, I pulled the Odometer out of the Gauge Instrument Cluster I recently scored and rolled it back to all Zeros...

Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr

The next step for the cluster is to swap the white faced speedo plate and apply the white face stickers to the 4 gauges… I had already done the white face treatment to the original cluster… I'm also going to research which Tach will be the easiest to adapt to the Right end of the gauge cluster… any tips will be appreciated...

Grizz1963 · 02-11-2015, 06:05 PM

Pleasure Don.

As long as I can create havoc in your life, I am a happy man.

Just checked in commented on your Ratrod project too.

Thought I would leave more crappy ideas for you to pursue ( I have the local scrap yard guy looking for a decent donor for me)

Wheelbarrow tub, "soap box cart"

How good would that look on the back of the Ratrod, or even your Stepper.??

Ta2Don · 02-11-2015, 10:40 PM

Saw a similar pic on FB and I have a derelict wheelbarrow here on the farm...

Ta2Don · 02-12-2015, 11:49 AM

Just need to paint the metal plate that rests behind the cluster glass…

Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr

dwcardfan · 02-12-2015, 11:53 AM

That cluster is looking sweet!

Ta2Don · 02-13-2015, 10:25 AM

Thanx Brotha!

…after chatting with Grizz, following the posting of the latest cluster pic, I may leave the metal plate black…

Here is a pic of my original cluster in the white that I had intended to do… maybe too much white...

Decisions, decisions...

CRGRS 66 · 02-13-2015, 04:26 PM

It does look a little overpowering all white, maybe try lighting it up at night see if you like it...

02-03-2015, 08:28 PM	#1251
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02-03-2015, 09:34 PM	#1252
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02-03-2015, 11:17 PM	#1253
clemdaddy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas Posts: 1,923	Re: Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build... way to go don... nice detail and you're blowing through it. will be a roller before ya know it.

02-03-2015, 11:33 PM	#1254
Ta2Don Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Searcy, AR Posts: 4,203	Re: Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build... Thanks Guyz!!! If the weather guys and gals are close to right about this coming weekend's forecast... I should have a roller… That's the plan nonetheless... __________________ DON Proverbs 27:17 US Air Force Retarded errr Retired My '65 Stepper Build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=533920 My '60 Rusty Patina Build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...66#post7402266 My '72 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...59#post7204359 SOLD

02-03-2015, 11:54 PM	#1255
Jeff La Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Donaldsonville, La. Posts: 1,024	Re: Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build... Great work Don. Getting closer all the time.

02-04-2015, 03:44 AM	#1256
Grizz1963 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Rochester, KENT Posts: 10,565	Re: Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build... Highly impressive progress Don. I see JoJo checking out the progress too. __________________ MY BUILD LINK: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...585901]Redneck Express - 1966 C10 Short Fleetside MY USA ROADTRIPS http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/...2018-humdinger IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM MATE.

02-04-2015, 06:58 AM	#1257
Bomp Registered User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: . Posts: 3,104	Re: Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build... Checkin in and lovin the progress!!!

02-04-2015, 03:48 PM	#1258
Ta2Don Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Searcy, AR Posts: 4,203	Re: Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build... Thanks for checking in... Gotta get some upper and lower Rear Spring Mounting Bolts and hardware as the Rust monster has used the past 50 years to slowly gnaw at these bolts... Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr Aiming to get this transformed into a roller this weekend... __________________ DON Proverbs 27:17 US Air Force Retarded errr Retired My '65 Stepper Build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=533920 My '60 Rusty Patina Build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...66#post7402266 My '72 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...59#post7204359 SOLD

02-08-2015, 09:30 PM	#1259
Ta2Don Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Searcy, AR Posts: 4,203	Re: Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build... Started out today with a small list of Honey-Do's... Some springtime pruning and clean-up started, more to come tomorrow... Before, during and after the Honey-do's I cleaned and painted the rear-end Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr Then painted the Upper and Lower Spring mounts… Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr Bolted up the Trailing Arms and rolled the Rear-end in place… Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr Track Bar was up next… Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr Rolled the frame and Rear-End out into the Sun…67F today... Moved the Front Xmember into place and installed… Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr Final job of the day involved putting the P/S Box in place… Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr till next time... __________________ DON Proverbs 27:17 US Air Force Retarded errr Retired My '65 Stepper Build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=533920 My '60 Rusty Patina Build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...66#post7402266 My '72 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...59#post7204359 SOLD

02-08-2015, 09:43 PM	#1260
rusty76 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Midway, NC Posts: 3,275	Re: Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build... Looking good! __________________ http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=581873 The low buck build threads. Check'em out! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=666022 My build thread Crossmembers CC

02-08-2015, 09:44 PM	#1261
Bomp Registered User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: . Posts: 3,104	Re: Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build... All that hard work is starting to pay off. Looking reeeal nice.

02-08-2015, 10:00 PM	#1262
dwcardfan Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Strawberry Arkansas Posts: 1,137	Re: Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build... Very nice brother!!!! It won't be long you will have that beast on the road. __________________ http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=605217

02-09-2015, 12:52 AM	#1263
Ta2Don Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Searcy, AR Posts: 4,203	Re: Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build... Thanks Guyz... Had a bit of a setback... Seems in my rush to get the steering box mounted, I measured something wrong… When I started to find the right placement for the center link, I found that no matter where I place it the pitman arm is a bit low... After another trip to look at the old bent frame, it seems I need to raise the rear of the box about a quarter of an inch… That should eliminate the Tie Rod rubbing the Lower control arm issue that I found after getting the box and adapter plate bolted and welded in place... Note to self… Slow down and check everything before making sparks and melting metal… The Saga continues... __________________ DON Proverbs 27:17 US Air Force Retarded errr Retired My '65 Stepper Build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=533920 My '60 Rusty Patina Build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...66#post7402266 My '72 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...59#post7204359 SOLD

02-09-2015, 09:00 AM	#1264
clemdaddy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas Posts: 1,923	Re: Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build... a good deal of progress this weekend Don. you got that roller going and it looks sweet. hope you have a great week...

02-09-2015, 11:37 AM	#1265
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02-09-2015, 12:32 PM	#1266
Paul Y Registered User Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Essex Posts: 948	Re: Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build... Don, Looking good but PLEASE stop using cinder blocks as axle stands!!! I have the scars to prove what happens when they collapse..... P.

02-09-2015, 01:48 PM	#1267
CRGRS 66 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Cambridge, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,771	Re: Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build... 67F!!!! Spring Pruning!!!! we had 2" of snow last night... just a light dusting really Progress looks great Don, I second the motion on cinder blocks. __________________ Craigerrr My build thread, CRGRS 66 Winter Build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...09#post5638709

02-10-2015, 02:13 PM	#1268
Ta2Don Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Searcy, AR Posts: 4,203	Re: Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build... Thanks for Looking in and also the input on the cinder blocks… Only used those while I was getting the Steering box mounted... Resting a sore shoulder from moving a wood burning fireplace out of a dilapidated house while trying to stay above the rotten floor... Grabbed the mail this morning and was pleasantly surprised with a tube from Grizz in the UK... Thanks Rian… The yellow Boddingtons tap handle will be a shifter knob in a ratrod I will build for myself in the future… The Bacardi bat bottle topper will go on the existing ratrod as a shifter topper… Mrs. Boss already claimed the bracelets as well as the beanie... The tube will be re-used to send something Rian's way... Attached Images __________________ DON Proverbs 27:17 US Air Force Retarded errr Retired My '65 Stepper Build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=533920 My '60 Rusty Patina Build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...66#post7402266 My '72 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...59#post7204359 SOLD

02-10-2015, 09:31 PM	#1269
Ta2Don Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Searcy, AR Posts: 4,203	Re: Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build... Not much done today… I used the Bacardi Bat Bottle Topper and the small Sugar Skull as a Shifter extension for my Rat project… IMG_1513 by ta2don, on Flickr After the Shifter project, I pulled the Odometer out of the Gauge Instrument Cluster I recently scored and rolled it back to all Zeros... Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr The next step for the cluster is to swap the white faced speedo plate and apply the white face stickers to the 4 gauges… I had already done the white face treatment to the original cluster… I'm also going to research which Tach will be the easiest to adapt to the Right end of the gauge cluster… any tips will be appreciated... __________________ DON Proverbs 27:17 US Air Force Retarded errr Retired My '65 Stepper Build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=533920 My '60 Rusty Patina Build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...66#post7402266 My '72 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...59#post7204359 SOLD

02-11-2015, 06:05 PM	#1270
Grizz1963 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Rochester, KENT Posts: 10,565	Re: Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build... Pleasure Don. As long as I can create havoc in your life, I am a happy man. Just checked in commented on your Ratrod project too. Thought I would leave more crappy ideas for you to pursue ( I have the local scrap yard guy looking for a decent donor for me) Wheelbarrow tub, "soap box cart" How good would that look on the back of the Ratrod, or even your Stepper.?? __________________ MY BUILD LINK: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...585901]Redneck Express - 1966 C10 Short Fleetside MY USA ROADTRIPS http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/...2018-humdinger IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM MATE.

02-11-2015, 10:40 PM	#1271
Ta2Don Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Searcy, AR Posts: 4,203	Re: Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build... Saw a similar pic on FB and I have a derelict wheelbarrow here on the farm... __________________ DON Proverbs 27:17 US Air Force Retarded errr Retired My '65 Stepper Build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=533920 My '60 Rusty Patina Build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...66#post7402266 My '72 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...59#post7204359 SOLD

02-12-2015, 11:49 AM	#1272
Ta2Don Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Searcy, AR Posts: 4,203	Re: Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build... Just need to paint the metal plate that rests behind the cluster glass… Untitled by ta2don, on Flickr __________________ DON Proverbs 27:17 US Air Force Retarded errr Retired My '65 Stepper Build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=533920 My '60 Rusty Patina Build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...66#post7402266 My '72 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...59#post7204359 SOLD

02-12-2015, 11:53 AM	#1273
dwcardfan Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Strawberry Arkansas Posts: 1,137	Re: Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build... That cluster is looking sweet! __________________ http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=605217

02-13-2015, 10:25 AM	#1274
Ta2Don Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Searcy, AR Posts: 4,203	Re: Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build... Thanx Brotha! …after chatting with Grizz, following the posting of the latest cluster pic, I may leave the metal plate black… Here is a pic of my original cluster in the white that I had intended to do… maybe too much white... Decisions, decisions... Attached Images __________________ DON Proverbs 27:17 US Air Force Retarded errr Retired My '65 Stepper Build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=533920 My '60 Rusty Patina Build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...66#post7402266 My '72 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...59#post7204359 SOLD

02-13-2015, 04:26 PM	#1275
CRGRS 66 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Cambridge, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,771	Re: Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build... It does look a little overpowering all white, maybe try lighting it up at night see if you like it... __________________ Craigerrr My build thread, CRGRS 66 Winter Build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...09#post5638709

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