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Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
Or this ONE!
 
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10-13-2015, 07:09 AM
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Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
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10-13-2015, 10:12 AM
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Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
That trunk is gorgeous!!
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Thank you Bill, I suspect we will. Along with the face to face time with a load of amazing good guys from this forum in various places. Mike, the trunk is for sale, as is everything in my life, except my integrity. Booked our seats this morning when online booking opened. Until we booked, the seats we wanted, twin row, right at the rear, meaning more space and less people crawling over you, were for sale as a pre-booking option at £43.00 per booking. So by waiting till it opened, I guess we each now have another £43.00 or $65.48 to spend on spares.  Now we can probably say....... 
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10-13-2015, 11:47 AM
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A Road Trip for the ages.
It may not compare to your bike road trip in Africa but there are a few more truck parts here in the states that you might need. Looking forward to meeting you guys here in Arkansas. Vince
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10-13-2015, 02:14 PM
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Thank you Vince. The Efrican ride was a trip of a lifetime, for sure. Both physically and emotionally, being able to share it with my brother....... LINK. http://www.wilddog.za.net/forum/inde...topic=106063.0 The spares are a great concern...... They weigh a lot and a pain to get home, but Ido look forward to meeting a bunch of amazing people.
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10-13-2015, 03:23 PM
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I know how you feel . I finished packing and went into the carport sanded down the underside , and put another coat on , as its now the other way up after we flipped the chassis over on Sunday
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10-13-2015, 05:31 PM
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Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
Grizz we plan on running up to clemms deal what parts would you be looking for ?
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10-13-2015, 10:55 PM
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Just brushing my teeth and getting ready to go to the airport now....  Thank you for the question. I guess some of the stuff we will On my way! know when we are in a breakers yard.
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10-13-2015, 11:40 PM
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The journey begins...
Looking forward to your visit!
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10-14-2015, 07:18 AM
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Looking forward to updates as you arrive over here .
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10-14-2015, 10:41 AM
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Thought I would post for these two blokes...
 Rian emailed some pics early today...So the journey has begun
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10-14-2015, 12:02 PM
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It looks like they are trying to prevent jet lag .
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10-14-2015, 05:53 PM
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10-14-2015, 10:01 PM
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Free champagne when they knew it was my birthday trip. I made sure everyone did as it gets you extra mileage.
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10-18-2015, 06:15 AM
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To coin somebody's advertising slogan....one life, live it.
Enjoy and look forward to living vicariously through your report. P. 
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Thanks Paul. Well....... Today was just incredible.* After Clems awesome party yesterday, he and Kim made breakfast of pancakes, sausage and coffee for 12 of us.* After this, Clem, Bomp, McMurphy, Martin "mjh1965" Myself, Peter Hoffman and Jeff Falk all drove over to Mike Losh's shop where we all gave a hand lifting, cleaning and drinking beer and generally being amazed at his build, detail and finish on Boosted Bertha.* Joined later by Sarah his wife, it was just such an amazing day.* Build thread. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=643425 What a privilege hanging with you guys.* Now at Clems playing 8 Ball Pool with McMurphy, Bomp, Clem and Martin.* Life rarely gets better than this.
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10-25-2015, 12:18 AM
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Well.
What can I say? The USA has exceeded my "expectations" by 100% so far. Having started in Dallas, Texas then up to Searcy, Arkansas via Sulphur Springs and Texarcana. From there on to Fayetteville for a couple of days, up to Kansas City to pick up a spares order and down to Winfield Kansas to spend time friend Herb and his wife. On the way there a stop in El Dorado to check out a Hot Rod shop that also builds Hummers with Duramax engines that kick out 1500bhp Then on to Ada in Oklahoma for dinner with Paul and Brandon and their families. We left there at 11.00pm and drove through to Phil's place in Norman, OKC. Getting there at 00.45am we then proceeded to talk trucks, big blocks, rock crawlers, nitrous and moonshine till 05.00. Phil and his son Austin ran us all over Oklahoma City to pick up more parts as well as a pass by Farmtruck and AZN's place and then over past Murder Nova's shop. Next day over to Kieths place in Tulsa where he took us for long run down the interstate in one of his limited edition 2016 Kenworth trucks. Super smooth. Most days we have followed off the beaten track. Seeking out older routes like Route 66, the i177, US Route 124 etc. makes for interesting travel. So after Tulsa we headed back to Clem and Kim's in Fayetteville where I collected my side trim, s/s bed strips and bought a used auto shift steering column. Then today we left in the midst of a Razorbacks game with Fayetteville traffic being pretty busy. Taking back roads we then returned to Don's place in Searcy, Arkansas. Next up, back to Sulphur Springs on Sunday followed by Gas Monkey Garage on Monday, then down to Leander, Texas via Waco and a day in Leander on Tuesday. So thats it up to now.
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10-25-2015, 09:17 AM
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Roughly the route so far.
 Will get it plotted properly when back home.
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10-25-2015, 11:00 AM
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LOL! Don was telling me about the scenic route you guys took. I couldn't help but fall of my chair laughing. Hey Texas is only a couple states away from me. Have fun guys!
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10-19-2015, 07:22 AM
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Im glad you are having a great time ,wish I could have been there .
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10-19-2015, 08:05 AM
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It was nice meeting you at Clem's Saturday! Clem's place was full of so much cool stuff, no way you could see it all lol. I would have liked to stay longer, but I was with my pregnant wife and my brother brought along Leila, their 3 year old. Hopefully next year the truck will be ready for the long ride.
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Great time hanging out with you guys , thanks so much for the shirts and flag !
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Rian it was really great meeting you at Clem's this weekend, I had a blast just lessoning to you and martin poke fun!
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