Dutch '59 Fleetside Longbed

[Kim57]

Very nice.
Kim

[RockinKees]

Thank you all!
It is finished now and Wow, what a difference in sound!!
Now I can hear my music when driving 70 mph
Sorry for the crappy pics...
Pic #1 back of the cab in sounddeadener
Pic #2 hardly to see, but I had to sew the middle of the carpet together.
There was a bubble which I had to cut out over the transtunnel. I used
Nylon thread and a bent needle, for leather or denim.
Pic #3 temporarely speakers behind the bench...
Pic #4 all finished

[Clarance J]

Hey Kees. That carpet looks great in there. How did you get your padding to fit the floor? Looks like you cut it for a right hand drive. You did a really nice job of it. Happy driving to you. Great show pictures too.

Earl

[oldman3]

Nice job...Jim

[Steve-W]

Looking good Kees! glad you had a great time in the States and I'm surprised you didn't buy another car

Unfortunatly I won't make it tomorrow for the Kings Cruise, and next week I'm off to the Isle of Man TT races, so it'll be the 9th of June before we meet at a meet.

[RockinKees]

Thanks all!

Originally Posted by Clarance J

Hey Kees. That carpet looks great in there. How did you get your padding to fit the floor? Looks like you cut it for a right hand drive. You did a really nice job of it. Happy driving to you. Great show pictures too.

Earl

Earl, what you see is the underside of the carpet, when I used the padding as a template. Then we have a right hand drive indeed

Steve, I also wasn’t at the King Cruise this time, having trouble with the CV in the truck. Now I have a completely new wiring from inside the doors to the unit and still isn’t working right. I blame the unit. Time for a new set.....
I didn’t bought a “new” car simply because I don’t have the money
Still looking for a ‘57 Wagon tho...

[RockinKees]

Remember when I promised to make a motorcycle for the sister of my good friend Niels?
It is finally finished

In case you are interested, here the before and after pics...

[oldman3]

Wow Kees, that is a killer bike, nice work my friend...Jim

[reaper71]

Slick!!

[RockinKees]

Thanks Jim and Mark!
Hope she likes it too.

She is in New York at the moment, her brother Niels is making her crazy with only text messages on the bike

[Steve-W]

Wow... the bike in it's original state would be something I'd set on fire just for fun..but what a change a few subtle mods make! amazing, really really cool.
did you do the saddle yourself?

[RockinKees]

Originally Posted by Steve-W

Wow... the bike in it's original state would be something I'd set on fire just for fun..but what a change a few subtle mods make! amazing, really really cool.
did you do the saddle yourself?

The original bike is a shame for Suzuki
Luckily there are people like me that can help with these things
The seat is an Alie original But had to cut the frame to make it fit. No problem!

Yesterday evening the owner got the bike back....she was overwhelmed!!
She was jumping around like a happy dog

Mission completed....
On to the next!

[YahamaR1]

Nice Nike Kees

[RockinKees]

Originally Posted by YahamaR1

Nice Nike Kees

Thanks Fer!

Last week we had a show “Cars & Bands, Stars & Stripes”
It is a show with only American cars and Rock N Roll bands, good show, fairly big for Holland. Unfortunatly I didn’t take too many pics.

Pic #1,2 just before the ride to the show
Pic #3 ‘55 Chevy Belair chassis built by Sander, 63Split on this forum, man does that look good
Pic #4,5 from the show...

[oldman3]

Kees, nice rides, thanks for sharing...Jim

[RockinKees]

I had a little trouble with the airride, I had a leak in one valve.
But as I used to work on big trucks, those valves are repairable and so I did.
Also, I wanted an extra gauge for tank pressure, also wanted some other switches what looked more old school.
Last week I have built a new panel with extra gauge and “old” switches, looks much better now.
I had also a leaking pinion seal, that was my own fault. I drove through a just mowed grass field and the lying grass killed my seal.... That’s whats happen to lowered vehicles
Jaguar has them no longer in stock, so I had to order an aftermarket seal.
It’s in now and last Saturday we did test it all. My wife and I drove 270 km (almost 168 mile) just to see some Hot Rods and streetmachines
The truck did stand the test!
Coming Thursday we go to France with a bunch of our club, there is a festival called Cry Baby, only pre ‘65 and a lot of Rockabilly music. Gonna be fun!!
Now for some pics.
Pic #1. The pinion seal with what I took out the seal....
Pic #2. The old dash with airswitches
Pic #3. New panel with the “old school” switches and extra pressure gauge
Pic #4. The new look

[RockinKees]

Oh forgot, also had to repair the central looking system.
The doormotors went bad, or at least one of them.
After mounting a new one, it did not work like I wanted it, so I rewired the whole central looking system and put in a new unit. Now it works perfect again

The carshow last Saturday:

Part 1

[RockinKees]

Part 2:

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Part 3:

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Part 4: (Yep, that’s me in the end )

[oldman3]

Kees, nice work on the truck, and thanks for posting the kool cars...Jim

[RockinKees]

Long time since I posted some....
End of June we went to Cry Baby, a vintage carshow in the north of France.
Going with two cars, and back with four, all clubmembers.
This was one of the best shows in years!!
Pics on my Facebook for who is interested, there are lot of pics! Also check YouTube for movies about Cry Baby Vintage Carshow #7, I know you will like it!!

Then, if you remembered, I was looking for a ‘57 Chevy Wagon....I found one
Had the truck for sale, but only recently I advertised with it. Sold it in four weeks time
Sorry about that
Now I’m going to build my pre-Born dream , the car I could not afford earlier.
By building this truck, this dream suddenly becomes reality....
So now I am the happy owner of a 1957 Chevrolet 4-door Townsman 210 Wagon with Bel Air trim
Ofcourse there are some things that have to be done to this car, it’s 62 years old! But overall it is a solid car for its age.
I post some pics when we got it.
We, Sander (63Split on here) going to get it tomorrow, a little Roadtrip to Belgium, in style!
Stay tuned!

[oldman3]

Kees, sorry to see the truck go, but things change. If you happy that's what counts. Will be waiting for pics and a new thread on the wagon...Jim

[dug224]

Sold it!! Congrats on the new project. Let us know where you post the build of the new ride so we can follow along....

[reaper71]

Keep us posted on the link for the new build.

Mark