Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"

[mjh1965]

Once I strip the truck down to the chassis I will be sending it off to get sand blasted . I will then be able to move the mx5 if I need to ok RIAN The trouble is I have the Mondeo estate and my Mercedes convertable to use and two bikes so the mx5 has just been put on the back burner . I do need to move it on though so yes I should have got that finished before starting the truck

[Grizz1963]

Nothing like keeping an eye on you buddy, while I do not get on with all thr half finished space wasters in my garage, like the bikes, mobility scooter etc.

Shout if you need a hand.

[mjh1965]

Well what a busy weekend
Saturday I went over to Essex to collect my replacement bumper from the importers . When I ordered my front fenders and front bumper the bumper got damaged in transit . So the importers STS in Essex ordered me a replacement . One of the lads had dropped it when they unloaded the container , but they put there hands up and admitted they had done it and replaced it . So I got a new one and Rian got to purchase the damaged one . It's nice to deal with Ron the owner of STS as they didn't argue or blame the couriers that brothers used to send it to them , they just ordered me a replacement at there cost .

[mjh1965]

Sunday Rian popped over as I needed a push with the truck and a hand to put my new front screen somewhere safe . But as usual when he pops over a small job becomes a lot bigger job . I was going to put the glass in my garage on the shelf but there wasn't enough room for it . So Rian suggested making a shelf in the car port . So off to the local diy store to purchase the timber needed .

We then made a shelf to put the screen onto for safe keeping



Then we made a second set of supports to put the screen up higher leaving the large shelf for storage



Once this was all finished we then could get on with the truck

[mjh1965]

After getting the screen safe myself and Rian stripped some more off the truck





As usual my dogs want to help



Just to show how much room I have to work in



Thats both sides stripped and pushed back under cover

[mjh1965]

Once the truck was put away and Rian had gone home . I decided to finish of the car port to keep the rain out at the shelf end . I had some of the roof material left so I used it to block in above the fence panels

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by mjh1965

Once the truck was put away and Rian had gone home . I decided to finish of the car port to keep the rain out at the shelf end . I had some of the roof material left so I used it to block in above the fence panels

Mate, that looks great !!

I am impressed with your attention to detail. I would not have made up frames, just screwed it all together.

It was really cool coming over. The best part is always when we create new solutions.

I was telling Nicola about dismantling the truck. Amazing that these bolts still unscrew so easily after 50 years. Also good to learn from you.

[Grizz1963]

JUST TO SHOW THAT MARTIN STILL HAD A LOAD OF TRUCK TIME.

Even if it was not his own truck

As a follow on to last nights report on getting all the recycled skirting boards planed and thicknessed I thought I would unpack them this morning before packing them away in their spot under my motorbike trailer which just happened to be out over the weekend delivering a bike for a friend of mate Martin's

The shortest three to the right are the exact length of the truck bed, and the width they make up is again the exact width I need.

Clearly they need to be processed and cut etc when the time comes.




Today was time to attack some of the trucks wiring that must have been done by a blind badger with a crooked walking stick on a night with not much moon shining.

Mate martin had to return my trailer, and also wanted to join Nicola and I on our weekly bootfair trip. But of course we usually leave home between 06.00 and 06.15 as the first one is about 12 miles from home.
Martin was unhooking the trailer by 06.15 and I pushed it though to the garage while he reversed his tool laden car down to the garage.
By 06.25 we had a quick cuppa tea and then went to three bootfairs, getting home by 10.30 for a quick breakfast, an then down to the garage.
Martin managed a nice little haul, including an unused gravity feed spray gun for his primer work @ £5.00 and a complete, unused Airbrush kit for £4.00
We each also bought two 500ml cans of red gloss enamel spray paint for our truck springs, the result below.



The main reason for Martin coming over was to help me identify why my passenger indicator had gone on the blink again (well, it did not blink anymore)

While he was at that job, I did a load of other odd jobs in the garage.

It soon became clear that the truck did not have side lights, which in the case of my truck are both in the bonnet.

So after a load of testing, breaking old oxidized wires and also finding the one fitting was useless, Martin went home to take Amanda, his other half out grocery shopping etc, returning three hours later with his spare fitting to use so that we could get a bi-filament globe fitted.
Unfortunately, both fittings were so buggered that he had to solder small tabs onto the bulbs so that they would make sufficient contact to be functional. After which he renewed some of the wiring which was broken.

This left us at 19.30 with working indicators, side lights etc.

Through the day we also solved another few problems of my and his rebuilds.

These are the fittings we now need to find replacements for from the USA.






And so a greatly productive weekend came to and end.

Next weekend is MOT time, and I do hope the truck will pass its test.


SO A MASSIVE THANK YOU MATE !!!!!

[Grizz1963]

Looks like you and I are goong to spend more time together this weekend than Nicola and I

She has said I can go to your place on Sunday to build a boom extension and see if we can get your cab off without killing ourselves.

Look out for me in safety boots.

[Grizz1963]

Hi Martin, thought I would just copy and paste on here, as it is relevant to your build too.


I had forgotten about my MOT expiring this month, so when Nicola reminded me it was panic stations for a while.

Last weekend Martin came over and sorted out the side lights wiring etc.

This lead to me ordering in a full replacement wiring harness from the USA. £145.00 well spent I think.

So today I followed Martin who had his Mercedes booked in for MOT to a testing station, after which we were going to a spares warehouse.

Happy to say the truck passed its test (not that I had any concerns)

The tester commented that he thought it was a lovely bit of kit and he looked forward to testing it again once restored.

The station operates on a 1st come first served basis, so we were there by 08.10 for an 09.00 spot.

CHEEKY MONKEY, MARTIN suggested I just weigh in the truck for scrap as we were next to a scrapyard.



Up on the ramps and on with business.



After the test we went spares shopping, and I bought some long reach 1/2 inch sockets, a stumpy ratchet with 1/4 and 1/2 inch drive.

Then we went to Dartford to get some timber, taking a shortcut over the Woolwich Ferry. Only one ferry running, meant we had a 20 minute wait, but a chance to chat about the plan for the bits of equipment I would be building later.

Thames river in the background.




After the DIY shop, I came home with 12 meters of 6X2 inch lumber, and Martin went home to disconnect everything on the truck and remove his windscreen etc.

The design is a direct copy of a picture of one built by Pimpston65 in Corktown Misouri.

I came home to build a single handed cab lifter attachment to fit to the end of a 3 ton engine hoist which will be used tomorrow, and later possibly on my cab as well, If I do fool myself into removing my cab.

This actually fits just outside the door rubber ridges, stopping the cab from slipping off when you lift it.



This is the upside down view, imagine the diagonal timber is the boom of the engine hoist.



While I was at it, I also prepped all the wood for the cab trolley, onto which the cab will be mounted, I will also make up, or we may weld another 500mm raising table so that one can get to work on the sills.

This lot gets bolted together with 10mm coach screws. And then the wheels are mounted underneath.





Looking forward to tomorrow.

Only problem is that Marin keeps on putting Carp ideas in my head, which creates more work for me.

[Grizz1963]

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=631742

In Martins truck

I was hoping some of you will know what this is from





Answers on a postcard please.

[Grizz1963]

Today was a great day for me.

I spent about 5 hours over at mate Martins place today.

We removed his cab, which has set me thinking that I should maybe remove mine as well, to get better access to the underside of the chassis.

On removing the cab, he found a lot more rust, terrible historic patches an a load of sand inside the chassis outriggers.

I will post up the pics to tell the story of getting the "special tool" in and moving the cab away.

Final inspection before removing the last two chassis mounting bolts.



One broke off, despite all preparation.



Lifting jig fitted to three ton hoist.









AND THIS IS HOW IT WAS DONE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxcu...lt8TvG8KEwT5Kg


IMPRESSIVE STUFF, AND RESULT.





Next up we parked the cab out the way, the trolley needs another 24 inches of height, which will happen later.




Farmer Brown........



Lastly Martin removed the welded on front bumper and the truck was put back into its tight spot.



That was it for this weekend.

As we go on working together, I am learning more and more.

[Grizz1963]

Amazing progress the last few weeks mate.

Stopping by tonight after work I realized just how much pain lies ahead of me.

I think many people do not realize you are out of the house by 07.00 and often in bloody late from work, after which you and Amanda have to walk the dogs etc.

This morning early, before going off to work, I popped into the scrap yard to check out the chassis and wagon Mickey had told me about.

I guess it looked a bit weird, me arriving in a suit, and him in a bright green health and safety suit.

I approved of the chassis and wagon.



Tonight after work, I went home and grabbed the truck and went down to fetch my treasures.

Can you say Junk Yard Dog ??



Loaded, with Mickey standing by.

Then off to drop the wagon at Martins place as he will be using the wagon for his chassis.



Once at Martins we removed the sides and he too it in, he had been at home today, dismantling his truck even further.








Thats all for today.

[Grizz1963]

We have been looking at and discussing various ways to get Martins cab sand/media blasted. Mostly the prices were steep, so I said I would build a cabinet we can share. My compressor goes into the mix and Martin said he would buy the resevoir pot.

Posted a load of threads (same one copied and pasted) on some of the forums I go onto and got varied responses.

Great response here on this board too. Link below.....

TAKE A LOOK.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=634308


I HAVE ALSO DECIDED TO POST THE LINKS TO THE SAME THREAD ON OTHER FORUMS. AS A RESOURCE TO ALL OF US.

Shows how different people approach the same problem.

CLICK LINKS.


http://www.mx5nutz.com/forum/index.p...iew=getnewpost

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=634308

http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/cha...ecently-234361

http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=1103930

http://www.wilddog.za.net/forum/inde...topic=154224.0

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=253238

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthr...d-one-recently

http://www.retrorides.proboards.com/...-cabinet-build

[mjh1965]

Aaaaarghh !!!

Fitting the 307 engine from a caprice which is an olds v8 in the truck is turning out to be a bit of a headache

See thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=638072

Any advice welcome

[Grizz1963]

Good old days.......






Was looking for the entries about the cab remover.

[Ta2Don]

Great to see the ways we overcome needs...

Awesome idea getting the glass up high and safe… and the side enclosures...:go:

Thanks again for the poster…

Cheers Mate!

[Palf70Step]

Love your mini-shop build and the truck build. It is coming along great.

[mjh1965]

Well I had to move the truck out so I could get my MX5 to the front of the house , that ment I had more room out the back and didn't block the mazda in once the truck was stripped .





Some of the rust behind the front fenders







So on Saturday morning I started to strip the rest of the front of the truck



One of the previous owners had welded the right inner fender to the radiator support panel as an easy fix for the rust the inner fenders are rusty and will need some refabraction work

[mjh1965]

Here are the pictures of the radiator support panel







I looked at getting a new panel just to check rock auto do the panel and the best part about them is you can pick the part put in your post code (zip code ) to you guys and they tell you the price to ship as well the panel is $86 but shipped to the UK it was £425 about $650 so I think it's time to get the welder out

[Ta2Don]

Time to make Sparks!!!

My Radiator support was in a little better shape, and shipping to the UK is just

Making good progress on the tear down...

[mjh1965]

Well I carried on stripping the truck today . I got the motor and box out





Old engine next to the new one going in



Also made room for the doors and hood in the garage

[Grizz1963]

Red Rove. Red Rover.

Nice coverall.

Come in Red Rover.

Bloody Hell mate !!!!

You have really been getting a move on with your truck.

I am certainly impressed so far.

[mjh1965]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Red Rove. Red Rover.

Nice coverall.

Come in Red Rover.

Bloody Hell mate !!!!

You have really been getting a move on with your truck.

I am certainly impressed so far.

Thanks to you for the overalls it made a change from getting my clothes covered in grease and oil once again thanks Rian

[Grizz1963]

THOUGHT I MAY AS WELL POST ON HERE TOO..........


Tonight I am the proud (???) owner of £436.00's worth of 2 and 2-4 inch lowering joy for the truck.

Mate Martin has bought the same for his '65 Long Fleetside.

The original lowering was done with an Oxy-Acetelyne torch at some point, leaving the truck a bit, well a lot, wallowy. Redneck engineering at its best with the springs unevenly bunched together.

So in line with having it as a functional driver when it is done, I decided this was another item that needs doing correctly. So spent the money importing the parts.

Martin needed a full set for his truck too, so when we saw the lot on sale by Brothers, we contacted the Brothers in the USA and asked about combined shipping....... the difference was $110.00 on the parts.

Of course you cannot get away from Customs, but the barstewards charge their VAT on the US courier costs too, which I think is a bloody cheek.

Anyway, I am happy that I have nitrous filled shocks with nylon bushes.

The springs weigh a ton, and look very good.

Still need to decide if I should get the springs powder coated, or just give them a coat of gloss enamel, as they are going out of site and this is a driver truck.

Picture of Joy.




There is a lot to be said for building two trucks in parallel. Loads of sharing of cock ups and spares, as well as helping each other out with bits.

On Sunday we have a marathon session planned with my truck and two of the motorbikes in my garage, as well as a petrol electricity generator and a Briggs and Stratton 190cc lawnmower that kicks back like a mule on its pull cord. Any ideas ??