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

[markeb01]

Great shot!

[Ta2Don]

Agreed, awesome pic!
Cheers
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[Grizz1963]

Thanks guys.

My mate Martin and his wife Amanda invited me to this show, which I had planned on inviting them to as well.

This morning at 05.00 Harley came in to wake me, and by 05.30 I was up, out the house by about 06.15 to go run through a boot fair before meeting Martin and Amanda at the Esso Services on the A2 at 08.00 sharp.

Bootfair was great, I popped into McD's for a coffee before hitting the road with the Redneck Express.

Being exhibitors, we got free entry to the show and the Steam Meuseum.

I will try to just post some pics.

Due to the sheer volume of American cars and trucks, I have decided to post up mostly just the trucks.

Hope you like.

At bootfair early morning......



We were being followed by a '65 Chevy in blue and red oxide primer.



At the Maldon show field......




Martin getting the shorter arm of the law......



Maybe not as happy now as he had been earlier. Never seen him without a smile.



There really was something for everyone.

Can you see the rider on this??





On the way home I stopped by at my other buddy Mavericks place to drop of stuff and collect a plasma cutter of mine he had there.

I WANT A RIDE ON TRACTOR.



I am busy making a full thread that I will be posting in the gneral section with a link once I get done with it.

[Ta2Don]

Very Nice...
Love the Pics, Thanks for sharing... I especially like the tractor one...

Here's a Bear Pic for you... It's on Jeremy's arm...

[Grizz1963]

Are most of these pics upside down for you guys?

On here they are, yet they were posted correctly from Photobucket.
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[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Very Nice...
Love the Pics, Thanks for sharing... I especially like the tractor one...

Here's a Bear Pic for you... It's on Jeremy's arm...

Thanks for that.

I take it he has an associated meaning with it.

The Bulldog was posted first thing this morning. (minus plinth)

[Grizz1963]

Martin getting into the insides of the door, discovering that the mechanism was fitted by a blind brain damaged chimpanzee...... Non standard part.



Old vs New (used)



Getting on with it.



Now we have a working window,



My mate Don got me a Miata badge off his son's car a few weeks ago and sent it over, in exchange for a nodding head bulldog for their tattoo shop.

Fitted it this morning.





Nicola is pleased, lets hope nobody else needs it more than her.

[Grizz1963]

Fitted two new 80Watt door speakers tonight after work then treated us to a test drive with Miss Daisy to Fish n Chip shop to the sounds of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds.
Sounded a whole lot better.
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[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Fitted two new 80Watt door speakers tonight after work then treated us to a test drive with Miss Daisy to Fish n Chip shop to the sounds of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds.
Sounded a whole lot better.
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WOW !!
I have not heard anyone reference that album in decades!!
I got it as a teen, and still have it....as 2 LP vinyl.
"Forever Autumn" was my favorite song off that and my fave part was the sinking of the Thunderchilde.....

Heh the memories come a-flooding back !!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by McMurphy

WOW !!
I have not heard anyone reference that album in decades!!
I got it as a teen, and still have it....as 2 LP vinyl.
"Forever Autumn" was my favorite song off that and my fave part was the sinking of the Thunderchilde.....

Heh the memories come a-flooding back !!

We had the privilege of going to the 25th year anniversary show at the O2 Arena.

Really was amazing, bought the tickets as Christmas presents to ourselves.

Nicola had booked us in the 4th row, so got to enjoy it up close and personal.

[Ta2Don]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Fitted two new 80Watt door speakers tonight after work then treated us to a test drive with Miss Daisy to Fish n Chip shop to the sounds of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds.
Sounded a whole lot better.
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What, no pics of the Fish-n-Chips Run?

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

What, no pics of the Fish-n-Chips Run?

Actually did think of it.

Thought I would post up a pic of one of the speakers that was fitted to the car when we bought it.



Now of course replaced with new improved speakers.

Through mate Martin also found a slightly damaged hard top roof for the car. Price includes Frankenstein bolts, side clips and attachments.

Updates to follow as it unfolds.

[Ta2Don]

Thanx Rian, we will post badge tomorrow, the boy started job this morning!
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[Grizz1963]

Right, for those like Ta2Don who like more pics, I have posted the pics in the general section, loads of trucks.

Take a look and see what the UK truck scene looks like.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...42#post6260642

Hope you guys enjoy.

[Ta2Don]

Teaser Pic...
Will Post in the morning!!!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Teaser Pic...
Will Post in the morning!!!

Badge landed safely this week. Thanks to Don and his son who now no longer has a Miata badge on his MX5

Showed it to Nocola and she was VERY pleased. Like me, she likes stuff a bit different, so the US Spec badge will do that too.

Thursday night after work I drove about 50 miles via mate Martin who has two MX5's and a Chevy C10 truck's place, down to Ashford to buy a complete electric window mechanism from a breaker for £40 which including company car fuel at 12p/mile meant it cost me £52.00 to fetch as my mates rates unit at half that price never made it out the starting gates due to ill health.

Friday I worked in Central London so when I got home via train and after filling the company car, I jumped into Merlin and drove the 15 miles to Martins place for him to "help me fit it" (well, he did all the work)

On removing the door panel which I will remake some time, we found a "universal" winder lit bodged in there.

40 minutes later we had a working drivers window and a very happy wife who was watching the progress via Whatsapp updates from home, as she got home at about 5.30

Once done I needed to get home and jumped in, only to be asked by Martin "Why do you sit so close to the wheel?"

Yes, turns out that in the rush to fit the chrome Style bar, I had fitted it back to front........ Two bolts and less than 10 minutes later, I was stretching my legs with the seats back another 50mm which never bothered Miss Daisy as she sits closer to the wheel anyway.

So a big Thank You to Martin for the help to clear the last hurdle in getting Merlin fully useable for Nicola who asked me last night if she could go to work today (Saturday) even though they do not work weekends.

Pics later.
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[Ta2Don]

Hey Grizz...
Here's a pic of the boy's Miata with the Honda badge...

[chad64chevy]

I like the glove box idea!! I have thought about buying the cardboard one and making it out of metal, thanks for the idea and for showing how easy it will be, thanks again!!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by chad64chevy

I like the glove box idea!! I have thought about buying the cardboard one and making it out of metal, thanks for the idea and for showing how easy it will be, thanks again!!

Thanks Chad.

Yep, trust me, its as easy as it looks, if I can, anyone can.

I am just soooo sorry I did not copy the template so one could lay it out as a plan for everyone to copy.



After work today I went down to the garage to check something out that has bugged me for a while.

The truck has some white plastic panels along the bottoms of the doors, and when I bought it, my suspicion was that they were covering holes. Presumably speaker holes. But you could not feel it, as the plastic is quite thick.




Ideally I would be happy with intact all steel door panels, but hey..... if the holes are there..... make lemonade.

Et Voila !!!!



Test fitted the 6 X 9 200 Watt speakers I had hidden for a rainy day and even the mounting holes correspond.

I also have an amp in the garage that I gave to a friend a few years ago, along with a 12 inch Sub, which should drive the pair of 4 ways quite adequately.



Of course there are also a pair of speakers mounted in the "B-Pillars" behind my head, but I will be leaving them alone. Along with the 400 Watt speakers in the doors, it will be way more noise than I need.



Over the weekend I have a few bits to do, including going to see a guy about airbrush painting a skull.

I may pop over to Martins, as he is in the electronics game and I want to fit a beeper inside the cab to my indicator, so that I can remember to switch them off after I go around a corner.
He also has rubber grommets which he uses in his daily job, or removes from customers cars, so maybe fit some when fitting the speakers in the doors.

[Ta2Don]

Nice!!!

[McMurphy]

Rian, before you go all crazy with mounting speakers, you may want to look at investing in some foam backing baffles for them.
The reasons being they will improve sound quality, extend the life of the speakers, and in the case of the door mounted ones, they will protect them from the rain water and dirt that slip in through the window gaps.

They run about $10 USD for a pair, and IMO are by far worth the investment.

Good use for the holes in the doors though !!
Are you going to paint the rusty panel to match your door skins? (as in black?)

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by McMurphy

Rian, before you go all crazy with mounting speakers, you may want to look at investing in some foam backing baffles for them.
The reasons being they will improve sound quality, extend the life of the speakers, and in the case of the door mounted ones, they will protect them from the rain water and dirt that slip in through the window gaps.

They run about $10 USD for a pair, and IMO are by far worth the investment.

Good use for the holes in the doors though !!
Are you going to paint the rusty panel to match your door skins? (as in black?)

Hi Mike

Thanks for the reply and advice.

I agree about protection for sure. It will happen.

I had a Ford mini-truck years ago as a student(Google Ford Cortina/ford P100 pickup or Bakkie for images) and had what looked like half cups in plastic over the door mounted speakers. Nicola's MX5 door speakers were rotten for the same reason, so it will be happening.

Regarding the door panel paint..... They will be cleaned up and painted.

However, I may still panel them like the upper panels in leather/vinyl or satin black.
I plan on repainting the whole dash satin black too, as there is just way too much red in there for me.
It will also include welding up that ugly assed radio mount hole and redoing it neatly, and the auxillary gauge panel next to the main instruments and relocating the auxillaries to a panel below the dash. There is a tear in the metal on the one corner of the glove box that needs repairing too. Weld or braze??

If I can have a decent new carpet made up using the existing one as patern, and for sensible money I may go that route as well.

The truck has to stay a driver and working truck, so I need to put function ahead of form all the way. Things like the quarter vent window rubbers will get replaced as they are rotten but the side trim will only get replaced if I earn a bonus or win a lottery draw.
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[Grizz1963]

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[Grizz1963]

Years ago I gave this amp and sub speaker to my mate Dirk for a little Suzuki van he had, but it got stolen within a week of him purchasing it. So he never got to use them.

When I saw him recently and mentioned that I was going to investigate the doors to see if they had holes and if I could fit the 200watt 6X9 speakers I had in my secret reserve stash, he said he still had the amp and sub, just needed to find them, and I could have them back.
About 25 minutes later and typically the last storage crate he looked in, they came out.



I cannot remember the power output of the Sub, but had it in a car before and it was more than sufficient.

So now just need to figure out where to mount it in the truck, maybe use an old surround sound box.





Looking forward to getting all this sorted.

[Ta2Don]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

I had a Ford mini-truck years ago as a student(Google Ford Cortina/ford P100 pickup or Bakkie for images)

Just Googled this, reminds me of the Ford Courier Mini Pick-ups here in the Colonies...

As for your Vent Windows, When you get ready to do them, Check out Alan's thread on them, very detailed and informative...

Have a Great Weekend...