Ian's Tennessee Honey '64 Short Box Step-side - England

[ibrown50]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Shock mounts came out great! …and it's hard to beat a box of cubans...
Happy Belated Mate!...

Thanks Don, apparently those Quintero's are better if you age them for about 18 months........ somehow I can't see them lasting that long

Originally Posted by mjh1965

Happy birthday mate . Like you I usually take the day off . Hope you had a good day . Thanks again for the gas monkey bottle openers . I will drop Rian's to him tommorow . Don't forget to post lots of pictures of the brake pipe install as I need to do mine .

Thanks Martin and yes I'll do the photos

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Good instal Ian.

Thanks for the Prezzie !!

In fact, you are the one who should be receiving presents.

Happy Birthday.

Thanks Rian

[Grizz1963]

Life certainly is good.

First I get to copy your relocated battery tray, then I get a cool Gas Monkey Garage bottle opener/key ring in the post.

Thanks Ian !! That's very generous of you, as experienced before.

[ibrown50]

Well another rainy holiday weekend, my time has been spent between building a window seat for my daughter (she only been asking for 2 years) finishing plumbing in my brakes and finishing the lid for Rian's heater box.

The master cylinder and booster have been fitted for a while, The brake cylinder is a GM style jobbie (disc/drum) with a 7" booster and proportioning valve all from MBM. I had to make the bracket to mount them to the fire wall and used the mounting holes from the previous master cylinder.



I also had to make up a push rod, this was made from a piece of 3/8 threaded bar and a long stud connector ( for maximum adjustment) with locking nuts to keep it all safe.



I borrowed my mates flaring tool to make the pipes up. It's probably old that I am but it makes great flares!



I noticed Andy (Uber Cool) has the same pipe bender as me, they work great and for £10 (ish) good value too.



The tubes are 3/16 cupro-nickel, I prefer it to copper as it doesn't work harden. The front flexis are new and came with the disc brake kit the rear one is ordered and should be with me by Thursday. I also fitted a Wilwood residual pressure valve to the drum brake circuit. All the pipes are clipped up using nylon clips, so once the rear flexi arrives I can get it all bled and I'll be good to go.

[uber cool]

Nice install on the brake pipes and reminds me I need some clips too

[ibrown50]

I got my daughters window seat finished (except for paint and upholstery...but choosing colors is way above my pay grade ). So my daughters happy



And I got Rians blower/heater box lid finished (theres more on his build thread Grizz1963) so he's happy too. So all in all not bad for a rainy holiday weekend.

[Grizz1963]

Thank you very much again for this Ian, you have no idea how pleased I am with this piece of art.

It will certainly make me open the hood more often than I normally would.

I certainly understand the concept of "Above my pay grade"

Story of my life.

[Ta2Don]

Cheers!!!

Creative on a number of levels!

[uber cool]

wow that heater box cover is sooo cool, I can see a side line coming on

[ibrown50]

John Lennon once said "life is the thing that happens when you're busy making other plans" and life really has been getting in the way recently, I've barely made any progress in 6 weeks.

I finished the brake and steering install a while ago so when I found a bit of time recently I thought I would take the oportunity to put the truck back on its wheels . I fitted the 20" wheels I bought a while back but discovered a snag, the centre caps wouldn't fit, the centre hub of the new discs stick out too far.



I have always intended to paint the spokes grey so it was time to kill two birds with one stone. I didn't think a beer can hub cap would work with this style of wheel so after a bit of head scratching and surfing the net I found these on the Speedway eBay store,



they're not the best quality I've ever seen (made in Taiwan) but they were in a sale and at $40 for the full set (like £25) they are ok. I got some Bow Tie centre cap stickers for £5 also from eBay to finish them off.



The towers taper so trying to work out the exact dia at the point they would come through the centre caps was a bit of a challenge, after detailed measuring and calculations Ok I guessed that it was about 3 1/2", which was real handy because I had a 3 1/2" hole saw.



Next up paint the spokes, I chose a semi gloss mid grey (I only did 2 wheels in case I didn't like the colour). I have to say masking them was a pain, they literally took an hour each to mask.

[ibrown50]

I gave them a good sand and de-grease, followed by a coat of etch so the paint should stay on ok (there's nothing worse than flaky wheels),



Then 2 coats of 2K grey, I am very pleased with the way they turned out



All in the wheels (including tyres) stand me at shade over £250 ($375) with the spinners fitted I think they look pretty cool (Still need to tighten the centre caps though)

[Johnny_Lamebridge]

Ian, that's a clever solution to your wheel problem.

[MacQuigley]

Nice job on the wheels Ian. I like them.

[ibrown50]

I've been a bit under the weather this past week, so was delighted when I recieved this in the mail on Saturday, courtesy of Clem, Martin and Rian, thank you gentlemen I will wear it with pride.

I have been following Martin and Rians "epic" road trip (like many on here) however, I can now say, you've read the thread, you've followed the road trip, now wear the T-shirt

[mjh1965]

Glad you liked it we just can't all wear them to the same show at the same time .

[Ta2Don]

Diggin the Wheels, great idea for the centers...

Chuffed you got a shirt...

[ibrown50]

Hello everyone, hope you all had a great Christmas and may I wish everyone good health and happiness for 2016.

Those of you who follow this thread will recall the "new" hood I shipped all the way from California.

Most of the time since the last update has been spent working the many dings and dents out of my "new" hood.

This has taken rather longer than I had originally hoped it would but today I got a final coat of primer applied and (if I say so myself) it's looking pretty good.

[ibrown50]

I have also bust the back suspension off ready for its rebuild and 5" drop. I have had the trailing arms blasted,



and while I was at it had the hinges done too.

I made a "stretcher" for the springs so that the blaster could get in between the coils and I could get the paint between them too



The usual coat of etch primer and two coats of 2K black and they are almost good as new.



They look pretty cool fitted too.



The hood is so big it takes up most of my work space in my garage, so next job will be to paint the hood and then I'll get it fitted, this will give me some working space to get cracking with the rear supension.

[mjh1965]

Looking good Ian . looks like you are making the most of the time off , between Christmas and new year as well .

[[JP]]

wow!!!
right.. this wasn't what I was expecting when I came in on this thread...
this is pure porn!! just went through the whole thread, love the details and very cool putting the battery underneath!
definitely subscribing to this!

[Johnny_Lamebridge]

Originally Posted by ibrown50

I made a "stretcher" for the springs so that the blaster could get in between the coils and I could get the paint between them too

Another genius idea!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Johnny_Lamebridge

Another genius idea!

I love these simple solutions to real problems.

Nice one and thanks for sharing Ian.

[ibrown50]

This is not really truck related but I thought I'd share an experience I had earlier in the week. I have been a lifelong fan of the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy. The singer/song writer and front man Phil Lynott died in 1986 and every year on the anniversary of his death a group of his friends organise a series of gigs (known as the "Vibe for Philo") in his home town of Dublin, to celebrate his life and music. People come from all over the world, it's an amazing three days.

Anyway Phil is buried out on the coast a short train ride from Dublin, so on Monday (the anniversary of his death) me and my mate (also called Phil) decided we would go and pay our respects (if we could find his grave!). We got to the train station in Howth and were clearly looking very lost when a gentlemen, who introduced himself as Gerry, asked where we were "off to". When we told him he said he was also going to the grave, had just ordered a taxi and we were welcome to share it, we gratefully accepted.


This is where it got "special". He then mentioned that he was going to visit Philomena and would it be ok with us if we called there first. Philomena is Phil Lynotts mum !!!!! suffice to say we agreed. (sorry about the pictures I cannot get them the right way up)



I cannot ever remember meeting such a lovely person, she was polite, utterly charming and very hospitable. Although she has much Phil's memorabilia loaned out to museums etc all over the world there is a room in her house where she keeps some of his gold and platinum discs, his juke box and a few more personal items. She was happy for us to browse the items telling us funny stories attached to many of them. She even "made" all of us try on his cowboy hat.





Gerry it turned out as well as being a friend of Phil Lynott, had roadied for (amongst others) Thin Lizzy and Rory Gallagher, he was great company and kept us amused for several hours with some truly amazing stories.



The "Vibe for Philo" is always a special few days but this year for me at least it was extra special

[mjh1965]

Thanks for Sharing Ian . What an awesome trip made even better by a chance meeting . I like you grew up with the songs of thin lizzy playing on a tape cassette in my first car . Glad you had a great time .

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by ibrown50

This is not really truck related but I thought I'd share an experience I had earlier in the week. I have been a lifelong fan of the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy. The singer/song writer and front man Phil Lynott died in 1986 and every year on the anniversary of his death a group of his friends organise a series of gigs (known as the "Vibe for Philo") in his home town of Dublin, to celebrate his life and music. People come from all over the world, it's an amazing three days.

Anyway Phil is buried out on the coast a short train ride from Dublin, so on Monday (the anniversary of his death) me and my mate (also called Phil) decided we would go and pay our respects (if we could find his grave!). We got to the train station in Howth and were clearly looking very lost when a gentlemen, who introduced himself as Gerry, asked where we were "off to". When we told him he said he was also going to the grave, had just ordered a taxi and we were welcome to share it, we gratefully accepted.


This is where it got "special". He then mentioned that he was going to visit Philomena and would it be ok with us if we called there first. Philomena is Phil Lynotts mum !!!!! suffice to say we agreed. (sorry about the pictures I cannot get them the right way up)

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I cannot ever remember meeting such a lovely person, she was polite, utterly charming and very hospitable. Although she has much Phil's memorabilia loaned out to museums etc all over the world there is a room in her house where she keeps some of his gold and platinum discs, his juke box and a few more personal items. She was happy for us to browse the items telling us funny stories attached to many of them. She even "made" all of us try on his cowboy hat.

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Gerry it turned out as well as being a friend of Phil Lynott, had roadied for (amongst others) Thin Lizzy and Rory Gallagher, he was great company and kept us amused for several hours with some truly amazing stories.

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The "Vibe for Philo" is always a special few days but this year for me at least it was extra special

Chance meetings, being what they are, are often so much more than that.

Which is why my motto is always "Be Nice"

You are an awesome guy yourself, and here "Chance" paid you back double.

Like Martin and I meeting a whole raft of amazing people on our road trip, and one of them being Mike and Sarah Losh, through Clem, which culminated in us getting to meet some of the Gas Monkey guys, your world is a whole lot better for a chance meeting.

Thanks for sharing, at our age, the trucks we drive and music we like means this is totally appropriate.

For those who do not know Thin Lizzy...........

Click Links below.

The Boys are back in town.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JG3UiGHv0FU

Still in love with you.

http://youtu.be/261uidoVOVk

Whiskey in the jar.

http://youtu.be/wyQ-tScuzwM

I do not want to apologise for hijacking your thread Ian, as I grew up on a diet that included Thin Lizzy too.

Links for those who never knew them.

[Ta2Don]

Very Cool story!!! Bucket list addition

Thanx Rian for the links... Whiskey in the Jar is one of my all time favorite songs...