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

[Grizz1963]

Two boot fairs netted me nothing, but at least some treasures for Nicola.

After we came back, I went to the garage for a bit.
Painted and clear coated the water pump.



Then I fitted all the grease nipples to my suspension and greased up everything.



Followed by a visit from Nicolas dad and his dog.
At the same time I was chatting to mate Dennis in St Louis about various things.
At one point he texted to say he had pulled out and washed "my car" and that it looked better now.
I had to agree, looking forward to using this Hemi powered beast in October.



What a great day for me.

Later a long time RR's forum friend came over to visit and pick up some parts I got him last year.

Got to meet both Bryan, (Mr Tiki) and the TIKI MOBILE in person today.

This Hillman Imp has been one of my favourite cars for years as it evolved.

BUILD THREAD: http://retrorides.proboards.com/thre...peration-vroom

Spent quite a few hours looking at stuff, discussing ideas and drinking coffee.

HERE IS A VIDEO OF HIM LANDING:

TIKI Wagon - YouTube

And a few pics of the man and motor.

Note the Caddy tail lights.



900cc of rip snorting slant four power, based on a Coventry Climax Engine.



Some of the boards he makes on the roof.



Man and his machine.



All good things eventually have to come to an end.



After he left, I shut shop, came indoors and had dinner with Nicola, followed by an hour on FaceTime with Paul, NevEno in Oklahoma shooting the breeze on trucks and life in general.

And that was the end of a great weekend.

Thanks to all those who reply here and bring good advice.

Back to work tomorrow.

[flashed]

That is a cool looking little car .

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

That is a cool looking little car .

That 900cc runs all day at 80mph if you ask it to.

Worth $6000.00 as it stands.


Got some really bad news today......

The scrap yard has brought in a fragmenter, which means all scrap coming in now, gets shredded within an hour of being offloaded, so the chance of finding treasures has become almost nonexistent.

I popped in there on the way home to look for some copper rivets or thick copper wire that can be turned into rivets for Bryan's Hillman Imp, as we found an old Coventry Climax engine plate in my pile of treasures that he will be fitting to the rear of the car.

Found some thick copper cable, and then Dan who remembered the electric cutouts asked me if I could use this switch.

This is where I need the collective brain power.....
This is a 240 volt switch, no idea what the ratings etc mean, of course 12 volt can go through there, but is the rest of it OK to run my cutouts?



And then tonight when I got in, I saw this tool.......

I NEED ONE IN MY LIFE.

[Grizz1963]

No garage time today.

I did walk for 45 minutes though.... This is what happens when you are class bound for 9 weeks and end up eating everything that does not have a door knob in boredom. You get fat. Simple.

Every time I walk up to the farm, I realise how privileged we are, living out here in the middle of nowhere.

15 minutes from home you get to look over the Thames river to Essex.



On the way back this is my favourite home, comes with its own graveyard.

The first appearance of the name is in 1240.[2] St Mary's Church at St Mary Hoo was the parish church and gave its name to the village, and although it remains a Grade II building, dating from the 14th century, it has been reconstructed as a private house. Formally rebuilt in about 1881 of local ragstone, it has an unrestored 15th century southwest window that is noteworthy.




The day had great skies as well.

Final approach.



Anyway, I decided that I needed to go out and get a decent bicycle and start cycling as the walking alone would not remove all the food I shoved down my next in training.
So I went via the scrapyard to drop of some steel, and found this bike, it is not the same one I previously planned on buying.
Very pleased with it.

I have a plan to create a little side project to go with the truck.



After this I went to two bicycle shops and got a rude awakening with the price of half decent bikes.

I guess it is eBay next.

Hopefully I will get some garage time tomorrow.

[MacQuigley]

Hi Ryan,

As it happens I work for Schneider Electric who bought Telemecanique some 20 or more years ago. Its been a while since I did any calculations but very, very, roughly speaking at 12V that switch should be capable of carrying 60Amp. There will probably be some de-rating because your using it on DC.

I think that is quite an old switch but I can try and find someone who can give me some technical info if that would help.

What exactly do you want to do with it?

Bill

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by MacQuigley

Hi Ryan,

As it happens I work for Schneider Electric who bought Telemecanique some 20 or more years ago. Its been a while since I did any calculations but very, very, roughly speaking at 12V that switch should be capable of carrying 60Amp. There will probably be some de-rating because your using it on DC.

I think that is quite an old switch but I can try and find someone who can give me some technical info if that would help.

What exactly do you want to do with it?

Bill

Hi mate

I have a pair of solenoid switches that came with my QTP cutout valves and thought one single long stalk may look good and different.


https://youtu.be/Vxgl_xzl0m8


Thats them on the bench.

Hope it makes sense.

[MacQuigley]

If I understand correctly you just want that switch to run the two cut outs. If thats the case then yes that switch will be more than capable.

And even if it isnt (Id need to know the rating of the cutouts to be 100% sure - but looking at them they will not be drawing much current) you could use it to operate a relay which would then operate the cutouts

I dont think you will have a problem with that switch. Its more than up to the job.

[ibrown50]

It's no secret that in recent times standards of garage dress in the UK have been slipping. In a selfless attempt to arrest this decline Rian has taken to dressing correctly at all times in the garage. The picture below shows his (now standard) attire for routine maintenance, including fan belts, oil changes etc. For rust repairs and bodywork a less formal 3 piece suit will be worn, rumour also has it that tea in the garage has been abandoned in favour of vodka martinis (shaken but not stirred of course). He is hopeful that this standard will soon be adopted by other UK truck owners.

For Bill and truck owners north of the border a kilt and sporran will also be fine.

Attachment 1524661

Seriously he hates this peguin suit but was foolish enough to send me a picture

[Palf70Step]

Originally Posted by ibrown50

It's no secret that in recent times standards of garage dress in the UK have been slipping. In a selfless attempt to arrest this decline Rian has taken to dressing correctly at all times in the garage. The picture below shows his (now standard) attire for routine maintenance, including fan belts, oil changes etc. For rust repairs and bodywork a less formal 3 piece suit will be worn, rumour also has it that tea in the garage has been abandoned in favour of vodka martinis (shaken but not stirred of course). He is hopeful that this standard will soon be adopted by other UK truck owners.

For Bill and truck owners north of the border a kilt and sporran will also be fine.

Attachment 1524661

Seriously he hates this peguin suit but was foolish enough to send me a picture

I felt he was falling over and I was drunk trying to see the pic correctly. So Rian the pic shows you upright and sober, well for a bit.

[clemdaddy]

did you see the jewelry on the lady just to the right… I think Rian is getting finances in order to up the level of his truck build.

[flashed]

He cleans up pretty good dont he ? I luckily dont even own one of those ,much less have to wear one .

[MacQuigley]

Not sure you want to seem me in my kilt Ian, not sure ANYONE wants to see me in my kilt!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by ibrown50

It's no secret that in recent times standards of garage dress in the UK have been slipping. In a selfless attempt to arrest this decline Rian has taken to dressing correctly at all times in the garage. The picture below shows his (now standard) attire for routine maintenance, including fan belts, oil changes etc. For rust repairs and bodywork a less formal 3 piece suit will be worn, rumour also has it that tea in the garage has been abandoned in favour of vodka martinis (shaken but not stirred of course). He is hopeful that this standard will soon be adopted by other UK truck owners.

For Bill and truck owners north of the border a kilt and sporran will also be fine.



Seriously he hates this peguin suit but was foolish enough to send me a picture

Indeed, I do hate it, thankfully it will be up in the loft by Friday.

Originally Posted by flashed

He cleans up pretty good dont he ? I luckily dont even own one of those ,much less have to wear one .

You are a lucky man, trust me, it's not as special as it looks.

Originally Posted by MacQuigley

Not sure you want to seem me in my kilt Ian, not sure ANYONE wants to see me in my kilt!

I would vote for a pic of you in kilt and sporran.....

[Bomp]

Lookin' pretty sharp.

Little does anyone know you're packing a Leatherman.
Able to fix anything anytime anywhere. Now pour me a drink.

[Johnny_Lamebridge]

Hmmm, very nice... but I feel something's not quite right.

It's the shoes! Rian, you need a pair of black dress sandals (and probably a pedicure).

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

I felt he was falling over and I was drunk trying to see the pic correctly. So Rian the pic shows you upright and sober, well for a bit.

Had a lot of beer later.

Originally Posted by clemdaddy

did you see the jewelry on the lady just to the right… I think Rian is getting finances in order to up the level of his truck build.

That lady was a winner on the night.

Originally Posted by Bomp

Lookin' pretty sharp.

Little does anyone know you're packing a Leatherman.
Able to fix anything anytime anywhere. Now pour me a drink.

Swiss Army knife, but I do have a Leatherman Wave along with a bunch of other knives I gathered over time,

Originally Posted by Johnny_Lamebridge

Hmmm, very nice... but I feel something's not quite right.

It's the shoes! Rian, you need a pair of black dress sandals (and probably a pedicure).

Yes, the safety toe-teckters would make a difference.




Well, after all the training and meetings that have been going on since mid-February, I started working for real again today. Must say, it was good, and what's even better is that the team I am part of really seem supportive, not had much of that the last 5 years.

Just had Martin over to pick up some bits for Ian Brown's build and garage.

He also brought along the new dual filament LED lamps he had bought for the back up lights, we in the UK of course have to use Amber lamps for indicators, and they ideally should be separate from our rear lights.



Testing them, the amber is bright enough.



The eye searingly bright 50 watt white lamps will make great backup lights as both of us reverse into our properties.



Simply put, they fit in the new units I bought.



Biggest problem will be finding some replacement twin filament sockets to take the new LED lamps.






Has anyone else done this switch before?


Looking forward to a bit of truck time this weekend too.

[Johnny_Lamebridge]

Those dual-colour LED bulbs are a great idea to solve your turn signal issue without giving up the back up lights! I've never seen them before.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Johnny_Lamebridge

Those dual-colour LED bulbs are a great idea to solve your turn signal issue without giving up the back up lights! I've never seen them before.

Morning Johnny,

Loads of clever stuff out there.


Just saw this neat relocation for the filler, as I need to redo mine too.

Done by John "Chevy Fleetside" in San Francisco

[65sub]

Hi Rian. Those are cool new LED bulbs. Would a standard 1157 socket work with them.

[mjh1965]

Originally Posted by 65sub

Hi Rian. Those are cool new LED bulbs. Would a standard 1157 socket work with them.

Hi yes they are 1157 bulbs so a standard twin bayonet should be fine

[uber cool]

martin and Rian, these are the bulb holders you need they replace the exiting holder and you peen over the top to fit the holder.
http://www.autoelectricsupplies.co.u...54/category/81

I did this on Marks, look at post 92

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=656288&page=4

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by 65sub

Hi Rian. Those are cool new LED bulbs. Would a standard 1157 socket work with them.

Originally Posted by mjh1965

Hi yes they are 1157 bulbs so a standard twin bayonet should be fine

Originally Posted by uber cool

martin and Rian, these are the bulb holders you need they replace the exiting holder and you peen over the top to fit the holder.
http://www.autoelectricsupplies.co.u...54/category/81

I did this on Marks, look at post 92

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=656288&page=4

Thanks Andy.

I will check it all out.

[Grizz1963]

Every now and then you find a story or thread that really appeals to your own values, maybe reads like an adventure novel. And as it unfolds you get drawn in and end up going there every day.

This thread starts out bilingual, but predominantly English and then turns Enlish.

It is about the power of positive thought and about hard work, adjusting and sacrifice.

Take a look, I hope you enjoy it.

Gary is a great story teller.

http://www.wilddog.za.net/forum/inde...topic=190196.0




No truck time today.

Out early to help a friend move two people into a new home.

Then back home by 2pm and cut the grass, put my old mower onto eBay followed by a tall Dutch beer.

Following this I started on a bicycle I have wanted to work on for some time as I was not in the mood for the truck late in the day.

Started with this old Raleigh Shopper. It has been Blue, Red, White, Silver and latterly Gunmetal Grey Hammerite.



Stripped it right down and then cut the rear mudguard to a length I like.

The front and rear tyres may need replacing or at least new tubes.




Finished at this point tonight.

The plan is to paint it NATO cammo green or possibly another colour, but I am feeling the green at the moment.



Tomorrow promises to have some decent boot fairs if the weather holds out.

[Chevy Apache]

Hi Rian if you need some of those types give me a shout.
I know we're there are some new ones

[Palf70Step]

Like the bike Rian. They are good side projects when there isn't much time for the truck.