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

[Grizz1963]

So after boot fair today, I came home and did some indoors jobs, then cut all the hedges and shrubs.

Nicola was away for the weekend again, and got back before I was done, so I had a break, then carried on to finish the cleaning up.

Then I thought I would tackle the clean up of the little yellow Fire Engine.

Strip down.





Most of the chrome detailing was rusted and not too good, but I managed to polish most back to a decent standard.



Polished and painted bits.



Then the body, used T-Cut polish rejuvenator to cut back the dead paint after masking the mudguards.
Followed by Zymöl Polish.



Finaly the reassembly which left us with this so far.



Last thing I need to do when I get time is to get back in the woodwork shed and turn a new steering handle.

Weekend over.

[Grizz1963]

Typically, when you don't want to repeat stuff, the whole write up deletes itself just as you add the last pic.

Anyway, take 2

Came home late, and by 7pm I was out to paint the deck and other wooden structures around the BBQ.

Took an hour to complete and by 8.30 I had cleaned up and packed up.

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Next job is to find some time to complete the side and front paving pressure cleaner treatment.



Chatting to Dennis tonight, he sent this pic, I think this thing is going to look very cool.

[clemdaddy]

the house looks great and the darker deck matches up nice. easy to see why you're proud of it.
like your buddys race truck, its a very interesting project. looks like it will be scary fast. if you like this generation of truck and got a lot of nascar parts, what are you gonna build…

hows the new job treating ya?

[Grizz1963]

Started my long weekend with a trip over to Gravesend to see Andy and pick up an old Post Office petrol can for myself, and one for Paul Y.
The one for Paul was left with Martin when I went there to give him a hand with his cab, as Paul will be there tomorrow.

While I was with Andy, he offered me some more imperial tools, and a nice old Post Office toolbox.

Life really is good.



So after 90 minutes and a great cuppa tea, it was off to Martins place and eventually home after 9pm.


Also in the mail this week was this rather special bit of kit.

Anyone know what it is meant to do?



Tomorrow is a load more yard work and then at 5pm the fire gets started...... Yup, it's BBQ time.

Bedtime now, I hope to be out back with the pressure washer by 07.00

Loads to do this weekend that really needs doing.

[Ta2Don]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Started my long weekend with a trip over to Gravesend to see Andy and pick up an old Post Office petrol can for myself, and one for Paul Y.
The one for Paul was left with Martin when I went there to give him a hand with his cab, as Paul will be there tomorrow.

While I was with Andy, he offered me some more imperial tools, and a nice old Post Office toolbox.

Life really is good.



So after 90 minutes and a great cuppa tea, it was off to Martins place and eventually home after 9pm.


Also in the mail this week was this rather special bit of kit.

Anyone know what it is meant to do?



Tomorrow is a load more yard work and then at 5pm the fire gets started...... Yup, it's BBQ time.

Bedtime now, I hope to be out back with the pressure washer by 07.00

Loads to do this weekend that really needs doing.

Score on the tools and I will refrain from answering about the last pic as I was privy to it's purpose via our chat earlier in the day...
Cheers Mate! Hope tomorrow is enjoyable from waking to sleeping... Cheers...

[Grizz1963]

Back at Kevin's by 09.00 today to carry on with digging the rest of the trench and build the wall. Well, the building and spirit level are his department, so I could blame him if it looked poop, but it did not.

Only one boot-fair today, being a public holiday, but got an almost new shovel for £3.00 to replace the one I broke last night.

Kevin's son Jonathan came over to help a bit as well.

While they went off to buy some more bags of gravel, I turned all the bricks into hardcore with a lump hammer.



When they came back, Kevin and I carried on with the wall while Jonathan disappeared indoors.

About half an hour later........

This presented.... Well worth the wait.



Another long day, but by 17.00 this was the view.

Next up the rest of the garden bed comes out, the old paving gets lifted and the floor gets dropped another 100mm, then new paving and a set of steps up onto the lawn.

Turned out great so far.




Last night chatting with Dennis in St Louis, he showed me his truck progress.

The man is moving right ahead.

I do look forward to seeing this completed.







Maybe he can rob one of the engines from one of his sons Sprint cars.





Thanks for checking in.

[Grizz1963]

After spending some some good time on the truck on Saturday making up a new fuel line, Sunday was a more relaxed day.

Fitted a new Odyssey battery, took it for a brisk ride. And realised just how much I still enjoy this bike. It may be big and bulky, but once you ride off, it does change.

Then washed it.

MOT next Saturday.



Also tried to get mate Martins pot blaster to work, after removing damp glass media, tried kiln dried sand..... Fail.

I want to do my cab at home, on the driveway.

I know MacQuigly did his chassis beautifully, so there has to be an answer.

So need to figure out what I am missing. Pressure, media, brains??

[Grizz1963]

Called Real Steel American parts yesterday at 9.30am to order my new transmission seals and some gaskets for when the timing chain cover gets replaced.

Today when I got home from work.....

Tadaaaahhhhh!!!

Parcel had arrived.

Next stop, rebuild transmission, refill ATF and get reunited with motor.



Little jobs all coming together.

[HeinrichPrinsloo(SA)]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Pleasure Heinrich. Good to have you on here.

I know you are looking at a 66 this week as well.

Hope it is as good as you hope it to be.

Remember to try find out a bit more about its history and the Right Hand Drive C10's in South Africa.

Thanks Rian will do

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

Love the little fire engine ,it cleaned up real nice .

Great to see you back on here John.

Guess that's 3.5 hrs of my life I will not get back.

Originally Posted by Chevy Apache

Looks like a very predictive day, love those little things just have so much character not gonna show my granddaughter lol.

It's for sale Pete, imagine her little face.....

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Hang in there mate... that's an awesome job on a relatively inexpensive bobble...

Truck time is coming...

As always, I truly enjoy the previews...

Pleasure to share the previews Don, that is the great thing of Whatsapp and iMessage on iPhone

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Kool fire truck. Nice work on it Grizz.

Thank you very much Bill.

I love these toys and being able to buy one relatively cheaply and then get it looking good..... Prefect.

Originally Posted by HeinrichPrinsloo(SA)

Thanks Rian will do

Waiting to hear what you find out buddy.

[Grizz1963]

Load of stuff going on behind the scenes that is distracting me from giving the truck my full and undevided attention.

Also have a lot of yearly house and yard work plus maintenance to do.

Hopefully tomorrow will see me back on the truck for a bit.

Today though, I had to clear the wooden deck and then also the paving behind the house to pressure clean it all.

Took 9 hours including breaks and distractions.

I still need to brush in the kiln dried sand between the pavers and pain the deck in Ronseal decking oil.



Amazing what a year does.



Can you say Leg Tattoos?



Done. So though it distracts from the truck build, there are a load of things that needs doing when you own a home.




Through the day I was chatting with my friend Dennis in Missouri as he had not slept all night after having a medical procedure done yesterday.

He was at the body shop early, painted some NASCAR truck parts up, then continued with his little side project.

A 66 C10 onto a NASCAR frame and chassis.

This was his first run, and will be used on a different project later.





Today he was working on the final build unit.



Fortunately he knows a decent body shop guy.......



Really nice when you have a load, and I mean a load of NASCAR truck parts free to use.





Tomorrow may be a wash out for boot fair.

Still,,there will be truck time.

[Chevy Apache]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Great to see you back on here John.

Guess that's 3.5 hrs of my life I will not get back.



It's for sale Pete, imagine her little face.....



Pleasure to share the previews Don, that is the great thing of Whatsapp and iMessage on iPhone



Thank you very much Bill.

I love these toys and being able to buy one relatively cheaply and then get it looking good..... Prefect.



Waiting to hear what you find out buddy.

Yes Rian she would love it you will have let me know,cheers pete

[flashed]

Love the little fire engine ,it cleaned up real nice .

[Chevy Apache]

Looks like a very predictive day, love those little things just have so much character not gonna show my granddaughter lol.

[Ta2Don]

Hang in there mate... that's an awesome job on a relatively inexpensive bobble...

Truck time is coming...

As always, I truly enjoy the previews...

[Palf70Step]

Kool fire truck. Nice work on it Grizz.

[flashed]

That race truck looks cool ,your home chores cleaned up nice ,I cant believe you do that pressure washing with shorts on ,my legs would be raw.

[SKT]

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Late to this party, but there are all sorts of neat stuff in this thread!

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[Palf70Step]

That truck is looking way cool.

Those house choirs really can get in the way of truck building for sure. Bout ready to have my kitchen blown up for around 6 weeks. That will probably get in the way of much trcuk stuff.

Good luck, hopefully you can have a semi dry boot fair.

[clemdaddy]

you are exactly right about that 'load of things to do when you own a house'.
it's constant, it's expensive and consumes all your time. but… happy wife…

love the little fire truck, and a good job on it, looked like a fun project, and you sold it already?
hope to see you getting a little truck therapy soon, time to take it to the next phase…

we've been working on the wrong years and the wrong brands lately. but keeps the doors open.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

That race truck looks cool ,your home chores cleaned up nice ,I cant believe you do that pressure washing with shorts on ,my legs would be raw.

You will be even more impressed then if I tell you I clean my legs with the pressure cleaner too

Thing is, I have only cleaned up about 25% of the paving, it never really stops.

Originally Posted by SKT

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Late to this party, but there are all sorts of neat stuff in this thread!

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Thank you for posting SKT.

I post weird n wonderful stuff as I do not believe we are one dimensional, and we all learn from each other, so if my restoration of the little fire truck, inspires or shows the way, then it is great.

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

That truck is looking way cool.

Those house choirs really can get in the way of truck building for sure. Bout ready to have my kitchen blown up for around 6 weeks. That will probably get in the way of much trcuk stuff.

Good luck, hopefully you can have a semi dry boot fair.

Sadly no bootfair Bill, but I did manage to catch up with four weeks worth of expense claims for work.

Originally Posted by clemdaddy

you are exactly right about that 'load of things to do when you own a house'.
it's constant, it's expensive and consumes all your time. but… happy wife…

love the little fire truck, and a good job on it, looked like a fun project, and you sold it already?
hope to see you getting a little truck therapy soon, time to take it to the next phase…

we've been working on the wrong years and the wrong brands lately. but keeps the doors open.

Keeping the doors open is ultimately what it is about Clem.

The little fire truck sold for £40.00 to a friend who likes quirky things.

I will miss it, but it is very much one of those things that you,eventually fall,over and swear at.

Do you remember the little die cast truck Kim gave me last year?
Mickey next door was around for a coffee yesterday when Imwas pressure cleaning the paving and deck, and saw it....... He totally freaked out about it.
I told him it was rather special and came from a special home.

You,should still show us what keeps the doors open I. The Tuba Trucks thread, I am sure most of us are interested.

[Grizz1963]

No boot fairs today due to rain, so I spent about four hours doing admin this morning.

Funny how in this great hobby of ours, stuff takes on a whole new value when you do or don't have it.

Martin popped over at lunch time today to deliver on a trade we did previously, he needed quarter windows for his build and I needed some sun visors.

The stalks will need to be cleaned up and painted and the visors will get covered in black vinyl to go with the rest of the interior.



When Martin came, he also brought me another treasure.

I bought it off his friend Doof who banger races, this is from a Ford Focus, and he has access to more of them.

Special price to me was £10.00 which I think is fair, as I cannot be bothered to drive however far to a breakers yard, then removing it from a car.
Because I am removing the viscous coupled fan from the 350 motor, and due to the type of potentially slow traffic we have here in the UK, having an electric override makes more sense.

It's also a perfect fit over my standard radiator.



Of course things are not always simple, and despite getting the plug and wiring included, I now have 6 wires to deal with, two fans that are in one unit, but are actually different sizes. It also has two of the six wires feeding some unit with a spiral and resistor or transistor, see pic below.
Any idea what that is for?



This is the underside of the fan unit where the two wires feed to.

No idea what it is for at this point.




In other news, more truck directed actions today.

Martins engine stand came back and now my transmission is mounted on it, awaiting its service, shifting kit and new seals.



We also got the truck back on four wheels, new steering parts fitted, and the drop link etc refitted.



One more bit of cleverness from Martins day job, which is always about checking and double checking and legal culpability Is to mark your nuts with red paint.

So I went into the house and asked Nicola for some red nail polish.......

Every nut and split pin fitted and torqued down was marked so that I can see where things have been done.



HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY..........!!!




And that is another weekend over.

[flashed]

I would look at whatever he is workin on ,I like em all.

[flashed]

Looking great ,I like the nail polish marker .

[Brandons63]

Just throwing it out there, something that we use in the aircraft industry to mark nuts and bolts and other fasteners after they are torqued or to identify slippage is called torque seal or anti-sabotage lacquer. Works good, looks good and is cheap and not messy