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cptstickfigure · 03-10-2006, 12:28 PM

Hey all. I've been lurking here for a while and figured it was about time I introduced myself.

I've got a '64 shortbed stepside that I picked up last summer as a parts hauler for my '51 Chevy car project. It's pretty rough around the edges, but it's mechanically sound. Mostly. My wife and I flew down to Florida to pick it up, then drove it back to Central Illinois, and, while it took us about two days longer than we expected, we got home just fine. We shouldn't have, but we did. This truck has been growing on me ever since.

Anyway, you know how it goes. A fix here, an improvement there, and all of a sudden your truck is up on jackstands and you're out of space on your to do list.

Picture time! It's still mostly stock. The previous owner swapped the old fleetside bed for a stepside. Still has manual drum brakes, but I put in a dual chamber master cylinder. Engine is a 250 (which I love) with a new 2bbl carb and HEI. I've been working on a T5 swap all winter (EASY swap that I somehow made very difficult). It's all back together, but the input shaft is binding up somewhere, so it's all gotta come back out.

The truck. Try to ignore the rust.

Almost looks okay from 50 feet. Yeah, the previous owner was a painter.

One of my favorites from the last day of driving

HEI installation

jsbgump · 03-10-2006, 01:33 PM

Welcome to the board from Texas

smirch9 · 03-10-2006, 01:43 PM

Welcome to the board!

HotRod71 · 03-11-2006, 11:45 PM

Welcome from TN

71SWBChevy · 03-12-2006, 12:43 AM

from KY!

**Ron 586** · 03-12-2006, 02:13 AM

Welcome to the board from West Tennessee. You are the best salesman or have the most trusting wife I know of. Mine would have stayed home to answer the phone when I called in that I was broke down. That was a good shot out the windshield. Good luck on both your projects. Post a few of the 51 car we like them too.

cptstickfigure · 03-12-2006, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Ron 586

Welcome to the board from West Tennessee. You are the best salesman or have the most trusting wife I know of. Mine would have stayed home to answer the phone when I called in that I was broke down.

Thanks!

Believe it or not, my wife is the one who talked me into buying the truck. I actually had to fight for my turn behind the wheel on the way home. She finished that trip with a very tan left arm and a very pale right arm. She also came out last weekend to help me pull the transmission (thought it was the clutch, but looks like the input shaft is binding), and before that, she helped me rewire the '51.

I think she's a keeper.

The car

Problem

Fix

As it sits right now.

woodridge · 03-12-2006, 01:28 PM

Welcom from East Tn, great to have you aboard.

**N2TRUX** · 03-12-2006, 09:41 PM

Welcome to the forum cptstickfigure. It's always nice to have new guys come along. Sounds like you have a great wife....

chevy_fatman · 03-13-2006, 12:59 AM

to the board.

86swb · 03-13-2006, 10:14 PM

Welcome to the board from Kentucky. Looks like there is a guy on your pasenger door ready to shoot out your tire. Also sounds like you have a keeper of a wife there. Again welcome.

cptstickfigure · 03-14-2006, 11:42 AM

Yup. Got the hunter on the passenger door, a wolf's head on the driver's side, Rat Fink on the back of the cab, and foliage/camo on the wheel covers and rear bumper. Used to have the painter's web address on the tailgate, but I sanded that off because I got sick of people asking for price estimates at every other stoplight.

That airbrushing is probably the biggest sticking point on the truck. I think it's a bit much, but I seem to be in the minority. I figure it'll all come off when I do the bodywork anyway, so no harm done.

Skruffy · 03-14-2006, 12:29 PM

Hi there and welcome. I'm in Arcola - just down the road. I'm not too active here because I'm terribly busy, but it's good to see someone close. I have a 71 Cheyenne Super, 68 SWB, 72 SWB Fleet, and 72 Cheyenne Super for parts. The city HATES me.

LUV2XCLR8 · 03-14-2006, 06:37 PM

From West TN

krue · 03-19-2006, 12:23 PM

Welcome to the board from South Mississippi! Sounds like you've got a winner for a wife!

jbon64 · 03-23-2006, 10:30 PM

hey welcome !!!! i'm in sidney , and work for the cable co. in urbana , i'll keep an eye out for your ride

cptstickfigure · 03-27-2006, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by jbon64

hey welcome !!!! i'm in sidney , and work for the cable co. in urbana , i'll keep an eye out for your ride

No way! The truck's in a borrowed garage on the far side of Catlin right now, so I drive through Sidney every time I go out to work on it. That, by the way, is why my t5 swap is taking FOREVER.

jbon64 · 03-28-2006, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by cptstickfigure

No way! The truck's in a borrowed garage on the far side of Catlin right now, so I drive through Sidney every time I go out to work on it. That, by the way, is why my t5 swap is taking FOREVER.

HA !! i know that building in the first picture.....cruised by a couple of times and didnt see the truck . catlin is a decent haul from urbana

*rage'nrat638* · 03-28-2006, 11:23 PM

welcome to the board from AURORA il

cptstickfigure · 03-29-2006, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by jbon64

HA !! i know that building in the first picture.....cruised by a couple of times and didnt see the truck . catlin is a decent haul from urbana

It is indeed. That first picture is actually my old apartment in Urbana. Probably why you didn't see it in catlin

kxmotox247 · 03-29-2006, 01:09 PM

Welcome from Champaign! I think we've me on the HAMB already.

cptstickfigure · 03-29-2006, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by kxmotox247

Welcome from Champaign! I think we've me on the HAMB already.

The very same. I didn't realize you were on this board.

kxmotox247 · 03-29-2006, 06:36 PM

Yep...I'm a sick man. I have the disease bad enough that I own a 67 Chevy truck and a 68 Chevy truck too.

jbon64 · 03-29-2006, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by kxmotox247

Yep...I'm a sick man. I have the disease bad enough that I own a 67 Chevy truck and a 68 Chevy truck too.

moto , i see in your profile you collect old skateboards . VERY COOL !!! i've been collecting stuff from bulldog skates for a couple years now , nothing old but i do have a couple of desirables.

Skruffy · 03-29-2006, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by kxmotox247

Yep...I'm a sick man. I have the disease bad enough that I own a 67 Chevy truck and a 68 Chevy truck too.

Same here, I think I'm a carrier - One 68, two 71s, one 72. The city hates me.

03-10-2006, 12:28 PM	#1
cptstickfigure Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Urbana, IL Posts: 25	New in Central Illinois Hey all. I've been lurking here for a while and figured it was about time I introduced myself. I've got a '64 shortbed stepside that I picked up last summer as a parts hauler for my '51 Chevy car project. It's pretty rough around the edges, but it's mechanically sound. Mostly. My wife and I flew down to Florida to pick it up, then drove it back to Central Illinois, and, while it took us about two days longer than we expected, we got home just fine. We shouldn't have, but we did. This truck has been growing on me ever since. Anyway, you know how it goes. A fix here, an improvement there, and all of a sudden your truck is up on jackstands and you're out of space on your to do list. Picture time! It's still mostly stock. The previous owner swapped the old fleetside bed for a stepside. Still has manual drum brakes, but I put in a dual chamber master cylinder. Engine is a 250 (which I love) with a new 2bbl carb and HEI. I've been working on a T5 swap all winter (EASY swap that I somehow made very difficult). It's all back together, but the input shaft is binding up somewhere, so it's all gotta come back out. The truck. Try to ignore the rust. Almost looks okay from 50 feet. Yeah, the previous owner was a painter. One of my favorites from the last day of driving HEI installation

03-10-2006, 01:33 PM	#2
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03-11-2006, 11:45 PM	#4
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03-12-2006, 02:13 AM	#6
Ron 586 RIP Mr Ron Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Big Sandy, Tn. 38221 Posts: 8,166	Re: New in Central Illinois Welcome to the board from West Tennessee. You are the best salesman or have the most trusting wife I know of. Mine would have stayed home to answer the phone when I called in that I was broke down. That was a good shot out the windshield. Good luck on both your projects. Post a few of the 51 car we like them too. __________________ Ron (Mr Round Tuit) Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle TN Message Forum TN Facebook Group SETN Truck Show My Photobucket

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03-12-2006, 09:41 PM	#9
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03-13-2006, 12:59 AM	#10
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03-13-2006, 10:14 PM	#11
86swb Born a Chevy Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Navarre, Florida Posts: 10,221	Re: New in Central Illinois Welcome to the board from Kentucky. Looks like there is a guy on your pasenger door ready to shoot out your tire. Also sounds like you have a keeper of a wife there. Again welcome. __________________ John or 86 (Viet Nam combat Vet-BIG RED ONE) '65-'66 1986 Chevy SWB Silverado 1984 Chevy Longbed Silverado New Kia Sportage (Wife's car and she loves it) CHEVY, American made w/pride! If you can read this, YOU NEED TO THANK A TEACHER! If you can read this in ENGLISH, PLEASE THANK A SOLDIER! GOD BLESS AMERICA AND BLESS OUR FIGHTING TROOPS

03-14-2006, 11:42 AM	#12
cptstickfigure Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Urbana, IL Posts: 25	Re: New in Central Illinois Yup. Got the hunter on the passenger door, a wolf's head on the driver's side, Rat Fink on the back of the cab, and foliage/camo on the wheel covers and rear bumper. Used to have the painter's web address on the tailgate, but I sanded that off because I got sick of people asking for price estimates at every other stoplight. That airbrushing is probably the biggest sticking point on the truck. I think it's a bit much, but I seem to be in the minority. I figure it'll all come off when I do the bodywork anyway, so no harm done.

03-14-2006, 12:29 PM	#13
Skruffy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 187	Re: New in Central Illinois Hi there and welcome. I'm in Arcola - just down the road. I'm not too active here because I'm terribly busy, but it's good to see someone close. I have a 71 Cheyenne Super, 68 SWB, 72 SWB Fleet, and 72 Cheyenne Super for parts. The city HATES me.

03-14-2006, 06:37 PM	#14
LUV2XCLR8 The LuvShack Garage Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Maple Grove, TN (West Side) Posts: 30,475	Re: New in Central Illinois From West TN __________________ Owner/Op: "TN Classic Transport Carriers" The Toy: "Square Vette" 72 Hybrid Blazer Toy Barn: "LuvShack" 40 x 60 x 20 Shop Big Piggy: "Goliath" 07 Kodiak C4500 Lil Piggy:"Maddy" 88 Silverado 3500 Hauler: "Feathers" 14 Aluma 8218T

03-19-2006, 12:23 PM	#15
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,450	Re: New in Central Illinois Welcome to the board from South Mississippi! Sounds like you've got a winner for a wife! __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

03-23-2006, 10:30 PM	#16
jbon64 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: sidney , illinois Posts: 312	Re: New in Central Illinois hey welcome !!!! i'm in sidney , and work for the cable co. in urbana , i'll keep an eye out for your ride __________________ hey.....smell my finger 64 nova wagon , 63 nova convertible



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03-29-2006, 01:09 PM	#21
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03-29-2006, 06:36 PM	#23
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