Project GOLIATH

[Blue666]

Check out this cool 66 long bed. Not my project but some interesting write ups on a 292 rebuild. Enjoy.

http://www.bangshift.com/blog/project-cars/trucks.html

[Dinos63]

Duuude i want one!!!!

[rightpedal]

Sweet some BS guys on this site. Brian is a hell of a nice guy and Goliath is a monster.

http://www.bangshift.com/blog/Goliat...0-Edition.html This is a newer update.

Steve

[duallyjams]

That thing is cool. tell him to swing on over here and post some pics.

[BLohnes]

Hey guys,

I'm Brian Lohnes, the editor of BangShift.com and more importantly the owner of Goliath!

The truck is a 1966 C50 that sports a 292ci I6, SM420 transmission, and a 16,000lb rear axle filled with 7.20:1 gears. It'll go 60mph on a good day, it is also capable of pulling my whole neighborhood down the street as well.

I've had the truck for about a year. The bed is a custom made box that someone fabricated out of 1/4" steel plate and then welded '66 bed sides onto. It was very well done and looks factory, even though there was never such thing as a C50 pickup truck.

I'm a newb here so I don't want to break any rules by smashing a ton of links up, but I have been documenting the process of putting the truck back together into running order since I got it.

Feel free to ask any questions about the big guy. I think the truck is totally boss and have really enjoyed wrenching on it. I still have some stuff to square away, but it runs and drives really well since I have gone though the motor and other systems.

Here's a couple photos....



For scale, here's a shot of Goliath next to my buddy's '56 half ton. Dig the matching paint!

[onequickchevy]

Man, that is one awesome machine. I would love to drop the kids of at school in that thing!

[61_FL_Apache]

Sweet truck Brian!!! Thanks for sharing!!

[rcnutt]

Now ,THAT is Cool.....

[m6z]

cool.

[BLohnes]

Thanks for the good words guys. I really love this truck and am excited to cruise it in the Spring. It looks like a giant Tonka toy, which is what I really like about it.

The downside is that it rides like a hay wagon, but I knew that going in, so I'm cool with it!

I have about half a million photos of the beast in various stages of repair. I'll throw some random ones up.

Here's a front brake line repair from a few weeks ago. The hard line runs from the driver's side, all the way to the front of the frame, across, and over to the passenger side wheel. Is this the way all the 60-66 trucks do it or just the big guys?





Here's the rear leaf spring pack!



Interior shot -- the seat was $50 from the junkyard and came out of an '89 GMC



Here's my big dumb ass wrenching!

[BLohnes]

Oh, and yeah, when I was rebuilding the engine (with the block in the frame) I used the tailgate of my F250 as a work stand. I'd back the truck up to Goliath, fold the tail gate down and work on the motor that way.

Here's a cool photo of my son Jack and I inspecting things from our work perch last winter.

[Blue666]

Brian, Hope you don't mind that I put your very cool truck up on the board. I was stumbling around the internets & for it on BangShift. I think the big truck need a bit more showing off.

Do you have any pictures on how you made the bed? Does the bed work as a dump bed? Also where is your gas tank?

Thanks,

Blue666

[BLohnes]

Blue, I didn't make the bed, I bought the truck with the bed on it. It does not work as a dump but I have been mulling that project for next winter. I wouldn't take much to transform it into a dump action and that would rule.

The gas tank is in the factory location which is behind the seat.

Here's a shot of the inside of the bed. There are two plates welded together to make the floor and a couple more for the sides. The bed sides are welded to the tops of the plates. Simple, but cool!

[Palf70Step]

Awesome looking truck. Definitely a head turner!! It'll be great watching this build.

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Awesome looking truck. Definitely a head turner!! It'll be great watching this build.

x2. I love it.

[RockTonka]

Great rig, a dump would be perfect with that bed

[creep]

Pretty cool! Looks like a 60's version of a Topkick. Now if it was only a crewcab...

[Woogeroo]

That is a really cool truck!

Nice that you actually use it too.

Welcome to the Chevy truck addict site.

-W

[BLohnes]

Goliath in the snow!

[68GMC454]

now that would make one sweet work truck.. i love it

[modernbeat]

Are the bedsides standard length? Is the inside of the bed only 8' long?

[jonzcustomshop]

far as I could tell that is a standard long box.

[kieth]

Is it on hydraulic brakes ? oh yes it it, too bad we should put it on air brakes add a diesal truck air compressor and then add a freightliner air ride, it would make it ride a whole lot better and really would not cost that much to do.......Kieth

[jimmydean]

Dino, I could totally see you building something like this, too.

[aerotruk63]

I have a NOS grill guard If your interested. I had a 1964 GMC 960 fire truck, alot of fun to drive like you say. Good times and bad times in life, had to let it go.



Still have the Rocket Air Horn and compressor for non air brake trucks.



The 1964 GMC 960 I used to own. Frame was cut shorter by the fire equipment manufacturer.