66 SWB retirement project

[Raider Rudy]

I retired in Oct & immediately started on my 64 1/2 ton short bed. It has a 350 V8, 400 turbo trans, & is already converted to 5 lug front disc. The engine is shot & the rest needs alot of work! Wish me luck

[pdxhall]

Good luck on your build and lets see some pics.

[Raider Rudy]

Thanks! I'm tryin to figure out how to put pictures on this so you can check it out. May be later today I'll have some up.

[Narxoleptic Customs]

Congrats on retirement. Ask ur grandkids ab the pic posting, they will know... What r ur plans - good driver, drag race, lowered, lifted, etc? Motor choice?
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[markeb01]

Welcome to the forum, and retirement. Limited resources sucks, but being able to live on whatever schedule you feel like is pretty darn nice.

[Captainfab]

Welcome to the forum

See if this helps you with uploading some pics......

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=295313

[argonaut]

I haven't given him any grand kids yet (that I know of) so here you go:

[argonaut]

Spare cab and motor:

[duallyjams]

Congrats on retiring. That project will keep you busy and out of the house.

[Raider Rudy]

I already have a lowered 71 SWB 1/2ton so i,m going to actually do a slight lift on this with some 31 tires & heavy duty coils. The rest is going to stay pretty much stock.

[McMurphy]

Welcome to the board!
Congrats on retiring, what did you retire from, if I may ask?
I am either 2.5 years or one really bad day away from retiring from the Army.

Hope you share your build with us, we like that sort of stuff around here

[66ChevyMax]

Congats on the retirement and welcome to the board

[Raider Rudy]

Thanks for the great welcome! I was a cop for 32 yrs

[LostMy65]

Welcome.

Nice to have you.

Does your truck have any interesting history?
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[Raider Rudy]

A little history on my project:
It was at a tow yard for about 7 years & I had been cannibalizing it for about 5 yrs. It was an old city truck & it had a utility bed on it. It was parked tight between other vehicles so I never realized it was a short bed. About 4 months ago they offered it to me before they were going to scrap it. They pulled it out & then I saw that it was a short bed chassis. They practically gave it to me! Luckily I still have most of the parts I pulled off of it! I had planned on buying a 66 short bed that was for sale & had already spoken with that owner. But when this fell into my lap I figured fate moved its mighty hand! It was a definite love connection!

[niterider65]

welcome2: aboard and have fun with the build. looks like its going to be a sweet ride . i had a great anunt: and uncle live in riverside.. many fun times there . you could drive 60 miles any derection and the weather would be totaly differant .. i really liked lake arrow head and going to newport beach .. lots of fun driving up the mountians to the lake ...

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by Raider Rudy

A little history on my project:
It was at a tow yard for about 7 years & I had been cannibalizing it for about 5 yrs. It was an old city truck & it had a utility bed on it. It was parked tight between other vehicles so I never realized it was a short bed. About 4 months ago they offered it to me before they were going to scrap it. They pulled it out & then I saw that it was a short bed chassis. They practically gave it to me! Luckily I still have most of the parts I pulled off of it! I had planned on buying a 66 short bed that was for sale & had already spoken with that owner. But when this fell into my lap I figured fate moved its mighty hand! It was a definite love connection!

Neat story.
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[McMurphy]

I think it is cool knowing the history of a vehicle, kind of adds something to the rig.
Cheers on your hand of fate, cannot wait to see what you do with it.

Got a plan yet?

[Raider Rudy]

I picked up a nice fleetside short bed for it. Gonna pull the motor out this week & power wash the engine compartment. I'm not going to do a complete frame off resto, but I cleaned up the frame when I had the bed off. I will clean up as much of the frame as I can when I have parts of it exposed. I will upgrade as much of it as I can but I have to be able to move the truck around as soon as possible while I work on it.

[Bomp]

Welcome to the forum. I am now addicted. Addicted but it also gives me motivation to get out and do some work.
Congrats on retirement, I pretend I'm retired at work most days.
Lots of pictures and not responsible for forum addiction.
You have a nice start.
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[Raider Rudy]

Its been a slow project to say the least! But I put in a fresh motor that my little brother & oldest son picked up for me. I've got it running & found out that
the truck has a good TB400 trans & a 4 link 8.2 rear end out of a Pontiac. It might even be a posi rear end. I,m gonna work on the front suspension & brakes next so I'll try to update as often as I can. Here are a couple of recent photos.

[Narxoleptic Customs]

That's awesome! I'm jealous of ur retirement!! Keep up the work, even baby steps move u forward...
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[clemdaddy]

engine looks good... looks like power brakes. do you have power steering?
if it came with a utility bed, was it a c-20?

like your truck, looks like a good start.

congrats on retirement... be a few more years for me but i'm looking forward to it.

and welcome...

[Ta2Don]

Welcome aboard and Congrats on the retirement and the truck!!!

[Raider Rudy]

Originally Posted by clemdaddy

engine looks good... looks like power brakes. do you have power steering?
if it came with a utility bed, was it a c-20?

like your truck, looks like a good start.

congrats on retirement... be a few more years for me but i'm looking forward to it.

and welcome...

Thanks! It is set up for power brakes but not power steering. It's a C10, I just lucked out that it was a utility bed on a short bed frame!
The retirement will be here before you know it!