razorback red... buildup

[clemdaddy]

the plan is to build a smooth running, nice looking long bed that is decked out in arkansas razorback colors. the ultimate tail-gating truck for football games.

i found a long-bed, big window donor 66 that was sitting for years and had rotted through in all the wrong places. the cab had bad floors, bad corners, rockers, floor braces... and those were natures damage. the owner had cut out the firewall so he could run a hei dist., he had smashed the left air horn and door hinge pillar. he was very drill happy, there had to be 20 different holes drilled in the dash and inner cab. so, all in all, the cab was a hand full, but hey... it is a big window.

first pics are firewall repair and some extra cabs that had the replacement parts for the buildup.

[clemdaddy]

more shots of rust and repair...

[1963c-10]

Looks like you did a great job on fixing the rust issues. Who did you get the panels from? Any problem with fitting them?

[clemdaddy]

[QUOTE=1963c-10;5118224]Looks like you did a great job on fixing the rust issues. Who did you get the panels from? Any problem with fitting them?

thanks,1963c-10

i had a pile of aftermarket panels. none of which fit right, so if i didn't use real stuff from donor cabs i diced the panels to fit. the best replacement parts are from chevy cabs and a sawsall's my friend.

[Narxoleptic Customs]

Cool! Don't get rid of the extra cabs, I got an idea for one but it needs to b a small window...

We need to get together soon, I need a good reason to drive the old truck to Fayetteville from bentonville.
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[kenmel]

Now I know why there are no 60-66 cabs available around Arkansas

[clemdaddy]

fast forward about 2 months or 60 hours of cuttin, grinding and welding. the cab is solid and reasonably straight... time to blast some doors and get going on the frame.

[Narxoleptic Customs]

You can transport into the future?!
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[C@rnut001]

Looking good...keep it up!

[kenmel]

Originally Posted by Narxoleptic Customs

You can transport into the future?!
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Only if he hits 88 mph... I only hope my new 64 is in that good of shpe lol

[clemdaddy]

Originally Posted by kenmel

Only if he hits 88 mph... I only hope my new 64 is in that good of shpe lol

still presently trapped in the past... I should of never put the capacitor in a blast cabinet.

[clemdaddy]

here we go... time travel on the frame.
straightened and front and rear crossmembers replaced, blasted, etched primed and painted gloss black enamel.

[clemdaddy]

ok, now we are very close to the present. like 2 weeks ago.
cab was undercoated with gatorguard bed liner and bolted down.
frame was built with new napa replacement parts except for an adjustable track bar and one of the captains ps adapters. nothing fancy here, just common sense stuff.

[Captainfab]

You've done some very nice work on your truck

That is quite the gantry you have there!

[clemdaddy]

it's been a couple of weeks... plus the 2 weeks i spent in the past and most of my time was spent on my wife's vw.
the stuff that got done on the truck during the month was the doors were patched, edges blasted and sprayed with etch. also a lot of various parts were scraped, cleaned, blasted and etched.

[clemdaddy]

I got time to get the trans all cleaned up. along with a '72 350 motor that i've had for a while, that part is done...

[clemdaddy]

yesterday, rolled out the cab and frame to spray bed liner on the floors and front and back walls. since there's bed liner under the cab this should seal the floors up for the next century, maybe longer.

[clemdaddy]

last but not least... got the fenders, bed sides and inners in a pile to begin the processes on them. that's it for this month. now it's back on wife's vw.

[glendale]

Great start! The motor looks great. Where did you pic up the aircleaner? That is exactaly what i am looking for.
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[clemdaddy]

Originally Posted by glendale

Great start! The motor looks great. Where did you pic up the aircleaner? That is exactaly what i am looking for.
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it's called a mushroom air cleaner. there's one on e-bay right now...
i think honest charlie may sell them also.

[clemdaddy]

been doing a lot of the basic paint and fit of little parts lately. but thanks to hilandr451 doing a line drawing of the side view, i was able to play with color choices and this is what i decided on. static drop and woooo pig sooie.

[jimmydean]

That's hawt!

[clemdaddy]

The weather here in NW Arkansas was most agreeable during all of February and the wifes VW got pushed out the paint booth. So, in went razorback red.

Got the interior prepped for paint. Sanded, scuffed, primed, sanded, sealed and in color, you know the drill... Just finished on the 29th and will post pics on the outcome after pulling the tape...

Here's some from the past. Like Sunday or Monday after work.

[clemdaddy]

I had a lot of time in Feb. doing some un-fun stuff. sand blasting the edges of the fenders, hood and bed sides. then sanding the flat areas down to bare metal. patched in metal in a few places and put a heavy coat of etching primer.
Core support, cowl corners, and a few other pieces got the treatment also... Mostly boring to look at but, closing in on paint.

[clemdaddy]

have a pile of old heaters and was able to take 3 different deluxe units and put together a good one. new blower motor from NAPA (big armature version for 67-72 suburban air). flushed brass and copper core and pressure tested. all I could find new in heater cores was aluminum and that didn't look right to me. All new seals and paint job and its ready to go.