65 farmtruck build

[65Robb]

Hi everyone my name is Zach an this is my build thread I bought my grandparents ole 65 chevy so little history of my 65 it was originally school bus yellow with a 292 with a 3 on the tree. When my grandfather bought it it was restored an painted white with a 350 an farm 4 speed on the floor he has owned it since 1995. I bought the truck in march of 2015 an then the fun began lol first time I drove the truck was on the trailer to take it home it had a wore out tired carb that never quite worked right

[65Robb]

When I got the truck home I noticed it had three different tire sizes on it so I had the take off 265/75R16 toyo's off my 99 Z71 bought some wheels off a friend of mine they look pretty good on this ole farm truck lol I was really surprised they cleared to be honest because the spring were heated.

[65Robb]

so noticed I had a top radiator tank leak so I pulled it out went down to the radiator shop an they said its not worth fixing but they hooked me up with a new reproduction copper brass radiator and picked up my fuel tank I had them wash out same day. while I was at the radiator I decided to trash the flex fan that was on the engine an install a solid fan make sure there's no overheating issues

[65Robb]

The truck came from factory with idiot lights so along with making sure the truck doesn't over heat I found a complete gauge cluster an harness out of a yard had it shipped to the house now before I tackled this job I did tons of research on this site and others on the internet I couldn't have don't this job with out the threads of other people that had done this before me so here are some pics the most difficult was I had to repin the main plug on the driver side fire wall coz the one that came on the harness was broke luckily after all the research I did this project only took about half a day lol

[65Robb]

after the wiring harness and gauge swap in july 2015 I had a car show to go to with my dad in notus Idaho which where we are from and is 150 miles from were we live currently so I had to scramble an get a tune up, HEI swap, carb rebuilt, Edelbrock performer before we go so got it all done in a weekend before the big trip an on this trip I found out that that 350 is wore out I had to stop every 60 miles to add a quart of oil lol time for a heart transplant.

[Bomp]

Nice story and sweet looking truck.

Welcome,
I'm following along on this one.

[65Robb]

Thanks man I really appreciate it I ran out of time today ill try an finish it up to date still got the engine swap I gotta post lol

[65Robb]

So after the notus car show drove 300 miles with no issues other then stopping every 60 miles to add a quart of oil and got about 15mpg not bad for no overdrive in a 50yr old truck an a wore out 350 lol. so I was on the hunt for a new engine was looking for a 327 to swap in but I found a 350 that ran great had 120lbs of compression on all 8 cly for cheap bought the engine with truck still attached so I pulled the engine sold the truck and swapped it in runs amazing every time I start it it impresses me here are some pics

[65Robb]

an so let the tear down start

[65Robb]

degrease an paint everything

[65Robb]

time for shiny bolts lol and install

[65Robb]

had one issue that confirmed that this truck was a 292 had the engine tower on passenger side wouldn't line up right who ever did the engine before just moved the tower back with one bolt holding it into the truck so the hunt began for a correct engine tower, found one at my grandparents where I bought my truck had to pull one out of another 65 with a 235

[Palf70Step]

I like it....It looks very familiar, just seems to be stretched a little and sit a bit high to what I am use too.

very nice truck!

[65Robb]

Thank you yes it sits too high for sure I love the ride of the long box tho thing just floats like a boat just need to drop it about 4" lol

[Ta2Don]

Glad to see the build thread started and moving along! Great story!

[65Robb]

Yes sir lol this was all within a year of owning the truck lol

[65Robb]

Ok got a little head way this weekend I got my custom cowl hood installed as well as sealed the bottom of the hood in paint an washed the light bezels through the dish washer lol then painted the bezels in a metallic silver even did the inside an I think it made a difference making the marker lights brighter now I just need just need to spray it white in a couple weeks

[66ChevyMax]

That hood is sweet!

[65Robb]

Heck yeah dude my buddy jason built it for his 65 suburban then had another one made by a custom shop

[Palf70Step]

Originally Posted by 66ChevyMax

That hood is sweet!

That looks really nice and will really be good once it is white!

[65Robb]

Yup give me a couple weeks an it will be lol

[65Robb]

Ok all I have done some painting on the hood and 300 miles later here we are

[65Robb]

Ok after the 300 mole trip for a car show in my truck I went on another road trip from southern Idaho to Winnemucca NV for a very special part I been looking for 10 months for this part but I am now a proud owner of this beauty this is a a833 np440 4speed overdrive out of a 81-86 c10 factory hurst shifter bellhousing everything I need for the swap this winter

[65Robb]

Finally got my a833 all cleaned up painted up everything looks good inside new side cover gasket and reverse switch.

[65Robb]

Finally got my rallies powder coated and wrapped them up in 255/70R15 grand prix shoes im so glad to be back on 15's lol