65 short fleet build

[towersddg9]

Bought the truck last November, got alot of help and idea's from folks on this site. Overall I wanted a quality driver, AC,PS,PB with 2.5 drop front and 2 drop rear. Ive used most all the usual suspects as far as venders etc with no issues, plus a few things on EBAY. I sandblasted and powdercoated everything I could, would do that again, media blasted complete body, new floors and rockers, did a patch on the heater intake and ashtray for the AC update.

[towersddg9]

At first I thought I'd just drive it, but had a fiberglass patch in the floors, I just could'nt put up with, had GM crate 350 with T350 tranny 4:11, with floor shifter

[towersddg9]

I removed every nut and bolt, even loaded the cab on my trailer by myself, I would have asked the neighbor but after beating on lower ball joints at 11pm and running an air comp, that realationship sorta went south.

[towersddg9]

Few mor pics

[towersddg9]

Few pics of my battle with the original 12bolt, all original and had build up of metal on pin shaft, went thru multiple punch's and used a cutting wheel to cut sections off till I could get the gear set out

[towersddg9]

few pics of the cab, and some patch work, rockers and floors

[jocko]

i CAN'T WAIT to see the paint job on this thing... I smell hugger orange or is that original 65 orange? Incredible detailing, looks superb! I alos like the vent setup for the a/c, looks great.

[towersddg9]

Originally Posted by jocko

i CAN'T WAIT to see the paint job on this thing... I smell hugger orange or is that original 65 orange? Incredible detailing, looks superb! I alos like the vent setup for the a/c, looks great.

Thanks Jocko, GM Torch red, I looked for the factory vents but most were in poor shape, my ac kit had the plastic under dash mount, not a good design, so WTH made my own

[towersddg9]

I had a chance to meet Chip Foose a month or so ago, i didnt have the glove box painted so i grabbed the air cleaner, he was at a WD40 booth, cool dude even checked out my build on my Iphone. I had a red sharpie but left it at the Hotel,

Have a driveshaft ordered up from Denny's, will mount the cab TW, then off to have the exhaust done

[likaroc13]

i've seen some pics of your build in previous posts, & i really like the detail you're putting into everything...looks like it will definitely be a quality driver....keep up the nice work!

[65 on 24s]

Ohhhhhh my under wear are wet now. Lol
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[Shooters_7]

Love the build and am fixing to start mine! Where in Texas?

[towersddg9]

Few other details, In the previous pics you can see the vari rate spring, not a good choice with the 2.5 front drop, plus had a slight bow, I changed those out for some 2 inch drop from american classic, rear springs aint bad if you install top and bottom loose first then torq down. I also went with the conversion brake line kit from inline tube for the booster/disc combo, fit was very good. On the fuel lines went with jegs ran from pump to tank, dual feed on the carb with an edelbrock filter. I picked up the rear axle's from Ron's machine shop off ebay (motive axles, much improvement over stock) did not mention that in the listing but 120 each not bad. Also pulled the clutch pedal out, put in new spring and plastic bushings (classic parts)

[66farmer]

Tower
In your post #7 you show AC vent above the radio. Do you know if those vents can be used as the defroster vents on the dash. I trying find some chrome defroster vents.
Thanks

[towersddg9]

Originally Posted by 66farmer

Tower
In your post #7 you show AC vent above the radio. Do you know if those vents can be used as the defroster vents on the dash. I trying find some chrome defroster vents.
Thanks

They will fit the hole but will have about an 1/8th gap, as the outside diam of the chrome vents is smaller than the defroster vents

[franky69c10]

wow the frame came out good, nice work

[williamsboys]

Im in the middle of my tear down now on my 66, i want to redo my frame like yours what did it cost you to blast it and powder coat it?

[towersddg9]

Originally Posted by williamsboys

Im in the middle of my tear down now on my 66, i want to redo my frame like yours what did it cost you to blast it and powder coat it?

$331, blast and coat alaskan black, I did trailing arms, control arms, cross member, and some misc parts in gloss that batch was also around $300, the key to saving some bucks is to scrape as much grime off as possible, use a big a** screwdriver to scrape out all the goo inside the front cross member, the bulk of the cost is in the sandblasting not the PD coating.

Thanks for all the comments, I meant to post this in the build section

[towersddg9]

few more pics, I bought some fat mat off ebay, I got more than I needed for around $120, this stuff works great, sticks to anything, molds to any shape, I have been working on the wiring, the LMC cab mount kit has the incorrect rear bolts in it for the 65, went to ACE hardware for those, everything else in the kit was fine, will get my drive shaft in a couple days, had to go 3.5 inch Diam that is coming from Denny's will post a pic when its in

[LSXTravis]

I am still loving this build. I just went on Friday and picked up my 1964 C10 BBW Short Fleetside and I plan to get started on my build in a couple of weeks. I know that copying in high school and college that you would fail if you copied somebody's work, but copying here means that you like the idea of what another builder did. I am definitely going to copy you on the AC vents and AC as well as the gas tank from CPP. I hope you don't mind me telling you I am going to copy you and I hope that I am copying your idea for the AC vents gives you some measure of satisfaction.

I plan on getting my truck out of my garage tomorrow afternoon and taking some pictures for the forum to see the start of my build. Finally, where did you get your frame and suspension parts powder coated? The reason I am asking is because I am about a 5 to 6 hour drive from DFW area and I am curious if you live in that area? I plan on powder coating the frame and suspension parts on my truck as well.

Travis

[REDNOSE65]

Looking good Rex, keep up the good work!

[lenguini]

Originally Posted by towersddg9

few more pics, I bought some fat mat off ebay, I got more than I needed for around $120, this stuff works great, sticks to anything, molds to any shape, I have been working on the wiring, the LMC cab mount kit has the incorrect rear bolts in it for the 65, went to ACE hardware for those, everything else in the kit was fine, will get my drive shaft in a couple days, had to go 3.5 inch Diam that is coming from Denny's will post a pic when its in

Did you go with a 1" or 1 1/8" bore CPP master cylinder ? And how did you determine what bore size to go with ?

Cheers,
Ed.

[X24]

OH MY GOD... this truck is gonna be AWESOME!!!! great work.

[towersddg9]

Originally Posted by REDNOSE65

Looking good Rex, keep up the good work!

Thanks Jesse, hope to make that Austin cruz

Originally Posted by allaboutchevelles

Nice build!! I love that color too. Im like you, I want to keep my truck rallys also. What size tires are you running. I have to buy some and I like your size, looks perfect.
Your build is coming along, looking good, I went with 275 60 15, looks good, think they will work good with the 2.5 front and 2 inch rear drop
My build 64C10:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=439559

Originally Posted by X24

OH MY GOD... this truck is gonna be AWESOME!!!! great work.

Thanks, I meant to run this thread in the build section

[towersddg9]

Few more pics, I ran into a bad leak, oil pressure dropped so I shut it down, I waited a couple weeks then pulled motor and tranny tuesday, the load level tool I picked up from harbor freight is greatness made it easy. The gallery plugs which I supplied to machine shop were flush and one had fallen out, I converted the center bolt VC to the early version and look much better, I wanted more options on routing of the plug wires