Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!

[Palf70Step]

Good to see you back on it Grizz.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by NevEno

Here it is!

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Good to see you back on it Grizz.

Thank you guys.


Interestingly, the Lower Control Arm I needed has made an appearance, in Ada, Oklahoma from Paul "NevEno" who is doing a crazy build and will not be needed get it. Paul's build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=651979

Thank you Paul.

However, yesterday, Brandon his friend went to ship it, and they quoted him $500.00 for shipping.
Brandon's build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=653691

So my next problem is to find an agency or way to ship it out to the UK for a lot less than that.

I know it should not cost that much as I have shipped stuff before.

So if anyone has ideas, recommendations to make on who to use to ship it out, please let me know.



In the mean time, it's almost the weekend...!!

[ibrown50]

Just sent you a message

[NevEno]

On its way!!

[Grizz1963]

Well, after starting out at a crazy quote for getting the LCA to the UK yesterday, today got a lot better.

I posted the same basic question on various forums I frequent as well as messaging Steve Lang of Langies Hot Rod Shop, who I had used before to bring in my complete front end rebuild kit at sensible money.
I also contacted my friend Dennis Jones who is involved in NASCAR Truck racing and other motorsports in Missouri via FB and then gave him a call this morning early before he went to work to check out prices for me too.

Various replies from various people left me still looking.

By 09.30 U.S. Time I got a text from Paul in Oklahoma to say he had managed to get the parcel sent off at $100.00 for shipping.

I was happy to pay that, could not collect the part in the U.S. for that.



Thank you all for the input and advice on getting this here.

This is why the interwebs rocks.

Thanks again NevEno Paul.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by ibrown50

Just sent you a message

Thanks Ian.

Good to speak to you earlier too.

[ibrown50]

Glad to see you got it sorted, good to speak to you too and break a leg on the 14th Jan (just not like Don did )

[chad64chevy]

that's good that you got the lca I was going to ask you if you had found one right around the time paul offered his! seen a c-10 longbed at the yard down the street, body is to far gone every panel is tweaked! but anyways glad you got one

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by ibrown50

Glad to see you got it sorted, good to speak to you too and break a leg on the 14th Jan (just not like Don did )

Originally Posted by chad64chevy

that's good that you got the lca I was going to ask you if you had found one right around the time paul offered his! seen a c-10 longbed at the yard down the street, body is to far gone every panel is tweaked! but anyways glad you got one

Good to speak to you Chad.

I hope you get some real truck time soon. However, family time is always first.


Today I went back to the scrap yard for the first time in months.

It has changed, new ownership, new rules......

Thankfully I can still go inside and look for stuff, as before, funny how respecting the yard, guys and their rules, has paid off.

I now have to always wear a hi-viz jacket. Only rule change.

They have cleared a load of the tonnage as they one part owner has been bought out and it is now being run much tighter.

A couple of weeks ago I saw a really cool mod where someone had fitted some small steel trunks/toolboxes under the bed, behind the cab, where extra fuel tanks would normally be fitted.

I found an old BT (British Telecomunication) steel toolbox that should make just the right sized toolbox under the bed.

It's very rusty, but a clean up, rust converter and paint should see it ready to be fitted.



Price: one kilo of sugar......

Mojo booster.

[Palf70Step]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

.........

A couple of weeks ago I saw a really cool mod where someone had fitted some small steel trunks/toolboxes under the bed, behind the cab, where extra fuel tanks would normally be fitted.

I found an old BT (British Telecomunication) steel toolbox that should make just the right sized toolbox under the bed.

It's very rusty, but a clean up, rust converter and paint should see it ready to be fitted.
.

That is a cool idea. I got plenty of "stuff" lying in my shed that might work also

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

That is a cool idea. I got plenty of "stuff" lying in my shed that might work also

When I saw it Bill, I knew it was a great idea and that I needed to do it as well.

I want to keep the load bed clear.


Got in from work......


Parcel wrapped in Cammo Gorilla tape all the way from Florida.


Thank you Captain Erik !!





Pretty spot on where I am taking my collecting these days.

Different is good.

Plates were on this little red number.



Anyone who likes trucks.... I like.

[65sub]

That will make a cool tool box

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by 65sub

That will make a cool tool box

I think so too.


Christmas tomorrow.......

Here's to a day spent with family and friends in the spirit of Christmas. And may 2016 bring us all what we need and some of what we want.

At about 10.00am the doorbell rang, and when I walked up I saw the read reflection from beyond in the street, so no UPS Brown van or DHL van. Just Post Office, probably something off eBay for Nicola. She does buy quite a lot of stuff from eBay and Amazon.

Opening the door, I was met by a friendly smile and a chap in a Hi-Viz jacket.

CHRISTMAAAAAAASSSSSS !!!



It has taken exactly a week to the hour from the time Paul "NevEno" has posted it in Ada, Oklahoma last week.
That's what $100.00 or £70.00 in shipping buys you.

It means that I am technically two weeks ahead of where I thought I would be at this point, had not expected the parcel to be here till the middle of January with all the public holidays and other priority mail going about.

Signed the mans electronic gizmo, made him pose for a pic and took the parcel, wishing him a great Festive season. Came indoors, fought my way into the parcel that Paul had made up.

Weirdly, with imminent redundancy, Insomnia currently controls my nights, so at 04.30 this morning I had made a cuppa tea, and was surfing various forums I go onto when I saw that Paul was active on www.67-72chevytrucks.com so I sent him a PM , he texted back immediately to say he was awake, so I called him in Ada on FaceTime and we chatted for at least half an hour about trucks of course.
One of the things was the Lower Control Arm that was somewhere over the Atlantic.

Once I made it into the parcel, I was greeted by another "Christmas prezzie"

Paul had sandblasted, ground back, tidied up and finally primed the control arm for me.

THAT IS WAAAAAY BEYOND AWESOME !!

Thank you mate.



Finished my coffee and Digestive biccies and went back to the garage where I had been cleaning up the BT toolbox after mowing the lawn earlier.

Matched up the two control arms........

They were the same, unlike my original that was 8mm different to the drivers side replacement.



Painted it later, and will leave it a few days and then rebuild it, followed by refitting to the front cross member.



So that was today, going out tenpin bowling with the kids and my 85 year old father in law tonight, same as last year and it was a hoot.

Be safe out there people.

[Bomp]

Looks like things are moving in the positive.

Merry Christmas

[flashed]

Nice looking part ,Merry Christmas .

[Palf70Step]

Very Nice!. Merry Christmas Rian!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Bomp

Looks like things are moving in the positive.

Merry Christmas

Originally Posted by flashed

Nice looking part ,Merry Christmas .

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Very Nice!. Merry Christmas Rian!

Thank you all very much guys.

Here's to an even better2016 filled with all we need and a bit of what we want as well.


With the rebuild of the truck, there are some parts that one would be silly not to just replace while in there.

It's things like this that pushes up the price of a rebuild, but if my wife does not know.........

The springs and clips on the drums for my and Martin's trucks are only going to cost us $10.00 per end plus postage so for $20.00 or £13.50 the brakes will have new parts again.

Having a great friend like Don in Arkansas makes these things a lot easier, so Martin and I asked him to arrange the parts for us and I popped some cash over via PayPal (Thank you mate) to pick them up for us and send them through when he gets time away from work and other responsibilities.

Last night he sent these pics......





They do look a lot more impressive than some of the rusty, dodgy bits that came off my truck.

Martin came over today as he needed some steel, we popped over to my favourite yard to look for some steel for his gearbox cross member that he now has to manufacture. He also needed to look at some parts on my truck that he needs to copy.



With Martin's extra hands my cross member is now bolted in, and the drivers side LCA bolted in. The passenger side needs its ball joint to be removed as the LCA is damaged and will be replaced by the one that came from Paul "NevEno" once I push in the ball joint.





And an even more awkward job done as it needed a spare hand to lift the trailing arms in via the jack and getting the bolts through and buttoned up.



Next I need to contact a member on Volkszone who previously sent me a PM to offer his press, should I need it, so that I can push the one out and fit it to my new LCA.

Another small job that to done was cleaning up the little BT toolbox that will be fitted under the bed.

Scraped all the excess paint, then some blasting and flap wheel grinding, next will be rust converter and a couple of coats of Hammerite. All it needs in my book, maybe a coat of underseal too.





That's it for today.

[flashed]

That box is looking great.

[NevEno]

Looking good!!

[Palf70Step]

I can't wait to see the box in place. You look like the weather was a bit blistery there Grizz. I have been sweating in my shop. Whoda think 70's for Christmas holidays.

[clemdaddy]

nice job man, good to see you are getting back to business. also good to see the progress, you were always a detail freak, and thankfully some things never change...

[65sub]

Nice progress on the truck Rian. The frame looks really good. It's always nice to be putting clean, painted parts back together.

[Ta2Don]

Progress!!!

Brake hardware will be in the post today mates...

Cheers!!! and Happy 2016

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

That box is looking great.

Thanks, far from perfect, but under the body, covered in Hammerite and underseal, followed by years of road crud, it will be just fine.

Originally Posted by NevEno

Looking good!!

Thanks Paul.

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

I can't wait to see the box in place. You look like the weather was a bit blistery there Grizz. I have been sweating in my shop. Whoda think 70's for Christmas holidays.

Weather is windy, and around 12-14'C in Kent where we live but other parts of the country are terribly flooded and have severe weather warnings out.

Originally Posted by clemdaddy

nice job man, good to see you are getting back to business. also good to see the progress, you were always a detail freak, and thankfully some things never change...

Detail freak...? Me...? Naaaahhhh.

Just got to be done right, in case you are looking over my shoulder.

Originally Posted by 65sub

Nice progress on the truck Rian. The frame looks really good. It's always nice to be putting clean, painted parts back together.

That is feeling good, as I know how dirty it was and how many kilos of crap I scraped and washed off the frame and ab so far.

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Progress!!!

Brake hardware will be in the post today mates...

Cheers!!! and Happy 2016

Thanks a million Don, you are a good man and friend.

Happy 2016 right back at ya.

[Grizz1963]

I hope this question has not been covered a hundred times before.

I have just started to reassemble my trucks front end.

As part of the rebuild I am replacing the lower bump stop rubbers with new, the uppers will get refitted as they were good.

However, with silicon spray and a certain amount of force, I cannot get them refitted, they seem to have too much material, being rubber they seem to take on the imprint of the slot into which it is supposed to fit, but even after clamping the "arrow" section in the vice to shape and narrow it down, I cannot get it to stay in, it seems one side sort of fits, but neither of the lips actually clip in or slip in under the edges of the slot.

My LCA as it stood before I painted it.

One is now fitted to the cross member, without the bump stop anyone LCA is still on the bench.



The items..... Just out of the packets.



OK...... So this is where I need help please.



How do you guys get them to slip in, fit or stay.

The way I had this one stick is not right, as I am sure the first bit of bumpy road and it would vibrate out and end up in a ditch, leaving the front end with no bump stops.

All advice and mockery appreciated.

Thanks a lot.