Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Lookin Good Mate!!!:metal:

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Well Rian and his friend Ian came over the main objective was to strip my chassis down so it could be stored in the garage . Therefore freeing up the carport to enable me to work on the cab and the doors and related panels in the dry over the winter.

Ian gets very excited very easily we only gave him a ratchet and a spanner

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Rian doing some work instead of taking the pictures

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Note his hands are dirty

Cutting the rear u bolts on the rear axial as I got new ones with the lowering blocks . It was quicker and easer

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Chassis all stored in the garage

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Cab in the carport ready for the panel work to start just need to get the wooden frame underneath it tomorrow to get it at a good working height

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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

:metal::metal::metal:

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Good work lads!

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Good work Martin. Look forward to seeing your results on the cab.

Bret

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Between fetching cups of tea and biccies, it was a real highlight for Ian, being offered the tools, even if it was just to pack them away :mm:

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It was a pleasure to get your bits sorted in the end Martin.

Just wish my skateboard was not stuck under the front cross member :chevy::waah:

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Thanks for your help ,we had quite a productive weekend. First doing my truck . Then over to yours Saturday and again on Sunday morning to get your front springs and shocks done . All In all I would call that a good weekend

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

I have decided to do a dual update, running over two days this weekend.

Started by going over to mate Martins place at 07.00 on Saturday with another mate, Ian in tow to help him with the final stripdown of his chassis and then to get it into the garage and then to move other bits about, including the cab into the carport so that he can start the welding marathon he has ahead of him.

I will let the pics do most of the taking.......

Needless to say, there is a lot of rust and we managed to strip off a few bolt heads. Fortunately Martin has purchased many new parts for his build.

This is the lever bar we used on quite a lot of the bolts n nuts.

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Because I was there to take photos of the progress, I ended up working for a change.

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it was not a sunny day......

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Pooping my pants or farting ?

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Unfortunately we did not have any smaller tools.

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U Bolts cut as there are new parts in store.

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Getting the rear spring off nearly gave Martin a hernia.

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Between fetching cups of tea and biccies, we did allow Ian to pack the tools away.

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DONE !!!!!


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Next up we moved the cab in under the carport and then all pilled into cars and went back to my place.

££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££ ££££££££££££££££££££


So back at my place I pulled the truck out and got all the bits ready.

But not before I had pre-cooked 20 Peri Peri chicken wings and got some sausage ready for Ian to do us a BBQ later.

He was also on kettle duties.....

Just starting to take the front wheel off.

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Old vs New shocks. New shocks were ordered at -2"

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Martin and I getting our heads together.

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And then it got spicy...... Martin was all over me like a cheap suit.

There was a lot of huffing and puffing to get old nuts and bolts loosened.

Thank goodness these trucks are built in Man Size.

In the mean time Ian kept us tanked up with tea and coffee as well as passing, collecting spanners and taking some photos.

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At some point, after much bashing, we got the spring removed.

It seems the original spring was cut down by 2 inches and refitted, and over time it, along with the shock absorber had become very saggy.

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Once done with the drivers side we reassembled and put it back on the floor.........

Using my special measuring stick expectantly, to see where the 2 inch lower than standard shocks n spring had taken us, I was shattered to find the front stood 2.5" higher than before. AAAAARRRRGGGHH !!!

At this point it was getting to be dark, and Ian had cooked us all the spicy wings, which we ate directly off the fire/grid along with the sausage in hotdog rolls so we pushed the truck back into the garage till this morning, when Martin was back at my place by 07.45 (It is truly great to work with someone who gets up at a sensible time) My appologies to Martin's Amanda and my Nicola for having tosit around while we got down and dirty.

After Martin left I posted up threads on the Chevy C10 board and Garage Journal and Rods n Sods looking for advice. Much was offered.

So when we pulled the truck out this morning and jacked it up, I crawled underneath to inspect yesterdays fittings.

YUP..... The spring had not been located so after some grunting and adjusting, we dropped it down again and found the new height was 10mm taller than the old parts. PERFECT !!!

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On to the passenger side, which took a lot less time to do.

By 11.00 Martin had left to go shopping, and I shut shop to get out and spend some time with Nicola who was waiting patiently for us to finish.

Next job will be getting the rear suspension sorted, possibly also replacing the lowering blocks.

A couple of other observations on this job included non matching nuts and bolts keeping the suspension together, some very worn fittings and also front brake lines that need replacing sooner than later.

Shock absorber top mount bolt.

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And lastly, the parts that came out.

Original springs cut down by a coil, giving 2" lowering.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psf8799ff6.jpg

That's all folks.

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

:metal:

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Lots of progress on both trucks...:metal:

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Well I've just come off the phone to Rian it looks like I won't get much done on my truck this weekend . After work on Friday I am going to go over to his and start fitting the front brake pipes. Then stay at his for beer and BBQ then early start on Saturday on the rear suspension on his truck

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Hmmmmmm,mm...????

With just Ian and I in the house, you may want to opt for the caravan in the garage or the shed.


Just been to the garage to do a second application of penetrating fluid on all the nuts that need attention.

Looking forward to Ian doing all the cooking though.

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

:metal::metal::metal:

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Thanks to Martin for coming over and staying the night...... (Nicola is off to see her daughter, so will be back tomorrow afternoon)

It has been great for both of us having the same trucks, being able to help each other with various tasks.

I have been losing sleep the last few days about getting the the rear springs and shocks off the truck and the new ones fitted after our battle with Martins last weekend.

This week I used SAS20 penetrating fluid three times to get the nuts and bolts all oiled up.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psdfecdfcf.jpg

Today I contacted Darren from Unit Engineering to offer him a 4 post, 3000kg lift for £200.00 but interestingly he had also bought one last week.

One thing led to another in our text chat and I mentioned tonight's projected job and anticipated pain.......

"I have a battery powered Rattle Gun you can use." he offered, so after work I went down to his industrial unit (large engineering shop) had a coffee, chat and guided tour of some of his toys. Then asked if I could buy some solid ally from him to remake my lowering blocks....... come with me he said and back into the engineering shop we went.......

"Here, have these"

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps0f6b3463.jpg

So with Rattle gun in hand I came home.

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After Martin and Ian got in we had a coffee, then I started the fire and handed over to Ian while Martin and I went to the garage.

Back end went up and Rattle gun came out........ EFFORTLESS !!!

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OLD vs NEW

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Springs and shocks removed

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The shocks come with a variety of steel sleeves, and I needed to cut two down to make them fit. Then grind down the sides of the bushes a bit for a tight fit.

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New parts fitted and locked down.

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OOOOOHHHHH YESSSS !!!!

1.5" drop........ now that had my face hurting from all the grinning.

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Not bad for 90 minutes worth of effort.

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Checked the level with a spirit level and the load bed is flat straight.

Now I want 2.5" dropped spindles on the front to go with the drums......... Can you get dropped spindles to go on drums??

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Next up, tomorrow morning we need to drive back to Martins place 15 miles from here to fetch the new front brake hoses from his truck as he is going Disc brakes next, and to get some fresh brake fluid, then redo the trucks front shock lower bolts as I bought new high tensile bolts this week, as the originals were badly rusted and one was too short.

Last thing will be a decent road test, and some daylight photos of the truck to show the current stance.

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

:metal::metal::metal:

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Well, went to sleep at about 00.45 and woke at 05.10 so not a good night, but woke with a big grin after yesterdays progress.

Martin had slept over on the couch and had similarly little sleep, but I suspect he missed Bow his giant Rottweiler being on top of him in bed......

So by 06.00 we were sitting planning our day.

Return Darren's Rattle Gun and visit him for a bit, then to Halfords Motor spares to get a new battery for Nicola's MX5 as it was beginning to fail.

Sorry to say, but the guys there, 3 of them behind the counter, are dicks. Asked the car's registration number, punched it into the computer.... "Ahhhh, it's an import, sorry, you will have to wait at least 10 minutes so that someone can go out to the car to look and see what battery it takes"

Martin and I both laughed and walked out...... idiots. No wonder these sorts of businesses are dying out.

From there we went to his house, found Amanda had woken from her slumber, and got the hubs from his truck to rob his brake lines from.

Then came home via a spares shop where we got a litre of fresh brake fluid. At least the owner of the shop knew what we wanted and did not need to consult a computer or a winsdscreen wiper fitter.

Coffee, cookies and chat with Ian who had a late wake up start and had thought we had been abducted by aliens as both our cars were still here and the garage locked and alarmed (as we had used Nicola's MX5 to run the errands)

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Removed the pipes and remains of Martins truck's brake lines that he had cut off when stripping his truck.

While we had the wheels off, I replaced the nuts and bolts fitted last week with new high tensile nuts and bolts.


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The brake pipes that came off looked like this........


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Replaced they looked like this.

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After bleeding out the muddy coloured brake fluid, we driveway tested the brakes, as I did not want to clear the cars from the drive to go test the truck, but next weekend it will get a decent road test and drive, after which the brakes will be re-bled if needed.

Lastly, a pic of the Motley Crew.

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Once again I can say a huge thank you to Martin for the extra hands and brain power, as well as to Ian for coffee, brake fluid topping up duties and general piss-taking and teasing.

Next up will be getting the new exhaust system built and the cutouts ordered from the USA if I can get a courier organised.

Looking forward to that antisocial part of the trucks evolution.

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Hey Martin!
Subscribed now! I will have to find time to go through your thread as well, just thought I would say hello, and I will be following along with both you and Rian.
Cheers

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Hi Craig, you will find that there are often cross overs between our builds as we share skills and knowledge

Spoke to Martin this morning as he started on his cab yesterday after a load of "Honey-do's"

Seems he has filler on the sills up to one inch thick......:devil:

I am sure he will load pics some time.

The question is always.... WHY???? Why do people go to such lengths to cheat?

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

One of life's unanswerable questions...:banghead:
Cheers mates!!!
:chevy:

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Well I got home from work and went straight into the carport . I put the cab on axel stands and got out the grinder . It looks like at sometime in my trucks life they decided to repair the rocker panels with patches and filler (bondo) lots of it . Why don't people do it right first time

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As you can see it was a little rotten luckily I have inner and outer rockers

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

I am amazed !!

At this point I would not be walking away, but rather running like the wind.

That does look terrible mate, but I know you will get it all sorted and rebuilt in no time.

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

That does look nasty Martin. But as Rian said you will get it all set right. To answer the question, some people are stupid, lazy and too cheap to do it the right way. Plus when it comes to welding some people are just terrified of it.

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

damn... i hate coming in at the middle of a build. you are tracking towards a mighty fine truck and i know all the problems will be solved... keep after it... you've got a great team and the energy to get it done.

god speed... and i drink way too much to park in your driveway.:lol:

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

:haha:

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

What's the point of running away . I would only end up at yours and working on jour truck

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Thanks for the encouragement guys I don't mind the welding . I just hate putting other peoples f--- ups right

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Thanks Clem I will have to drag Rian over here kicking and screaming to help this time.

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Hmmmmmmmm???

You know there is no kicking and screaming...... Just need to keep Nicola sweet. That way I get to buy spares when she buys shoes. :mm:

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

PS. Check out the first pic in this thread.....


http://retrorides.proboards.com/thre...-build?page=29

Who would you rather spend sime with ;)


Still, as a team, you and I do well. You are the brains and the muscle, I make good BBQ's and tea.

:five::five::five::five::five::five::five::wave:

Party time on that rust.

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

The Dynamic Duo has this!!! :metal::lol::metal:

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

That is a great picture, you have a lovely bride, and you clean up not so bad too!

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Well I got home from work and got a couple of hours truck time in . I can't believe how many plates they had welded over the inner and outer rocker panels instead of just replacing them .

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http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps104c16e3.jpg

Looks like I have a little bit of a job on

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Great build man! Ill be keeping an eye on this! I cant imagine how much of a pain it can be having to deal with shipping of parts... That would drive me crazy! Hahaha

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Thanks. The best bit about needing parts is it gives me an excuse to go to the states for my two week holiday. As you might have seen in the thread I always bring lots back with me . And get some time in the Florida sunshine that way the other half gets a holiday and she is happy to help bring back parts as well . Which makes up for working in the garage in the cold in the UK winter

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Tonight the truck was loaded to work again.

Mate Martin will be starting his sandblasting soon, after doing some welding.

So we loaded the compressor and a crate tonight.......

Nothing like a ramp to make life a bit easier.

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Ian supervising the tie down.

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Can you say LOWER...?

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Ready to Rock n Roll.

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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

After dropping the compressor off for Martin, I came back home driving rather briskly...... through every roundabout and other bendy bits, the truck felt a whole lot like a modern car, sure footed and going where I pointed it.


I am amazed at the transformation.

This is a modification I would highly recommend to anyone with one of these trucks. Of course there is a lot more radical stuff you can do to the truck including C-Notching, airbags, dropped spindles etc. The sky is the limit, or the size of your bank balance.

I think that with imported parts, it came to about £100.00 or $160.00 per corner to fit these Brothers Trucks parts.

After all the driving and hooning, the suspension must have settled for now, so it now stands like this, unfortunately, I had not straightened the steering wheel up front for the photos.

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After Nicola and I came back from the shops, Martin came over and we went to go look at a 1990 Chevy Dayvan.

I was interested in the steering column, as I want a replacement column shift steering for my truck, and Martin is looking for a decent 350/350 or 700R4 combo for his truck. He will be selling the 307 and gearbox he bought running out of a truck earlier this year. The rest of the Dayvan would be sold off as spares if we bought it for the asking price of £800.00

When we got there and looked it all over, the steering was locked and the ignition mullered, Martin also decided for once to be sensible and walk away as the peripheral costs of making this engine run, could end up being more than than he wanted to spend.

HOWEVER, we ended up spending a great afternoon with Wayne the seller and some of his mates at his industrial unit.

I did have to use the bathroom, and the whole bathroom was done just perfectly, and I could not resist taking this pic of the toilet seat cover....... Just perfect for an Avatar.

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We eventually left there and came home via Screwfix.

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Well got a little progress done today
Started cleaning the floor

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Tried on the outer rocker

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Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

Well got a little progress done today
Started cleaning the floor

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psd1de92a7.jpg

Tried on the outer rocker

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps0e44254f.jpg

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

That's a heck of a build in a tight space, being part of the can do crew you make it look easy.

Re: Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"
 

very nice job on the floors and rocker. after seeing what all fell out of that old rocker i was thinking the floors would be really bad but it looks like they are in good shape.

consider using a spray-on truck bed liner on the floors as well as the underside. it works good as sound deadener and waterproofer. you probably knew about that stuff, just throwing it out there anyway.