1965 chevy truck one piece @a time
 

1965 chevy step side aka farm. truck it was a farm truck from late 1964 untill
1988 thats was the last time it had tags on the truck i got the truck in 2005ive changed it over to 5x5 from 6 lug using a 1970 spindles rotors ect and the rear end .. i thought it was a 71 bought new cross drilled rotor for 71-72and the outer bearing are to small had to get bearing for a 70 model :banghead: so there will be more pics coming if i can find the ones with the vise mounted to the bed with the home made hay rack ..
it hade a 230 inline 6 .but we went with a 350. with turbo 350..
will post more pics

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more stuff
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got the brakes and rotors on found out the wheels wount fit with out spacers..
the wheel rubbed the top of the caliper.. :m5::censored::banghead:
Now it looks like new rims the last couple of pics is after i got it home man the shop was small then

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some more early pics of the truck and the shop i think theres an truck
in there along w:lol::chevy:ith an model a coupe that over took the 65 build for a while

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cool! I love how the paint on the 65 is! Looking forward to more

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just a few more random shots :chevy:

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more pics of the rando stuff done tothe truck body striped to bare metal
and dents pulled the inside the cab striped bear ready for primer and paint
will have to restrip the fair wall one more time the touch up failed .:banghead::cuss::censored:

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Your floors, Rockers, and Cab corners appear to rust free. :cool:

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the old truck was rough in places and floores and corners pretty good had one little spot on the lip where the rubber seats and meets the door one hole .but that was easy fix with a wire welder .
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just a little stuff i did today started back on the cab and fire wall to get t=ready for primer and paint :metal::chevy:

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just some more stuff Attachment 800925

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Looking good!:metal:

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just a little stuff i did after work today :uhmk:

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heres some more of the in side last pic ii was under the struck when i felt something on my arm :exit::ack::jdp: i moved it out side it was covered with very small spiders over its body i didn't need it on me or in my shop or in my truck !!!!!!!!:lol:

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that spider looks like my nightmares. I woulda went ahead and died right there. Looks like your getting it done on the truck.

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Looks like you got that drip rail nice and clean.

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worked on the inside of the cab .. little welding little putty and a little por 15
just don't get it on you an let it dry it will take a couple of days to come off:lol::metal::chevy:

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Sweet looking good!:metal:

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and the last couple of pics from what was done today :uhmk::devil::chevy:

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time to start on redoing the fire wall.have to get the por 15 over spray off the firewall. so i can get it ready for paint so i can
put the mastercylinder on for the brakes... and get the fenderwelles on .
or something close :lol::uhmk:::chevy:

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:devil: just a few more and last one is just a little sanding on the rad support
not rusted out on the bottom mouting holes :metal::lol::chevy:

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I would have got a lot more done today with my saturday off. But i went to the Good-Guys Fall nationals @ texas motor speedway nascar race a little over a month from now .:metal: but heres just a few pics of the sandblasting parts from today im still getting the sand out of my teeth .. i had the dust mask and hood on still ate a litte sand .:lol::chevy: Will hope to put the pices in primer ... the last pics of the radiator need a skim coat of metal filler or maybe just a good poxi primmer to fill the rough area from the lite pitting fro the battertray .. luck the fender well wasnt eatin up with batter acid :uhmk:

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grill sport and radiator suport the grill suport as now paint indwe the red
the clear was lifting and so ill just strip it bare like the rest og the stuff ive done on the trurk

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just some sanding from sunday afternoon on the rad suport and grill suport
will finish wensday i hope .. off from work tomarrow :metal::chevy:
would do it tonite but the nabiors might get upset if im running compressor
after midnite ..

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looking good going to the same with por 15

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Im going to do the inside of the grill suport in the por15 and under the hood ill use a detail gun and spray it in so i wont have it on too thick and leave the brush marks in the finish ..

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Just a few pics of the bed striped down :metal::lol::chevy:

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Did a little cleaning up on the sreering and ps pump and sway bar taking the pump and streering to rebuild it and have new hoses made . i blasted the
brakets and started sanding the sway bar not sure if ill paint it or powder coat it.. would have got a lot more done today if i didn't have to do yard work the rain we got last weekend made the grass grow . hope its the last time for the year ...:lol::chevy:

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some pics from sunday and today just cleaning up small stuff for primer
sanded a little of the inner cab and finished around the window and under the roof lip ..:metal::uhmk::chevy:

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here is some more of the sanding i need to finish sanding the doors and preping the cab for primer :metal::chevy:

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not much happing last two weeks on the truck had a water leck under the slab of the shop to fix last weekend and this weekend just getting things winterized around the place .. and getting things ready for next wekend nascar races.. but i did a little work on the sun visors.. and no
more baseball so now i can get back on the truck dam game 6 :banghead::cuss::m6::m5:

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:ito::chevy:some more pics and the last is whats next to get a good cleaning &polishing need to see whats inside the box.. hint its sitting under the grill :lol: :devil::metal::chevy:

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Slowly getting back to the truck after playing @nascar and las vegas the last two weekends did a little parts restoring and getting them ready for install . hoppingto have the inside cab done in paint next week :lol::metal: before its cools off..
sanded and pained the rear veiw mirror and the carb linkage and the power steering pump bracket ..:chevy: