Donz '65 SWB Stepper Budget Build...

[Ta2Don]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Well done.


Kerry Disasterbus may have had one of those trailers, but I could be mistaken.

JoJo looks dog tired.

Thanx Mate!!! JoJo paid the price, he is sore and gingerly walking as he was running on the pavement and chasing items thrown for him until his pads are tender...

Originally Posted by ibrown50

That looks like a "Grand day out" great mix of cars and trucks, love the diesel 32 F**d............only in the US

The owner claimed he used that engine for fuel economy... At least he doesn't see the prices you blokes see in the UK...

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

In this day and age religion is often frowned upon, but I have met some of the most amazing people from various religions over time.
From Buddhists to Sikhs, through Muslims and Christians and everything inbetween, there are many good people out there and if you do not allow yourself to be swayed by petulant religious opinion, the world is an awesome place with the odd idiot inbetween trying to make it rubbish for others.

I have had these crucifixes running around in my head for a long time.

Today at the one bootfair, I bought a handful of carpenters nails for 50p though the seller had agreed to 20p, I did not have the heart to take the change.

Came home and welded these up for my friend Ta2Don in Arkansas to stick in his Tattoo shop. (Or on the back of his RatRod)



A little bit of prep, some quick mig welding and we have three crosses.




Followed by some finishing off on the linisher in the woodwork shed, mounted on a bit of old fence post I still have not figured out what to do with.......

For those of the Christian faith, the story should be fairly apparent.

Job done.



Will get these to Don when we go over on this Road trip in October http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=653025

Definitely looking forward to it.

You continually amaze me… Thanx Mate!

Originally Posted by disasterbus

I certainly did

Cool trailer...

Originally Posted by markeb01

My wife has had a crucifix for decades that was made out of horse shoe nails. Nice to have something unusual and home made that was put together for a specific person:

Thanks for looking in Mark, That is some nice jewelry...

Originally Posted by realvc

Congrats. on 20 years in bidness.

Cool cars and trucks too. Looks like a great turn out.

Thanx Brother Vince!!!

Originally Posted by TJ's Chevy

Congrats bro! Looks like a good day!

Thanks Brotha!!!

Originally Posted by rusty76

Cool show. I should have been there. But maybe one day with my heap....lol. Like the crosses. Very nice.

Thanks...

Originally Posted by clemdaddy

a great day... and Judy would have been my pick also.
poor ol' jojo entertaining can be such hard work...
dig the crosses grizz63 made. congrats on the anniversary bro.

Thanks Brother, will call ya soon…

[Ta2Don]

Prepping to fire the 350 tomorrow...
Hooked up an oil gauge and fashioned a tool to prime the Oil Pump...

IMG_3127 by Donald Olivo, on Flickr
IMG_3131 by Donald Olivo, on Flickr

After a few revolutions of the drill powered tool..
IMG_3130 by Donald Olivo, on Flickr

We have a Heartbeat!!!

[dwcardfan]

Congratulations on the successful show. Looks like it was a big hit. And progress on the truck SWEET!!!

[TJ's Chevy]

Awesome brotha! Need a video!

[jlsanborn]

Been following along behind the scenes Don. Cool git-down at your shop! The winner was the winner for sure. The '68 and the late arrival were awesome, two-door Novas are just plain killer but at different level and Beetles are a cool of their very own. Shoulda drug the rat down and mocked it up! Throw a Don'z logo on the door?

To be honest, I've only sub'd your thread like a year ago or so and haven't line-by-line read it through but I think I get the jist. It's going to be a cool truck man! I like your old wheels and tires better though. Sandblast and clear, new white-letter 50's?? Just sayin

I'm no professional or self proclaimed expert but I've fired up a bunch of Chevy's from scratch. Learned some lessons the hard way too. If you have any drama getting this thing rocking be sure and post it up here. I'm on every single day and I'd love to be able to help.

The first motor my Boy put together, he primed it the same way. Just didn't have the gauge hooked up and shot oil into his mouth. He's a spitter.

[Ta2Don]

Originally Posted by dwcardfan

Congratulations on the successful show. Looks like it was a big hit. And progress on the truck SWEET!!!

Thanx Brother!!!

Originally Posted by TJ's Chevy

Awesome brotha! Need a video!

Thanx Brotha!!! Bit of a hiccup concerning the start-up… More to follow…

Originally Posted by jlsanborn

Been following along behind the scenes Don. Cool git-down at your shop! The winner was the winner for sure. The '68 and the late arrival were awesome, two-door Novas are just plain killer but at different level and Beetles are a cool of their very own. Shoulda drug the rat down and mocked it up! Throw a Don'z logo on the door?

To be honest, I've only sub'd your thread like a year ago or so and haven't line-by-line read it through but I think I get the jist. It's going to be a cool truck man! I like your old wheels and tires better though. Sandblast and clear, new white-letter 50's?? Just sayin

I'm no professional or self proclaimed expert but I've fired up a bunch of Chevy's from scratch. Learned some lessons the hard way too. If you have any drama getting this thing rocking be sure and post it up here. I'm on every single day and I'd love to be able to help.

The first motor my Boy put together, he primed it the same way. Just didn't have the gauge hooked up and shot oil into his mouth. He's a spitter.

Thanx Brother!!! Was gonna drag the Rat along, but my only trailer available was full so that was a no-go...
re: Wheels… I really would love some old school Cragar SS but, due to the lowering blocks, the U-Bolts would hit before those white 15's in the event of a flat tire... May look for some newer 5 spoke style wheels in the future, but the budget part has me trading and such...

I will hit you up once I get a chance to spin her to life… had a hiccup today that stalled the start… more to come...

[Ta2Don]

Well, the plan was to fire the engine today… The plan WAS...

Due to the unavailability, locally, of a lower radiator hose along with the shenanigans for some furry creature...
DSC_0001 by Donald Olivo, on Flickr

Needless to say, the intake had to be removed and a handful of little acorns removed...

Will update again once the lower hose materializes…

[Ta2Don]

Once I re-installed the intake, I installed the Dizzy and Temporarily mounted the Fuel pump… Getting ready…
DSC_0007 by Donald Olivo, on Flickr

DSC_0008 by Donald Olivo, on Flickr

Video of the start-up planned...

[TJ's Chevy]

Acorns help with lubrication. Sorry brotha but I fell off my chair from laughing so hard. Glad its all back together ok. haha!

[1963c-10]

Show looks like it went over good.

No pun intended....but that's nuts. It always amazes me the places critters can get into.

[Ta2Don]

Originally Posted by TJ's Chevy

Acorns help with lubrication. Sorry brotha but I fell off my chair from laughing so hard. Glad its all back together ok. haha!

Originally Posted by 1963c-10

Show looks like it went over good.

No pun intended....but that's nuts. It always amazes me the places critters can get into.

Thanks Brother…
Obviously, the rags and tape, as well as the plastic bag that encased the motor on the stand, were no match to the craftiness of the guilty creature...
The thermostat housing, sans thermostat, was the entry point...
Note to Self… Next time you have a motor on a stand, set the thermostat in place to allow for quicker and easier removal of food stash...

[TJ's Chevy]

Well at least you found a good place to keep food hidden..ya know...those sweet we're not aloud to get sometimes.

[Ta2Don]

Originally Posted by TJ's Chevy

Well at least you found a good place to keep food hidden..ya know...those sweet we're not aloud to get sometimes.

I quit hiding my sweets, the wife kept finding them... They say wisdom comes with age… it must be so, because now, I just make sure to keep her favorite snacks available so mine aren't a surprise...

[Ta2Don]

Tuesday, when I had planned on the start-up, I realized all the fuel line I had on hand was 5/16ths and the Fuel Filter and Pump have 3/8ths fittings...
So, yesterday, along with the Lower Rad Hose, I grabbed a handful of 3/8ths Fuel Line…
Upon arriving home I put the Lower hose on and the Brother-in-law returned with my daily driver and a weird noise under the hood...
Popped the hood, listened to a noise that seemed to be steady yet sporadic… Didn't sound internal, so we switched it off and upon looking found this…
IMG_3145 by Donald Olivo, on Flickr

IMG_3146 by Donald Olivo, on Flickr

P/S Pulley gave up the ghost...

I traded a '71 Super Beetle (That I had a total of $50 in) for this truck and about 6 months after getting the truck I had to put intake gaskets on it. At that time I noticed the P/S Pulley had a mark across the grooves. The mark was similar to a mark made by a chisel... After putting it back together I've been using the truck daily for about 4 and a half years… No clue what caused the mark, but that is where the Pulley split across the drive surface...

Luckily, I had on hand an extra pulley, so about 40 minutes later the DD was back in business...

Start-Up coming soon...

[TJ's Chevy]

Looking forward to it brotha!

[Ta2Don]

In the infamous words of Igor… "It's Alive!!!"
https://youtu.be/NfhAIelI9aY

This is my first attempt to load a video and embed it here…

Oil Pressure holding just over 50psi at idle…
First attempt at cranking resulted in nothing but the starter spinning the motor over… We pulled the distributor and rotated back one tooth, re-installed and she fired right up...

Feeling good, now to re-install cab and get after re-assembly...

[mjh1965]

Well done Don I bet you are pleased . Getting the motor running is such a great way to get motivated into getting it finished

[likaroc13]

Congrats on firing the engine!

[rusty76]

Congrats!

[TJ's Chevy]

Awesome brotha! I'm yer 1st sub on youtube! Can't wait to hear some mufflers on it. Great work man!

[Ta2Don]

Thanx Brotha!!!

[realvc]

Very cool!
Way to Goooooooooooooo.

[Ta2Don]

Thanx Guyz for looking in and the kind words...

Today I fired it up again in order to bleed the P/S system and check the operation of the P/S Box…

https://youtu.be/UQWFmwRlkTo

Then I fired p to get a few revs in... Due to the backfire and subsequent flame from the right bank, Valve adjustments and timing check is in the near future…

http://youtu.be/CwMQbzS3xuc

The Engine is holding 52psi Oil Pressure at idle after warmed up…
IMG_3193 by Donald Olivo, on Flickr

I also found that a pack of hose clamps I purchased at a truckload tool sale are garbage… Tightened this one up on the hose and after the short time running I found this… Tried to check the tension on the clamp and it is stripped and not holding tension…

IMG_3208 by Donald Olivo, on Flickr

[Ta2Don]

I tried again TJ, and all I get is the link in blue...

[TJ's Chevy]

Try this brotha.

A few Revz - YouTube