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Old 12-25-2013, 01:34 AM   #76
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Re: Winter Beater Build- '66 BBW Custom Short/Fleet with Heat!

Here is a pic of my light blue and white 66 with black stock wheels incase your wondering what it would look like.
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Old 12-26-2013, 03:53 AM   #77
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Nice truck! I dig this simple build
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Old 12-26-2013, 05:01 PM   #78
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Super nice truck 66swb327!
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Old 12-26-2013, 10:10 PM   #79
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Here is a pic of my light blue and white 66 with black stock wheels incase your wondering what it would look like.
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Old 12-26-2013, 10:19 PM   #80
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Re: Winter Beater Build- '66 BBW Custom Short/Fleet with Heat!

My business partner (sister) polished the hubcaps, then I painted the centers.





Mixed oil and wax together and tried it out on the driver side of the hood. Didn't want the wax to set up as hard and gloss up too much when I buffed it off. Gives it a soft shine that brings out the color.







Took the old fog lights off, cleaned up the bumper and grill, and stuck a '66 farm truck tag in place of the rusty tag that came with it.





The column parts are pretty chewed up, so I'll have to swap it out. It won't shift like it is. I've got another column from a 60-63 cab that I hope will work.

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Old 12-26-2013, 11:17 PM   #81
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Thank you. Im always on here looking at what your up to with your trucks. All of your work is awesome!
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Old 12-26-2013, 11:29 PM   #82
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You mixed oil and wax to get that old paint to shine up?
I am guessing you used regular car wax, but what kind of oil?

What a great effect you got with that man, awesome.
I want to do that to the 55 farm truck we have back home.
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Old 12-27-2013, 12:28 AM   #83
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You mixed oil and wax to get that old paint to shine up?
I am guessing you used regular car wax, but what kind of oil?

What a great effect you got with that man, awesome.
I want to do that to the 55 farm truck we have back home.
Yeah, just spray oil/penetrant and carnauba wax- gotta be non-abrasive. Wax dries too fast on old/dried out paint so it doesn't always "soak in" before it starts to harden, then you buff it off- the shine and color will be uneven. The point of wax is to seal the paint pores, dry hard, then you buff the surface of it smooth. The oil just keeps it from drying too fast, and it helps the wax get down into the pores of the paint better so the color is even. It takes more effort to get it all off since it doesn't dry for awhile, but you wanna get 95% off before it dries anyway.
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Old 12-27-2013, 11:27 AM   #84
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Looking good, John!

If you need column parts, PM me. I've got a few extra cowlings, and I could send you one.
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Old 12-27-2013, 01:33 PM   #85
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Truck looks good. I like the wax and oil trick. Have to keep that in mind.
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Old 12-27-2013, 11:49 PM   #86
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We bought Eastwood's tubing flare set awhile back as haven't used it yet so I tried it out on the pump-to-carb line. Works great!

I agree 100%. I own and LOVE my Eastwood flaring tool. It makes a PERFECT flare every time. This is a brake line I did. One of the best tool investments I ever made.
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Re: Winter Beater Build- '66 BBW Custom Short/Fleet with Heat!

Little late to this build, but got to follow now!
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Old 12-30-2013, 01:56 AM   #88
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Re: Winter Beater Build- '66 BBW Custom Short/Fleet with Heat!

Step slowly away from this truck and get back to work on Goldilocks. This isn't supposed to be a build thread but a "get it running" thread. Your attention to detail is starting to show.
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That Eastwood deal is pretty killer!
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Looking good, John!

If you need column parts, PM me. I've got a few extra cowlings, and I could send you one.
I picked some parts from another column I had and got it working, thanks for the offer though!



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Truck looks good. I like the wax and oil trick. Have to keep that in mind.
Thanks, it works pretty good. Not sure how durable it'll be yet.




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It's a great tool, best I've seen for flaring lines.




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What??? I didn't even clean the backing plates when I did the brakes!




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Truck is coming out really nice, your attention to detail truly shows through. Great truck.
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Old 01-31-2014, 11:11 PM   #93
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Re: Winter Beater Build- '66 BBW Custom Short/Fleet with Heat!

I was looking at your brake shoe installation , looks like you have both short shoes on the same side ... Short shoe goes towards the front ... Don't ask how I know ..... lol
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This sucker runnin yet? It's gonna get too warm for the heater soon!
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I was looking at your brake shoe installation , looks like you have both short shoes on the same side ... Short shoe goes towards the front ... Don't ask how I know ..... lol
Thanks for pointing that out, I gotta get the new drums on it still so I'll sort it out while I'm in there.



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This sucker runnin yet? It's gonna get too warm for the heater soon!
Not yet, no free time since Christmas break to work on it plus I've had sinus problems for the last two weeks. Doctor misdiagnosed it as a virus, after a week of being miserable we figured out it was a sinus infection... I'm back to feeling well enough to work on it now, gotta get the carb back together and fix the brake issues next. I did cheat and mess around with 'Locks for awhile today, shoulda been working on this truck instead.


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Old 02-02-2014, 06:51 PM   #96
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Everyone has some type of sinus problem this winter, sun what's that, the chesapeake bay has ice I haven't seen that since I was still ridding my bike, it takes a lot for salt water to freeze, rant is over back to the build.
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Old 04-22-2014, 11:35 AM   #97
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Installed a rebuild carb and it's running great now. Also fixed the brake return springs and put the front drums on. Just got to do rear axle bearings/seals and adjust/bleed the brakes to have it driveable. Planning on scuffing the interior, shooting it fawn, cleaning up the gauge cluster, and maybe adding a tach if I can find a 6 cylinder tach. Needs new door seals too.

Edit, video of it running is uploading to youtube now. Will post once it's finished.
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have you seen this thread ? - looks like a great alternative to the crap OEM style door seals.

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Glad to see movement on this! I was worried you'd been taken over with them little furrin' cars!
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have you seen this thread ? - looks like a great alternative to the crap OEM style door seals.

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Those look like a great alternative! Will have to try those out, there's a Honda junk yard about two miles from our shop.



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Nah, actually sold the two parts cars and I'm not planning on keeping the red '87 long at all. I'll get 'Locks done before starting back on the white '89.
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