Post your pics of 64-66 Panels & Subs

[likaroc13]

[likaroc13]

[Bart Savage]

you've seen it before......but i saw it a few weeks ago at the California Hot Rod Reunion and snagged this shot.

[Bart Savage]

another.....

[OldGMJon]

here is my 65' panel...trying to round up some final parts to finally get it out of the garage. Need inside upper trim piece...

[chevy_mike]

Originally Posted by OldGMJon

here is my 65' panel...trying to round up some final parts to finally get it out of the garage. Need inside upper trim piece...

Nice rear roll pan. Did you make that yourself?

[OldGMJon]

Originally Posted by chevy_mike

Nice rear roll pan. Did you make that yourself?

I got this from someone that had stalled half-way through his build...he did that before I got it and I fear he may have used the interior upper trim piece to do it with...he had it set up for bags too but I didn't get those with the deal.
My fleet:
63" 1-ton 12' flatbed
65' chevy panel
65' GMC lwb fleeter
66' 1-ton
84' C20 Silverado 454

[chevy_mike]

Originally Posted by OldGMJon

I got this from someone that had stalled half-way through his build...he did that before I got it and I fear he may have used the interior upper trim piece to do it with...he had it set up for bags too but I didn't get those with the deal.
My fleet:
63" 1-ton 12' flatbed
65' chevy panel
65' GMC lwb fleeter
66' 1-ton
84' C20 Silverado 454

Looks good!

[padresag]

Originally Posted by OldGMJon

here is my 65' panel...trying to round up some final parts to finally get it out of the garage. Need inside upper trim piece...

panels did not have a upper trim piece there , but suburbans did
ron

[OldGMJon]

Originally Posted by padresag

panels did not have a upper trim piece there , but suburbans did
ron

Everyone keeps telling me that but I say they must be wrong...here is a stock interior panel, rare I must agree, but stock.

[padresag]

it would not have been stock but perhaps installed from a suburban. panels were pretty bare boned.
I have a set but you should be able to find them closer to home
ron

[OldGMJon]

Originally Posted by padresag

it would not have been stock but perhaps installed from a suburban. panels were pretty bare boned.
I have a set but you should be able to find them closer to home
ron

I have found few people locally that know what I am even talking about. I remember seeing the Helm's bakery trucks that delivered door to door when I was a kid and their interiors were not bare bones. I believe this was probably ordered from the factory this way...I have over a 25 year history of this truck and doubt someone decided to make sheet metal to match this well in the 70's or 80's. This is chevy tin...little doubt in my mind. So, about your set...how much plus shipping to 92506? 95437 may be cheaper and just as good for me.

[padresag]

Originally Posted by OldGMJon

I have found few people locally that know what I am even talking about. I remember seeing the Helm's bakery trucks that delivered door to door when I was a kid and their interiors were not bare bones. I believe this was probably ordered from the factory this way...I have over a 25 year history of this truck and doubt someone decided to make sheet metal to match this well in the 70's or 80's. This is chevy tin...little doubt in my mind. So, about your set...how much plus shipping to 92506? 95437 may be cheaper and just as good for me.

Helm's trucks if they were ordered that way from a dealer would possibly have gone to a coach builders. they had access to those parts.
I doubt that you would find them listed as stock equip out of a parts book for a panel
ron

[OldGMJon]

Originally Posted by padresag

Helm's trucks if they were ordered that way from a dealer would possibly have gone to a coach builders. they had access to those parts.
I doubt that you would find them listed as stock equip out of a parts book for a panel
ron

That's kinda what I meant since most trucks in the 60's were bare bones. Napco as an example for the 4WD or the aftermarket AC units and the like.
Thanks for responding, enjoy tapping brains that have the experience and knowledge...got a price on your set?

[padresag]

they didn't use Napco in the 60's except on special order on 1 ton and over
here are some picture of the conversion piece in an ambulance that look like they were made which I also may have around some where




ron

[padresag]

Lyle in Bonner's Ferry,Id gmc1966@frontier.com should have some and he is really a great guy to deal with
ron

[olblue60@aol.com]

I love those "K" models

[chevy_mike]

Something else that is weird, it looks like this had a split tail gate setup at one point and was converted to barn doors. I have not seen any panels that had the hinge pockets for the upper tailgate. Makes me wonder if this was come coach built conversion panel.

[OldGMJon]

[QUOTE=chevy_mike;6950721]Something else that is weird, it looks like this had a split tail gate setup at one point and was converted to barn doors. I have not seen any panels that had the hinge pockets for the upper tailgate. Makes me wonder if this was come coach built conversion panel.

I haven't seen those hinge pockets on a panel before in my searches either...the interior side-panels being finished with sheet metal when all panels I have seen and told about are bare bones interiors...makes you think the panel was altered for a specific business use similar to the one above.

[OldGMJon]

On another note...I found a guy in San Diego with the upper trim piece I am missing to finish off the interior side panels...I am thinking some nice wood paneling for the ceiling to match the wood floor. Then all I got to do is find some bucket seats for the front, switch out my 283 for the 350 I inherited, and some misc. stuff then its a runner.

[Grandpa54]

Originally Posted by oldgmjon

on another note...i found a guy in san diego with the upper trim piece i am missing to finish off the interior side panels...i am thinking some nice wood paneling for the ceiling to match the wood floor. Then all i got to do is find some bucket seats for the front, switch out my 283 for the 350 i inherited, and some misc. Stuff then its a runner.

jon, how are thoses side panels attached? I will try and get you pics of the seats soon, mark

[OldGMJon]

Originally Posted by Grandpa54

jon, how are thoses side panels attached? I will try and get you pics of the seats soon, mark

As visible in the picture above at the roof rails the side panel is screwed into the inner framework at those points. I believe it tucks into the lower panel before it is screwed down. I haven't disassembled it to know exactly...Odd that there are inside sheet metal panels on a panel truck...seats are from a Suburban...panels with barn doors never had openings for the tailgate back? (I was wondering what those holes were...So, I guess they don't have delete plates for them either) Its looking like I have a Heinz 57 panel truck.

[Grandpa54]

Originally Posted by chevy_mike

something else that is weird, it looks like this had a split tail gate setup at one point and was converted to barn doors. I have not seen any panels that had the hinge pockets for the upper tailgate. Makes me wonder if this was come coach built conversion panel.

the fact that it has the upper molding is wierd. It looks like its part suburban. In my search for my panel i found a 66 lwb panel with a lift gate/ tail gate, boy did that look funny.

[blown240]

That guy in San Diego is a nice guy. I bought some steel wheels and some taillight lenses from him for my 66 Sub a few years ago. Now I need to make a list for my 61 Panel and go visit him...

[olblue60@aol.com]

I understand that I am speaking from the next generation and am only guessing, but my 1968 has the hatch /tailgate. There are plugs in the side posts that can be removed to reveal the bolt holes for doors, and at the same time, has no holes for the upper and lower door latches.