The 66 moneypit

[oerman]

Hi,
I,m chris aka oerman from Belgium (europe) I love those little old trucks, also a big fan of old harleys and choppers (have some of my own)
a year ago a bought myself a 1966 swb stepside 283 manuel 3 shift
i ve been reading alot overhere for the past 3 weeks, i couldn,t find an introduction thread so i thaught it was a good idea to start with a build threat.
The story is that the truck has been standing for one year at my place but doing nothing with it because my garage/workspace is loaded with bikes...
After looking for more then a year i finally found another workspace to rent where i can start working on my truck.
The plan is to get the chassis as mecanical ok as possibel, allready have alot of new parts in house for that. Also gonna lower it a bit, just 2" in front and 4" in the rear and with springs only because i,ve to go to the inspection with the truck and they don,t like lowered cars and other updates...
The cabine need some new inner and outer rockers, kickpanels, cabcorners but trying to keep the stance it has now, so no paintjob...
gonna try to include some pictures for howfar i am now after a week of wrenching (not fulltime)
everybody loves pictures and its motivating for myself too...

[oerman]

some more pics

[Captainfab]

Welcome to the forum Chris

It's too bad that some of you guys in Europe have so many vehicle restrictions.

[Grizz1963]

Welcome Chris.

I think you guys have even more restrictions than we have here in England.

Truck looks like a good one, so hopefully all the work will be simple stuff for you.

What style of Harley’s are you into?

Yes, you can show us them as well

[ibrown50]

Hi Chris

Welcome to the forum, your truck looks to be in decent shape just wanting the same repairs as most . You’ll find this forum a great source of advice, how-to’s and general encouragement when you need it most

I’m also a fan of swb stepsides (mines a 64) and Harley’s and like Grizz (Rian) says above you can post pictures of those too

[roll_the_dice]

Welcome to the forum! Always good to have new members. There is a wealth of knowledge on here that has saved me a lot of money. Looks like you have a good start going! Look forward to the progress.

[aggie91]

Welcome to the Forum!

My '65 was the same color with the spare on the left side when I got is many years ago. Looking forward to what you have planned.