Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

That is going to look great .

Originally Posted by 65sub

Looking good Rian. I like the red stripe wheels

Thank you guys.

It is still making me smile, a lot.

[flashed]

Love it .

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

Love it .

And then there was this.....


Next job today after lunch was to start adding the sponsor stickers in some sensible way.

I was going to leave the tailgate as it is or a while as I have a few ideas on it, that still needs to be thought out. May be nothing much, but we will see.

The badges still need to be prepped with automotive double sided tape and then applied.
After which the left over space can get used for the final push.



Been chatting to Dennis all day, and a couple of his texts had me drooling, really DROOLING !!

Message from him:

Back from St Louis, not too bad about 2 more exits past the Airport. I bought 15 lb's of crawfish 5 lb's of shrimp. Stopped at Sams and got all the other stuff Deb wanted, corn, potatoes etc. Car looks great, when you get all the stickers on it will really make it pop.

He also raised the Union Jack over his shop today.......... I guess it's as close as I will get to spending the day with them.



The next hour and a half Katy and I raced through the stickers in my collection, trying various layouts, and combinations as not everything looks right.

Once I got the last sticker down on the top edge of the front fender, Katy went indoors to start cooking an early chicken curry dinner for us, as her younger daughter was coming back from Bournemouth University to surprise her for Mother's Day. Tonight they have gone to the local pub to meet some friends for drinks.

In the mean time I went to two different farms local to me.

One looking out over The Isle of Grain and Medway Estuary and the other looking out over the Thames River toward Essex.

So a few photos.

I found it really hard to choose what to delete and what to post, so here they are.

I hope there is still some Marmite Love here.

The Eagle Eyed amongst you will notice there is a difference between left and right sides.







And then up to the other farm, overlooking the Thames River.





And lastly, next to some hay bales.



And one final photo, I needed to add my buddy Bomp's sticker to the windscreen as well.

We have travelled around the USA together a bit.



Well..............

LOVE IT OR HATE IT.........

BUT YOU CANNOT REALLY IGNORE IT. (Yes I know you can ignore it)

Now I need a New Beetle to give a different version of the same treatment.

Or something else unloved.

[Palf70Step]

in the NASCAR winner's circle!

[ibrown50]

I have to say it made me chuckle this morning, looks great

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

in the NASCAR winner's circle!

I am very pleased with the result.

Makes me smile, a lot.

Originally Posted by ibrown50

I have to say it made me chuckle this morning, looks great

Perfect Ian....

Mission accomplished.

[Grizz1963]

Quick Sunday evening update.

Was having a chat with friend PaulF over the weekend and he sent me these pics...... after asking if I knew where my old 1963 Taunus Transit van had gone??

BUILD THREAD HERE: http://retrorides.proboards.com/thre...it-fk1250-sams

No idea I said. Never heard from the new owner, despite having some spares for him.

Pics followed........ interesting.

V6 on air.





Chatting with Dennis in St Louis this morning, he sent this pic with no comment.



Need I say more than "Nommmmm"

First bootfair of the year today, and our clocks. Over forward to British Summertime. So went to bed too late and woke too early.
Thankfully the bootfair delivered.
My favourite purchase was a fully functioning pressed metal motorcycle with rider in great condition for only £2.00 or $2.50

Love it.



Got home after a great English Breakfast at Sainsbury's and filling the Berlingo at Morrisons.

After 344 miles, mostly at top legal speeds it needed a refill of 46 litres right up into the neck.

Stuart from next door brought around a parcel that he had signed for on Friday...... a prezzie from Eddie "PedalcarJoe" who owns the yellow fire engine in my lounge.
Beautifully packed T shirts and some cool keyrings...... Harley approved and plonked herself on it before I could take a pic.



Being that it was a great day today, I had the roof back as well on the way home and when I parked it up, I forgot to close the roof, which I noticed when upstairs, so another photo opportunity.



I prepped the Chevy decals with double sided automotive tape and then applied them.



I am 99% certain that I will be removing the Grizz NASCAR Racing sticker on the rear glass. It does not suit the rest of the car in my opinion.




So that brings to an end my weekend and most of what will be happening to this little smile maker.

Thanks for checking in.

[Ta2Don]

Looks Great Rian!!! As for the difference betwixt the sides, you're a Champ!

As for our mutual friend, here's one to go along with yours...
Untitled by Donald Olivo, on Flickr

Cheers Mate!

[Grizz1963]

Thanks Don.

Yes, a Champ indeed.


Came home tonight thinking the van was going out to Martin's girlfriends place loaded with tools and chainsaw..... but we missed each other in comms as he had a load of work stuff to do so it will wait for another day.

So I started in my own garden, need to clear up a load of stuff in the beds that has been here since Nicola left, get a shed empty and rolled over before remaking its base as it has been listing over just enough to prevent the doors from closing completely, then painted and reroofed before moving it 18 inches over to the side.
After that I will dig a serious hole into the side of a garden bed, so that I can build the new shed with the timber I was offered a few weeks ago when I bought the VTR wheels.
Any offer for a small free petrol/diesel digger, or muscular digger accepted.

After that I went to the little van and mocked up an idea my buddy Herb "BugThug" in Winfield, Kansas suggested yesterday.

I guess it falls in line with the 2.0 turbo transplant

Offset.....



Or Centre position



Lastly I removed the sticker from the rear glass.

Looks better of course.



Lastly, I have had a few questions on the sticker on the front screen from non-USA based guys who do not know Camping World as we have a Camping International chain here in the U.K.

Main sponsor to the series.



Quicky over.

[Palf70Step]

I am not a big sticker fan, but that little box rocks!

The scoop just took it over da fence! Oh yeah, off center.

[aggie91]

Love the look of the little van! Looks like a fun vehicle !

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

I am not a big sticker fan, but that Little box rocks !!

The scoop just took it over da fence! Oh yeah, off center.

Originally Posted by aggie91

Love the look of the little van! Looks like a fun vehicle !

Thanks guys.

We have a saying "Mad as a box of frogs"

But this little box certainly does rock

Well.......
It seems there is always a surprise up the sleeve of an old car.

Brought Prozac in for wheel balancing today where tyres were changed (and I got told it could not be done)

Unfortunately the operator who got the job called me 5 minutes afyer the car was pulled on the ramp.

Seems it is wanting a new tyre.

Never noticed when tyres were changed and certainly not hit a pothole etc

Burger !! £60.00 fitted plus £22.50 for balancing the other three. With special adaptor.



Anyway. Got to be done. Still no regrets.

Some other random fun.

Photoshop by Munkey made me laugh.



Car will be working hard over the weekend as well.

Later guys.

[flashed]

I love the look of the van and the toy motorcycle is too cool.

[Grizz1963]

Bias valve spring arrived yesterday.

Signed for delivery...... really?

So today I went to the post Office Depot 8 miles from home, 70p for parking and time wasted.

At £22.00 for this I suspect the seller is laughing all the way to the bank.

I suspect it's a total of £2.00 in there.......



Old vs New.

Took a while to get it out with Torx screw and WD40 to be negotiated.



It was mentioned somewhere that you needed pencil thin 4 inch long fingers with double articulation to remove and fit this spring.

I removed the spare wheel to increase access and visibility.



The job was not a 5 minute job, though it would be if access was better.

Anyway, did a quick test run up to the farm, not sure if it is better, but it felt a bit different..... imagination?

Anyway, another job done.




Finally, the one sticker I actually liked a lot, turned out to be a paper sticker, so tonight it was removed and all the glue removed with white spirit.

Then raided my special sticker file, some that I got from friends around the USA.



That's it for today.

Pleased for sure.

[Palf70Step]

Soon as I saw that drum pedal, I saiod to my self Rian wants that for the gas!!!

Pretty nice haul you got their Rian.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Soon as I saw that drum pedal, I saiod to my self Rian wants that for the gas!!!

Pretty nice haul you got their Rian.

Thank you very much Bill, I felt so too.

Pedal was certainly my highlight, wanted one a long time.



I went to Wheels Day on Friday with my buddy Craig and between is we took some photos.

Rather than load the lot on here, please click the link below and see the lot.

Also click below the last pic to download and view all the photos.

http://imgur.com/a/pbdj5


I hope you enjoy.

It was a great day out.

[flashed]

Great pics Rian ,thanks for sharing .

[65sub]

Thanks for the photo tour Rian. Some really cool rides there.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

Great pics Rian ,thanks for sharing .

Always a pleasure John.

I love to see what does go on elsewhere and guess most of us like a look into other parts of the world.

Originally Posted by 65sub

Thanks for the photo tour Rian. Some really cool rides there.

Indeed Dale.

Loads of creative people here.

The American, but also all modded and hot rod market is big here.

Just a lot more expensive than in the USA as we import what we need and get duties and taxes on top.

Got a text from Miss Katy yesterday with a photo......

Parcel from America had landed, included Pink cammo working gloves, from mate Dennis in St Louis, Missouri.
She had commented on a pair that he had sent to Mr Zog (His move to America and all it brought him here: http://www.wilddog.za.net/forum/inde...topic=190196.0 ) in Florida a few weeks ago, so Dennis offered in secret to send her some to her address. The big ones are for me.
She was tickled pink.

Thank you Dennis.



Got home last night and there was a small parcel that made it through the letter box, the address was a colleagues name and he had texted that he had dropped something off on his way home from work.

Opened the parcel.....



Yes, it's a knife, I love a good knife. And Kenneth wanted to thank me for just looking out for him. I need no rewards, but it was rather nice.






Then tonight after work I jumped into Prozac and shot down to Sheppey again to Darren's place to pick up some bits for the car.

I still need a few little trim bits, but hope to pick them up over time.

A rear panel for the tailgate that was missing and an original radio, with its code......



And most importantly, a piece of the wiring harness to try repair the mess that is there now.

Hopefully mate Martin with his electronic cleverness can figure it all out.



Still need one of these little twist knobs to retain the under dash fuse panel.



And a drivers side speaker grille.



Home by 7.30 and on my work desk till 10.00pm soma productive day in all.

[clemdaddy]

Nice pics Rian… Harley hiding in the bed roll waiting to spring on his prey, was my favorite.

[Palf70Step]

Very nice Rian!

[Ta2Don]

I finally found some time to get on here and catch up... As always, thanx for the pics and the narrative... I too love the pic of the kitty burrito
Martin will sort that wiring in a minute... Although I have little room to talk, what about some love for the '66? Just messing with you mate... Hope you like those pics from Micahdoodles...

Cheers Mate!

[Ta2Don]

Here ya go

[Ta2Don]

Artwork courtesy of Micahdoodles on IG

[flashed]

Good Morning Rian ,still here with you .