Hey all. I've been lurking here for a while and figured it was about time I introduced myself.

I've got a '64 shortbed stepside that I picked up last summer as a parts hauler for my '51 Chevy car project. It's pretty rough around the edges, but it's mechanically sound. Mostly. My wife and I flew down to Florida to pick it up, then drove it back to Central Illinois, and, while it took us about two days longer than we expected, we got home just fine. We shouldn't have, but we did. This truck has been growing on me ever since.

Anyway, you know how it goes. A fix here, an improvement there, and all of a sudden your truck is up on jackstands and you're out of space on your to do list.

Picture time! It's still mostly stock. The previous owner swapped the old fleetside bed for a stepside. Still has manual drum brakes, but I put in a dual chamber master cylinder. Engine is a 250 (which I love) with a new 2bbl carb and HEI. I've been working on a T5 swap all winter (EASY swap that I somehow made very difficult). It's all back together, but the input shaft is binding up somewhere, so it's all gotta come back out.

The truck. Try to ignore the rust.
http://blackeyephotography.com/notpublic/betty/IMG_5613.jpg

Almost looks okay from 50 feet. Yeah, the previous owner was a painter.
http://blackeyephotography.com/notpublic/betty/IMG_6784.jpg

One of my favorites from the last day of driving
http://blackeyephotography.com/notpublic/betty/IMG_5570.jpg

HEI installation
http://blackeyephotography.com/notpublic/betty/IMG_5634.jpg

Welcome to the board from Texas

Welcome to the board!

Welcome from TN

:welcome2: from KY!

Welcome to the board from West Tennessee. You are the best salesman or have the most trusting wife I know of. Mine would have stayed home to answer the phone when I called in that I was broke down. That was a good shot out the windshield. Good luck on both your projects. Post a few of the 51 car we like them too.

Welcome to the board from West Tennessee. You are the best salesman or have the most trusting wife I know of. Mine would have stayed home to answer the phone when I called in that I was broke down.

Thanks!

Believe it or not, my wife is the one who talked me into buying the truck. I actually had to fight for my turn behind the wheel on the way home. She finished that trip with a very tan left arm and a very pale right arm. She also came out last weekend to help me pull the transmission (thought it was the clutch, but looks like the input shaft is binding), and before that, she helped me rewire the '51.

I think she's a keeper.

The car
http://blackeyephotography.com/notpublic/car/IMG_7387.jpg

Problem
http://blackeyephotography.com/notpublic/car/IMG_5736.jpg

Fix
http://blackeyephotography.com/notpublic/car/IMG_6603.jpg

As it sits right now.
http://blackeyephotography.com/notpublic/car/IMG_8116.jpg

Welcom from East Tn, great to have you aboard.

Welcome to the forum cptstickfigure. It's always nice to have new guys come along. Sounds like you have a great wife....:)

:agree: :welcoem: to the board.

Welcome to the board from Kentucky. Looks like there is a guy on your pasenger door ready to shoot out your tire. Also sounds like you have a keeper of a wife there. Again welcome.

Yup. Got the hunter on the passenger door, a wolf's head on the driver's side, Rat Fink on the back of the cab, and foliage/camo on the wheel covers and rear bumper. Used to have the painter's web address (http://www.airbrushbobby.com) on the tailgate, but I sanded that off because I got sick of people asking for price estimates at every other stoplight.

That airbrushing is probably the biggest sticking point on the truck. I think it's a bit much, but I seem to be in the minority. I figure it'll all come off when I do the bodywork anyway, so no harm done.

Hi there and welcome. I'm in Arcola - just down the road. I'm not too active here because I'm terribly busy, but it's good to see someone close. I have a 71 Cheyenne Super, 68 SWB, 72 SWB Fleet, and 72 Cheyenne Super for parts. The city HATES me.

:welcome2: From West TN :hi2:

Welcome to the board from South Mississippi! Sounds like you've got a winner for a wife!:D

hey welcome !!!! i'm in sidney , and work for the cable co. in urbana , i'll keep an eye out for your ride

hey welcome !!!! i'm in sidney , and work for the cable co. in urbana , i'll keep an eye out for your ride

No way! The truck's in a borrowed garage on the far side of Catlin right now, so I drive through Sidney every time I go out to work on it. That, by the way, is why my t5 swap is taking FOREVER.

No way! The truck's in a borrowed garage on the far side of Catlin right now, so I drive through Sidney every time I go out to work on it. That, by the way, is why my t5 swap is taking FOREVER.

HA !! i know that building in the first picture.....cruised by a couple of times and didnt see the truck . catlin is a decent haul from urbana

welcome to the board from AURORA il:hi2:

HA !! i know that building in the first picture.....cruised by a couple of times and didnt see the truck . catlin is a decent haul from urbana

It is indeed. That first picture is actually my old apartment in Urbana. Probably why you didn't see it in catlin ;)

Welcome from Champaign! I think we've me on the HAMB already.

Welcome from Champaign! I think we've me on the HAMB already.


The very same. I didn't realize you were on this board.

Yep...I'm a sick man. I have the disease bad enough that I own a 67 Chevy truck and a 68 Chevy truck too.

Yep...I'm a sick man. I have the disease bad enough that I own a 67 Chevy truck and a 68 Chevy truck too.

moto , i see in your profile you collect old skateboards . VERY COOL !!! i've been collecting stuff from bulldog skates for a couple years now , nothing old but i do have a couple of desirables.

Yep...I'm a sick man. I have the disease bad enough that I own a 67 Chevy truck and a 68 Chevy truck too.

Same here, I think I'm a carrier - One 68, two 71s, one 72. The city hates me.

moto , i see in your profile you collect old skateboards . VERY COOL !!! i've been collecting stuff from bulldog skates for a couple years now , nothing old but i do have a couple of desirables.


The bulldog stuff is really cool. I collect mostly zorlac stuff and was lucky enough to get most of them before the prices went through the roof.

Same here, I think I'm a carrier - One 68, two 71s, one 72. The city hates me.

...funny stuff!

welcome from south indiana

Welcome from north central Illinois. I've got a 68 stepside myself. It sits in one piece in the backyard, awaiting a front end rebuild/trans rebuild and a ton of other stuff :rolleyes: Looks like you've got a few keepers there..... And by the way, does your wife have a sister?!? :lol: (kidding of course! ;) )

welcome from Oklahoma