project 66 beater

[TxRat]

HAHA Yea well, We all want to buy a "driver" and well, just drive it right? I'm sure the cars I've built there are owners posting the exact same stuff, I certainly hope not.
I've never been able to hack stuff together and make it last like some folks. It hasn't been as bad as it seems, just a lot of little things. I did finally get to drive it today and no shimmy good shifts and lots of power.

Funny thing is that I had to go see the previous owner and he knew nothing of the frontend problems Hmmmmm....

Originally Posted by McMurphy

I started reading this thread on the first day you opened it, and this clearly has stuck in my head.
It makes me laugh a little as so simple a statement seems for a lot of us to turn into hundreds of man hours in labor, and hundreds to thousands of dollars.
I guess any collection of steel, rubber, glass and wires that have been on the road for 40, almost 50 years (probably 4 or 5 times the expected life span) it is to be expected.
The size of the "issues" and how we approach the resolution is as varied as the people that do these.
That is what makes this web site so awesome.
I wish I could meet each and every builder and their build here, that would be an interesting day indeed !!

Sorry to wax so philosophical on your build, but inspiration strikes us at the most odd of moments, and never in locations of our choosing, eh?

I wish you the best of luck on your truck, if you post it, you know I will read it !!

[LostMy65]

Cool!
Got your fleet bed on:

Originally Posted by TxRat

4-6 drop from CPP.
drop springs and spindles in the front and 6" springs in the back..

[TxRat]

Originally Posted by LostMy65

Cool!
Got your fleet bed on:

HA HA yes I did, I was just about to add this picture.

Update, I got the tail lights all wired up using GM Weather Pack plugs.

I absolutely love'em



TV cable is adjusted and shifting like a dream..


Found I have a Parasitic draw coming from my alternator, That will get addressed tomorrow..

still plugging away at all the little stuff.

[TxRat]

Been driving around for a couple of days just shaking things down and well, it's been doing pretty darn good. No more weird electrical stuff. Runs good and doesn't get hot. No more dead battery.

I managed to hook up a filler neck that will serve its purpose until I get a floor in the bed then I will flush mount it.





Ive already raised the cross seal up off the tanks. Just incase you guys were wondering..

[duallyjams]

With the 4-6 drop it looks like it has a little rake to it.

[TxRat]

Originally Posted by duallyjams

With the 4-6 drop it looks like it has a little rake to it.

Yea, I'm not sure why but I will be adding 1" blocks to back to bring it down a little

[Zane M]

Looks great. I'll be following this one.

[TxRat]

After much headache and time I had all the lights working, Went down to my local station and it passed inspection with flying colors BUT when I got home, Tail lights are flickering with the ign off and lights on and with the running lights on (no headlights) the left turn indicator on the dash is lit. The shift indicator back light comes on when the brakes are applied. Grrrrr.....

I'm starting to think its all in the turn indicator switch in the column or possibly the headlight switch. I had it out cleaning contacts to get the tail lights working and got everything working but now looks like back to the drawing board.

[Shooters_7]

I had the same issues a while back, I had to replace the "high" beam switch on the floor as those wires looked like after years of getting wet they'd become toast and then the switch its self on the dash. Found a wire in the tail light that wasn't grounded very good as well. That fixed all my trucks issues, why didn't you just register the truck as an antique and skip the inspection?

[Shooters_7]

Where is the tail gate?

[TxRat]

Originally Posted by Shooters_7

I had the same issues a while back, I had to replace the "high" beam switch on the floor as those wires looked like after years of getting wet they'd become toast and then the switch its self on the dash. Found a wire in the tail light that wasn't grounded very good as well. That fixed all my trucks issues, why didn't you just register the truck as an antique and skip the inspection?

Thanks for the info. I have the gate, just got to get it on

Since this thing will be driven a lot I didn't want to catch grief from the Local PD for driving it so much. I may retitle it later to reflect that...

[TxRat]

Alright, Got my lights working. Bad dash ground. All good now..

I found a set of doors from a guy and replaced my bad passenger door and rebuilt the vent windows. I couldn't get the provided rivets to work and went with a stainless pop rivet that worked perfectly to hold the rubber in place on the vent windows. Heresw a few pics.

[duallyjams]

Vent widows rivets is a 2 person job.
here is one thread from the fact section on vent windows
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=351471
here's the ones I did post 62
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=502124&page=3

[TxRat]

I agree its a two person job and I had help, The pop rivets worked just fine and i can assure you they aren't going any where...

The vent widows are installed and you can't tell the difference...

[TxRat]

started installing the low rent bed floor in my rig. I will take the wood back out and paint it and install the rest of the strips...

[TxRat]

So I a bit of an update, I have been chasing a little bit of rust on my truck. The drip rails were shot so I figured I'd better figure out whats going there. The A pillars turned out to still be in good shape so I decided just to shave the drips and smooth out the pillars. They are roughed in for now...




















Thanks for looking...

[duallyjams]

I like it.

[CRGRS 66]

Great truck, and great progress, subscribed to follow along
Noticed that you added the custom cab sails, nice!

[TxRat]

Hey guys,
Sorry for not updating this thread.

I put a Gennie shifter in the truck





Then, I found this,





covered the seat in Mexican Blanket.



Little engine changes

[TxRat]

[TxRat]

from November to now

[duallyjams]

moocho better

[LostMy65]

Glad to see you posting an update.
Looking good.
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[TxRat]

Thanks guys

[rusty76]

I like your truck! It looks soooooooo much better than it did when you first got it. I'm telling you I'm going to have to buy one of these '60-'66. Man I like these old trucks....