1964 RC Chevy Crew Cab (scratchbuilt)

[jeffro2]

Had a couple requests to see the buildup of this Crew Cab, so here goes.

This truck is done, mostly. It could stand to have the cab rebuilt, but I'm not ready to tear back into it, just yet.

This is a picture of the truck I found on this forum, it is photoshopped, but at the time, I did not know that, or even that a 64 CrewCab existed. After some reading, I found out all kinds of things about them. Anyway....



It was love at 1st site. (my wife says I have a huge garage of cars and trucks in my head, that I love. , and its true)

There are only so many ABS hard bodies out there. If you want something different then a Toyota Hilux, Ford Sidestep,Toyota Tundra, various Jeep bodies, and some Land Rovers, Hummers, and FJ's and and an 80's style Chevy, you are out of luck. So you learn to build what you want..

This is the 80's Chevy body. You can make Suburbans, CrewCabs, Blazers, and a Van,(I have the only Chevy Van that size scale in the world, that I have found so far)



So here goes...

I did use a left over fender from a clod buster chevy body for an experiment.





Made a quick grill



Tacked these 3 pieces together with my pipe cleaner cement. (its like putting plastic water pipes together)



More pieces from a cutup body..Making the hood





Tacked that all together..



Made the openings in the hood



Started on the Cab



A quick mock up, to see how it ws looking.





The next step was the bed, and there again I started with leftover clod buster chevy bed pieces.










And I think I will stop here tonight..

I'm hoping with the talent and skills you guys have with your real trucks, that if you want a replica of your pride and joy, its fairly easy to build these things. I just started this part of my RC hobby about 2 years ago.. and I'm not one of the better builders.



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[jeffro2]

Making the inner rear fenderwells, and the tailgate



Worked on the grill more



Putting in the false wood bed



A guy in Indiana really liked this build, and wanted me to have this old chassis. It was made by Diaz or something like that.. in the early 2000's
(before I got into this)









Trying to fit in the transmission









For a time frame reference, it took about a month to get to this point in the build..


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[ColoradoK5]

man you got skills, I like this might have to take this hobby up since i cant build all the stuff i want!!

[creep]

That takes some patience! After a month I would've just thrown a cardboard box with some picures of a truck glued to it on the chassis and called it done.

[jeffro2]

Originally Posted by ColoradoK5

man you got skills, I like this might have to take this hobby up since i cant build all the stuff i want!!

Thank you ColoradoK5, I try, thats all I can say. Come on in, join the fun.

Originally Posted by creep

That takes some patience! After a month I would've just thrown a cardboard box with some picures of a truck glued to it on the chassis and called it done.

Thank you creep, I understand completely, believe me. Most them of them have come close to hitting the far wall of the garage.

Thank you for the very good laugh. I needed it then.

Originally Posted by markeb01

Very impressive, watching a bunch of scrap turn into something significant. Nice work!

Thank you, for that nice comment, I hope you enjoy the rest of it as well.

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More pictures, I know everyone like pictures

These will be just some progression pics, changed tires and was sanding and shaping.






























and I will stop there tonight.. I think thats been about 3 weeks more added to the 1st month of this build. It took about 3 months, maybe just a bit more.

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[markeb01]

Very impressive, watching a bunch of scrap turn into something significant. Nice work!

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Damn you should show that on rcc.com... Nice work...

[jeffro2]

Originally Posted by FRENCHBLUE72

Damn you should show that on rcc.com... Nice work...

Thank you, Actually, I did show it over there, and it had a fairly good following at the time. I still drop by there now and then, but it seems nowadays all they want to see is exocaged crawlers.

Where I live, I've never seen a rock crawler around here, so I like building them like this. I thinks its my age.

I used to spend most of my time on scale4x4RC, but even there I've slowed down. I need to update my 75 Blazer thread over there, but I just can't seem to get it done. I've come to the realization that I am somewhat of an

So how about a couple more pictures.





It was time to work on this part. I don't like shiny frames, and things, at least the underneath of the body. Most times I paint everything flat black or add some rust looking stuff.






With transmission, and cab windows cu out.








Just doing more shaping.



I was checking to see if the bike looked the right size in relation to the truck.



Got the bed railed and nailed down, and was making the tailgate chains and latches.






Time to go work on the Blazer for a bit, Thank you for all the comments so far.

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[Mayo]

that is awesome! you have some serious crafstmanship skills.

[Dinos63]

killer work !! here is mine a board member made for me

[jeffro2]

WOW, thats really sweet looking, makes mine look kinda beat up.

Now that you have my interest peaked, you have to tell me more about it.

[jeffro2]

Time to finish this story, I have taken too long now.

I'm gonna skip ahead, because most of its more boring then what I have showed so far.

Just some random pics.









Just messin around on this one.. Everywhere I look I see this now.







and if I could have had a few of you around at the time of this build, the cab would not look like this, I don't think any of the guys on my other forum has ever seen one, so I had no one to tell me better.

and pictures on the WWW, never completely show what I need to see, so I may still tear the cab up and redo it..



Took it out for its maiden voyage.









Ands since I made you sit through all of that, its time for the 2 videos I made of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyo4wNiRKgg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf9HUEhlSvI

[ColoradoK5]

Sweet Build and cool videos and good song selection Keep em coming

[jeffro2]

Originally Posted by ColoradoK5

Sweet Build and cool videos and good song selection Keep em coming

Thank you. Well..What would you like to see ? I mostly have Chevrolets, but...I do have a few others that are not.

A few examples..













and 1 tank



and one monster truck. (actually, I have 2 more that need built.)



Thats most of my custom builds, I have a few others that are antiquaited RC offroad racers and a late model dirt oval, and one shelf queen sprint car from the 80's and 90's.




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[Dinos63]

omg !! so cool you got skills

[Z16]

When you said you were making a 60s Chevy from a Clod body, I thought......well, it wasn't good. But WOW, did it turn out good. Looks amazing.

Ever go here?

http://www.scalebuildersguild.com/

[jeffro2]

Its been awhile since I've had much to say or show, but I wanted to show what I have been up to with the 64

When I first finished the truck, it was close, but no cigar, but I was sick of building it, I just wanted it done, so it didn't turn out so well the 1st time, in my eyes and a few others, and thats ok, it looks terrible.

So 1st, I cut the roof off





Then proceded to bring the pillars in, round out the body a little more, and make the lines line up a little better, in other words, fill it out, so that it looks a little more realistic...I hope.













Feedback would be great, I think its looking better, but you may see something I'm missing.

Thank you for looking.

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[Mayo]

lookin good

[DirtyLarry]

You have some amazing scale fabrication talent! I agree though, the cab pillars did need a bit of massaging to look more realistic. Your rework definitely gives it a more correct appearance. Either way, your work is amazing! Nice work!

[jeffro2]

@ Mayo, Thank you.

Originally Posted by DirtyLarry

You have some amazing scale fabrication talent! I agree though, the cab pillars did need a bit of massaging to look more realistic. Your rework definitely gives it a more correct appearance. Either way, your work is amazing! Nice work!

Thank you for the kind words, if you're around see what you think now.

[DirtyLarry]

Oh, yeah! Looks much more accurate now! Nice work.

[CREWCABGMC]

Nice!!!!!!!!

[jeffro2]

Thanks Guys, It's still not perfect, but I'm ready to get it rolling.

Here is where I am at the moment.









Its too humid to mask off the Turquoise, its still tacky, so I have to wait on painting the cab roof and pillars white.


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[jeffro2]

I've been up since 3:30 am, It seems sleep avoids me at all cost, ever since I hit my 50's

So, I did a little masking, then used flat white on the cab with satin white over it.











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[jeffro2]

and before I quit for the night.