Restoring old trucks and camper shell so that I can travel the country riding BMX bikes. Start with my two 1967 Chevy C10 trucks and custom fabricated classic camper shell. Putting 100,000 miles on my 1967 shortbed truck in 4 years traveling and documenting the fun.
Nice to meet you today, I can defiantly tell you take pride in your work! I'm sure the truck will sell fast. That truck I was telling you about was a 51 and it was on display at Old Navy, think I said, "the Gap". The guy I know had a contract to remove them from local stores years ago, they had 7 of them and they kept 2.
Thanks for stopping by that was fun getting to talk. That’s sweet about old navy trucks I’m actually about to start on a 51 suburban pretty soon you will see on the channel
Could you grind the frame rail some to allow the step in the crossmember to rise up to close that gap ? I think it would take stress off the bolts. Talked to a local guy with a black '71 short bed the other day. Thought it was a '67 because previous owner had filled the front markers. Had a billet grill so I couldn't tell by that. Looking good.
Yeah I could grind that back 3/8 but I didn’t really want to go that route. Also it would make getting carriage bolts in from the top really tight. I figure the 8 7/16 bolts can handle the stress from the shocks
Awesome build, im currently doing the same thing to a 1966 C10 using square body parts. I had to shorten the engine mounts to fit in the frame rails on my 66.
Need to make an edit of the work on the old Chevy with all the videos condensed into a 20 minute video and slap a catchy title on it. I RESTORED A 1936 CHEVY IN TWENTY MINUTES
The runs probably were where the brush bristles fell into the holes and the paint scraped off. Now come home and straighten my tailgate inner panel out. It's only sunk in about 2 inches in the middle !!!
i am a retired professional transmission rebuilder for 45 years. when i hear people say "tranny" or leaking "tranny fluid" i get a disturbing image of bruce jenner standing in a puddle of some kind of fluid. i never have said "tranny" and never will other than typing this, yea,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
We’ll the blue 67 sold within a few days and I ended up selling the raw 67 chassis within a few days also. Now the raw one is on a 4x4 chassis that I will be starting to work on soon. That video is a few years old now
Thanks yeah the quality of the build is in the details. Just trying to stay disciplined on details towards the end, I feel that’s when guys get sloppy cause they’re excited
Nice video I have a 1936 chevy truck also . Useful information you give . I’m going a different route on mine with suspension and rear end . I found that Jaguar front ends 1986 was almost a perfect width as the 36 rear end is also close . I’ve put the front end under mine and it looks great. Mounting it on rubber mounts, four bolt mount. Im going to put the Jaguar rear end in also and build arms for it in the frame . I plan to box the frame and cut and replace the cross member mounts with one’s to serve the engine and rear end mounts .I want to mount the motor to the front end cross mount also to cut down vibration but it will be a custom bracket to do it . I want to use your lifter cover style and wiring for the spark plugs . That really make the engine look so much better . Good work you’ve done on yours ,. I will keep an eye on your progress .
Thanks that sounds sweet. Yeah I’d like to do a more updated chassis on the next one I do. I’m going to slowly start buying parts for a hotrod one like yours later on
@ 15:30 - GM oil pressure gauge sending unit. Mostly 1970s V-8. @ 14:12 - GM solid state ignition module (it replaced points in the early '70s) in the HEI distributors.
I would not be afraid to use C10 headlight buckets and headlights. We did that on 55 Apache out of desperation simply because of the really gross prices folks wanted for parts that were almost no longer useful. In some cases new harnesses for other things can be used for the lighting where harness is too corroded or rodent eaten to be used. There is actually a few places that will make wiring harnesses one is in Memphis Tenn. I believe its a father & son operation. About 2 years ago I got a harness for a 69 ford short bed and the thing was a bit longer than it shoulda been but that is still better than too short to be useful.
Yeah one of these days I’m going to measure my 67 lights cause they look same diameter doesn’t seem to hard getting those over just might be issue mounting those bezels. Yeah I’m not against mixing parts for more available parts
I had the same doubts but it fit perfect. I believe the later model headlights just mount upside down. I did drill new mounting holes is all I remember doing and I actually picked up this assortment pack of mini springs somewhere. I still have the whole pack I only used 4 out of the box. I mean it just takes putting your mind to it. Since I did not have the old bezels at all I mean I don't notice anything diff other than drilling new holes. They are centered perfectly. When I got the 55 here there was very little left of the front clip the rest was in really good shape it had been a garage down the valley here some 45 years. It had been in an accident and parked. I found the brake lines completely rotted out like not even barely there anymore. Someone put a 283 in it with an old 2 spd power glide and that is the way the new owner wanted to keep it so we were not going for originality. I also used a kit with A arms over reusing the old straight axle. The new front support came from Classic Chevy and the owner got a fiberglass hood & fender kit. So the front end is nowhere close to original anyway.
@@thekingsilverado3266thanks for the good news yeah I was comparing them I don’t think it will be too tough and I have a few sets of those laying around
Nice,, tight engine fit..i,d recess firewall, and tunnel floor for transmission..that move would allow,, about. 3 or..4inch. Engine rise of clearance, more room for fan, radiator...
