Grizz’s 66 Chevy C10 Short Fleetside - BRICKIN’ IT 27/12/21

Progress is slow due to extreme heat at Dennis’ with the replica gas station, but progress is progress.

Inner under floor went down today, working alone, I think it is a tough job.



All done.

Next will be laying the inch thick oak flooring over this lot.



Outside closed up too.

There will be a door fitted in the rear wall once we get back from the road trip.



Last night we had a change of guard.

Steve the contractors last night after 20weeks living here, he is off to America with the family for four weeks, then back to another contract.

So we had a few beers and a lovely Thai green chicken curry dinner that Joy had cooked for us.



Caleb, the house and cat sitter from Missouri had arrived too.



Weirdly, the Ginger Whinger was in attendance all evening too.



And it got worse.....l



This morning I went out to my last Bootfair for the year, hoping for some bargains and useless stuff....

When I got back at 9.30 Caleb was downstairs working on his Thesis write up, and Dukey had moved in, this is a good thing because Dukey is the scared, nervous one.



I think that when I leave, the cats are going to be in great hands.

I will accept that as a compliment mate.

I have a thing for animals that I cannot control.

It could be a Fairy Door? It's a company that set up in Ireland a few years ago and they're very popular now

Strange world we live in.


I have been looking at another vehicle to replace Prozac.......

Started a question and consensus thread here.

forum.retro-rides.org/thread/206373/why-79-chevy-blazer

Absolutely no reason to escalate my private motoring costs at all but the itch is always there.

Now we know that I have the 1966 C10 Chevy truck in “kit form” in my garage, and it is patient and I will get to it, in my own time.

Yes, really.

When I am ready.


Mate Martin gave me a heads up on a 1979 Chevy K5 Blazer in 2wd form last week (Thanks Mate #sarcastic mode) which I then went to see on the way home Friday night and again for more than two hours on Saturday afternoon. I have no interest in 4x4 cars at all.

Turns out that I saw this car in June 2016 and still have a photo I took at the time as I really liked it then.
But of course life, death and taxes plus a divorce got in the way.




I also started a question thread here: which has generated a lot of comments and opinions, all valid of course and much appreciated as I am the KING OF DITHERERS when it comes to this sort of thing.

Below a quote from Disasterbus with my responses to his points.




It will fit my drive, just.

I have loads of space to park it.

I am selling Prozac, so need a car.

I have cash to spare, banks are not making it worth my while.

I have a new welder.

I can’t afford to run it, or maybe I can.......

It has four seats, technically you can fit 5 people.

The rear converts to flatbed truck, tailgate drops, rear roof comes off.


Where do I deliver it???



And no, it still was not enough motivation to get me to just randomly hand over cash. Even a half an hour on the phone to kevfromwales had me thinking it’s a great idea. Yet I woke this morning wondering if this little Berlingo that has been running and performing faultlessly for 19 months as an adjunct to my company car Ford Focus for when dirty jobs needed doing, really needed to be replaced with a Big, Dirty, Nasty Fossil Fuel Guzzling Monster that would be costing me pretty much 10 times as much to run and own than the Berlingo.

Not the car in question, though it is American too.




Prozac stood in the background, truly Kicked to the Curb, looking on as I fawned over the bid smelly beast for hours.




Tailgate too drops, turning it into a cavernous skip on wheels.



Inside the rear bench can fold forward or be unbolted too.



Folded forward access via front passenger seat.



I spent about 30 minutes under it, and the only rust was this hole in the corner by the drivers footwell.

The rest of the underside is shockingly rustfree.

Fenders and hood, conversely are rough, rotten but absolutely functional.

This does not scare me. Couple of hours cutting, welding, undersealing and job done.





Where your wallet goes to get raped.



I am sure Prozac will find a new home easily enough and the cash from him will make the purchase of “TIPPEX” as the monster has been named by DarrenH even easier.

So what to do?

have already expressed my satisfaction for the chevy correction fluid, but i only just noticed the lexus rear lights!

But of course.

Just off to put some gas sorry fuel, in mine. They do so love the stuff.

Statement does not compute

Love that Blazer Grizz. My dad had one in the early '80's. His was RHD, 4WD, blue with the white stripe and top and blue check interior ( same style as yours ).

Don't have pictures of it, but I think the reg started K??W. I would love to know if it's still on the go.

Anyway, good luck with yours.

Well,

By now some of you know that the pause on the 66 can be officially lifted as my divorce is through. So pretty much no chance of it getting pulled into settlement as a valuable asset, and with my MoJo returning over the last 6 months or so, the time has come to get back to it.

With Sally who I met 5 weeks ago, and some of you may have seen in the Blazer thread, already making typical woman noises indoors, and then, when I took her down to the garage, she took a couple of sneaky photos while I was in the loft packing stuff away, and sent one to me from her bed when she went home.........



With the following comment......




I guess the time has come to start getting back to this job.

My day job, admittedly is keeping me a lot busier than it may have a few years ago, but I also know that small steps forward are still progress. So I will just have to do it bit by bit like mate Ian Brown and some of the other guys have done.

She seemed to enjoy the short drive in the Blazer too, and has been sending me rude automotive photos of barn finds and abandoned vehicles almost since day one.




Meet the whip cracker.



Good news ??