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

Hi Mate !!

Wombling is a way of life.

I just need to keep busy.

Hi to your lady Boss too.

Had to come home early today from London to edit my 2015 business plan which I am presenting on Thursday....... deep joy.

Found myself the recipient of a parcel from Searcy, Arkansas, from Ta2Don. Postage alone $26.00 ..... eeeek !!!

Anyway, contents included a couple of Don's shop T-shirts for mate Martin and Amanda and another one for Ian who is living with us.

THEN...... Thanks to Don and Clemdaddy from Fayetteville, Arkansas a T-Shirt that blew my mind the first time I saw it as it had a C10 on it, as well as the Sinclair Oil Corporation, and a custom made number plate for car shows that Don had designed and got airbrushed for me.





Well, that was my day.

Have I mentioned I love my truck ??

LOL @ Tailgate love.

You can see it even lower in a moment.

RADICAL TRANSFORMATION !!

That is the only way I can describe how the new lowered shocks and springs on the trucks suspension performs compared to the waddling duck it had been before.

After fitting everything new, including the brake hoses, I never got a chance to go test drive the truck, but of course the compressor had to be taken over to Martin's place 15 miles away today, after which I came home and then Nicola and I took a very large wooden chest down to her work and drove around some more before coming home, so I did around 50 plus miles today.

After dropping the compressor off, I came back home driving rather briskly...... through every roundabout and other bendy bits, the truck felt a whole lot like a modern car, sure footed and going where I pointed it.



I am amazed at the transformation.

This is a modification I would highly recommend to anyone with one of these trucks. Of course there is a lot more radical stuff you can do to the truck including C-Notching, airbags, dropped spindles etc. The sky is the limit, or the size of your bank balance.

I think that with imported parts, it came to about £100.00 or $160.00 per corner to fit these Brothers Trucks parts.

After all the driving and hooning, the suspension must have settled for now, so here are a pair of pics, unfortunately, I had not straightened the steering wheel up front for the photos.






After we came back from the shops, Martin came over and we went to go look at a 1990 Chevy Dayvan.

I was interested in the steering column, as I want a replacement column shift steering for my truck, and Martin is looking for a decent 350/350 or 700R4 combo for his truck. He will be selling the 307 and gearbox he bought running out of a truck earlier this year. The rest of the Dayvan would be sold off as spares if we bought it for the asking price of £800.00

When we got there and looked it all over, the steering was locked and the ignition mullered, Martin also decided for once to be sensible and walk away as the peripheral costs of making this engine run, could end up being more than than he wanted to spend.

HOWEVER, we ended up spending a great afternoon with Wayne the seller and some of his mates at his industrial unit.

I did have to use the bathroom, and the whole bathroom was done just perfectly, and I could not resist taking this pic of the toilet seat cover....... Just perfect for an Avatar.



We eventually left there and came home via Screwfix.

Fantastic stuff! Jouw Chevy ziet er geweldig uit!

Spoke to Bob the dent guy for about 45 minutes this morning, I sense a kindred spirit.

He will be here next week Sunday morning for the door crease and a couple of other small dents that can do with pulling.

I took a couple of fresh photos today while doing some other bits down at the garage, preparing it for when I start the bodywork.



Does not look bad, but still worth pulling, rather than just filling or bashing from behind.

New chrome rectangular mirrors are waiting, I will clean and repaint the stalks, either black or probably gunmetal/silver.





After seeing Markeb01's garage again this morning, I was shamed into pulling finger and starting the clear up and tidy up of my own space, before I start the actual tear down of my truck over Christmas.



I started with the outside, pulling weeds, clearing "stuff" away, followed by a few hours on the pressure cleaner, inside and outside that garage as well as both sides of the door.

The other day I realised when I posted this pic, the inside and outside needed some serious tidying.



At some point it looked like this.....




Current view, the ply sheets will form walls for a "spray/bodywork booth"



So I cleaned up the interior and drive......



Done.



Next job will be to clear out and sort out the interior.

Then figure out the new walls.

Howzit Boet !!

Thank you for asking, Yes, the presentation went very well.

My boss' boss actually comented that my plan was the clearest and most concise and executable that he had seen nationaly, and we were the second to last group to present, so mu boss was happy.

Perfect then.

Thanks, the progress should pick up a bit now, at least for a while.

I want that engine in my truck!!! Awesome!

I'm sure we have one of those Volvo clocks tucked
away somewhere in the workshop, I'll have a dig on Saturday
and let you know on here or FB