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

I don't know, beef jerky and Electra's cookbook in the same post sounds ominous.

Good observation.

Got a call from Nicola's brother last night...... Could I put the Rallye Wheels out behind the gate today for Jimmy to collect?

So I asked what time, and the reply was 08.30 which suited me.

So I kept them in the lounge (as you do) with Nicola's blessing.

When Jimmy came to collect them this morning, he was genuinely surprised and shocked that they were in the house, so we loaded them into his Range Rover to be taken away for blasting and coating.

Later today I got a call to ask what RAL colour code the Chrysler Firestorm Red, Variant C was aligned to. No bloody idea, so I called the paint supplier we use, and he suggested I look at RAL code 3020 Traffic Red.

So the wheels now have a committed colour.

Hope to have them back in a week or so.



This week has been good too so far for my scavenging efforts. Some of you may have realised, I like free money, and also like to give it away or share it.


I wanted to build a wheeled box, into which to pack the engine and other parts I strip off the 125cc Honda I bought to power the frame I bought last year as it is easier than creating a pile of parts in a corner.

So I mentioned it to a friend who works in a hospital stores dept and is responsible for getting rid of and destruction of equipment.

He said he had four wheels from some old piece of lab equipment for me that I could collect on Monday, so I collected and he had another three wheels that he found under a table added in.



I think we will have a decent roller here.

This morning on the way to work I saw a skip at a building site (where I normally get all the ply and crates) had gained a serious lump of wood on top of everything in there, as the job is coming to an end. So on the way back home tonight, I stopped in and asked two of the guys if they would mind if I scavenged it from the skip......... I guess this would be £20-25 if you bought it at a builders yard? Perfect for using as a ramp to get heavy stuff like compressors onto and off the truck.

Anything to make life easier.


Took some samples of my home made beef jerky to a guy I met last week who loves it, he manages a tyre shop.

So gave him one of my home made garage knives made of a broken hacksaw blade, and sharpened to silly level.

He was very pleased or touched, so a good result, I tried some of the thin sliced stuff tonight as well, and it has to be one of the best batches yet made.



Today was also the first Thursday of the month, so Medawy Cruse, by the time I left, there was about 80 cars and I saw more heading over when I drove off.

Tomorrow is an early start for Wheels day.........

Happy Easter all.

Will go take a pic of one if you want, but it is really simple.

Sharpened hacksaw blade, and handle section covered in a couple of slivers of wood or duct tape.

Simple and disposable.

Went over to Martin's early this morning as Nicola was off to visit her daughter in Buckinghamshire for a couple of days.

He needed to move a load of stuff in his garage and shed, including getting his V8 and gearbox out the way, and then getting the straight six from his truck and it's gearbox out to the front of his carport for Über Cool, Andy to collect next weekend for his truck build.

I took my new to me, steering wheel and column with to test fit/offer it up to his upside down cab to see if it will fit.

So after the engines and sheds were sorted, we tried it out.

My current Moon style wheels rim and boss are both 9" from the dash edges.

The new one is 11" away, so I will need to do a bit of thinking around the best solution for form and function when I get to fitting it.

While I was there, Martin ripped the airbag and it's ring and wiring out as well.



When I got home I cleaned it all up, much improved.

So now the steering wheel and it's airbag bits can get sold as I do not want a modern wheel on my truck, still need to figure out what splines the column has and see what adaptor I may have to fit to get a new steering wheel fitted.

I personally like the older style stuff and love my Moon style that is deep dished and will be removed.





One of the things we realised this morning was that the small plastic cover behind the light and indicator stalk is missing.


Aaaaaaarrrgghhh !!!!

This means I now need to find one from somewhere, and one would expect most columns to come with them fitted, so not many about to buy or scavenge.

Anyway, if anyone knows where, or has one...... Please let me know.






Next job today is to go build a rolling frame with some of the wheels I got this week and a box into which I can pack all the parts I plan to keep off the little Honda donor bike.

Well, Easter weekend came and went.

I hope that everyone of you had a good weekend with family and friends, doing stuff you wanted to or needed to do.

Thoroughly enjoyed it all, car shows, two BBQ's on Saturday and tonight.

Today it was boot fair with some bargains to be picked up followed this afternoon by a visit from Scot "Jabbo" to drop off a huge piece of foam rubber and to chat about all things automotive and then some.



After he left I started stripping the crashed Honda, later Martin popped over from the bike gathering he and Amanda had been to.

Seems whenever he pops over, chaos ensues.



Did not take us long to get this far.......



Front end removed and most of the engine bolts etc.

One of the problems with these modern bikes, even small ones is that they have all sorts of cleverness in their wiring looms etc. so one needs to dismantle sensibly if you want the thing to work again in future.



Once all the bits were unstuck, undone, unscrewed and ready, I lifted the frame off, leaving the engine on its own.



As Martin said, it's a pity our V8's and straight sixes are not that easy to handle.

It was off to the ready made trolley box I made on Saturday with the engine, followed by a lot of other bits, sprockets, wiring looms, chain, battery etc, all the bits possibly needed later when the toy gets built.



The frame and other bits still needed to be stripped to a level where it can be sold on Evilbay.




Treasures all boxed up and ready for storage.






Frame is going to be for sale as well, maybe someone can use it in a restoration project. Though I think the disc brake models are not liable to be as collect able as the older kick start models.





Spares for EBay listing, the two Michelin Pilot tyres were a week and less than 100 miles old.




One of the nice things we discovered about the tail end of the little bike is that it will also be donating its number plate bracket and light to the truck......

You see, every Chevy needs a little Honda in its life.




Thanks must as always go to Martin for coming over and creating havoc in my life, but also keeping me company and taking the lead on the stripping of the bike, he has clearly done this a few times before, and it may point at a very misspent youth......... Only he will know.

Tomorrow it is back to the grind stone, but at least it is a 4 day week, which is pretty cool too.

On the way home tonight I stopped to pick up a pair of Ford Transit wheels I clocked last year when I had to stop for a roadside pee.

Obviously discarded, the plan is to turn them into an outdoor wood burner for Nicola's daughter, Hannah




Once the tyres are off the plan is to weld them together like in the pic below that I got off Fartsbook.




I got a call earlier today to say my wheels were ready for delivery back home.

So when I got in, there was a rather awesome pile of gifts waiting for me.

I think that going from this......



I am in awe at the finish.

Along with my exhausts antisocial thuggery, the eye searingly red rims and white hot new chrome, this project promises to look pretty decent as long as I do the body work justice.






Next job will be to source four decent 235/75-15 tyres.

I think I may have found some..... From Germany, a set of four, delivered for £306.00

If anyone has a better option, let me know.

That is a massively useful link.

Thank you.