New Project 63 Chevy 4x4 (1 Viewer)

[brew8]

More Progress

I got the bed parts sandblasted so their ready to go I did some work to clean the old paint off the hood, got it from a guy who was parting out a 66, I started the work on the bed sides but the passenger side is kind of crappy so I'm trying to find a new one, I found one on a trailer on an old homestead but getting to the owner is a challenge, I have been cleaning up the grill as well, should be good to go soon. More later

 

[brew8]

A few more pictures

 

[brew8]

I tried to make the bed I had work but it was in too tuff of shape, I was passing an old homestead the other day and saw an old fleet short bed on an old trailer, it took several weeks to track the owner down and the short story is theut gave it to me, nice, I also bought an chevy engine for the truck, pic's included

 

[brew8]

More pic's

 

[ElliottB]

Looking forward to more updates. This is a great project!

 

[brew8]

Update

It's been a while since I posted to thei project so here is an update, I finally finished most of the body work and sealed and sprayed some high build primer this week so it's finally looking like a truck, I modified the steering column it's too long for the power steering so I shortened it, I also had to convert to a hydralic clutch so I bought the advance adapter bracket for a chevy bell housing and used the toyota large bore slave, I think it will work fine, I'll paint the interior in the driveway and take it to the paint booth for the rest after I assemble the mechanicals, pic's to follow, cheers, Larry

 

[brew8]

More Pic's

Here are a few more body shots

 

[brew8]

Here some pic's of the clutch and motor, I ordered some rams horn manifolds the block huggers are going away.

 

[brew8]

Brief update

Painted the interior so I could assemble the mechanicals, rebuilt the front drive line, splines were bad, someone dipped them in some blue plastic to take up the slack, the thing would not even move, the shaft between the tranny and the divorced case is in to be lenghtened, I moved the small block foreward and had to change it to match, I am putting U joints on the steering column to make it work with the slightly offset steering box. I also bought the wood for the bed today I need to cut it and make the groves in it for the bed strips and drill all the bolt holes before I paint the bed and finish the wood. should be fun. I have to paint the steering wheel before assembly and wiring so we will se how that goes, I also rebuilt the seat springs and ordered a pad kit for a upholstery place should be fun as well, more later, cheers, Larry

 

[brew8]

few more pic's

more of the same

 

[brew8]

Few more pic's of the bed work

more pic's

 

[fsusteve]

awesome job, way to forge ahead.

 

[brew8]

seats

Finall doing the finish stuff, rebuilt the seat and recovered it this weeekend didn't turn out too bad, pic's to follow, may try to paint next week

 

[brew8]

Here are a few more

 

[brew8]

Update

I haven't visited here in a while, so I thought I would give some pic's and where it is. I have a hard time in the fall and early winter finding time so january is coming, Just some paint, has dust on it so it dosen't look great, I had trouble with the gun so I have to respray, bed boards in the third pic, more later. Larry

 

[brew8]

I decided to replace the front axle to get disc brakes and make the power steering conversion easier pic's to follow

 

[brew8]

new stuff

I haven't posted on this project for a while so I thought I would give an update. The 305 I has was a POS si I rebuilt a 283 small block and have been putting it in, it of course changed almost everything, repositioned the power steering and changed the belts and hoses etc but I think it will be much better, I replaced the front end with a dana 44 and use a 76 brake brake booseter and MC to finish the brakes, it's been a cold winter and work out of a two car garage so progress was slow, some pic's of the 283 are included, more later, cheers, Larry

 

[romegadave]

Impressive Larry.....I've got a 61---I wish I had your paint skillz. Will continue to watch your progress with envy.

 

[My wife said no FJ!]

Really great work...looking forward to reading more

 

[brew8]

repainted the truck finally

Had a chance to use the paintbooth today so we shot some color