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Chevrolet Orange would be my 3rd choice. What ever you finish with Rian you are the person in the end that has to like the end result.
Between 705 & 1200 SQ/FT Mixed Grill - From London , England - GRIZZMAKES world
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Workspaces between 705 and 1200 squarefeet.
Winner winner, chicken dinner, orange is the new black.
Thats the one for me.
Hurry up I can't wait.
Steve
Totally agree.
Yes Steve, you are right.
I am in a hurry too.
Suspension bushes, front and rear, excluding U.K. import duty, tax and shipping.
Need an airplane carrier or courier.
Took me two hours to do 30 miles home tonight which is always frustrating, as I lost an hour of garage time.
As Stas in Siberia observed, I seem to spend a lot of time there, but it’s just about using the time I get to get stuff done.
It’s a return to the real me.
So after work, I was straight down to the garage, assistant security cat leading the way.
Opened the Chevy up and got going making up a patchwork cardboard template for the rear body side panels, they seem to have been gone a long time.
Cutting, fitting, fettling cardboard, eventually sorted
Patchwork template with ply.
Quick Castscan to ensure all is good.
Note, shoes...l,l
6 foot by 2 foot tall.
Shows you how deceptive these things are.
Job done.
Next up will be to finish and sand the edges and screw to the body.
Then add the thin red automotive carpet.
Should work well with upholstery and Sinclair colours.
Bed time.
Finallygotit
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Should feel like your sitting in a stuffed olive. 
Got a photo just now by WhatsApp
Hazard a guess as to what it could be...??
Should be in the mail some time this week if the seller/sender can get away from work during business hours.
And yes, I am excited, a vital part of the puzzle, coming together.
Thank you seller.
Hazard a guess as to what it could be...??
Should be in the mail some time this week if the seller/sender can get away from work during business hours.
And yes, I am excited, a vital part of the puzzle, coming together.
Thank you seller.
1/2 Cup
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Good to see you are getting into it Rian
Bunch of small things came together yesterday.
Seam sealer mate Martin had ordered off eBay for me, arrived. Bulk buys work out cheaper.
To be used once all the welding is done.
Supposed to be good and not crack, the stuff on th C10 has cracked.
Then some underbody sealer.
And once all is done, every cavity, doors, tailgate and bed sides are all getting a load of this stuff too.
That should keep my head happy on a 40year old.
It won’t stop rust, or any existing stuff, but hopefully slow it all down.
For the wood panels and carpeting on the sides, spray glue which is said to be easier to work with than brush on, on larger surfaces.
While in the garage last night, I also sanded down and trimmed back the ply side panels.
Next job is to trim the top and bottoms by 5-10mm to get an easy fit in order to screw them down on the mounting plates and top edge, after which I will precut the red carpet and prep it for glue.
I plan on glueing over the screws once placed, but to leave it unglued around the screws with just tension keeping the carpet flat there.that way I can access the screws but not see them once mounted.
I have always disliked the open headed flat chrome screws in hotorod door panels etc.
I think I have a dinner date tonight, so may not get around to getting anything done.
But always optimistic I can find an hour or so to go play.
Seam sealer mate Martin had ordered off eBay for me, arrived. Bulk buys work out cheaper.
To be used once all the welding is done.
Supposed to be good and not crack, the stuff on th C10 has cracked.
Then some underbody sealer.
And once all is done, every cavity, doors, tailgate and bed sides are all getting a load of this stuff too.
That should keep my head happy on a 40year old.
It won’t stop rust, or any existing stuff, but hopefully slow it all down.
For the wood panels and carpeting on the sides, spray glue which is said to be easier to work with than brush on, on larger surfaces.
While in the garage last night, I also sanded down and trimmed back the ply side panels.
Next job is to trim the top and bottoms by 5-10mm to get an easy fit in order to screw them down on the mounting plates and top edge, after which I will precut the red carpet and prep it for glue.
I plan on glueing over the screws once placed, but to leave it unglued around the screws with just tension keeping the carpet flat there.that way I can access the screws but not see them once mounted.
I have always disliked the open headed flat chrome screws in hotorod door panels etc.
I think I have a dinner date tonight, so may not get around to getting anything done.
But always optimistic I can find an hour or so to go play.
Last night after work, I drove over to Brentford in Essex to meet up with PaulY to do a service station pickup of parts.
Paul has been into and onto old cars for a long time, preferring V8’s or fast stuff.
His current toy, awaiting good times.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=658621&highlight=Woody
When I bought the Blazer, he reached out quietly from the side lines to offer me some springs and shocks he had.
Pretty much anything would be better than the tired units fitted right now.
The springs came from somewhere else, surgically enhanced, but never fitted.
I wrote the description he gave on the box.
Means nothing to me.
But they are 14 inches tall, and same size as what’s fitted to the truck at the moment, so worth a try.
Anyone have any ideas??
As unpacked.
Cleaned all of them with degreaser and then some paint, just to make them a bit prettier.
Afterward, ready to go on.
So the question is...........
Anyone game to come over and lend a hand and spring compressors to get the springs in over the weekend??
Let me know.
Paul has been into and onto old cars for a long time, preferring V8’s or fast stuff.
His current toy, awaiting good times.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=658621&highlight=Woody
When I bought the Blazer, he reached out quietly from the side lines to offer me some springs and shocks he had.
Pretty much anything would be better than the tired units fitted right now.
The springs came from somewhere else, surgically enhanced, but never fitted.
I wrote the description he gave on the box.
Means nothing to me.
But they are 14 inches tall, and same size as what’s fitted to the truck at the moment, so worth a try.
Anyone have any ideas??
As unpacked.
Cleaned all of them with degreaser and then some paint, just to make them a bit prettier.
Afterward, ready to go on.
So the question is...........
Anyone game to come over and lend a hand and spring compressors to get the springs in over the weekend??
Let me know.
1/2 Cup
Member Emeritus
Rian I would luv to come over and give you a hand.
Coolabah
Well-known member
Grizz1963;7477677 Note said:hmmm... not convinced. I suspect photoshoping of thongs. Just sayin'
oldironfarmer
Well-known member
Be right there!
hmmm... not convinced. I suspect photoshoping of thongs. Just sayin'
Good thing, see you all.
Screwed..........??
Not really.
Dry run on the ply, to recess the flat head screws.
Somfollowing that, I got back onto the plymsides, fine tuning the fit, drilling pilot holes for the screws into the sides, and then came up to the house to lay out the carpet and cutting to fit.
Catscan.
Cut to size.
At this point I decided to call it a night, rather than glue the carpet down.
Pretty pleased so far.
Mojo headed back.
oldironfarmer
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Bob Heine
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oldironfarmer
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Work carefully, I think you're going to screw up your plywood before you're done.
Craptain
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I thought that was the plan.Work carefully, I think you're going to screw up your plywood before you're done.
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Yep sure is great to hear
Work carefully, I think you're going to screw up your plywood before you're done.
I thought that was the plan.
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Thank you Gentlemen
It feels good, now just need to find a sensible, rich woman to take care of me.
Well, for this who tried to guess the contents of the box posted to me this week.
They were in fact original lights, generously sold to me by MrS (Martin with the very rusty K5) as he had a spare set.
Complete with bodies and lamps.
To replace these ugly burgers.
Double, in fact triple whammy of good news today.
Lights arrived in the post, as did V5C in my name, but unable to SORN truck online for some reason.
Third thing was getting a VW Polo Towbar from mate Martin to try fit on the truck where Lee had removed the original.
Yes, I want o e but most people do not.
Worked in London today, doing a lecture in Kings College Hospital to the Stroke team, before I started, this view greeted me, sometimes there are bonuses attached to earning your keep.
Towbar update in a bit.
They were in fact original lights, generously sold to me by MrS (Martin with the very rusty K5) as he had a spare set.
Complete with bodies and lamps.
To replace these ugly burgers.
Double, in fact triple whammy of good news today.
Lights arrived in the post, as did V5C in my name, but unable to SORN truck online for some reason.
Third thing was getting a VW Polo Towbar from mate Martin to try fit on the truck where Lee had removed the original.
Yes, I want o e but most people do not.
Worked in London today, doing a lecture in Kings College Hospital to the Stroke team, before I started, this view greeted me, sometimes there are bonuses attached to earning your keep.
Towbar update in a bit.
This morning at one point, mate Martin called me to say he had been to his mums home and found VW Polo Towbar
Knowing that I was looking for something to convert to fit to the Blazer, he put it in his work van and took it with him.
Tonight we were about a mile apart on the motorway , both headed down the M2 when he called to see how my day had gone, we realised a rendezvous was in order, so met up on the roadside next to the Medway river on the Cuxton road bypass.
Nice new work van.
Wooooohoooo.... Bounty.
Came home, fed the security cat, then quick trip to the garage to offer the Towbar up yo the chassis mounting points
Extension to be removed.
Mounting plate 300mm off the ground.
Chassis mounts are at 800mm
Towbar is at 900mm
Perfect.
To be mounted in top of chassis tabs.
Security cat helped and then came up to the house to wait for me.
Knowing that I was looking for something to convert to fit to the Blazer, he put it in his work van and took it with him.
Tonight we were about a mile apart on the motorway , both headed down the M2 when he called to see how my day had gone, we realised a rendezvous was in order, so met up on the roadside next to the Medway river on the Cuxton road bypass.
Nice new work van.
Wooooohoooo.... Bounty.
Came home, fed the security cat, then quick trip to the garage to offer the Towbar up yo the chassis mounting points
Extension to be removed.
Mounting plate 300mm off the ground.
Chassis mounts are at 800mm
Towbar is at 900mm
Perfect.
To be mounted in top of chassis tabs.
Security cat helped and then came up to the house to wait for me.
Finallygotit
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Bahahahahahahaa........ Wait, were you serious?
That's like finding a unicorn jumping over a rainbow.
Bahahahahahahaa........ Wait, were you serious?
That's like finding a unicorn jumping over a rainbow.
Keeping my eye open.
Thing is Bret, that like so many fashions, they come and go.
These Lexus style lights were hot for a bit then disappeared.
Remember blacked out tail lights?
Anyway, more randomness from Facebook.
May have found a previous owner from a long time ago.
Below some comments from him.
Did that come from a guy in Kent? It looks like one I had years ago. Also 2WD
Not sure Rian long time ago sold to a guy in kent and never seen since it was original 2wd from California was all in primer apart from removable top in cream, i had a heavy duty tow bar welded on as used to pull large trailer pulling yanks from Belgium, have a pic will try and find, same grill though.
Rian Kemp as said not sure if that's the same one but looks like it, but i remember when i registered mine i had to take it to Ashford kent for some reason to have it checked always had mine done local, verry hard to find in original 2wd today, the only reason i sold it i had a 70 3 door suburban from Texas arrive couple months later.
oldironfarmer
Well-known member
You'll find a buyer for the Lexus tail lights. One man's trash...
Stas26
Well-known member
Worked in London today, doing a lecture in Kings College Hospital to the Stroke team, before I started, this view greeted me, sometimes there are bonuses attached to earning your keep.
Towbar update in a bit.
Good evening Rian, you wrote to me that you know military medicine, so you teach at the University as a lecturer?
What is your status as a lecturer? Professor, graduate student or who?
The more I read your forum thread, the more often I remember my first English teacher (1995-1998 years), whom I hated at school, as well as the English textbook "Happy English". The more I want to come to England and see with my own eyes on this country
This is interesting!
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Take two.
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Been a busy week, and tonight I had a report deadline, after a conversation with my new manager, we booked a half day for Thursday so that he could help me understand the process and activity to deliver a new monthly report, which all his reportees think is a waste of time, but hey..... what do we know?
So at 6pm before light failedI went to the garage and lifted the Blazer up high.
Remember this piece?
Clamped in.
Done.
Good enough for me.
Glued in place.
Then the seam sealer, thinking it would be the end of the day.
But of course not, Ehhh?
900mm of welding done in the dark, using an LED torch to show me where to go.......
Bird poop welding on the inner sill panel, without a doubt,
Grinding back in the morning, and some seam sealer later.
This is not at all structural but needed to be done.
Kraken Rum no 2 is history too, so gp era near bedtime for me.
I am also almost out of gas, and interestingly, Imam getting a free delivery from Sam tomorrow.
Old skool service with a smile.
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Been a busy week, and tonight I had a report deadline, after a conversation with my new manager, we booked a half day for Thursday so that he could help me understand the process and activity to deliver a new monthly report, which all his reportees think is a waste of time, but hey..... what do we know?
So at 6pm before light failedI went to the garage and lifted the Blazer up high.
Remember this piece?
Clamped in.
Done.
Good enough for me.
Glued in place.
Then the seam sealer, thinking it would be the end of the day.
But of course not, Ehhh?
900mm of welding done in the dark, using an LED torch to show me where to go.......
Bird poop welding on the inner sill panel, without a doubt,
Grinding back in the morning, and some seam sealer later.
This is not at all structural but needed to be done.
Kraken Rum no 2 is history too, so gp era near bedtime for me.
I am also almost out of gas, and interestingly, Imam getting a free delivery from Sam tomorrow.
Old skool service with a smile.
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Great progress Rian
Favguy
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Just a tip on the seam sealer. Don't apply it directly to bare steel, as it doesn't have any corrosion resistance. Only use it over pre-primed metal. It'll fail early done this way.
The best way to do it is 1 light coat of etch primer, 2 more coats of primer, then seam sealant.
Keep up the good work
The best way to do it is 1 light coat of etch primer, 2 more coats of primer, then seam sealant.
Keep up the good work
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Keeping an eye on me as always, thank you.
Just a tip on the seam sealer. You should never apply it directly to bare steel, it has no corrosion resistance and should only go over pre-primed metal. It will fail early done this way.
The correct way to do it is 1 light coat of etch primer, 2 more coats of primer, then seam sealant. Then finish with top coat and underbody protection of choice.
Keep up the good work
Thank you, this is great advice,
With my monkey see, monkey do style of just getting on with stuff, I am bound to drop the ball at times.
The rest will be done your way then, I can only hope that being much thicker gauge steel, that patch will look after itself there. At least the backs of all my plates are already primered with the weld through stuff.
Laying in bed now, watching another beautiful sunrise and so thankful it’s dry and “warm” here in Kent.
Means I can crack on today.
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Coolabah
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Wait- did I miss something ? Are you single again ?
Great work on the truck and love those tail lights.
Favguy
Well-known member
I'd like a sensible, rich woman too, but the wife won't let me have one!
Wait- did I miss something ? Are you single again ?
Great work on the truck and love those tail lights.
Joy and I have a “Bud Light” kinda relationship.
10 miles apart and see each other inbetween living our lives.
She has so much social stuff going on that one or two days a week works just right for us.
So not single but Unencumbered or as people say.... just right.
Very thankful Martin was prepared to sell them to me at the same price a set of new lenses plus postage would cost in the USA
I wanted used not new as its a tired truck.
Nice way to wake up after a night of not sleeping again.
Good morning,
Been a while!
I have a set of spring compressors and am free tomorrow if you still need help with your new truck.
Am heading off to work now so won't pick up any messages for an hour or so.
Good to see you back at it even if a different truck!
Henry.
Of course I agreed to him coming over.
I texted my welding gas supply guy well after hours on Friday evening and he replied that he would have a new bottle of Argon/CO2 gas delivered on Saturday morning,by 08.00 I had a call to say the gas would be here by 09.00
True to his word, Steve was here on time, retired mechanic and general nice guy who works three days a week as volunteer at the British Heart Foundation furniture shop and then does deliveries for Sam in exchange for beer tokens, likes three sugars in his tea, we ended up chatting for an hour before I kicked him out and headed to the garage.
Saturday saw some side panel action.
Based on this photoshop, it may be a bit bright, so in the back of my head there is a plan involving some satin black paint and masking tape......
Just to reduce the eye searingly red of the carpet.
I cut small scross slots in the carpet that would be invisible, but allow a screwdriver tip in, to secure the screws to the bedsides.
Spray glue, bought cheaply at a Bootfair last year or longer agoworked beautifully
Mickey came around to give a hand on the mounting job and photo credits to him.
Really pleased with how it turned out.
In the mean time, the original importer in 2004 of the Blazer sent me this photo.
His computer with all photos was stolen a few years ago, so evidence is scarce.
Originally a California truck,it came into the U.K. in primer and a white canopy.
Once started on the truck, my first job was to get the welding ground back just a little bit on the underside, then added another coat of weld through primer on all surfaces.
Through the day, Harley was on QC duty, and also vermin patrol.
She catches and releases (usually the release is live, and indoors)
On a trip up to the house, I saw her in the “I got one” position next to a garden bed, and found this little guy there, playing possum
Friend PaulF sent this pic yesterday.
More on the welding up of the floor later, time for tea and toast now.
I had a deadline of 5.30 yesterday, as I had a dinner date, the kind where you shave and shower and put on clean clothes for a Lady.
Really.
True to his word, Steve was here on time, retired mechanic and general nice guy who works three days a week as volunteer at the British Heart Foundation furniture shop and then does deliveries for Sam in exchange for beer tokens, likes three sugars in his tea, we ended up chatting for an hour before I kicked him out and headed to the garage.
Saturday saw some side panel action.
Based on this photoshop, it may be a bit bright, so in the back of my head there is a plan involving some satin black paint and masking tape......
Just to reduce the eye searingly red of the carpet.
I cut small scross slots in the carpet that would be invisible, but allow a screwdriver tip in, to secure the screws to the bedsides.
Spray glue, bought cheaply at a Bootfair last year or longer agoworked beautifully
Mickey came around to give a hand on the mounting job and photo credits to him.
Really pleased with how it turned out.
In the mean time, the original importer in 2004 of the Blazer sent me this photo.
His computer with all photos was stolen a few years ago, so evidence is scarce.
Originally a California truck,it came into the U.K. in primer and a white canopy.
Once started on the truck, my first job was to get the welding ground back just a little bit on the underside, then added another coat of weld through primer on all surfaces.
Through the day, Harley was on QC duty, and also vermin patrol.
She catches and releases (usually the release is live, and indoors)
On a trip up to the house, I saw her in the “I got one” position next to a garden bed, and found this little guy there, playing possum
Friend PaulF sent this pic yesterday.
More on the welding up of the floor later, time for tea and toast now.
I had a deadline of 5.30 yesterday, as I had a dinner date, the kind where you shave and shower and put on clean clothes for a Lady.
Really.
With the underside primered, the next job was to fine tune the hole into which my previously made and primered panel would be fitted and welded up.
Amazing how everything takes more time than planned.
I did discover that the plastic sill plate had not survived my welding on the underside sill the night before.
So removed this one.
Possibly to be replaced with a cut to size and shape Mazda MX5 part donated by mate Martin.
New panel.
Glued in place.
Followed by a load of smaller patches, cut out, measure and make new piece and then weld in and grind back, look for missed spots or pin holes, weld up, grind and repeat.
Of course, the smaller the holes and patches, the bigger the effort, as I could not be bothered to go fetch and cut this thick steel with my Dremmel.
You cut with a big cutter and end up with cuts to close up too.
Around 3.00pm mate PaulF came around for a chat, cuppa, cookies and to check out my garage, as they have recently bought a new home and he is building a bigger garage.
He took a sneaky pic too.
More in a bit.
Amazing how everything takes more time than planned.
I did discover that the plastic sill plate had not survived my welding on the underside sill the night before.
So removed this one.
Possibly to be replaced with a cut to size and shape Mazda MX5 part donated by mate Martin.
New panel.
Glued in place.
Followed by a load of smaller patches, cut out, measure and make new piece and then weld in and grind back, look for missed spots or pin holes, weld up, grind and repeat.
Of course, the smaller the holes and patches, the bigger the effort, as I could not be bothered to go fetch and cut this thick steel with my Dremmel.
You cut with a big cutter and end up with cuts to close up too.
Around 3.00pm mate PaulF came around for a chat, cuppa, cookies and to check out my garage, as they have recently bought a new home and he is building a bigger garage.
He took a sneaky pic too.
More in a bit.
When PaulF came over, he brought me an awesome little tool.
LED Inspection Light.
Perfect.
Cat Stevens sang that “The first cut is the deepest”
The last one was deep too.
I had poked and prodded everywhere to find any further holes, none.
Keeping this price methinks.
All done.
Ready for more primer, galvanising spray and the seam sealer.
Two coats on the underside.
Galvanised spray
Seam sealer inside and outside.
Job done.
Happy
Yes, really pleased with the outcome.
Dinner time, with a lady.
LED Inspection Light.
Perfect.
Cat Stevens sang that “The first cut is the deepest”
The last one was deep too.
I had poked and prodded everywhere to find any further holes, none.
Keeping this price methinks.
All done.
Ready for more primer, galvanising spray and the seam sealer.
Two coats on the underside.
Galvanised spray
Seam sealer inside and outside.
Job done.
Happy
Yes, really pleased with the outcome.
Dinner time, with a lady.
Favguy
Well-known member
Looking good. Shame about the plastic trim. My brother's a welder and often does any welding for me and he's a ****** for not stripping out enough around the work being done, so I have to watch him or we end up with similar trim parts to yours!
Rust repair looks good Rian. I think you put enough rust protection on there to outlast the truck. The earlier photo of the truck in primer. At least you won't feel bad about painting on the White as it is not original paint.
Have you made up your mind yet on all your paint scheme choices?
Also what do you plan to do with all the plastic pallets you have stacked up in the background? Curious mind wants to know.
Bret
Have you made up your mind yet on all your paint scheme choices?
Also what do you plan to do with all the plastic pallets you have stacked up in the background? Curious mind wants to know.
Bret
oldironfarmer
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Looking good, Rian! Looks like a lot of progress to me.
Pizza again?
Pizza again?