Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB

[Grizz1963]

[Grizz1963]

Today was the NSRA Swapmeet.

Went over in the Prozac-Mobile http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/ ... n-berlingo as you never know what you may find.

Met up with CraigRK, mate Martin and saw a load of other guys including Slammedcustom from GarageJournal.com

Awesome day.

First the one that got away.

£20.00 would buy this little tool.

I decided to let it ride on chance and go look once we had seen everything, if it was still there, then I would pay the £20.00 asked.

My mistake.as it was of course gone, Kev From Wales had seen it go an hour before I returned.






Bought these bits, some random, some not.

Set of auxiliary gauges from Dez on here for the truck, and later a chrome carrier for them.

The cast iron is planned for a Russian style Cross.

Number plate is one I do not have at all.

Some decent screw drivers and a super sharp scraper type tool I am sure someone will know exactly what it is.

Also a Corvette badge that cost me all of 10p







So all in a good day, the Berlingo also behaved as well as expected.

When I got home it was raining, so no chance to fit the silencer or any of the tinting.

Ended up with a glass of wine and some recoded Sky History.

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Couple more Photoshops.

Just because they made me smile.






Liked the variation of the usual straight line woody panelling

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Yesterday a parcel landed from Dennis and when I got in there was a card to say attempted delivery. Rearrange or collect at local village Post Office. Thankfully it is in a convenience store and you can collect till 9pm.

I had a late night over at Darren Hardy's place making a start on blasting the alloys after collection from mate Jabbo who had pulled the tyres off for me.

So I did not get a good look at what he had sent me, just opened the box, got a silly grin at some of the stuff.
Thank you mate !!




After collection of the box I shot over to Jabbo and then Darrens places about 30 miles from where I live to get started on blasting the wheels.

In the limited time I had, two were completed.
I will try get back over the weekend to do the other two.
Then its paint, switch tyres and refit to the Berlingo as part one of the little transformation I have planned for it.





Looking forward to getting to the glass as well.

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Couple of the badges from Dennis, taken from wrecked trucks and cars.

Number one or number two?





Back to the goodies Dennis sent, I also have a load of posters from last years road trip that I could not bring home.

2016 Roadtrip: http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/ ... -best-trip

Thank you again mate.




Loads of stuff to process and enjoy.

The keyrings were from Flashed in Canton, Georgia.

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Another early day into London......

Also the first really nice looking day at the station by 07.00 with blue skies fighting to get through.

Loads of flowers out now too, especially daffodils.

Life is starting to look good again.



I do love technology.......

Some time through the day there was an email notification that Disasterbus had quoted me on Fartsbook.

Funny how life unfolds.

Remember my car getting damaged while parked up? Well, the agency I work for has a very greedy policy, so they have taken £150.00 from my salary to cover themselves as an excess..... while I am out doing my job, really flames my shorts. Feckers.

So Disasterbus had a free lawnmower to offer, the one I had bought last year on EBay, to replace the one I found about 7+ years ago at the council tip has not delivered and keeps wanting to die when I mow the lawn.... then the excess on the car, and Kerry saves my assss with a mower I would have had to go buy to replace the dying one.

Thanks mate, I owe you some good Guinness.... bit of a bargain then for one of us.



Made it home tonight with a bit of light left.

So got out the suit and into garage clothes, reversed the van up onto some ramps and got onto swopping the rear silencer.

£140.00 quoted for the job, I got one delivered for £37.00

20 minutes later........... job done.





Perfect.



Next up, I thought here was a bit of time to get started on the front grille change.

Removed the grille.





Then removed the double helical Citröen gears from the grille and masked up, then keyed in the centre bar of the grille so that when I painted it Satin Black, it would kind of disappear from the rest of the grille.

I did not want to cut the bar as it has a fixing tab under the hood release.



Unmasked, you can see the illusion created on the right of the grille that the satin black brings.



Not a great photo but hopefully you get the picture.

Chevrolet Berlingo ??



Starting to shape the way I like it.

Opinions?

Needs the wheels to get finished, collect the mower from Disasterbus and then do a few other little jobs.

Maybe another few weeks.

Thanks for looking in, hope you are still enjoying the ride.

Later guys.

[sidedraught]

Why in would you put a Chev badge on a Citroen? The logic doesn't make sense to me, what was wrong with the Citroen badge?

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Why in would you put a Chev badge on a Citroen? The logic doesn't make sense to me, what was wrong with the Citroen badge?

A couple of guys asked me.

I guess firstly, just coz I can.

However. It will make some more observant people take notice and wonder.

But mainly because its part of a bigger plan that will take another two weeks or more to complete.

Maybe it will make sense when I have done the rest incl big block transplant (just joking)

Will become apparent later.

[sidedraught]

Why in would you put a Chev badge on a Citroen? The logic doesn't make sense to me, what was wrong with the Citroen badge?

A couple of guys asked me.

I guess firstly, just coz I can.

However. It will make some more observant people take notice and wonder.

But mainly because its part of a bigger plan that will take another two weeks or more to complete.

Maybe it will make sense when I have done the rest incl big block transplant (just joking)

Will become apparent later.

Ok........

[Grizz1963]

Another week conscripted to history.

Best part of it is getting dirty at a mates factory using tools I do not have access to.

Thanks to Darren and his dad Derek for tea, biccies and company.

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Of course the job is dirty, leaving you big lumps of coal up your nostrils and anywhere else you care to touch.

But a great way to feel alive.



All four done.



Next job will be primer, paint and get the tyres swopped over.

And if the weather holds out........

Window tints.