Slick 60's

Just joined and wanted to say hi. I have a '65 longbed fllareside with 300 and a 4 speed. I got it about a month ago. It had been parked since the '70s and had trees growing around it. A few days installing new hoses, cleaning tank and carburetor and a junkyard radiator and it started up. Followed by a new windshield and driver side window. Since then I have done a laundry list of work to it - but I have been daily driving it the last two weeks. Has a long way to go still but I love it.

Ohh pictures! I love pictures.

Good luck on the build. Looks good so far. What's your plan for it?

Welcome from Louisville and oh yeah as youve heard we like pictures .


Rick

welcome from the show me state. now that's how you do it. save these old trucks!

Sweet & Welcome from sunny FL!

Welcome from Phoenix. That looks like it was quite a job just to get the truck out of there. The rest should be easy now.

Kevin

welcome from SE Utah.

from Louisiana. Love those long flare sides.

Good one! Love the patina. I'd drive it as is for now. Welcome.

Welcome from arkansas. Good find

Welcome to Slick60's - from the GREAT Water Winter Wonderland state of Michigan!
The land of winter beaters and where the sweet rides sleep during the salt-laden days of winter!

Your '65 Slick looks like a GREAT find!
So what are your plans for it - are you wanting it to be your commuting daily driver, a work horse, a babied hobby vehicle or...?

BarnieTrk

Welcome from Virginia, pictures are great.

Thank you all. I have wanted a similar truck for a very long time. Never found a decent one in a decent price range at the same time. Main reason for the truck is to use it as a truck. Towing other cars occasionally etc... While I am not a mechanic by trade, it is my avocation and I do a lot of work on older cars for myself and friends. Plans for now are to keep cleaning it up and sorting the mechanicals out. Seat upholstery and new wood in the bed are the main ones. Painted a car last year so this thing wont see paint real soon. Will weld in a patch on the one rust hole in the fender before too long. The engine is running pretty well but it certainly has some wear to it. A bit of a puff of blue smoke on take off - although that has greatly diminished as I have been driving it. So it may well get a overhaul in the next year. Some more random pictures of the truck, and one of a car I put together last year, a 1960 Corvair.

Sounds like a good plan!

From the looks of the valvetrain, it may be a bit sludged up... if it was mine, I'd be inclined drive it at least 10 minutes, then while it is nice and warm, dump in 1/2 to 1qt of diesel fuel into the crankcase, then run the engine at ~1500rpms for a minute or two, then drain the motor oil hot and change the filter. By doing so may flush out some of that sludge. You don't want it to all break loose at once, as chunks of crud could plug up oil galleys, pushrods, etc. But the diesel fuel will slowly flush it out and it WAY LESS expensive as the commercial motor flushes. You may want to do this a few times changing the motor oil/filter every few thousand miles. By doing so should remove/flush out most of the sludge without ill effects. Sludge can cause overheating and can plug up passages, preventing rockers, lifters or camshaft from getting adequate lube....so it's best to get it out of the crankcase - carefully. Once you've got the majority of the sludge out of the crankcase, then I'd run some good quality, diesel-use approved motor oil and a Motorcraft filter.

I suggest diesel oil because it has a good amount of zinc in it which this old engines prefer. One brand that fits this description is Chevron DELO 400 Multi-grade 15W-40, however, there are many brands that would do the same. Since you're in the south, 15W-40 would be fine; this is a good oil and can be located in most towns at reasonable prices. Once you've gotten through a few oil changes, I would also suggest you then add some LUCAS Heavy Duty Oil Stabilizer (one qt LUCAS + 4 qts of 15W-40). The LUCAS may 'heal up' the blue oil puffing at startup..... it did for my high-mileage 2.3L '94 Ranger.

BarnieTrk

I like the fact that you want to use it as a truck. Thats what I do with mine, after all thats what they were built for. The more you drive it the better it will run, sitting is the worst thing for a vehicle. Mine had been sitting in the PO's yard for about 7 or 8 years, so everytime I drive it, it runs a little better.

Welcome from just down the road in El Paso!