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My 65 Slick - Ol Blue
Posted: December 21, 2014, 9:14 pm
by 65_Slick
Bought my second slick about 2006. Daily driver for a couple of years and then decided to take it apart to fix the rust. It had 66,000 miles on it when I bought it, with about 10,000 on a replacement engine. The guy I bout it from told me the 300 six came from an air compressor that was at his work, they had rebuilt it and then never put it back in service.
Here's a pic from Day one.
Here's one from tear down.
Sandblasted the bottom of the cab and frame.
That was in 2009, it has sat since. Waiting on time and money.
Re: My 65 Slick - Ol Blue
Posted: December 21, 2014, 9:21 pm
by 65_Slick
Fast forward to the last month or so, pulled it out of storage and finally got started on it again.
Welded in new cab mounts, made my own patches for everything else so far.
Por-15's degreaser, and metal prep.
Two coats of Por-15.
Two coats of Harbor Freight's Truck Bed Coating.
You can see the texture roller I used next to the can.
Re: My 65 Slick - Ol Blue
Posted: December 21, 2014, 9:24 pm
by 65_Slick
A glimpse of what's to come.
Hopefully I won't get stalled again, goal is to have it back on the road and make it to the next SlickStock in Salina.
Re: My 65 Slick - Ol Blue
Posted: December 22, 2014, 8:55 am
by therealjoeshmoe
looks good! those sand blasters work pretty darn good dont they???
Re: My 65 Slick - Ol Blue
Posted: December 22, 2014, 11:07 am
by JRANGER
nice work so far
Re: My 65 Slick - Ol Blue
Posted: April 25, 2019, 6:13 pm
by 65_Slick
WOW, can't believe it's been since 2014 that I posted or even worked on my truck. Life and work just gets in the way
Frame was sand blasted and painted in 2014, then sat outside since. Went over it with a wire brush on an angle grinder, cleaned it up good and painted it with POR-15.
Re: My 65 Slick - Ol Blue
Posted: April 25, 2019, 8:03 pm
by unibody madness
Glad to see you’re back at it and haven’t lost the desire to work on it
keep going you’re doing fine
Re: My 65 Slick - Ol Blue
Posted: July 11, 2019, 1:22 pm
by 65_Slick
Slowly getting the suspension back together.
Decided to try the Explore springs, should be here tomorrow and can hopefully finish the front.
Also waiting on some new bearings to be pressed onto the rear axles, went with a Speedway rear disk brake kit, looking forward to getting it put on.
Re: My 65 Slick - Ol Blue
Posted: July 20, 2019, 8:19 pm
by 65_Slick
Re: My 65 Slick - Ol Blue
Posted: July 19, 2020, 7:22 am
by oldsmiley
You've done a great job
, can't wait to see the finished build. You're definitely not cutting any corners, thank goodness.
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