My 62 +Bits of other years!

Uncle Skip · Post by **Uncle Skip** » October 29, 2010, 7:12 pm

Leroy.
Beautiful.
I'd love to know how you picked my color blue, you rat.

Its amazing but you have the same General Lee wheels I have too. I even painted the slots like you did, except mine are white.
But don't worry.
There's plenty of difference in the two trucks so we won't be getting each other's speeding tickets.
Nice job bud. Great minds think alike.
Uncle Skip

Post by **Greg D** » October 29, 2010, 8:10 pm

Very nice - seems to me I saw a 64 recently that was painted similar.
Those colors do look good though

Post by **Casey 65** » October 29, 2010, 8:39 pm

Very cool! The paint is very nice!

Hillchaser · Post by **Hillchaser** » November 3, 2010, 6:07 pm

Hey L, Where are you at with the truck now .. have you got the cragars on yet ?

Can't wait to see it.

Hey seeing the GT reminded me of an xy ute that I saw for sale a while back .. what do you think about these utes ? Obviously a very different proposition that an F100 but interesting to know what the other aussies think ?

ABA · Post by **ABA** » November 3, 2010, 6:22 pm

Wow, very nice job but I was kinda diggin' the flat bed myself.

Leeroy · Post by **Leeroy** » November 4, 2010, 2:52 am

Hey Hillchaser, not on the wheels as yet. Need tyres first!

Chasing uo a few other parts at the moment, so thats kept me busy, also trying to re-wire all the lights and fill the big hole in the back of the tub with something!

XY Ute would be nice, but it's not slick! I guess you would have the advantage of a lot of aftermarket parts and even NOS from the GT places around Melbourne. Only trouble is the cost nowadays, even replica's are getting expensive!

ABA: That damn flat tray was a nightmare! It was rotten anyway (even worse than the styleside) so I was happy to see the end of it!

Leeroy · Post by **Leeroy** » February 14, 2011, 11:35 pm

Little bit of progress.... I'm starting to grin again!

Had the bumper fitted last week, wheels are on! Front tyres are too short for my liking, so no pics until I figure out what to do...

In the meantime I just got this back from the shop....

This was what it was.....

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » February 15, 2011, 5:07 am

WOW!!!! that grill turned out nice...

HiBoy63 · Post by **HiBoy63** » February 15, 2011, 11:10 am

Wow that chrome job is beautiful. That will look nice on the truck.

tdiggity5 · Post by **tdiggity5** » February 15, 2011, 4:47 pm

If you dont mind me asking what did it cost to get the grill and headlight bezels done?

Leeroy · Post by **Leeroy** » February 15, 2011, 5:44 pm

No I don't mind at all,

The bezels were already chromed but were in bad shape. That's my effort with steel wool, chrome polish and LOTS of elbow grease. Came up very well.

The grill cost $450 all up. It's come up great but there are a few small imperfections up real close. It had about 5 holes in it that I had bronze welded and ALL of the repairs sucked in a little. They're small but they are there. I figure it will never be seen and it is 45 years new!

Most people have said it was a good price.

Leeroy · Post by **Leeroy** » February 17, 2011, 1:21 am

I put most of it back together today, so I couldn't resist a couple of pics....

From my crappy camera phone, but you get the drift!

Was a little disappointed, I bought 4 brand new cragar s/s from summit and once I fitted the tires, one has a bad buckle. You can see it with your eye, it the center isn't welded on straight, so thats off to the local repairer. And crawling around underneath I've found a couple of small rust holes in the floor that will need attention

OTHERWISE I'm pretty damn excited!

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » February 17, 2011, 5:28 am

!!!SWEET!!!

that is one slick slick Leeroy!!! you ought to catch some attention in that baby... Looks great

MadMaxetc · Post by **MadMaxetc** » February 17, 2011, 9:41 am

Damn that looks good!

Post by **foodstick** » February 17, 2011, 11:17 am

Wow it looks great !

Looks familiar as well !

Be proud of that beauty ...

TonyC · Post by **TonyC** » February 17, 2011, 12:23 pm

That is one awesome looking truck. Good job!

Leeroy · Post by **Leeroy** » May 5, 2011, 12:03 am

Progress has been a bit slow of late, but finally getting there.

Had to change front tyres as the first lot I purchased were way off, found a couple of small holes in the floor that needed a plate and took ages to get done and needed to paint the bed.

These are from my crappy camera phone again... I really should learn to take the camera.

New front tyres

Finally have a floor again, it's only been 1 year....
Painted and bolted it down today.

Hoping plates next week, then I have to find someone to make a tonneu

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » May 5, 2011, 2:23 am

I`m glad your going with a tonneau cover!, that`s what I plan for Lenore!, with a high bow support in the middle!. have you seen the hidden hold down edging?, a mate had it on a new Nissan Ute, looked pretty trick and no bungee cord!

Leeroy · Post by **Leeroy** » May 5, 2011, 3:02 am

No Alan I haven't, I'd be interested if you had a pic because I have had all the bungy cord clips welded closed so I was thinking the 'lift the dots' ah la MGB, but not sure how water tight they would be so I'm open to any other suggestion.

What do you think about 2 bow supports? I had a kingswood that heavy rain would just bend the 1 bow backwards

mercman64 · Post by **mercman64** » May 5, 2011, 8:08 am

Kudos to you Leeroy, your slick really looks good. I love the cragar's and something about that diamond plate bed just grabs me.....I like that industrial look......so w/a stick shift you guys shift w/your left hand....that would take some getting used to. I rented a jeep on vacation in Grand Cayman once...all was good till I got to a traffic circle...boy did people blow their horns @ me...........

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