Slick 60's

I finally after putting a deposit on this truck 3 weeks ago go the 65 home last night. In the dark I pulled the remnants of the rear bumper off and dechromed the sides. It is hard for me to believe I am so fired up right now, like a kid on Christmas morning.

I am heading down to the tire store to order some wheels with a bit more shine to them this morning. Probably Billet Specialties Vintecs, 18s on the front and 20s on the back. I gotta drain the tank, clean the carb, and probably dial in the curve on the distributor. After all that it should run well enough to enjoy while I fine tune this and that to my image of what the truck should be






The wheels I like, good old school look them.

Rats, why are my pics so big, I resized them to 640x480. Sorry about that. Can a mod fix them?

I resized them.

Oh yeah - one more thing...

SCHWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!

JimDog wrote:I resized them.

Oh yeah - one more thing...

SCHWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!

Duh I thought I had them resized. I'll get it right next time. Thanks for the resize.

Thanks for the words too. I am hopped up like I have been at Starbucks for half a day.

Nice truck, dude! Gotta love them black Slicks

Nice truck. Did you just buy it?

jakdad wrote:Nice truck. Did you just buy it?

Thanks, and thanks. I actually put a deposit on it about 3 weeks ago, picked it up last night. Been burning up the forums since looking for info.

Going out to my compadres house in a bit to try his wheels on for size.

Nice!!

Nice Truck! It will be interesting to see with those wheels on it!

Have Fun!
Marty

The best part about the whole deal is I sold a 57 Blow Tie I have been sitting on for 22 years, and ended up with enough cash to buy this truck and have a 7000 left over to doll up the 65. The worst part is the 57 was a 51000 mile original my grandad bought new. Took a while to get OK with that part.

Wow, that sure fills up a wheelwell.

SHES a beauty
Nothing quite like getting one can just blow the dust off and drive

Yeah Tim, looks like a great truck!
Charlie

That's a nice truck for sure. I'm curious to find out how you'll like the new wheels and tires. They are gonna be bigguns!

Comet wrote:That's a nice truck for sure. I'm curious to find out how you'll like the new wheels and tires. They are gonna be bigguns!

Dunno if I am going to go that big, they are huge. I am seriously thinking about 17s in the front and 18s in the rear. What do ya'll think, are the 20s too much?

I wouldn't go higher than 18's IMO

Yes, I think 20s are definetly too much tire/wheel. The wheel wheels on these old trucks are pretty small. Today's cars have huge wheel wells so the proportions look better. In addition, I think it will sit too high and look like a 4x4. IMO, 17s would be as big as I'd get.

I don't recall how big Foose went on that Overhaulin' Slick, but I wouldn't go any bigger. Notice too that it was lowered quite a bit. I think you'll need to do that as well to get the stance right. Even with 17s I think it will look like a 4x4 unless lowered. Check out gallery pic no. 9 below:

http://www.overhaulin.com/gallery.asp?S ... &target=28

17's with a 65 series tire look pretty good: