motorheads 66 pick up

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bought this a month ago for $1300. been sitting along time with a broken rocker stud.





paint was really rough, so............ lets see whats under it......



Not to shabby, Man I love the desert!!




Installed screw in studs, rebuilt the carb, replaced all fluids, fixed trans leak.... Fired right off!! sounds great.
supposed to be 300 bored .030 with rv cam, cant verify, but trust the old dude I bought it off of..............






Clean slate, now to make it straight! More to come....................

Lookin good motorhead....Keep them pics coming.

Nice work-old guys wont usually steer u wrong!!

Looking really good, Im sure that will run with that big six!

Nice job keep us updated

Not much progress this week, Work is stupid busy and Im tired!





Starting to think about color............... Today Im going between Grabber Blue and Fire Engine Red......... I will most likely change my mind a thousand times before I buy the paint and a hundred times after I buy the paint..

Comin around great,bud.I hope that coveted tail-gate is in great a shape as the rest of the truck.

Yup very clean, just a little crease on the side. The big ugly bumper that was on it must have done a good job!

Yup looks great.I'm all those that need, saw that pic & their first thoughts were "I wish.."

I let it out of the cave today.



Hosed her down, and the garage from all the sanding dust.





Finally had enough of that Holley and got me an Edelbrock, Smaller in size too so I wont have to put such a big cut-out on the side of the doghouse.
Excuse to dust! I dont think it will ever be free of dust!

Looks Great ! I see someone has been really busy. Bill

Playing around with tinting primer.



Still trying to remember what all this white stuff on the ground is??



Thinking about leaving it in primer for the winter, squaring up the mechanicals, I will finish up the bodywork and paint it in the spring.....??????????

looking good motorhead...looking good.

MH,thats a start to some color,comin around good,bud.Whats that white stuff on the roofs and ground?

Thats about the extent of the snow we get here, Its already melted. Just the way I like it, Looks nice coming down, but disappears as fast as it comes! I can drive 20 minutes in any direction and be knee deep in it, but I dont have to deal with it everyday. I was a midwesterner for 30 years, Dont miss it a bit!

What are the access doors in each bedside for? That's a killer tailgate and overall a great base truck to start with. The body's in great shape being rust free and all. You bought that truck REAL right.

Those doors are fuel doors, It has 3 tanks, the factory one and 2 saddle tanks. Has a manual three way valve on the doghouse, but no senders in the 2 aux tanks. I am gonna assume they were put on maybe as a dealer add on or???
Thought about removing them, But there right on the seams of the bed sides, Dont really want to make any more work for myself!

Havent shown any new pictures in a while so...........



She got some new shoes!



Working with Haggerty now for insurance, Then time to drive it a bit!!

Your moons with rings look great on there,motorhead !

Got it titled, got tags, and Insurance!
Drove it for the first time tonight, Sure is quicker than I thought it would be! Cruise-a-matic is a little different.... But shifts nice and firm.
Sounds like Im in a airplane, Time to look into doghouse insulation. Good time, Now im a lot more motivated to press on and get some more work done.

Great job motorhead. Now the fun really begins...do I fix this or do I go for a quick cruise...fix...quick trip to the store....hmmm. I've noticed it's really hard to stop driving these things once you start..lol. Thank God it snowed up here, or I would still be driving without a dog house.

Sharp ride man!!! You did a great job!!!

Yup, Whats that saying...........
"When it runs its done!" ................
Or was it, "In the rough is just enough" ????

I get more thumbs up and questions in this truck than any other ride I have built, I have $3100 to date including the price of the truck invested so far, I have spent more for a set of cylinder heads before. Proves sometimes that "less is more"

I hear you Motorhead. I've had more positive response from my truck than anything I've ever owned. There's a lot of bang for the buck in these. Your truck is looking great. Hope you enjoy it!!

Duane in Tennessee

Hey motorhead really like your tires and wheels. If you don't mind me asking what size are they, And do you have any rubing at all ? Thanks Tony