Slick 60's

Hey ya'll.

I'm coming over from the Slick 60's Facebook group. I've been over there for some time, and have just been a lurker for a while over here. I've got a '66 flareside with a mildly built 390 (aluminum heads, intake, etc). Bought her just about two years ago and drive it every single day. It's been on at least a dozen road trips; you name it, it's been there. The eventual plan is to drop the truck several inches, but to maintain a nice rake. I love me a mean lookin' rake.

I really enjoy working on the nitty gritty things (radio/gauges for example) and actually do so for others. I restore/convert radios to Bluetooth and restore/repair gauges as well. It's just a fun little side thing that helps a college student get by.


Anyways, enough of the jabbering, here's a few photographs that I've taken of the truck along the way:


Muscle Truck by Andrew Bauer, on Flickr


1966 F100 by Andrew Bauer, on Flickr


Urban Classic by Andrew Bauer, on Flickr


Recollections by Andrew Bauer, on Flickr


IMG_20160104_140704479_HDR by Andrew Bauer, on Flickr

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K A N S A S

Always love seeing your truck.

Welcome

Welcome Andrew!
Nice looking ride!

Welcome, from another Kansas guy.

Welcome from Virginia. Like that gauge cluster.

Welcome from the Sun Shine State

Danny

Welcome from N.W. Ohio. The gauges look good.

Welcome from Minnesota! Really like the red rims and baby moons.

Corey

Howdy, good to have you here!

Welcome from Central Texas. I love the professional looking photos of your truck. I need you for my photographer.

Welcome from central Iowa! Always loved those '66 grilles

welcome from beaumont tx. those gauges look real good, tell us more about your gauge restoration side work. I have a vacuum gauge like yours that needs your help. james

Thanks fellas. I already recognize a few of the faces. Ever since I bought the truck, I've been making short video updates. You're sure to get a laugh here and there at my excitement, frustration, and enthusiasm as I learn and create along the way. If you feel like watching: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... LIcWVDHdvj

bossford65 wrote:welcome from beaumont tx. those gauges look real good, tell us more about your gauge restoration side work. I have a vacuum gauge like yours that needs your help. james

Thanks, they were quite the project. I restore, repair, and in some cases modify gauges. It's a lot more than simply painting the needles orange. I'm actually working on perfecting an electronic tachometer conversion. After all, the tach currently in the truck is mechanical But, here's a few photos from the gauge restoration process (a few steps are actually covered in my videos too). Sorry, I don't have a good before photo of the vacuum gauge, but believe me, she was crusty. It was also broken and inaccurate too.

IMG_20150831_162400687 by Andrew Bauer, on Flickr

IMG_20150915_215330654 by Andrew Bauer, on Flickr

I even painted the dashes in the tachometer orange (they used to be white) to match those in the vacuum gauge:

IMG_20151124_204840323 by Andrew Bauer, on Flickr


I'll repost the dash picture so it's easy to see the tachometer comparison:

IMG_20160104_140704479_HDR by Andrew Bauer, on Flickr

My brother also has a '66. We work on them a lot together. His has actually been down for a few months,but should be good to go soon.

Levi's by Andrew Bauer, on Flickr

1 by Andrew Bauer, on Flickr

This is a photo that I took on the 15th anniversary of September, 11. God bless all of those folks.

2 by Andrew Bauer, on Flickr

Welcome from NJ. Nice ride. Tom

Welcome to the Original Andrew!! this is where it all goes down Buddy.. glad to have someone with your talents aboard
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Welcome to Dem Durham boys. I'll run into ya'll sooner or later. Maybe at Grill 46

Love the trucks and the photos......

Hey G'Day from down here Andrew, nice looking rig mate.... I might be going against the grain here, but I like it with the chromes and the white lettering best.
looks more period correct ........... let the stoning begin !