New Camper special...

[Jim Rockford]

Well tried to post this earlier and for some reason it didn't take.

Went today and checked out a 1973 Camper special , has a targetmaster 350 older style, sm465 and a 205 t case I believe. It sat for many years in a field  and the guy I got it from got it and started redoing things like the brakes, rebuilding the wheel cyls and replacing the front brake hoses and replacing the front parking brake cable. But because the bottom of all the sheetmetal was rusted so he had the bright idea to screw diamond plate sheet metal to the lower part of the sides...so he's gonna remove that and I'll have alot of screw holes to weld up.
Good news it does run and drive, but it needs tires, more like rims and tires need replaced due to em being 16.5 inch rims.

[bake74]

     Wow, that looks to be a great starter project, hope you got at a great deal.

[jaredts]

I like it.  Thing's got potential and doesn't look bad for the year.  Good luck.

[Da67goatman]

I like those rims. Nice project too, its always good to here someone has saved another squarebody.

[Jim Rockford]

I like those rims. Nice project too, its always good to here someone has saved another squarebody.

 yea its too bad they are 16.5's   I'll have to try and find some sucker on craigslist to pawn em off on.

[VileZambonie]

I like those rims. Nice project too, its always good to here someone has saved another squarebody.

 yea its too bad they are 16.5's   I'll have to try and find some sucker on craigslist to pawn em off on.

You can still get 16.5 tires. My distributor doesn't stock them but can get them for me within a day.

[Da67goatman]

I have 33 12.5 16.5 on my truck now, but I have stock steelies that I rattle canned satin black.  I stick to the old half tire diameter rim size theory.

[Jim Rockford]

Yea , you can still get a few, But they are double in cost as to any other size out there,  most 16.5's I have found are $200 or more.

[Da67goatman]

But with 16.5s there are a ton less garbage tires on the market.  Most are half decent and a few are exceptional.

[Jim Rockford]

I can get good 16-17 inch tires for less. plus I'm not hauling 8k in the bed,

[Jim Rockford]

Well got her home today, runs and drives great, but with the aluminum removed off the driver side of the bed I seen something bad, The knucklehead old man cut off the side of the bed and wheel well because it had a little bit of rust...If it was only as bad as the passenger side it could have been fixed with patch panels. But with him hacking off almost the complete side I'm gonna have to get a bedside from the junkyard , or  find a whole bed. Run and sounds good with the late model exhaust he installed.






He needed a piece of metal for something so he proceeded to hack it out of the best part of the bed....idiot.

[bobcooter]

That rig would make a cool looking flatbed.

[Jim Rockford]

noooooo No flatbeds here..

[Jim Rockford]

Picked up a 79 to go with it...needs a engine.


Need a little bit less work than my 73...

[Jim Rockford]

Picked up 2 doors tonight, One aftermarket drivers door and a good used passenger door from a guy down the road from me.