The latest project parked outside of the barn is this 1966 Chevrolet Carryall. Originally the carryall was located in the Spokane area for the first 42 years of it’s life where it spent time as a weekend warrior, shuttling family members from their cabin to the local lake and beyond. In the last ten years it has sat idle being started and ran on a regular basis, but the use had diminished. The old saying goes “Rust never sleeps” and it has worked overtime on the carryall.Luckily the previous owner had bought almost every single patch panel available with the idea to restore it. When it arrived, I opened up the back barn doors and spied a large amount of patch panels, rocker panels, fenders, radiator support, etc. There is a ton of body work needed, but we have a good base to go off of. The goal of this project is to build a reliable vintage 4×4 that can carry a family of five and their cargo with ease.
High level planning has a vanilla Chevrolet 350 V8 backed by a 700R4 (overdrive). Disc brakes will be added up front along with a power brake booster and dual circuit master cylinder. We will also be adding power steering too. Arm-strong steering is unsavory and should be one of the first conversion anyone does on an older vehicle. Stay tuned for the project kick off where we will be diving into patch panel replacement.
Here are some more photos.
I like your Suburban, it has less rust than mine!!!
Hi, How’s the 66 4×4 Carryall project going? Any updates? I’m restoring one of these myself and was wondering how you are converting the front axle to disc brakes? I haven’t found a way except replacing with a newer axle maybe. Something I would rather not do. Any help?