How to assemble an AD

I am breaking down the tech. articles to seperate posts to make them easier to find. Look here.....
https://talk.classicparts.com/threads/ol-chebbys-how-to-tech-s.17990/

 

ol' chebby...."u da man!" as Gomer Pile would say, "Thank-ya,Thank-ya,Thank-ya!"

 

Door Mod Question

Hey Russ I hope all is well, great build and very detailed, thanks, what is with the door lock modification. Cutting the door for the new striker?
Thanks.

 

You have to cut the door jamb for the Trique latch install. It is all covered up once installed.

 

hey ol chebby,

the pic in post 161 of this thread interests me, i wanted to know more about the sack hanging on the bed of the truck, is says Sparks,charlotte; NC.
i'm interested as my last name is Sparks.

Jed

 

That is our club banner....we re the Retarded Sparks. It fits our crowd well.

 

USMC, Pile
GEE Sgt Carter,I really can think, and think, and Think with this Bucket Over My
Head!!!
Singing Also with the Bucket over His head!
From the Halls of Montezuma!!!! (Pile;this is my Favorite Part! TO The SHORES
OF TRIPOLI !!!!!

Sorry, i Couldn't Resist!

 

Jed ,
The Sparks, they have been in the, Virginia, Carolinas, Kentucky, Tennessee area since the early 1700's.

Charles

 

What about sound deadner? I see you used dynamat. So expensive.

Ive hear of us Canadians using weather membrane.

https://www.rona.ca/en/self-adhesive-membrane

Thoughts?

Cool to see your build along the way.

Jeff

 

I like Hushmat. Sticks well and is fairly easy to work with.

 

I was just down in Florida delivering a full custom Bronco and checked on her. Still looking great and living the easy life, In a giant barn....only in the loosest of terms.....a climate controlled mini warehouse is more like it.....

 

Hello I'm working on a 51 that i have had for several years we welded the cab mounts on and now have lost the instructions its a AD early kit .I saw on a site where you have used these kits I'm willing to buy those instructions if you can help Thank You

 

Im not dead! Still cranking away at vehicles of all types and painting Wild Wing Cafe restaraunts. Im on Facebook, Russ Petty. come find me.

 

Hi Russ ;

Glad to hear you're doing O.K. .

facebook is a bad place to be sooner or later you'll get bit hard and understand why the kiddies are abandoning it .

 

The 53 is back from Fla, getting a little R+R and some upgrades.
My 51 is in need of a heart transplant...I fear a bearing went douth.....ls swap time!

 

A VEE-ATE ?! nononono........

 

She's had a 350 since 06.....
Might have spun a bearing while taking the boy to school. Now getting an LS.
My 700r4 will go to my sons 76 squarebody stepside.

 

I'm constantly amazed by the Corvettes in Pick-A-Part junkyards, this means cheap Hot Rod power for anyone .

 

It's not even Corvette's so much anymore, as their drivetrains have become more 'exotic' over the years. Plain old half-ton Silverado's and Sierra's (1999 to 2013) yield all the drivetrain you can ask for. The "LS craze" is what the "small block Chevy craze" was not too many decades ago.

 

Ol Chebby, Thanks for your earlier writeup on the AD front end assembly. I'm currently modifying my '52 AD radiator support and was wondering, as I can't remember: What bolts to the upper left and right upper bolt mounts on the front of the radiator support? In your old photo you show two bolts screwed partially into the support. I plan on cutting those nut inserts out so I can flush mount my radiator "ears" to the back side of the front of the support channel to move the radiator forward. I just don't want to run into more problems. I thought the grille mounted there but I'm unsure.... Thanks for the info!

Brian