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Nate, You are going to have to teach Gizmo how to relax and Zig---how bout them Chiefs!

1971 was the first 5 lug Chevy pickup, 1970 had 6.

Got to be coming from the hose or T-stat housing or some place that goes into the coolant system. The valve cover screw holes are blind holes so nothing can come in from the bottom end. To prove this remove the screws and fill with coolant---nothing will come out. Set many valves with engine...

Bill, If no one has a sway bar bushing with a 3/4" hole you can drill the 0.060 ones out if you put them on dry ice first. This makes rubber machine about like a soft metal with no grabbing onto the tool. We tried liquid nitrogen but the slightest misalignment or over squeezing and the rubber...

Hey Martinius, I guess your far enough north that your wood business is getting busy. Shop is very busy with a 2 year waiting list to get in the door. The older man that used to make ours had one foot amputated (diabetes) and is slowly making progress with his prosthetic foot but I don't know...

We started doing this swap before there was a Mustang II and got them off of junkyard Pinto's---same thing only Pinto strut rod had a better angle. If you get a chance look at how a Pinto front suspension is set up; the whole engine is set in FRONT of the suspension cross member so it is a...

As John said this set up is not suited to a "using" truck but where is everyone's imagination. PROBLEM; gas tank here and need fuel filler out of the way. SOLUTION(s):

Guys in shop all jumped onto a 55.2 pickup last Monday and MII'd it in one day. Johnathon cleaned the frame rails, plasma cut boxing plates and migged them in. Kory welded in cross member and hung all the suspension on it. Abel cut factory column and U-jointed it to the rack and also mounted the...

I would think a wider board with a matching wider board on the opposite side would work The spring only has to raise the board high enough to get fingers under and not pop all the way open. I would consider the much lighter pine boards over oak as it would make the raising much easier. Truck...

Two options on lowering the engine rpms down to a more ear pleasing level and upping fuel mileage. The first and easiest is to replace the 3sp with a Borgwarner overdrive transmission which is a direct bolt in replacement although the shifting rods usually have to be re-bent to work the levers...

Joe, who has Desert Truck Parts and makes the third seat for Suburbans makes license plates but don't know about Texas plates. It is not a cheap process. An older man, now retired, used to make some for us using dead soft copper and hardwood stamps. He had a tracing (or copying) mill that could...

Good, you can compare it with the tracing I sent you. You can lay your existing glass on the tracings and see if the profile is correct.

Thought I'd check in on your project. Ran across a few pics from a couple years ago that may have some helpful tips. 1 Tidy mounting of computer/electronics 2 Air inlet tube and p/s reservoir 3 Factory column and shifter 4 Main wire harness through firewall

Bill, How about if I got one in my parts stash with the LOF bug still in the corner I just send it to you? If not, do a search for a replacement glass pattern. Many suppliers (maybe our host) used to offer them.

Looking good. We haven't had any trouble with less belt wrap on a p/s pump IF near factory size tires are used. Wide radials and little wrap will let the squeeling pig loose under the hood.

One can retain the pedal but not the linkage as it would have to run through the center of the left head. Cut the rubber female rod socket, that the rod snaps into at the top of the pedal, and trim away with a utility knife or razor blade and buff remaining rubber off with a stiff brush on a...

The old standard for minimizing bump steer is to have the drag link run parallel to the floor so whether spring is extended or compressed it will displace the steering arm a like amount. If a pitman arm is lengthened much to get level the steering effort will increase. We are right now...

Take your spring(s) loose, U-bolts in front, shackle at rear. Use floor jack to set frame level and measure difference in distance between spring and axle (front) and between shackle pin and spring hanger (rear). Level front with shims and rear with custom shackle straps. If a spring place near...

Is it a generator or alternator? If a generator tighten belt till there is 1.5" of travel or .75 each direction. If an alternator tighten to where plucking the belt gives a "C" sharp.

If it has screws around the perimeter---yes. If it is crimped then no.