Re:Advice I dunno,Nate. The beer and tools are definitely sound advice.:D
Re:Mounting I used the pedal assembly from a 77 Nova. The steering column bolts right up to it.
Re:Vibration The U-joints MUST be lined up perfectly in their saddles at the transmission and the differential or it will shake you out of the...
Re:Steering column I used an early 80's Monte Carlo steering column in my 53. Works Great!
Re:Southern The time frame escapes me at this point,but wasn't there a thread about a GM replica truck a while ago that used a F**d engine and...
Re:Driveline Martinius,the closed driveline consists of the driveshaft being enclosed in a "torque tube" which is fixed to the differential,with...
Re:Bleach True Brit. The bleach will cover the smell of the decomposing "plumber" as well as the sewage smell.:D
Re:55 into 54 The transmission is not interchangeable because the 54 has an enclosed driveline and the 55 has an open driveline. If you crawl...
Re:A Ford?????? Old trucks are what we are all about. I almost bought a 47 International a few days ago.:D
Re:48/50 What a sweet resurrection of a beat down truck. Sure wish I had the green stamps to lay out for that kind of restoration.:(
Re:54 Beautiful truck,looks to be mint! Cute kids too! John
Re: I had a 53 Chevy 2 door sedan back in the day. Split cast iron manifold with glass packs. Man that thing was nasty and rattled the windows...
Re:Blue Puffs Nahhhhhhhh,just burning the moisture out of the exhaust system,been sitting for about a week. And Nate,I agree, a finely tuned 6...
Re:305 vs 350 Just sayin. The 305 runs and sounds great to me. Click on pic. :D [IMG]
Re:Horns As Nate says,the horns will be fine. I still have the 6 volt dual horns on my 53 hooked to 12 volt, they work fine and are LOUD!!! :D
Re:39K Most of the "investors" you see buying and selling at auction have more money than sense. Its a business with them,not a hobby. Tax time...
Re: I used to use a primer called "Gunk" brand. If you can find this its the best! I've had my 53 in primer for uhhhhhhhh,dunno how many years...
Re:V8 I did need the V8. When I bought the 53,she had a badly cracked block,I had an old Nova sitting around and one thing lead to another :)
Re:Big,giant,huge Sweet sweet truck ya got there Tim. No mistaking that you've built it all yourself.
Just a "little" turbo lag there but what the heck. I'd stick it in my 53 :)
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