Hey Brit and Zig, Yeah I took the top cover off but it still didn't fit. The shifter is integral to it, so it has to come off. Zig: If I had...
Yeah, the entire front clip is off the truck but the 4-speed muncie just wouldn't clear the opening between the cross member and the cab. The top...
I'm going to bolt a piece of channel steel with an eye bolt on it to the top of the tranny and run my engine hoist inside the cab and lift it into...
Thanks for the kind words everyone. As I said, I always put myself in the way and not the kids. This is a learning experience for them (me too I...
Maybe I'm out of practice, having done my last resto 20 years ago, but my kids and I put the engine in our '55 1st this weekend and it was a real...
Very cool indeed. Raining here today. Too bad. Crazy ex-wife kept the kids from me last weekend when it was 70 degrees and sunny. Was going to...
Yeah Steve. Found the set of about seven tools, dollys and hammers on Harbor Freight for under $30. For the amount I am going to use them, I am...
Never mind. found the tools Andy
A couple of months back there was a thread about a body and fender tool set (hammers and dollys) from Harbor Freight that someone was talking...
Am installing the engine/trans assembly with the kids this weekend. The factory service manual for my '54 1/2 ton shows that the groove for the...
Haven't had a car with a heat riser on it since my 1940 inline 8 Olds' when I was sixteen. The 235 I'm putting in my '54 does not have the...
Ahhhh, Apparently things are clearer and yet murkier at same time grasshopper. Good luck with the family thing. Pray on it that it will all...
Hey Boop's Dad, I can understand your frustration over what's going on with your truck. However, let's try a different tack and look at it...
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