With 4 wires you can't run brake feed through T/S, you will need to get a 6 (or 7) wire unit or mount two seperate lights. Most units use the GM...
Really great work. From the pic it looks like you got rid of the clunky looking parking brake lever and even preserved the stainless VIN tag. One...
There's an old expression that says if your not failing your not trying. I must really be trying on my 302 Jimmy OHC project but a little high...
To expand on what Nate called "square shifting" here is a tip that is really simple but many times works when the problem is in the linkage and...
You need to use a 71 (or newer) van crossmember to fit up on your 59 frame, the pickup crossmember is too narrow where the frame rails fit. The...
We usually use a cable setup. Chevy pickups are one source but the ford cable has a return spring built into the cable which means you don't have...
The 5/16 bolts go along both sides through the angle strips. The 1/4 inch bolts go across the front, rear, and through the two center...
Ken's 50 PU asked me to post some of our projects so if your bored and want to kill a little time, here are a few. You can skip the junk (page 1)...
Kyle, we usually wire/duct tape/somehow hang the steering wheel in the place that feels most comfortable to the one that will be doing the...
I buy the one piece polypropalene headliner and my upholstery shop uses it as a backing to put any type material on that I want. They need the...
I was reading in a catalog several years back ( might have been a CD catalog) that green was the standard color and if you wanted any other you...
Ken's 50 is absolutely right about the repop stuff almost without exception. In the 30 years I've been in the restoration/streetrod business it is...
I remembered a 52 that we did that we put the T5 in and a rear from a Nissan 4wd. It had the correct width, 6 lugs, and 4.11's. The 4.11's work...
Sure sounds like a too much voltage situation. I use Pertronix on all my vehicles and equipment and several 55-57 V8 cars we've done because they...
Often see this farmer at the parts store I use---this is his GOOD one, the one with the hay spike on it is beat up.
Dwell doesn't involve voltage. You need a meter with cylinder selection, they usually have 4-6-8 settings. If on the wrong cylinder setting the...
If you can find a 55 1st series rear it's a bolt in. You will need to turn the springs around so the tire will be centered in the wheel opening....
The tool trucks also offer the clutch heads in 3/8 drive socket sets--very pricey but worth it if your in the business. On the smaller...
Start at the guage and unhook the sender wire, if it drops to empty the guage is ok. Now hook up the sender wire to the guage and then unhook the...
Has anyone replaced the rockers on a 55-59 and if so, how did the repops fit? We have a 55 that needed inner and outer cab corners, door pillar...
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