Before disecting the springs, Find some front mounts for the rear springs. Put these in place of the rear mounts in the front....make sense?...
I don't think the firewall was changed when the design changed. Hold it up and compare.
You can strip and polish the stainless for far cheaper than chrome. I had the window stainless for the doors on the 53 polished and they look...
Keep the new springs, just pull a leaf or 2. Keep the thick overload spring at the bottom, only pull from every other spring, start with one, try...
Use flat stock, 1/4" cut to shape, then bend as needed. Make cardboard templates to do your 'cipherin, then transfer to steel. Post us some...
The contacts work, but only when the door is closed.
NOOOOOO! They sucked back then and still do. They are known to flop around when used on radials, due to the flexible sidewalls.
Cool truck. I would put the origional guages back in, sort out a few things in the engine bay, then start to fix and refine small things as...
Hopefully I will be doing this soon. I will post pictures.
I put them on the 50 I built. I ran the wire on top of the top hinge, then securely zip tied the wire to the hinge. There is plenty of room to...
Don't pay anyone to work on your truck. These things are simple farm tech machines. It don't get any easier than this. Just think, all the...
https://talk.classicparts.com/showthread.php?t=7908 Shows how to set up the steering shafts.
Figured we outta bring this back for veteran's day. Thanks to all who served, and still are.
I had to use a 3 joint setup in mine. It comes off the steering shaft, about 2 inches, goes into a joint. The 3/4 rod then goes through a hiem...
That is one of the more common ones, some were even put on cars. There is a bigger one that has 2 cross bars. The chrome on most of them is...
Power comes from the switch to the left pole on the guage. Goes from right pole to sender, sender to ground. Most of the problems are from...
Some others put the s10 master on the firewall and swing the pedal where you need it by heating the shaft. Use the U joint steering shaft from...
Nate, when you come out this way, I'll make you a convert.
I'm an official unofficial member of the Retarded Sparks car club. And you can be to!
They may come on the driver's or none at all. Like the tail lights, for a small fee you could get 2!
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