Cab Rust Oddly , this cab only had rust wherever the leaves collected , the floors were O.K. and the rain gutter and lower rear corners are...
V-8 Fuel Economy One of the great things about the " Leaks A Lot " 4BBL Rochester carbys was : if you were light on the throttle , they ran well...
Side Pipes Fool around with it and follow what _you_ think is best . Adding a crossover will reduce the blatting sounds and noise tickets.......
216 & 235 Babbit Pounders BOTH sizes were available with this side plate (a crappy thing that leaks) in pre 1954 formats . This is why I said...
Keep On Keeping On ! You're getting there Papy .
Gm & rust Well ; When you're building Vehicles , you jig up and weld the various sheet metal and sub assemblies then you dip the whole...
Babbit Pounder Engines Came in both 216 and 235 versions....
The Original Cab Here we see a tiny bit of the gaping rust holes : [ATTACH] Here you can see how the floor board pinchweld has COMPLETELY...
So you were warned , no whining if you're reading this..... :p Anyways , here we are three years later and I finally got another cab for this...
Before You Bail Let us know what you have and what you want.....
Glad you're still enjoying it ~ I've logged more happy miles in trucks like these than I can remember .
Driveway Fun ! Looks better / easier than a rope over the tree or barn support . What was wrong with the old engine ? . (the Tractor wasn't...
A guy I know has a '54 235 that he feels the oil pump is failing in ~ it's a bit of a drive for me to go there plus my physical difficulties ,...
Mystery Engine It might be a splash lubrication 235..... I'd like to see the other side of it and the casting & stamped in numbers . I...
292 Update O.K. , a YEAR (+ !) and I'm just now getting back to this as I finally found a Body Shop I'm trusting to rebuild my frame and new cab...
Good Job ! Sid (?) ; You'll never be sorry you took the time to do a thing right . To - day I began digging into my three i6 engines ,...
Over To The DARK SIDE Andy ; Nice project , I hope you're still having fun with it . My first A-Bone was a '29 with 72,000 original miles...
Truck porn ! Is what these photos are to me :D . I'd love to get my hands on it and bring it back to life , clean it HOSPITAL clean then re...
Wokri ; If it has a 216/235 no and yes . Take a close look see before buying some one's junk . I bought a long stroke i^ engine for $100 and...
Horns ! O.K. , O.K. , so I'm a horn junkie :rolleyes: . Listen to what Russ said , go swap meet ' junk box ' hunting , they're easy to fix if...
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