I have one , it still has the cross bars that are usualy cut away so it's $pendy $ 75.00..... One of the upper side arms is about 1/2" off too...
I cannot decode engine serial numbers (some jerk tossed out my book) but if the rockerbox is held on with _4_ scres , it's a 235 or 261 (lucky...
Where you located Mike ? .
THANX Ken ; I'm far from my books and he'd asked me off list . It appears he wants to chop it up into a hot rod so anyone who's good at that...
Easiest way is my lazy way : go to junkyard and buy whole axles with 6 lugs.... I dunno if that's practical but I'm a cheapskate and a farm...
Hm , trying to get a mental picture going here , I'd think making up a set of pins like you described would be the simplest fix then . I'm...
O.K. , it's been a while since I did one of these , last one was the three speed floor shift tranny in my old '46 , that one the pivot pin was...
Another Panel beater eh ? you're _so_ lucky ! . I find body work impossible . I think the good fellas over on The Stovebolt Page have the...
Short Pipes Having the exhaust pipes dump out before the rear wheels is gauaranteeing it'll make more noise ~ you _need_ the long pipe to help...
Thanx ! Why , thank you kind sir . I am just an old Farm / used car mechanic who had the pleasure of growing up during the time when...
Tire Size & Straight Pipes Mike ; THANX for finding the correct tire size , I'm on dialup plus I'm a 'puter dufus so I cannot ever use the...
Hi Lazy ; Whew , what a day ~ all night last night woth the CT & MRI scans , then carby troubles in my Kooky Kommie Motocycles , missed work...
Lazy ; Not to worry ! . These old rigs lock up the rear brakes whilst sitting , all the time ~ jack and block the rear end up , remove the...
?? this works with a NOVA rear end ? or a Task Force rear end ? . I know Task Force springs are wider (I tried fitting some free ones to my '49...
Your Truck Pic Nice ! . I see you have a right hand sidemount spare ~ is this truck a right hand drive too ? not many of those left . I've...
IIRC , Chevy had done away with the two piece radios by 1954 but it could easily have been a high end (better quality) aftermarket unit . It...
Lazy ; Your '53 has the good Bendix brakes on it now so all you needs do is to keep them in good order and they'll stop fine , really . If...
Untill you've tried to save your old tank and failed , never wa$te your time and $ on re-pop tanks as they ALL suck and about 2/3 of them LEAK too...
Wow - you gotta rare truck there S.M. not a lot of these one year only trucks left , be gentle with the bed as it's different . The _really_...
Not sure if only for panel trucks but for sure that's where 99 % of them went , now I look back on all those old DeLuxe panels I didn't buy for...
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