Running board mount modification (if an early kit) so it clears the rear leaf spring eye bolt bracket. The frame end of the bracket is cut at a...
Sheet metal in place. Radiator core support has bottom cut off just above the curve and attached to S10 frame with angle iron brackets. [ATTACH]
Tape line is run across back of cab to show factory bed height (measured from any factory AD). Important so the fillers between the running boards...
Bed cross members with frame mount brackets. Front bracket is VERY long. [ATTACH]
Everyone STOP LAUGHING! Now to the ad-engineering kit. Cab mounts are set in place with metal building screws (easier to re-position, later...
[ATTACH] That didn't work so good but you get the idea. NEXT: 1/2 inch plate cut to shape, marked, then drilled and tapped for factory motor...
Going to try a build thread; first ever and might be as appealing as yesterdays meal floating on the surface of a septic tank. In the beginning:...
And when you get more S10's than AD's needing frames you can even , gasp, pretty up an S10. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Bill's right, I usually discard instructions so I can do it the right way or at least my way (ie the lazy way). The first AD-Engineering kit we...
PM me with your contact information and try to come up with an asking price. We have a "For Sale" bulletin board on the shop wall which has sold...
It looks like your lines need replacing and if they do just cut them off close to the nut and use a box end wrench or six point socket on them. Go...
I have run a single belt on my 37 Buick straight eight for over 30 years with no problem and it has an a/c compressor where you have a p/s pump....
Fords in the 30's had a neat little "quarter fender" that fastened to the underside of a stake bed truck. They kept the muck off the back of the...
If it's a 55 V8 the oil filter will be on top of the engine on a bracket held by the thermostat housing bolts. The breather tube at the rear of...
If you still have the old T-stat you pulled out try removing the middle plunger which leaves about a 7/8 hole. Test with this as it will...
I think your dimensions are spot on and particularly like the 32 deep. Having a 30" wide bench across the front with storage underneath is handy...
But time is closing in on me. Body, eyes, hearing, muscles, and now even my files are showing their age. Went to look up some parts the lazy way...
Fab, Keep us updated on your 50's status. I don't know what February weather is like in France or what facilities you have to do work in so...
Customer brought a short wide 68 to us for media blasting and to straighten a few dents. After scrubbing to bare metal the truck needed NOTHING as...
I have probably restored, partially restored, or just did work on several thousand AD trucks and the 1950 is my very favorite and to top it off...
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