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I followed Nate's advice many years ago and got the '58 235 for free from a guy on the '55-'59 forum that pulled his in favor of a V8. It was sitting in his heated garage for years until he got tired of tripping over it. Adjusted the valves, new fuel pump and carb and it fired right up. It's...

Nate, Both the one that finally failed and the replacement I got are Airtex brand. I have not seen an available replacement that is available to purchase that isn't an NOS part. Andy

Back "home" on Long Island there are literally hundreds of small independents. I'm wondering if it is a regional thing and that here in VA independent parts stores were never really as widespread. They are mostly small-ish shops catering to local mechanic shops and don't usually have all the...

That's a big project. I never like to see "found" vehicles with systems "open". Things like oil fill cap off, carb uncovered or missing, cooling system open are invitations to rodents. I picked up a Ford flathead V8 years ago that looked really good sitting on an engine stand. When I got it...

^^^This. Andy

Welp. The fuel pump on my stock '58 235 I6 gave up the ghost. Piece of garbage only lasted 19 years. LOL.:D:D:D. It's a dual action pump (fuel pump and vacuum pump for the wiper assist). I come to find they are not readily available and may be obsolete. RockAuto has a listing for it but it...

Oh man, that's terrible news.

Wayne Malaspina is the guy here on the East coast who has tons of AD truck parts. It's all he does. He's at the big Carlisle swap meet in PA every spring and fall and will ship it to you. Great guy. He's not really a "business" per se, so you'll have to call him and probably describe the...

Welcome!!! That's a heck of a rodent nest in the glovebox! Here's a very important tip: Do not vacuum or blow out rodent debris under any circumstance. Treat it like asbestos and soak it down with soapy water and WIPE it out. Use PPE, gloves, mask, etc. Hanta virus likes dry rodent feces...

I switched out the front brakes for a disc kit from Speedway years ago and did a '72 'Nova rear end with 3.08:1 gears (great for the highway). Both the front disc conversion and rear end are now Chevy 5X4.75" bolt pattern. I put a swap meet set of Chevy Rally wheels on the truck and could not...

Yeah, that lower grille deflector. About that. I bought a reeeely nice one at a swap meet more than a few years ago. It's still in storage. I consider it an "extra" part and have not/will not probably ever install it LOL Andy

f4fantm2^^^ above post number 18. This is the way to do that swap. Requires clamping and bracing to prevent warpage when re-welding the saddle after taking out the "extra" metal in the middle and precise cutting but that is the way to get bolt-in IFS on the cheap. Andy

Pretty cool mod to get rid of the column shift mechanism which has been the source of many problem posts here (jamming column mount shift box requiring rebuild with sketchy reproduction parts and much colorful language). This is what hod-rodding is all about. Problems like your shift lever...

Man!!! That's a spendy harness:eek::eek::eek:. I bought the inexpensive harness for my 55.1 Chevy years ago. IIRC it was well under $200. It worked so well that I used the same harness to wire up my Model A hot rod with modifications. Even used the Chevy truck headlight switch and ignition...

First series trucks refers to the 1955 model year, not 1954. The body style of Chevy trucks change happened mid-year 1955, hence the "first series" designation for the earlier style. '54 and '55 first series are the only AD style trucks with a one piece windshield. Andy

For all y'all's information: I have a '30-'31 F*rd coupe hot rod with a flathead V8 that I built over more than a few years. Fun car. Love to drive it. It has an original style generator converted to 12V that I bought at the Hershey swap meet many years ago. The charging system on this car...

Thanks Bill, I remembered that thread and searched it. Thanks for posting the link on this thread. I'm definitely going to do that this spring now that it's starting to warm up. Andy

Condolences to you and the family. Hold on to those great memories. I wish I had them. My dad was a sh*t. The only thing he passed down to me was a determination to not be like him. Mom was awesome though and didn't deserve that. Andy

My MAN!!! You are officially a lighting nerd and I love it. Think I'm going to go with the halogens to start. Bill Hanlon put up a good description of a headlight relay install in our trucks years ago based upon a much earlier request by me on headlights. I'm probably going to do the same...

Recently took a 7 hour round trip in the truck to pick up a steal-of-a-deal professional gas stove that I have been looking for on Craigslist for over 5 years. Part of the drive was at night and I rarely drive the truck at night. I was really disappointed with the old technology headlights...