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Hello all. A friend of mine bought a ratty half finished 62 to 64 Chevy II gasser that had this axle in it. It is bent back (or forward?) in the...
Update, the car is now plated, insured and running / driving. A fee more details to work out yet including hooking up the exhaust. Looks like my...
Yep, good names. I have been thinking for quite a while about naming it pandemic, because I built it through the pandemic. Great minds think alike!
OK, so the car should be running and on the street in a week or so. Still lots of details to work out and I need to put some street miles on, but...
Update time again. Currently I am working on ladder bar fabrication, and I have bought some new (old) mags for the car. The mags are ET...
Time for a progress report on the 50 Dodge. Dana 60 narrowed with spool and installed on housing floaters, 440 / 727 and fenderwell headers...
Awesome, thanks. I see now, it appears to be a factory arm, I will see if I can make one of the speedway ones work.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] So I picked up my axle tonight, I am pretty stoked. Here is what I got for $125 Canadian. It is complete with leaf...
Thanks. I picked up the axle tonight, it all looks good. This axle has a steering arm on each backing plate that are joined with a one piece...
Awesome, what did you do for steering arms? Did you upgrade the brakes or use the stock truck drums?
I am getting all of the steering linkage from the truck and was hoping to use it. This is why I wanted a traditional horizontal shaft steering box...
Thank you for the info. Were all GMC trucks 6 bolt in 52-53? Yes, after some research I agree that the corvair box is just too lightweight. I will...
Awesome, thanks. I will have my axle home in a few days and will do some measuring to see if the speedway arms will fit. I see they have a few...
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