hello everyone im new here and to forums so please be easy.... i posted in the intro portion of the site i felt that this is the place for questions.? if not im very sorry and if you could point me to the right area ill take my question there i dont wanna step on any toes. ok that out the way here is my question i just bought a 1951 chevy style/fleetline deluxe not sure which one yet tell i get it home and run the body numbers. this is my oldest car and kinda jumped into it so im still learning ok so the car has what looks like a updated frame in it (based off what i have seen on here of frames from 51 this isnt the same) with power steering and the strangest rear setup i have ever seen it looks like the frame has irs trailing arms hooked to a straight axel rear end i have included a drawing of the frame (looks like my 9 year old drew it) so you guys can maybe see what im talking about and help me out on finding out what it is. i will have the car in my driveway the end of this month so i can get plenty of photos of it then this just get things started once agian sorry for the noobieness shiner
Are there no springs, air bags, torsion bars, shocks, anything else??? A photo would be worth a lot. Two, one from the front & one from the back (of the rear end) would be better.
look at flattie trying to get me to ask him whats a hen-way and buzzard just a set of shocks ill have it home at the end of the month and will post more photos and hit you up
this should help a little remember its just a ruff model but kinda close as i remember it and there was shocks but nothing else
no i had a 70 chevy truck with the trailing arms and these are only about a foot long they look like the old vw irs suspension crazy man like i said i will get photos of it when i get her home but until then i worry about the frame... not really the rear cause im gunna bag it out anyway but about getting the right kit for the mustang 2 and rack and pinion
i wish you had a photo from the front of that frame so i could see what year frame do you think that is
i know it might not help but it might heres a bad photo of the front crossmember and here is the steering coloum and steering wheel with what is my guess is from the same car that was used in the rear end and front end and frame now
The frame I provided a picture of is a 79 monte carlo, the stuff you showed looks like it's either the same thing, or a little earlier. The ch***is for the 73-77 midsize GM cars is similar to the 78-87 midsize GM cars, but the earlier ones are bigger, later ones are downsized. here's that 79
squiral after looking up chevy steering wheels i found on that looked alike 69 chevy impala and it has whats called a sway frame i think im on the right track thanks for the help guys
The steering wheel looks from the early 70s, but the column is from 78 or later, you can tell by the bulge on the left side for the dimmer switch mechanism.
The rear brake backing plates might help figure it out too, do they attach with the normal 4 bolts or is there a large tab that sticks up, and holds the wheel cylinder? That setup was used on the 7.5" rear in the 78-87 midsize cars, and not much else.