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Luckily it never had one on either side, the spare stored under the bed in a rack.
The L,R and S designates the body style and year (roughly) of manufacture. Except for door glass and rearglass the trucks were virtually unchanged...
Mines close it's an early 57 S-100. It's alot like an old girlfriend, fat and ugly, but you grin when your inside her.
Here ya are. Lyman Bott and son in Moundville Mo. I try to catch it every year on the way to the h.a.m.b. drags full service and a real trip back...
I bought mine from driveswarehouse.com
If I were you I'd look into one of the new variable frequency drives. They are available in a lot of different inputs and outputs and allow full...
How about some pin striping? It's cheap and if ya don't like it or decide to go a different direction it's easy to get rid of. I always thought...
That tailgate has the typical rust but looks fairly straight. I would try to save it till you find a better one.
Ellis used to make an intake for the old binder 6 and I think some of the cam manufacturers used to have a grind or two also.
Mater, Are ya talking about a stock IH box or something else? You might look into a rack and pinion unit since you are converting to a smallblock....
That sounds like the one zman has but he's not from Kentucky.
Welcome aboard Johnny! That is an intro from a guy who truly has been there and done that. This board can't have enough members like you. I wish...
Happy birthday Todd! I'll hoist a couple in your honor.
So do I!!!! Not to steal the thread but, are there any updates from the new owner? I sure hope he kept the same theme you had goin for it.
My old pile has a mustangII up front with a Z in the frame to lower it and allow the engine to sit at a little more pleasing height in the engine...
It looks pretty solid to be from Minnesota. The harder things to find for the S-series are good headlight trim rings, hood side trim and wing vent...
Isn't the heater core and hose essentially a bypass from intake to waterpump?
Don't forget Dickey Harrell.
One of my favorites.
oldihc.org is a good start for pictures and advice. Pool.
another local
How about this one? http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?94528-Time-travel-to-an-old-school-machine-shop-job-shop
This is a station on hwy. 43 in Moundville Mo. that I always try to hit on the way to the h.a.m.b. drags. It is still run by a gentleman who even...
My ol heap at a local station.
Klaus, The measurement between the framerails at the crossmember is 33 1/2 in or right at 86 cm. My crossmember is slightly smaller lengthwise...
I'm surprised that the frame rails look as straight as they do, but remember they were used hard on the farm. I have yet to see one that didn't...
Thought my junk was already in this thread. Oh well it is now.
Ya got to be careful with a binders are a disease. It all starts with a truck then a refrigerator then shotgun heck if they made it I want it! My...
Thanks Phil, that was my first thought but the upswing interferes with crossbraces between the frame and building mounts to space it away puts me...
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