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i had a 68 New yorker with a factory rear seat heater, it had two heater hoses that split via a "Y" adapter under the hood, ran along the pass...
slow but steady wins the race.....and lack of funds don't help none.... 1955 Dodge truck on Dakota Chassis w 440 / pusbutton build thread......
and no, you are NOT insane......you're a HAMB'er , we're here to help :)
Seeing as how we're on the verge of winter what are your temps now? Do you have to bring in the paint and freezable items for the winter? Just...
i saw a 59 / 60 a few years ago, here in Manitoba... a friends cousin put a mid 80's Ram frame under it, with a 354 hemi. if you don't mind all...
here's the scan guys, enjoy. [ATTACH] Derek
I have one of these for sale in the classifieds, and a HAMBer asked for a scan of the sheet to have for his fan, I never thought anyone would want...
thanks guys, not too sure about Ford vintages, (see username ) .....knew I'd get some quick info here. Found a few hints on Google as well, but...
my cousin gave this to me a few years back, just came across it this week. He told me it was my Mom's father's , I think he passed when I was 2-3...
sounds good, hope you get it, and the work of clearing out the junk will be worth your time.....We've all been there, someone doesn't want to sell...
[ATTACH]not having one around to measure, what about a late 50's hemi air filter element , the type with the air cleaner that kinda hangs over the...
mine is an AZ truck...1955 stepside longbox high side 259 V8 2 spd Powerflite from factory... I have a 1972 440 built semi-snotty, with a 727...
build it
I was thinking the same thing as George and 55 dude, check the convertor bolts....easy enough to do without major disassembly
super nice ! Enjoy it !
hope to be there
The house and garage look good, you need to worry about your family's well being and safety first. An unfortunate fact of adult life as I've found...
I'll vouch for this method as well, as I have used it and it works well... Use a torch, propane, oxy what have you, you heat around and area on...
regarding originality, resale be damned....if you are restoring to original IE serious with the factory paint daubs and grease pencil marks, etc,...
http://www.woodgraining.com/woodgraining.html I was going to go with a kit like the above link for my 50 Dodge sedan, but the simple approach IE:...
neat! looks guud:D
that's the shifter i was thinking of, maybe a custom built upholstered or painted box:cool:
http://www.ch300imp.com/tqf-sw.htm here's a link to a late 50's specific t flite site with alot of pics to get some ideas of where his customers...
I have a bench seat that was destined to be trashed, really nice, clean seat....with a fold down armrest that has molded cup holders in it. It...
since I have no pics of rear tires on my project, hard to tell kinda, but Seeing as my build budget gets smaller every minute, I can;t Imagine I...
what's that clean white thing under the truck? Oh wait, that's the garage floor....:rolleyes: Nice!
Reading it again, looks like Rodhotz is right on, the stock truck shifter like the 60's models could be built into a fabbed box of sorts, look...
any idea of the particular paint code / name / brand on the 57? Love the color! oh yeah...and the notch ! A+ work !
As Big Bad Dad said, I used the Imperial Services kit for mine a 1972 column shift trans, it uses a clamp style shifter controller, it has a cinch...
Harms, what year make model is the trans from, some have a housing that the cable goes into that bolts onto the trans case, and controls it...
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