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Good eye lol. It was damaged, like it had been rounded or snapped in the past. I needed to use a vice grip to get it off.
Here’s a couple of pics after paint. ‘56 Chevy engine orangish Red. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Hey fellas, I dismounted most everything from my L6 250 to clean & paint. in the process I accidentally tossed my water pump & 2 of the bolts in...
Anthony, yes, that would be cool If you could take a picture of your set up on that gearbox and steering shaft. I would very much appreciate that...
Exactly the info I was looking for. I knew about couplers and dd steering shafts, just couldn’t figure out how or if I could make it all work with...
I’ve been trying to figure out how I’m going to run my steering column. I want to run an ididit tilt, column shift unit & keep it manual steering...
yeah I figured I was going to need it quite a bit & taking my time doing it so I picked one up. So far so good, no problems with it.
It’s been a while since I posted about this old truck but had some things come up & havent been able to get as far as I would have liked by now. I...
Yes! When the bed patina matched up with the cab I was kind of like screw it im not sweating paint for a good long while. I’ll run her around all...
It’s been a while & I don’t have a whole lot to report. I’ve been just buying stuff getting it all ready to tear Into come late January/early...
Thanks for all the info, I appreciate it. I keep hearing about huck brakes, what were those? :)thanks mike
I thought about that but I’ve only found one for sale in my area on offerup & it’s complete but the guy wants $900. So far I’ve got about $400...
Is it true that 49-54 Chevy car front hubs & drums work on the AD truck spindles for converting to 5 lug? I found a pair of those hubs on eBay for...
Nah someone just decided to do some “custom” suspension work to it. I was told one of the prior owners had started to get it ready for airbags.
Yeah:cool:first thing I’d like to do because it’s easily accessible is the rear suspension. Sometime after that the engine/trans.
It’s officially mine. I was able to get it vin verified & Finnish the registration/titling process through the licensed verifier at an insurance...
Maybe, I think a lot of us like a little bit of everything. Original, custom, lowrider, hot rod etc..at least I know I do.
nice, did you do a thread about it on here?
Thanks I think it is. I was stabbing around at it with a screwdriver & no rot yet that I found.
I got around to pulling the seat frames & cleaning/hosing/sanitizing the heck out of the cab interior. Major rats nest in the glove box & under...
Here’s a pic[ATTACH]
I got a partial registration on it from dmv on Tuesday. The paper work sais it can be verified by dmv, chp or a licensed verifier so I’m hoping...
Couldn’t find anything though I was mostly checking YouTube. Thanks. that site is a gold mine! Thanks again for posting it.
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Anyone familiar with how to move the seat around to unbolt it from the floor? There is a lever on the driver side facing as you open the door but...
Dang I got scheduled an appointment with chp next Tuesday but I need to bring it in. Anyone know if they do house calls for vin verification?
Here’s some photos I took this morning. [ATTACH][ATTACH] [ATTACH][ATTACH]
:) Exactly what I’ll need for the rear, much appreciated. I was stressing trying to locate the pieces individually. I just left the dmv I was...
That’s a good idea. I’m trying that before work tomorrow:)
Looks like I’ll be at the mercy of the chp. I popped the glove box open. All I found was an old rats nest, looked under the seat but didn’t see...
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