i have a 1946 chevy 3/4 ton. i find alot of good info on advance design trucks and i am wondering if alot of the mechanical parts are the same. in particular the drivetain, i want to swap out my 216 inline for a 235. they say on stovebolt.com that the 235 will bolt right in place of the 216 on the advance design trucks same true for art decos? also is the front axle and hubs the same?
Yes, a 235 will bolt in place, some things may need to be changed (water pump, etc) depending on how your radiator is... I think that AD trucks are IFS, aren't they? And the previous gen is straight axle? (my bad, no they are both straight axle, at least looking at the pictures in the Encyclopedia of Chevy Trucks) A good info site is the old Chevy Duty (now American Classic Trucks or something, GM made them change the name). Do a Chevy Duty search on the internet, you'll find it. Jay
looks like the 46 3/4 ton shares some front brake/hub parts with later years. they're different from 1/2 tons, you know btw, for those who don't know about old chevy trucks, Art Deco are 39-46, Advance Design is 47-55 first series.
i am having a hard time finding anything on with or not the 1947-1955 trucks have IFS. i have read a few history articles on them and none of them say anything about IFS. seems like some thing that would be an important feature. i have also read two articles that briefly talk about swaping a 73 to 87 IFS with coil-overs in place of the torsion bar IFS. kind of hard to argue with the pics in that book though i didn't know the 3/4 were different than 1/2. mainly i was wanting to see if i could follow the specs and the advise of the 47-55 trucks in place of 39-46 since info on parts is a little scarce for art decos
www.stovebolt.com Anything old chevy truck related can pretty much be figured out there. This a nice site too.
chevy.tocmp.com this showed what i was needing, just in case someone lurks over this page later thanks
Duh, I didn't even think of the old car manual site... geez. That's also why I edited my post. I don't own an AD or Art Deco (yet), but would really love a heavy AD, like a dump/stake truck. They are just bad ass looking, I think. Glad ya found what ya needed. Jay
You really should check Stovebolt.com. Orange54 is right, it is a great place for information on old Chevy and GMC trucks. You will find a complete discussion on replacing that 216 with a 235 or 261 or even a GMC 270 or 302. You'll find details on the transmission, bellhousing and clutch issues you are up against. Well worth looking around and even joining and asking questions.
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