Been away for a while, but it’s been slow progress. Here’s a few pics of what I’ve done so far I washed down the firewall and ch***is, degreased everything, scuffed with a wire wheel and painted. probably can’t tell from the pictures, but the firewall is semi gloss black and the ch***is is satin black.
I’ve got new front leaf springs and I plan to rip out the axle and rebuild the kingpins in case anybody was wondering why I didn’t pay any attention to that yet.
Does anyone happen to know the size of bolts to mate an in-line six 250 to a TH 350 transmission at bell housing and also the size for flywheel to torque converter bolts? I’m getting ready to pair those two together and drop them between the frame rails.
3/8 course X 1-1/4 or 1- 1/2 is what I think goes in there. measure the thick ness of the spots the bolts go through the bellhousing and add 1/2 to 3/4 and use lock washers.
I know it’s been a while but I’ve got some progress. I finally was able to rebuild the kingpins then pull out the front axle & strip & paint it plus add the new lowering springs. I just got the tie rod/ tie rod ends in & I hope to make a little time to put them in soon. Ive been looking at my front clip as I’m also getting ready to pull the inner fenders for paint. I’m trying to figure out this radiator situation. how does the radiator support get cut to accommodate the newer 250 engine?
Ive been looking at my front clip as I’m also getting ready to pull the inner fenders for paint. how does the radiator support get cut to accommodate the newer 250 engine?
[QUOTE="Francisco., post: I’m trying to figure out this radiator situation. how does the radiator support get cut to accommodate the newer 250 engine?[/QUOTE] I bought a GMC radiator off Ebay eBay item number:225850522950 One of my radiator supports had been cut to be able to slide the Chevy radiator in front of the back piece of the support to gain a little space. Setting the GMC radiator in that radiator support gets over and inch of space. These include a few shots of the GMC radiator on the modified but not nearly finished radiator support and the Aluminum Chevy radiator I bought a couple of years ago. You can see how much further a Chevy radiator core is mounted back on it's brackets .
On my build I cut and rewelded the cross bracing to allow room to position the radiator inside the radiator support.
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