Leaderboard

Eaton springs front and rear. Fatman dropped uprights. Relocated frt shock

I always wondered where Tinkerbell lived.

3.5 inch dropped uprights,3 inch lowering blocks.

Typical..........a guy finds a nice corner to be banished to and next thing everyone wants it......SHEESH.......lol............Zeke................went & had a look..........I have a nice clean nut in my left pocket...........here, put your hand in and feel it.....................hmmm..........that didn't sound quite right.............lol..............now which forum am I on?......oh, yep I remember now.......lol.........anyway Zeke if you can't get a nut I can send this one, will probably take 7-10 days to get there tho'....its from an upper outer pin..............now Don & Frank........is there any room left in the corner?...........regards, andyd

One coil cut with 2" blocks on the rear, 6x15 and 7x15 Wheel Vintique Chrome Smoothies with 195/65x15 and 235/65x15 Coker Classic Radials, standard wheel backspace cleared front and rear inner/outer and improved steering and general driveability..........andyd

Got a link to that article? FWIW, pretty much every law I've seen or heard about regarding automotive equipment had a "manufactured on or after" clause in it. Heck the last I checked, the California Motor Vehicle Code still has the details about what you need to do to be legal with solid rubber tires (seen that on a big truck in the last 90 or so years?) and carbide headlights (seen that on a car in the last 100 years?). Both of those are legal but may have the same restrictions now they had way back when (e.g. there is a pretty slow maximum speed for vehicles with solid rubber tires).

If I had an outdoor lift I would have steam cleaned mine but I don't,so I didn't.

the Pogue carb.....stuff that legends are made of...or am I confusing that with stuff that myths are made of....another government conspiracy...

Here's what the inside of my 33 Plymouth looked like when I dropped the pan to remove the layer of sludge in it. Too many nooks and crannies to clean by hand so I just cleaned out the pan and pick up screen and buttoned it back up and will only use non-detergent oil now so this crap doesn't let loose.

It can happen, but if it does there will be exemptions for specially registered classic cars. Then whos to say whether you are driving it to a parade or work. When I was younger I had a provisional license (reason not disclosed) that allowed me to only drive to work and back. I had a full time job and my other job was drumming in various local rock bands. I kept my drums in my daily driver (64 Nova) therefore I was always heading to and from work.

I'm kinda with DodgeB4ya although I would try and tear it down first just to see how much it would be to get it back. Bear in mind that flathead engines, especially the 218 can be had for free if you look hard enough. 230's are a little harder to find. I had a 201 in my 39 P8, wanted to put a 230 in it but could not find one without paying. Then a guy in Ohio offered to give me a 218 for the cost of shipping. Went thru Fastenel shipping which was only about $150 and had me a decent engine. Stroked it with a $50 230 crank off eBay and rebuilt it. Of course the total rebuild ran me a considerable amount but little by little I got it done.

Old Bob Hope joke, or so I was told. He asks one of the women on the tour to put her hand in his pocket. She says, "Oh, I'd feel crazy." He says, "Put your hand in further (farther?*) and you'll feel nuts". Maybe we all need our own corner. *Farther, a matter of distance; further, a matter of degree. Take your pick.

Testing colors. Satin Cummins beige

Simple and cheap might as well be my middle names.

I drive my 52 blue truck according to both the vehicle and the road conditions, but it seems that travelling at around 50 mph on the freeways seems to suit the truck much better than travelling at the posted 60 (or 70) speed limits. I'm still running bias ply tires so there is some slight movement to the contours of the road, which has been greatly minimized by a rebuilt steering box! The old blue truck has done a few of short bursts at 75 mph, but 50-55 mph seems much better to me. I will change over to the 3.54 diff soon... not for more speed but rather to decrease overall engine revs whilst travelling. I recall back in 2012 when I took the original owner of my 52 truck for a drive around his block - he (Ernest) was only a young 95 years of age back then! I told him that we would go around the long block which would include a short trip down the freeway. He questioned me as to whether the old truck would drive fast enough for the freeway, so I thought that showing him would be the best way of answering his question. I stuck to about 55 mph as I didn't think that he would appreciate any quicker than that. It appeared to be the trip of a lifetime for Ernest and a day that he said he would never forget. In my opinion though, things are a little different here on our Aussie highways in comparison to driving in USA. I have driven with Hank (and Rod) from Torrance to the BBQ in Clements on 2 occasions now and found driving on California highways a real experience. It seems that most people over there drive at 15-20 mph above the limit, and they think that anyone who passes them wants to race! A lot of the driver's appeared impatient and agitated, and sounding of the horn and offering hand gestures was not uncommon! I am grateful that freeway driver's are a lot more forgiving here in Oz as that makes for more of a pleasant journey along the highway whilst travelling slightly below the posted speed limit.

Also stuff a rag into the "wells" that lead directly to the oil pan from inside the valve covers to prevent the keepers from swimming in the oil pan.

Frank, his name is Gapinski , , "Soud O " type, you tell him!!! LOL

Our trucks were built in a different time.There were no highways and just in general the speeds that they were driven at were much slower. I wish I could find it but a while back I was doing research on posted speed limits during the 40's and I found a page that listed them state by state. If I remember right the average speed limit was 45 to 50. Many states didnt even have a speed limit, it was more of a case of what speed was prudent. The roads were just not designed with high speeds in mind. Personally I have no problem with keeping the brakes, suspension and just my whole truck in general stock but I drive it the way it was intended. I remember what my Dad always told me when he turned the keys to his B1B over to me when I started driving.... "be nice to it, its a senior citizen". He let me drive it every day and it was my daily driver until I got my '69 Charger R/T. I think a lot depends on where you live and the conditions you drive in and of course what your looking for in your truck and how you want to drive it . I live in a small town and outside of town we get from place to place on Hwy 80 which for the most part has a 55 to 65 speed limit. Much of it is lower. We are surrounded by wide open space aka desert and the roads are pretty much flat and straight with a few slight hills and curves here and there thrown in. No bumper to bumper stop and go traffic My B1B has 3:54 gears and is more than capable of traveling 75 or more but but I just stay local. Mechanically it is very sound and all.I will drive to Tombstone or Sierra Vista if I get the hankering and usually no farther not because I cant, but because I think its better to drive my '94 Mazda pickup (Ford Ranger) that Dad left I just drive the speed limit and enjoy every moment of it. I drive it like it was intended and designed . I make sure there is a lot of room between me and the person Im behind which is usually pretty easy to do because Im driving the posted limit (55) and most folks dont. At least until the snowbirds arrive who generally drive 10 to 20 below the speed limit at all times. It is not uncommon for some to drive 25 to 30 in a 55 on HWY 80 . Grrrrrr . I can see why folks would want to update their brakes and front suspension especially if they live in a place or drive in conditions that make it better to have the updated components or just because they want to and can. Me.... Im lucky, the roads in my area aside from I-10 that passes by my town haven't changed much in the past 60+ years so they are just perfect for our trucks . For me a major part of it is the charm of driving it the way it was made right down to the 16" bias ply tires that go bump, bump, bump when they are cold hahaha. If I lived in a bigger city or regularly drove it in a congested conditions or at high speeds I might be inclined to perform some updates too. To me its all about your vision of what you want your truck to be and the conditions that you drive in. John

97-mile round trip today to pick up the rebuilt front axle for my jeep. drove nice the whole way, and only used just over half a tank of gas, and less than one quart of oil leaked out. my gas mileage has been better recently, i must be doing enough longer trips at the right speed. last tank was 8.5 mpg. clearly, the truck was nearly overloaded. really taxed those helper springs!!

Attaches as pictured below but I did not install it when I installed the engine.

Here's, the (almost) finished exhaust. I still have a leak near the engine that I need to seal up. I still haven't got the engine running as good as I'd like, but that will be done when I finish the body. Its also pretty cold outside here which didn't help. I will be taking the bed sides to a local place to have them acid dipped hopefully within a week. I have all of the wiring done expect for the parking light buckets and the panel light switch. I started putting the floor boards in and I have the pedals in and hooked up all the way. I learned today that I need to adjust the shift linkage better. I also need a stiffer throttle return spring.

I'm putting my plate on the truck somewhere, I'm still trying to figure out where. There isn't any good place on the engine to place it so I was thinking of on the firewall or maybe in the door jam next to the body tag and serial number? With my thinking, there is really no "right" place to put it, so I'll try and make it look "right" somewhere else. Heres a better video of it running.