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Lol, I'm surprised this thread came back to life! I think about this truck ALL the time. I am working towards finding a new house with a larger garage so I can tackle this project, but the main reason for a bigger house is the addition of our baby boy. He's 5 1/2 months old now, and he is taking up half of the house! We're rapidly out growing our house and if we're going to move, I'm going to make sure that I have adequate space for all the vehicles plus space to work on a project. Once we get through the process of getting settled somewhere else, the COE is first on the list! I'm hoping it's sooner than later! I'm trying to get our boy up to speed in the garage, but all he wants to do is spectate and hold a wrench!

you got to be Kidding me....he has a more serious look as a driver than most folks around me....

Rebuilt spindle assemblies with new kingpins, bushings, bearings and caps ? I'll post the details on the Technical forum

Congrats on the new mechanic Joe! ?

75 years ago today they were boys and young men, they suffered through the gangster era of the 20s, the depression era of the 30s.......and were asked to step up one more time to rid the world of tyranny in the 40s and 50s. Hitler, Stalin, Musollini, Franco, Tojo and somewhat later Mao......what a collection of A$$holes the the world had to deal with...the Last of the Dictators bent on world domination. The Greatest generation is now down to its last few Veterans and in the next 10 years it is likely they will all be gone. So if you know a WWII vet, give him or her a hug or call or drop a letter letting them know how much they mean to us.....Most of them will mumble their thanks and proclaim that they did nothing special, anyone could have done it they will say [don't you believe it] then with a teary eye or a steely gaze they will tell you they are not heroes, only the men who sacrificed their lives can claim that distinction. Thank you for reading this.

Thank you! I assumed it might be stuck from time and sitting. I didn’t want to go wailing on it with a hammer, but that might be the trick. I’ll see if I can turn the adjusting bolt from the front while smacking it from the back, with the castellated but reversed to not damage any threads.

"remind me photos" ha ha. i KNOW what those are! my phone is blocked with them. as a suggestion, download a free resizer app and it will let you resize a load of pics at once allowing you to easily upload many more pics. i for one enjoy looking thru somebodies resto pics. hey i even find myself going thru my pho e looking at my own pics of past restos. its the best part of the classic car life to me. and again you have a real beautifully done car. be proud.

Ok, will toss out a opinion. I was a remodel carpenter, and for years, bathroom/kitchen remodels was my bread and butter. I understand the 70's was fiberglass .... Today I would never consider fiberglass. I would 100% run tile with a metal tub, sad that a cast iron tub cost so much. Cast iron would be my first choice, steel would be my second choice .... fiberglass would not even come into play.

Check for cracking near the hub area. That’s where radial tires flex the older rims

Wonderful stock job done right... good going!

It has the standard three speed tranny. I added a couple more pics of it in progress. And of course, the reason for doing the car...……………………………….its BIG BUTT!!

Maybe you might find this tool that came with the trucks when new..... maybe behind/under the seat?

This picture shows that this started off well, but I think we learned a lesson the more experienced on the forum already know. We won't post the following pics. We got lucky. The Plymouth Doctor let me and my dad pull the right spindle assembly from a parts car sitting next to his shop. Reasonable price too. Actually great price. Thank you Mr. Brandon. Advice from the Doctor, "Press, don't pound." Now we need to get access to a press. Dad had advised I tap not pound, but who hands a teenager a three pound hammer and say's tap don't pound.

Got to say that in your best Rocket J. Squirrel voice...…

I recently read that the vast majority of those killed on the beaches on D-day were under 20 years old. Hard to think of those old men we say today as having once been a teenager storming the beaches under withering gun-fire. Greatest Generation indeed. We all owe them our way of life today. ?