JBNeal

VINTAGEPIC: saw this '39 Dodge semi on the FB

Tony Smith went into great detail about how to deal with flathead oil pump rebuilds on fb awhile back, it was referenced on this forum a few times so I took screenshots of his work and put his step-by-step instructions in the Technical Archives... Greybeard passed away a few years ago, but his wisdom lives on here with his technical expertise and stories...

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VINTAGEPIC: saw this big B-1or2 logging truck on the FB

VINTAGEPIC: saw this B-3 dump truck fleet on the FB

This was discussed OT awhile back as pb has been threatening action for years...at first, the threat was obscured pics beyond the minimum data limit, but files have been missing since they had a technical issue that wiped out alotta pics and somehow those einsteins could not retrieve the data they swore up and down would never be lost

VINTAGEPIC: saw this B-1or2 grain truck on the FB

SURVIVOR: spotted this 1/2 ton trailer sign outside of Carbon

If'n ya take a gander at a modern body-on-frame vehicle, you'll see that seat belt mounts are to reinforced areas of the steel floor with larger grade 5 bolts. The steel reinforcement looks like a doubler plate so that the bolt does not pull through the sheet metal, either through a catastrophic event or from daily use. Lost was a pic of a Pilot-House that I found on the internets where that restored buggy clearly centered a light pole and was sitting in a salvage...apparently, the shiny bench seat was covered in Armor-All, contrary to product warnings, and the driver made a sharp left turn going too fast and lost grip of the steering wheel, sliding over to the passenger side to witness his restoration work's demise. So I look at seat belt usage in a more positive light as a means to avoid an accident on a Sunday drive as well as to reduce injuries in an aggressive accident.

SURVIVOR: saw this D-200 northeast of Amarillo, that hood wasn't gonna open any more than that...looks like a 2WD V-8

VINTAGEPIC: saw this B-1or2 grain truck on the FB

VINTAGEPIC: saw this Pilot-House on the FB

SURVIVOR: saw this B-2-C and custom trailer north of Electra