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The gas tank filler tub connects to the tank neck with a short rubber piece. It shouldn't be too hard to make up a rubber hose and bent metal pipe to meet up with your new tank filler below the floor.

Great job Richard! Yes... more photos please.

Good call Jeff. I had a hole develop in the side of my intake manifold (see photo), so I pulled the manifold apart and found that the heat riser flap had been setup in the wrong position.

I was asked by my car club to go and have a look at a 1937 Dodge ute for a young girl the other day and was most surprised by what I saw. It appears that someone has spent quite a deal of time getting the old vehicle back in order, but there is still some finishing work to do. It looks like the previous owner has changed it over to 12 volt. I reckon that I would be happy to add this vehicle to my small collection of trucks if I didn't have so much going on at present. I've posted pics here for all to enjoy...

Doesn't happen to have the numbers stamped on the flat plate on the underside of the diff centre? I found that the two 3.54 ratio car (1955) diff centers which I obtained recently to install in two of my trucks were stamped as a fraction (3.9 over 11).

South Africa was one of those countries fortunate enough to have received Desoto trucks from Canada. They can also be found in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and Turkey. I have a couple of B series (and a C series) Desoto truck/s in my collection. The VIN tag is usually the best clue as to their build (see attached). The truck pictured in original post appears to have the grill inserts on the center of the grille bars (see photo), which I have only seen here in Oz on Fargo trucks.

These links may help... http://p15-d24.com/topic/36657-steering-column-grommet-ie-dust-seal/?hl=%2Bsteering+%2Bmask#entry378873 http://p15-d24.com/topic/27674-1940-steering-column-mask/

You got it registered yet Ryan? I showed my old mate Arnold your spare tyre mount & he is planning on doing the same with his. You might have to patent these good ideas of yours!

Well done Ryan. That bumper looks great! It's funny that I never considered that a F100 bumper would fit there - even when I supplied my Brother-in-law with a front bumper for one of his 50's F100 trucks a while back as it was a match for what he needed. I will have to take the rear bumper off my Suburban van and use it as a template.

Congratulations on a job well done GK. I sent you an email about that braided oil line fitting. Marty, it is good to hear that your big truck is coming along well. I was down your way a couple of weeks ago but didn't drop in. I figure that I won't be back down there til September as it's getting too cold down your way now!

This what you need?...

Ian, I have posted a link to the Vintage Chev club here in QLD (Australia). Maybe you could get some information by emailing them?... http://www.vvcaaqldinc.org.au/... look in the tab 'the committee and links to websites' on the left of their screen for email address.

Looks very similar to my visor GK (but mine is steel). I have the stainless steel strip running down the center of mine also, and it has stainless steel fittings. Ones like yours would be better as they would not rust!

Well done on all that work GK. Hope it fires up easy for you tomorrow.

I can't really hep you there Jake (given that I am in Australia), but it might help that others here know that you are in Framingham MA.

The gas tank came back a couple of days ago. The back end had a section which needed to be cut out and replaced, but that proved no problem for the repair fella. I am told that the tank was in very good condition inside. The tank was repaired, dipped (not sure what in but looks like a galvanized mix), and pressure tested. I will drop it down to be painted black during the week, and will then install it in the chassis as soon as it returns. I have installed the brake lines in the chassis but I'm yet to mount it to the holding tabs. I have also installed the rebuilt brake master cylinder, but will leave bolting up the lines for now as other assembly needs to take place first. I will chase up the engine during the following week to see how the re-builder's are going with it.

I have come to the end of my 3 weeks vacation time and find that I have to return to work tomorrow. I am quite pleased with what I have achieved on the Pop truck rebuild over the past few weeks, and find that I am now at around the stage I had hoped to be by this time. The painted parts all came back from the painter - all previously sandblasted and now painted in semi-gloss black. I have been waiting for the suspension mounts to come back from painting so that I could install them along with the refurbished springs and the axles. It sure is good to have a rolling chassis again!

I am fortunate on this side of the world as I get to see the day before many others here! I worked away diligently on my 53 coupe truck on this 4th IWOYTD. I installed all suspension mounts to the chassis, fitted new leaf springs, fitted front axle, fitted rear shock absorber mounts, and put complete brake line in place ready for bolting in. All in all, I would say that I was an active participant in this annual event. There has been plenty of other work on this truck going on, but I will post that in the build thread.

It's the real deal Bob - was advertised on Facebook. Maybe he should have added the words 'rat rod' and added another zero to the end of the price?

A friend of mine sent me the attached pic of a truck which she saw recently for sale here in Oz. I reckon the fella has two too many zero's on the end of his price! I didn't get to read the rest of the story attached to the advertisement as I got a photo of the ad rather than a link.... but I suspect that any amount of sales pitch would fail to see the seller get the asking price on that truck! ... We rarely find any parts for PH trucks at swap meets here in Oz... probably the reason I tend to buy whole trucks when I find them rather than small parts!

I should be back home again by Saturday & have big plans for working on my 53 truck!

Looks great Mark. Can actually see the proposed shape with it all pushed together like that. I look forward to watching this project evolve.

We must have done it different here in Oz as I have only seen trucks with that metal sill plate attached (spot-welded) to the cab and the rubber seal glued in the indent in the door.

Great score Mark. Congratulations! I love the look of those COE's.

The hunt for tires for those red wheels has been a real problem - I have mentioned it in another thread. It is very hard to find a well-priced radial 16 inch tire for a 4 inch rim. I've decided to fit the other Firestone 6.50/16 whitewalls which I have in the shed for now, and I may well continue my search for radial tires in the future. I had the tailshaft balanced and collected it yesterday, although it has gone off for painting now and will be ready at the end of next week (along with heaps of other painted parts). They added small weights (at the rear end of the shaft and at the front yoke) during balancing and reckon that it will be better than new now. They were surprised at how good condition the tailshaft was in given its age - I was pleased with that comment as I delivered them 4 tailshaft's to chose from initially and it would appear that they picked a good one! I visited the gas tank repair fella yesterday with 3 of my better truck gas tanks. He looked at them all and told me that 2 of them were repairable. I will repair the red one and leave the other tanks in the shed for now - one of them may be used when I restore the 55 truck. The red tank has a little bit of rust removal work to be done at the back end and on top, but I suspect that it will come up well. Greg drilled the spot welds from the mounting bracket while I was there and found that the tank was in good condition under there. He will clean up and repair the tank for me and I should have it back towards the end of next week.