Scruffy49

WA license plate. I believe it was built in Parkland, at a little rod and motorcycle shop off of 112th street between Pacific Ave and Steele St. Looks very familiar, and that shop built a LOT of COE rollback trucks when i lived out there...

Um, it's in Spanaway, I'm surprised it has paint and glass, let alone a decent interior and a running L6... FYI, Puyallup born, raised on the Graham/Spanaway line. Graduated from the Catholic high school in Tacoma... Good old "Spazz-away" meth capitol of the PNW...

Hood open like a modern hood? I'd be runing a Ford V8 for its front mounted distributor. As dependable as the 318/727 in my 69 D100 are, they are getting replaced with an FE (352-428) Ford big block and a C6. I like big block Mopar engines, but the leaned over distributor is almost as big a headache for me as the small block rear mounted unit. And a 360 or 390 with a C6 gets better fuel economy than a 361-440/727 combo, which in turn actually get better fuel economy than a 318/727 in normal use. As far as GM powertrains go, we have a 1985 C10 short/wide that came stock with a 4.3L (262 cubic inch) 4bbl V6, a TH400 3 speed slushomatic, and 2.73 rear gears. It gets better gas mileage (22-26) than the 2.3L (144 cubic inch) fuel injected dual plug 4 banger 5 speed in my 1994 Ranger, which is only getting 19ish mpg right now.

You need a set of wheels like that Caddy wagon is sporting...

Trust me, the drive down to Puyallup to see the guys at Hagen's is worth the trip. And they pobably had your replacement dizzy on the shelf or in the storage building bins. Anytime you have a parts need (or a haunted part) run down there. They not only carry parts from 1909-current, they know how to fix the old stuff. If I was still out there instead of in west TN, they'd be doing any machine work on m 218 and 230 engines.

Still have several stove top and electric percolators. And a pair of "real" horses, if a Class B mini and a Shetland count as horses... The Shetland is Boodini, our escape artist. The brown miniature quarter horse is Centurion Minimus Maximum (Max) also known as Maxi Poop and Sir Sh**salot... Self propelled composting units. Both are broken to ride and drive, but we have no kids around the place.

Risk it, I have a truck rear axle you can swing through Memphis and pick up. Going to the melt yard in less than 30 days...

The last vintage Mopar I bought down there was a 1958 D300 stakebed. Paid all of $5, offered $5 and a lab cross puppy for the truck, the guy's wife said to keep the puppy... 315 poly, 4 speed transmission, good glass, decent chassis, body loked like the tinworms came back 2 or 3 times and ate their fill. The Gulf Coast can be very rough on vehicles, closed the door of my 1973 El Camino and the entire passenger side rear quarter panel fell off. Salt air just eats them to nothing. My brand new 1998 motorcycle needed a muffler by July of the same year.

On mine that was a blend of cow manure and ancient undercoating, mixed with river bottom silt and volcanic ash... There is a 51 or 52 locally running a small block Chevy in a frame like that. He was in a modern car this past cruise in, had a bunch of frame rivets fail in his truck. Check them closely, he caught it before it did more than drop a crossmember and crack by a rear spring hanger. While not as flexible as a Sweptline (61-71 Dodge truck) frame, the PH frame isn't the strongest metal in the world. Mine will be fully boxed in if I ever decide to go for the V8 swap (unless I can find a cute little 241 poly)...

Wow, I thought my truck's frame was crusty... All I had to do was hit it with a wire brush and it was smooth and ready for paint. You'd best plan on boxing in the whole thing, that's getting a bit thin.

Looks like the Bay Saint Louis bridge from where the town got flattened and rebuilt... or is that the newer park on the Pass Christian side? Been down there twice since 7/99, both times due to Hurricane Isaac last year.

Better go with Murf's radios, mine have gone AWOL. Spent 2 hours looking for them yesterday on my day off. I'm getting really sick of Shelby County TN, pickers and scrapper sneak into old farms at night and stuff goes missing. Or fuel is stolen.

Glenn, make a run out to Graham WA. Just east of Meridian on 224th St is a Pilot House horse hauler. Complete. He uses it to store/feed hay, hasn't moved in years. I wanted it something fierce when we lived out there from 10/01-3/11. There is also a 4 headlight Sweptline version in Puyallup that was supposed to end up in AZ a few years ago, D400 or so sized.

Huh, the plate on my Pilot House expired in 1974, I drove it for months on them in 1994, never so much as a second glance from the WA State patrol or Whitman County Sheriff's Dept. Plate on my motorcycle is an old white on burgundy MO unit, with no stickers at all. Plan to see how long it takes the local police to figure out it is a bogus plate... I'll have the real one in the saddlebag for when they catch on... TN motorcycle plates are boring, the old MO one is rather neat...

I'll try and pop one off my scrap axle for you. Swapping the truck rear out, whole tapered mess is going to the melt yard.

What parts do you need? Because I'd turn that one back into a runner and use my 1/2 ton as a parts junker, even though it has been in the family since it was new. Have absolutley zero use for a little toy half ton, been looking for a tolerable condition 1 ton to make a pecan hauler out of. Couldn't find one locally, so Grandpa's old 1/2 ton is partway through its low rider conversion.

With a top speed of 53 mph, I'd get killed in mine before I got to the end of our farm's road frontage. 45 mph road, and if you can't do at least 65, you'll get run into. Absolutely zero traffic enforcement where I live, if it isn't a crash with injuries or several thousand dollars in damage, there isn't even a police report filed. Standard operating procedure in Shelby County TN. My house is on the county line, so both sheriff's departments try to turf everything to the State officers, who have far higher priority roads than our little twisty 2 lane (barely) cow path. My smallblock powered 69 D100 will likely never see the pavement again. Tops out at 60 indicated. Has 4 wheel drums, armstrong steering and a 727 slushomatic. Too slow off the line, too slow on the top end. Even with a fresh front end and all new brakes, it can't compete in the demolition derby known as the Interstate 240 loop around the city, let alone the surface streets. The 49 low rider truck will never see the road in this county. I'll take it to a couple other nearby counties the days I want to drive it.

Bag that sucker, put it on 13 inch wires and watch the trophies start rolling in. That is one seriously loud color. Your daughter should pull escort duties with it during the local Relay for Life events, would seriously draw some attention. I like it, a lot.

The pins aren't that bad on mine. But those useless little hold open things... wife hid my angle grinder, I was going to excise those blasted little pieces of scrap permanently. My truck also needs a gas pedal. Seriously considering using the one out of the parts donor Ranger, Simple firewall port for a cable to pass through, bolt on the pedal box, and done. Had a Robert's pedal years ago, didn't last long. The hinge mounted version from an International or other older tractor trailer with rod operated throttle is a direct bolt in and works great, just a bit oversized. If you want to keep a through the floor set up instead of swapping pedal styles.

If the wheel cylinder sets from Rock Auto are the $9 Chinese garbage that I was sent, keeping it stock isn't worth it. Iopened the package, sent the entire order right back with a very nasty letter to the company. I will not use parts made in China or India, the quality control is a farce. Electrical switches that last for one use, wheel cylinders that leak from the word go, $100/each brake drums that are scrap iron in under 3000 miles, porous master cylinder castings with warped lids... and most of that was from NAPA.

My 230 was a $125 runner I picked up in Broken Arrow OK in 2011. Have seen a few more donor engines out of there since, priced about the same, usually with car bell housing and a sideloader 3 speed or a Fluidrive attached to them. There is a really clean 230 with a true automatic behind it for sale locally, but the guy wants a small fortune for it. Like $3000, but it is detailed to the max, every finned aluminum part ever made for a small L6, including a 3 carb intake with Stromberg 97s on it.

My 49 is getting the 2 tone primer job. Grey where it will be cream, red oxide where it will be dark. Have to see if I really like 2 tone in person before I start buying the color coats. Looks good in online pictures, real life may be a different story. Rustoleum does now offer auto paint colors, at least all the Autozones around here currently carry a dozen shades or so.

Want to come to TN and do a Ranger floor into PH cab swap? That job on your car looks right decent. I'll get the radio dug out this weekend and sent next week.

That's the same condition as the rear end in my 49 truck. Was going to reuse it, until I started pricing cylinders, shoes, seals, etc. I'll spend the $12 on new spring perches and use my spare Ranger axle. If I get ambitious, will use the Ranger 5 speed instead of the original top loader 3 speed, have to up the fuel economy quite a bit. Last time I drove it (1994) it was in the low teens area, needs at least 20 something to not go back to permanently being used as yard art or a storage bin in the barn. And I'm fine with barning it, my VW Super Beetle could use some 4 wheeled company occasionally, but I'd prefer to drive it (no EFI, no fuel infection, no computer... I loathe modern vehicles).

Radio delete plate? Why? I've got a couple old junker radios you can have as hole fillers. Dual voltage, dual polarity capable, choice of AM only or AM/FM/SW. No clue if either work, have never tested them. I got them to use as mock up props for my B1B. The AM only I have no clue who made it, the other on is a BMW, Porsche, Audi, Mercedes, or VW spec Blaupunkt. Surf rods NEED radios... Kind of messing with you, but I do think it would look more accurate with an old type radio in the dash. Hide a good modern one somewhere else.