classiccarjack

That is a real bummer....

The Engine will be a straight bolt in. The Bell Housing may be different and may not have the mounts on the sides as needed to do a straight swap as a complete package. I only mention this because of my experience with the trucks changing bell housing design coming into the mid/later 1950's. Can you crawl under the 1958 to get photographs in order to compare to your 1951?

40plyguy, Do you have pictures? These are amazing cars and I am glad that you are saving it.

This is true in many life situations.... So so true!

Thank you Casper50! Very educational! My steering wheel is much much worse. How does yours look RedRider? Can you post pictures for us to see it?

He is not the only one....

Looks like your modernization on the cheap is working out. I can see a huge child seat benefit on your last modification.

We are back from our trip Ed. Let me know if you still need this Thermostat Housing.

If you need an extra exhaust manifold to split, I may have one to offer. Send me a Private Message.

Upgrading to a multiple Carburetor set up will be much more efficient if you also upgrade to a better flowing exhaust system. There are a few paths that you can take. One is to have headers made, second option is to buy a set of cast headers from Langdon's Stovebolt, the third would be to contact Tim Kingsbury and/or George Ashe to have a stock manifold split into dual exhaust. Think of it as a air pump, the more air you bring in, will require more air to get out, in layman's terms..... And more air flow equals more efficiency, which will yield more horsepower. Just upgrading the exhaust alone makes a huge improvement.... I visited Reg Evans on Monday, he installed dual exhaust on his Dodge with a 230 in it, and claimed that the dual exhaust made it seem like his engine became a V-8 from the improvement in performance. I thought that it also looked nice. But you may need to make some fuel pump modifications depending on what arrangement you currently have. But you must figure out how to get your transmission to work out. Or go the easy path and convert over to a manual transmission. This is my opinion offering, I have personally modified six cylinders in other configurations and makes and always have had amazing results. All sixes benefit from improved induction and exhaust flow. Good luck, I hope that you get the transmission to cooperate with you.

Thanks again Tim! You mentioned coming down to San Diego to look over my massive amount of parts. I cannot PM you, so my number is (619)454-1396. Countrytravler is interested in a couple of things. Maybe the both of you can make arrangements in order to come on down to see me. I plan on coming out next year, and I hope to have one of the ol' trucks running to bring up. I would love to drive that far in one of my "vintage" trucks. It would be a real joy! -Jack

It sure was great meeting you Paul. And I am glad that you guys were able to repair the car while on your journey.

If it works out, it will be great to know. Please post pictures if you get everything to bolt up and work out geometrically.

Have you tried Vans Automotive? They are beginning to dabble into older gas tanks. https://vansauto.com/ Try this and see if it steers you in the right Direction.

I can't wait to start rebuilding one of mine! I am waiting on my boring bar to come back. I sent it out to get the base machined to insure that it will bore true.... This Topic has been very inspiring.

Hello Young Ed, I might have one. We stayed up here for a couple of days after Tim's BBQ. I will need to dig through my parts when I get back home if you would like me to. Please PM me so I don't forget. -Jack

Hopefully my toddler will be more manageable next year. My wife and I wanted to mingle more... Looks like my son Diego made a new friend, I believe his name was Jack. I am not sure who Jack's parents are, but thank you for allowing Diego play with him. Tomorrow is Big Trees day with the family. I missed Reg Evans and I am wondering if I could maybe meet him on Monday.

Keep us posted on how things turn out.

We had an excellent time! I hope that more BBQ's come for years to come! Thank you Tim, you're one heck of a guy!

I cannot reach Paul. Where are people meeting up for the Caravan? We will be looking for a grocery store. If we cannot figure this out, we will come out after we load up the cooler.

After the kids finish up with breakfast, we will be trying to find the rondevu location to caravan up.

We made it to Lodi and just checked into the Econo Lodge off of Cherokee. I will set the alarm and get up to get things ready and my family ready. We will see you in a matter of hours.

Should be in Lodi by 2:00 AM, forgive us if we seem a little bit tuckered out...

Hey look, a very rare truck that my wife found!

We are just south of the split above the I5 and CA99.... Lodi here we come! We left at 11:00 AM. I wish that our oldest wasn't in school today.. LOL I brought some goodies for you guys to paw through....