New Floors

[austinsailor]

Mi wife won't ride in my truck with big holes in the floors, so I set about fixing that. Didn't bother me - no junk accumulates there, at least. But, that's the way it is.

So, yesterday I cut out the old hunks of rust and welded in new pieces. Went ok. Today I tried to put in the transmission cover someone on this list was so kind to send me some months ago. Shock! E brake handle is in the wrong place. I soon learned, after comparing it to a 3 speed I have sitting around, that the 3 speed and 4 speed transmission covers are different. The emergency brake is about 2 inches farther to the right on the 4 speed. So - a mod was in order.

Cut out a chunk, flipped it around and presto - it's now a 4 speed cover. Oh, the shifter hole is bigger in the 4 speed, too. But, no holes any more.

A question - does anyone have a source of the big threaded bolts and the spring nuts that hold much of the sheet metal on these trucks? I keep salvaging them off of old trucks, but most are to rusted to be of use.

[austinsailor]

the last 3 pictures

[jamesadams]

Cool truck. About what i have in mind,except black with ivory wheels and little hubcaps. I did not get your photos,trying to get photos of mine.

[JBNeal]

Those big threaded bolts actually have square threads and I have not been able to locate any 'new' ones in 20+ yrs. For those bolts that will be hidden by a floor mat or whutnot, get some new U-nuts and hex head bolts at the hardware store for just a few bucks. My '48 had rusty #12 Phillips head pan head sheet metal screws with U-nuts, and I was able to replace them with some zinc plated replacement screws & black phosphate coated U-nuts.

[Jim Gaspard]

In my B3B restore I've purchased new fasteners from Mr G's Enterprises in Fort Worth, Texas. They have most of the fasteners for our trucks, some of the threads are more coarse than OEM, but work none the less.

www.mrgusa.com

[Merle Coggins]

They are called "Acme thread" and are pretty much obsolete now. As shown above there are several types of "U" nuts that will do the job with regular bolts.

Merle

[ggdad1951]

They are called "Acme thread" and are pretty much obsolete now. As shown above there are several types of "U" nuts that will do the job with regular bolts.

Merle

I thought Wille E. made good use of them back in the day...

[Don Coatney]

They are called "Acme thread" and are pretty much obsolete now. As shown above there are several types of "U" nuts that will do the job with regular bolts.

Merle

Acme threads are alive and well and used frequently on equipment in the food and beverage industry. When made of stainless they tend to gall less than standard threads.