Dave72dt Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Now that you've had a chance to calm down, which way did you have to go with the distibutor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
52b3b Joe Posted March 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 The direction you pointed me towards ... I advanced it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave72dt Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Love it when a plan comes together! Congratulations, you've got to have a mile wide grin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 wow, SWEET! I'm so jealous...I know my turn is coming up in about a month! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Here are pics of the plate.... OK, thoughts on these plates? I've heard they belong and they don't...I know the guy in Poland could make these no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
52b3b Joe Posted March 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 (edited) I'm putting my plate on the truck somewhere, I'm still trying to figure out where. There isn't any good place on the engine to place it so I was thinking of on the firewall or maybe in the door jam next to the body tag and serial number? With my thinking, there is really no "right" place to put it, so I'll try and make it look "right" somewhere else. Heres a better video of it running. Edited March 22, 2011 by 52b3b218 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
52b3b Joe Posted March 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Well, I finished up the brake lines and got the air out, then put the driveshaft on and took it for its first drive! Heres the video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanksB3B Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Engine sounds real good! Hank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48Dodger Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Its Merle all over again! lol.....love the bucket! Awesome work Joe! 48D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merle Coggins Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Its Merle all over again! lol.....love the bucket! Awesome work Joe! 48D Hey!... I resemble that remark... Sure was fun though, wasn't it 52b3b218. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 NICE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48Dodger Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 lol...must be a north east thing...lol We like to wear our sheet metal out thisa way. 48D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
52b3b Joe Posted March 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 (edited) I have to admit I got the idea from Merle's pictures, and yes Merle it was fun. I couldn't resist not doing it after I saw them and I have never drove it since I bought it so It felt good just to see it move under its own power. Thanks for all the compliments! I will admit it didn't feel exactly safe, but not many people can say they drove their frame! Edited March 28, 2011 by 52b3b218 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 give me a month or so! I can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
52b3b Joe Posted March 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 yeah, a month sounds about right, it took me about that long to get everything set up and finish everything to make it safe enough to test drive. You should make a video of it when you drive it!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 yeah, a month sounds about right, it took me about that long to get everything set up and finish everything to make it safe enough to test drive. You should make a video of it when you drive it!!!! Oh I will! That way the carnage can be seen by all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
52b3b Joe Posted March 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Oh I will! That way the carnage can be seen by all! I cant wait!!! When we get our trucks done, we should meet half way and see them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Oh I will! That way the carnage can be seen by all! With your driveway you better hope there's no carnage. I expect a phone call for this test drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 With your driveway you better hope there's no carnage. I expect a phone call for this test drive. I'm thinking towing it to the top of the hill where it is flat and a tow back down JIC and to be "safer"...you'll get a phone call, don't worry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937 Dodge Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Evans Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Wow ! and to think your truck was way over here in Calif. just a few years ago getting ready to head to your neck of the woods. Small world. NICE JOB !!! Are you going to keep the side mount spare ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
52b3b Joe Posted March 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Wow ! and to think your truck was way over here in Calif. just a few years ago getting ready to head to your neck of the woods. Small world.NICE JOB !!! Are you going to keep the side mount spare ? I thought about keeping it, but I am buying a carrier for under the bed, just to be a little more original. I'm just waiting for the weather to get a little warmer here and I'll start on the body work, hopefully in a few weeks. I'm still hoping to get it on the road by the end of summer so I don't have to wait another winter to drive it. But time will tell. And Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
52b3b Joe Posted March 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Are there any differences in the bed off my 52 to a bed off a 55 1/2 ton? I found a craigslist add for a trailer someone made with the bed of a 55, and if they were the same, I would get it for parts. He's not asking much for it and it is in very nice shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
52b3b Joe Posted March 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 '55 will have holes punched for the styled fenders rather than the '52 round fenders...other than that, they should be interchangeable. Ok, thanks. Im more interested in the tailgate and the rear lower panel, so it will work good if I decide to buy it, and plus I would finally have my own trailer so I don't have to keep borrowing my friends now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBNeal Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 I've got my eye on a Pilot House trailer that I want to paint to match my driver project, just as a novelty and to have a trailer to haul stuff, with these as examples: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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