Radarsonwheels Posted March 11, 2017 Report Posted March 11, 2017 (edited) Hi fellas (& gals) My buddy brought an old farm truck up to PA from Virginia and we trade it back and forth every five years or so when one of us runs out of steam on it. It is kind of a heap and kind of super awesome. It's never been a good driver but we've always putted it around as much as possible. He christened it the Dude Magnet because it always attracts a crowd and there are never any women in that crowd! The last time I had it I put a rustyhope front disc kit on it. It stopped better but the underfloor setup was never perfected with the dual pot master etc. I'm about to put a power booster on the firewall and a cable throttle while I'm at it. The mechanical throttle just needs too much work. My buddy put a lot of time and money into her but with the sketchy brakes it just still wasn't a good daily driver. It also needs some wiring. He did a lot of neat stuff to it: fenton repop iron 3 into 1 dual headers, 32/36 weber carb, oil filter with pressure bypass, tremec 5 speed on the floor, rebuilt 230 flathead motor, 15 gal fuel cell under the bed, aluminum radiator with custom welded aluminum brackets/frame, and even a nice rubber floor. I am about to install power brakes, a cable throttle (current setup doesn't get WOT and is kinda beat) and I'm on the hunt for a new rear with more modern brakes. I'm excited to be on this forum- not a lot of these trucks are still around! Edited March 11, 2017 by Radarsonwheels 5 Quote
55 Fargo Posted March 11, 2017 Report Posted March 11, 2017 1 hour ago, greg g said: Truck has some character.... All of it's own and that's "Kool"......... My old 55 Fargo beast, "money magnet"...........LMAO 1 Quote
59bisquik Posted March 12, 2017 Report Posted March 12, 2017 Nice truck... you might find there are a few of us with those on this board. 1 Quote
lonejacklarry Posted March 12, 2017 Report Posted March 12, 2017 Yep, nice truck. Be careful with that nice grill out in public! Not many of those out and about. 1 Quote
Radarsonwheels Posted March 13, 2017 Author Report Posted March 13, 2017 On 3/11/2017 at 8:51 PM, lonejacklarry said: Yep, nice truck. Be careful with that nice grill out in public! Not many of those out and about. Thanks! It took me a long time to find that grille. It came with nothing there. I did drawer pulls for a while before I found a set of bars. They came with that paint- top bar white, bottom bar grey! Quote
RNR1957NYer Posted March 13, 2017 Report Posted March 13, 2017 Very "period", but not necessarily low - buck; that's probably $100 worth of the cheapest pulls from Home Depot! Quote
gramps1951 Posted March 13, 2017 Report Posted March 13, 2017 so THATS where all my dresser draw handles went !!!!!!!!!! Quote
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