Rutgersknight Posted June 18, 2020 Report Posted June 18, 2020 Just finished a year long restoration of my 1954 Dodge PU - a few upgrades but mostly original Disc Brakes, 12 Volt, sure grip 8 3/4 (3.23 ratio) rear end, Diamond Back Radial Wide Whites on 16" Rims Thought I would share the results Thanks Steve R 10 Quote
59bisquik Posted June 18, 2020 Report Posted June 18, 2020 Very nice! Great job! I wish my bumpers were that nice so i could chrome them. Quote
John Rogers Posted June 18, 2020 Report Posted June 18, 2020 Man that looks fantastic. Beautiful truck ! John Quote
RNR1957NYer Posted June 18, 2020 Report Posted June 18, 2020 Wow! Great looking truck! Congrats on a job well done! Quote
JBNeal Posted June 18, 2020 Report Posted June 18, 2020 nice detail work in the engine compartment...what coating is on the manifolds? 1 Quote
ggdad1951 Posted June 19, 2020 Report Posted June 19, 2020 good job! Be careful with the term "restoration" as some will ding you for the "upgrades" Quote
CO54 Posted June 19, 2020 Report Posted June 19, 2020 Nice! With what looks like original gauges, are you running a 12v Generator? Quote
Rutgersknight Posted June 19, 2020 Author Report Posted June 19, 2020 Thanks to all for the compliments Yes the gauges are the originals I am running an Alternator - I used the conversion kit from Vintage Auto Garage Steve R 2 Quote
BobDeSoto Posted June 20, 2020 Report Posted June 20, 2020 How did you get those trees to grow in the right place? Quote
MBF Posted June 22, 2020 Report Posted June 22, 2020 (edited) Wow nice job. Those rims give the truck attitude! How does the flatty like the 3.23 rear gears? Thinking of doing a swap in my slant 6 pickup for more highway speed. Edited June 22, 2020 by MBFowler Quote
Rutgersknight Posted June 22, 2020 Author Report Posted June 22, 2020 (edited) In hindsight 3.55 would be better, the Flathead labors a bit starting out, but now the truck can cruise easily at 60 mph The other alternative would have been to hop up the engine I did communicate with Tony Smith at Mopar Montana about building up the Flathead - they can build quite a Flathead that would have handled the 3.23 ratio fine. (10K - 12K depending on some of the components - I have the build sheet if anyone is interested) I ended up sticking with the stock engine. As far as the Wheel and Tire combo, I did quite of bit of reviewing the original truck specs and the dimension changes from the E-Body rear (slightly narrower) and the Scarebird Disc brakes (adds 3/4" on each side if I remember correctly) I stayed with 16 inch rims, the tires are from Diamond Back and I tried to keep close to the original tire height Fronts are 16 x 6 with 4 in backspace - tires 225/70R-16 Rears are 16 x 8 with 4 in backspace - tires are 255/70R-16 Steve R Edited June 22, 2020 by Rutgersknight 1 Quote
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