Badly needed! -frame radiator lower support- 1954 pickup truck
 

Hi from germany to all of you,
could you please tell me, where i can get a new or a used radiator lower support bracket, which i marked in this picture?


It´s a 1954 Chevrolet PickUp truck (1/2 ton) and i badly need this part. I think the brackets from the trucks before 1954 also do fit.

Please help!
Thanks a lot...greetings, Robin

Re: Badly needed! -frame radiator lower support- 1954 pickup truck
 

i got a used one from jim carters.... i have one that broke if you want it. for some reason it's missing about 4 inches of the channel.
GT

Re: Badly needed! -frame radiator lower support- 1954 pickup truck
 

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Could you please take a picture of it?
Thanks and regards
-Robin-

Re: Badly needed! -frame radiator lower support- 1954 pickup truck
 

I may have one out of my 50 GMC Bus, I'll let you know in a week or so. You can have it for the cost of shipping if I don't use it.
John

Re: Badly needed! -frame radiator lower support- 1954 pickup truck
 

Shipping to Germany? That might be expensive. What's wrong with your old one? No way to straighten it out?

Re: Badly needed! -frame radiator lower support- 1954 pickup truck
 

I don´t have this front crossmember / radiator support bracket ... picture is only for example. It isn´t my truck.
I think i would go to do it like shown in this picture

Regards Robin

Re: Badly needed! -frame radiator lower support- 1954 pickup truck
 

Snoopy, I don't have any extras parts, but I'm glad to see another '54 being restored. Just so you know, my '54 is now sitting on an earlier chassis(47-53). The rear of the chassis/frame was different in '54 as the bed shape changed(so the rear portion of the current chassis was modified to accept the '54 bed). I think you're correct in that the 47-54/55 1st were all the same in the front. Are you trying to keep it all oringinal or could you fab up a piece to look and work like the OEM part? I've seen some handy guys do some nice fab work here. Good luck and keep us posted, Daniel U

Re: Badly needed! -frame radiator lower support- 1954 pickup truck
 

With good help I have done a lot of frame-work until now...before restoring there was a MonteCarlo subframe swaped. I have begun a total frame-off-restauration and we built a new front frame section with the dimensions of the Original Chevy frame. Now i´m trying to find this front crossmember, but i think i do it like shown on the picture over this thread. See pictures below of our framework...at the moment the frame is at a powdercoating company

Re: Badly needed! -frame radiator lower support- 1954 pickup truck
 

Hi everybody...
here are two new photos of my chassis. I attached the engine and all the other components yesterday...

Greetings from germany ;-)

-Robin-

Re: Badly needed! -frame radiator lower support- 1954 pickup truck
 

Very nice!

Re: Badly needed! -frame radiator lower support- 1954 pickup truck
 

Tough Enough!
That's the way it is suppose to look! Good work! Bring it home and show it off!