Heres a chance to see a bit more of bigtens work on Ol John Lee's rear suspension. I got a set of four blackwall tires in the original height/width to mount on the factory rims. Cleaned up the rims....one was too bent to use, and one rim seems to be perforated somewhere, leaking real slow (it leaked with the original tire on it too, so I suspect the rim). So, I have to hit the junk yard for 2 replacement rims to remount some tires but for now....several orders of magnitude easier to steer...very much quieter on the road....bumps no longer hurt and without the equivalant of 8 tires worth of rubber on the road, it should get better mileage. Oh yeah....Ol John Lee now looks much more like he did in 1964 (except the paint
) and the original hub caps, though a bit cracked around the edges, fit tight and seem to stay on well enough. 24 new lug nuts, 4 tires and some more of that wonderful black spray paint later....
Rusty drums, so I wire brushed and painted them up. Can ya see in there good? Thats what Bigten and his boy did for me on a Sat afternoon! Great ride and I appreciate it more with every mile.
Here's the first new rear tire going on with shiny new lug nuts and that spiffy original hub cap. The dents look just right on this truck. I filled em up to 36 psi. Anybody got a reference for the right tire pressure for a 64 C10 with 225-70R15 meats on it?
Gettin ready for the first ride on the right sized wheels and tires.
I sure do love Ol John Lee....got him in and out of the garage, around town all with one hand...no drumming wide tires and no more sore arms trying to steer him in and out. It ain't no NASCAR Rig but it sure rides and handles with better manners with the right size wheels and tire on it. Resting comfortably and ready for AM trip to work.
