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Cool truck Can’t wait to see more pictures
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Great project, I will be following for sure!
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Well it’s been 13 years and I am picking up where I left off. Put the truck on jack stands, pulled the brake drums and master cylinder. Got new brake shoes and cylinder on right rear today. Gonna do left rear tomorrow as well as replacing front wheel bearings, races and seals. Master cylinder will be in tomorrow with the front wheel cylinders and shoes. I was planning on taking it down to the frame, but it’s in such good shape I have reconsidered. By the way, i had to pull the hubs off the front because they are riveted to the brake drum. Does this indicate that my Grandpa never had to replace brakes on this truck? 71,000 original miles.
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Riveted front drums just mean that your drums are original.
Job well, done, so far!!! Taking something all the way down can be a bad thing, depending. Since you had a 13 year lull in your work...you understand. Fix what you can, when you can, keep it roadworthy as possible. My 68 has been apart since mid 80's, but I have all the old and new parts for it. I like original pickups, but never see a problem with a V8 swap. Carry on!!! |
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Today, we replaced the wheel cylinder and shoes. I picked up a new master cylinder, front wheel cylinders, and bearings for the front. I'm a little disappointed that everything is made in China. I am in such a rush, I don't have time to search for parts. I wish I had planned ahead and found some NOS parts. We ground the rivets off of the drums and the hubs came loose. My Daddy turns 81 in a couple of days. Neither one of us are in great shape and this humid Arkansas heat prevents us from putting in more than a few hours each day, plus I am still working 12 hour night shifts. It's a little over an hour from my house to his. My Dad was a paint/body man in late 60s thru mid 70s until he got hired at UPS. He retired from there. He has painted the hood, grill, cowl and fenders back when we first started. They look darn good. Gonna go back Saturday to replace the front brakes, hoses, bearings, and master cylinder. Gonna pull the heater core and take it and radiator to shop next. I will probably install an aftermarket a/c unit as well. Engine, transmission, power steering addition, more paint, buddy bucket reupholstering coming as will. I'll post some pics soon.
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Appreciate that advice. We replaced front bearings. We ground the rivets off the drums. Brakes are mostly done, but found a clogged line in the mid rear and had to order that part. Gonna put it on tomorrow, then put the wheels back on so we can push it outside and pressure wash 46 years of mud and gunk on the front end.
On another note I have verified that the 250 is the original motor and it has been rebuilt one time. cylinders are 60 over. I I am minus a head since the one I had was cracked like Humpty Dumpty, my uncle found one that would fit but it does not. It’s for a 261, and is apparently in demand for some 50s model engines. I’m gonna be looking for a cylinder head after I verify this engine is indeed a good one. If it’s not, I have other options. But, like I said, I want to keep it the way grandpa had it, within reason$$$$. Brake line and power wash tomorrow!!! Stay tuned, I’ll try to post some pics of the parts we painted on the front cap, to keep this thread interesting.
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Brakes and bearings complete. Put wheels back on so we can pressure wash the front. Got some pics today, will post soon.
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[IMG]C:\Users\VHALITBrannJ\Pictures[/IMG]
Here is how the drum looks after grinding.
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Dont look like this is gonna work
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Very cool story about your truck. I understand about losing interest after finding something unexpected like the drip rail rust. Sounds like you've moved on to other stuff to keep the fire burning. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to more progress and pics.
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A close up of the marking on the firewall. I am practicing loading pictures.
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I got a set of buddy buckets, gonna need paint, new foam and some covers. I need one of them iron mike handles as well. I just set them in here to see what they would look like.
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Here is the next step. I know I have bounced back and forth on the engine. Initially I wanted to change to a 350. I bought one with a 4 bolt main, had the heads redone, block checked, rebuilt lower end, and left it on a stand. It needs an intake, exhaust manifold or headers, and a hei. If I did this I was gonna change to an automatic transmission, something with OD, change the column, add ps. Something turned my sentimental switch on and I decided that I would just try to keep it like may grandpa had it, for memory's sake. It's an heirloom. So, the next step is gonna be to have this 250 checked out to see if it's ok. It ran up until I broke the timing gear. It has been sitting with the head off since 1992. If it is ok, I will find an appropriate cylinder head and get it going. If not, I will look at other options, one of those being the 350/auto plan. More pressure washing/degreasing the front engine/frame. Stay tuned.
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Pictures, fantastic.
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A little degreaser and some more pressure washing. Took the alternator off, took some wires off solenoid. I think we will pull this motor out this weekend, clean up the fire wall and get it ready for paint.
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Here is a peek at the front cap. Dirt dobbers got on my grill.
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We have one fender left to paint. Went with a repop. This is the only sheet metal that will not be original to the truck. We plan on doing it after we pull the engine and get the fire wall painted. Gonna pull the doors off and paint them when we do this as well. The original inner fenders are done as well as the radiator support stuff.
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