No so Low buck 52 / 53 farm truck

[mikec4193]

I picked him up on one of the rat rod sites...supposed runs...right now I am assessing rear end options as the original one has rear brake drum issues and no one currently sells anything that will fit...




another view as he sits in my dry garage....



He is a 1 ton from a ranch in New Mexico, I bought it at a decent price, had to have it shipped from Indiana to upstate NY...I am old and smelly and is he...my plans are to update rear axle (1985 K5 Blazer)with better gearing, ditch the old school leaf springs with newer K5 Blazer units...

Also going from 8 lug wheels to 6 bolt...still thinking about how to do that. I am getting a set of 6 lug hubs off of a 1965 Chevy truck for free...hoping to make it work on the front....dual master cylinder upgrade too...



front brake drum came off but not without a fight....let the games begin...

So has anybody gone from 8 lug to 6 lug on one of these 1 ton trucks???

MikeC