'50 chevy 3100

[Matt_50]

I'm thinking of doing something different with the gas pedal... looks kinda bulky, and I want to maybe lower it some...

I'll sit on it for a day or two, I'll mess with exhaust and e brake pedal next. The exhaust from my donor should work fine... it's the length that'll need to be fixed and maybe where I want the pipe to stick out. Straight out or behind rear tire.. what do you guys think?

[8man]

First, did you make vroom vroom noises when you were pretend driving?

Second, is the gas pedal really that noticeable from the driver's seat? If not you may want to keep moving forward on other things so you really can drive it.

Wish I had a thought on the exhaust, but that is so far from where I am now I can't even fathom it.

Good work.

[Matt_50]

Well... I may have made some noises in my head lol

No, gas pedal isn't really noticeable. I spaced it out from the brake pedal the same as from the donor. I wanted it to be the same as I was used too. But... due to space on both sides of firewall, I have brake pedal assembly a little higher than how it was in the donor. Not much, maybe 1 1/2 to 2 inches, but it's enough to make the gas pedal feel funny.

It is spaced good and really does seem ok, but I drove the c10 for so long it felt off. So I'm going to take a step back and worry about some other things for a bit. I know it won't be the same but it was comfortable.

I've been waiting to bolt the exhaust back up to the engine until I had cab undercoated and the trans set. Now that I have, I think I'll mess with exhaust some...

I jump from little project to little project, depending on how much extra cash I have lol

[joedoh]

Originally Posted by Matt_50

I'm thinking of doing something different with the gas pedal... looks kinda bulky, and I want to maybe lower it some...

if you plan to put in carpet or even a rubber mat with something on the back, do that FIRST! on the last 41 my pedals looked way too high but I put in some 5/8 jute and carpet and whaddayaknow, the pedals fit perfect.

[Matt_50]

I hadn't thought of carpet thickness. Maybe I'll throw something in to act as carpet and see how it feels.

Do you guys ever have those days where everything runs right with no hiccups? Usually I always have something go wrong but for the last few days I've been on a roll. Until today, I was so sure my exhaust idea would work. Shorten the donors exhaust and be done. Unfortunately it's hangs to low for my liking and I don't think I can cut up the Y and put it together right. I also think I need new exhaust manifolds. These are kinds bulky and ugly and when my engine was swapped out in the c10 I wasn't told my exhaust manifold on the passenger side was messed up. I never had a leak so I guess that's something.


So, what manifolds work well that I can find at a junkyard or swap meet without spending much? Are there any Y 's I can scavenge that will fit better?

With the exhaust on hold I started cutting the rusty spot out of the lower driver cowl panel. I think I can get away with a small patch. I was worried it would be worse so I'll do that tomorrow.

[Matt_50]

Started my driver side lower cowl patch fix. Ran out of wire had to go get more and hopefully I'll get it done in the morning.

Since I ran out of wire I decided to go after some spots on the body with the wire wheel. The PO really loved bondo, tiny little ding meant several inches of bondo feathered out all around it. So you can imagine a bad spot... I need to replace the cab corners. I attacked the driver side and it's rough, and it was reshaped with a lot of bondo. I haven't looked at the passenger side yet.

I also had a piece of metal inside the cab, it wasn't tacked on good and I was able to pull it up. It made a crack in the outside paint. So I went after that spot with the wire wheel and found a nice round hole.

[8man]

The hole looks like maybe a CB whip antenna, but just guessing.

As for the bondo, welcome to my world. I had a cab that looked good until I had it blasted. Then there were so many holes and dents that I had to get another cab.

IMO you are doing it right welding up the areas. A little skim is one thing, but all the bondo is just wrong.

Keep at it.

[Matt_50]

Someone went through a lot of trouble to bondo over a lot of areas, and yet half the floor was rusted out. So either this truck got rusted.. fixed up.. and then rusted again... or someone started to fix a really rusted truck and then it continued to sit for who knows how long. The paint was cracked and faded all over so it's been awhile. I've also run across areas fixed with lead instead of bondo. I'm thinking at least two different POs worked on the body at some point. I've found blue and green when taking off the paint. I'm thinking the blue was original because I can find it in hard to get to spots or from areas that needed to be opened up to paint. Like under the hood.

I was real scared when I first started gping over the body. I think 1/4 of the hood had bondo! I was expecting to be messed up. Just another tiny spot...

I wish I had just gotten it blasted.

[Matt_50]

It's nice to make regular posts. I've been moving along real slow up until recently. Thankfully I'm not waiting on someone else for welding anymore mine's not great, andbi have to redo it a lot, but I'm moving along. I've also got more time on my hands too.

This morning I attacked that new hole I found. And I also finished patching the lower driver cowl piece in. Slapped some bondo on both and maybe throughout the day I'll sand those spots and get them just right.