47-55.1 Eliminate draft tube options

[TX3100Guy]

Originally Posted by dsraven

looks great. nice job on the assembly too. excellent attention to detail, not even a fingerprint visible.

I've always been somewhat of an organized person, but I tease my wife all the time that she has OCD, as she is so damn observant about any little thing out of place. After nearly 40 years together, I've told her that she has infected me with her OCD, except I have the automotive version which I call CDO (that's OCD in alphabetical order).

Thanks for noticing.

[TX3100Guy]

For those of you that love photos. Here is a photo of the underside and the ceramic coated headers and exhaust pipes. A close eye can spot the shelf with the linear actuator that I fabricated a mounting for to the replace the foot operated parking brake.

[leegreen]

Do you have a picture or two of this bracket from other angles?



my son's 261 powered '46 2 dr will be getting MII front this fall. The suspension parts kits are cheaper than ordering individual parts but all the reasonably prices kits we find come with power rack. PS is a nice feature anyway.

picture to fuel the internet

[TX3100Guy]

Originally Posted by leegreen

Do you have a picture or two of this bracket from other angles?

Attachment 2392625

my son's 261 powered '46 2 dr will be getting MII front this fall. The suspension parts kits are cheaper than ordering individual parts but all the reasonably prices kits we find come with power rack. PS is a nice feature anyway.

picture to fuel the internet

Attachment 2392626

Lee,

I'll take a few photos today for you. The bracket actually was purchased from VintageAir when I bought the system for the truck. It's designed specifically for the engine, however my setup has headers instead of the stock exhaust manifold, so it didn't fit properly. The alternator at its highest adjustment still wouldn't clear the headers.

Fortunately, I have access to a CNC plasma torch (Dynatorch) so I first made a cardboard template to increase the swing arc of the alternator, then I drew it up on the Cad software and cut a test piece on 18 gauge steel, then finally on 1/4" plate steel. I then cut the old section out and welded in my new piece.

[geezer#99]

Sidetrack time!
Any of you looked into eps.
Electric power steering.
Should be lots of room under the dash for one.

[TX3100Guy]

Originally Posted by geezer#99

Sidetrack time!
Any of you looked into eps.
Electric power steering.
Should be lots of room under the dash for one.

After I rebuilt the original steering box and serviced it, I realized 1) it has been 50 years since I drove a vehicle without power steering and 2) I ain't gettin any younger.

I had already purchased an Ididit steering column and a company in Florida (EPAS Performance - https://epasperformance.com/ sells an Ididit column with an electric assist power steering unit already installed. I emailed the owner and he agreed to have me ship my column to him and he retrofitted my column with their electric unit.

I was already familiar with the electric power assist units, since I had installed one from a European vendor for a 1969 Jaguar XKE that I had restored and knew that it transformed the car. I can't wait to drive the truck with this and power brakes, it should be enjoyable.

[geezer#99]

Good deal!
I sure wish I’d had that option 40-50 years ago.
Woulda made a lot of my projects easier.

[leegreen]

My '52 has 60s vintage c10 suspension and steering. I grew up without power steering and assumed I'd never need it for the '52. Drove it last year armstrong, then swapped to a 80s suburban PS box and pump as I thought the lack of PS precluded my wife from being able to enjoy driving it.

Power steering made it a lot more enjoyable to drive for me too. Without power it was always just a bit slower than people expect you to be getting around in modern traffic and parking lots. And harder work!

EPAS would be a tight fit under dash with firewall hung pedals, at least with my C10 based setup where clutch and brake hang on opposite sides of column.