56 GMC Aussie Style

[daveshilling]

Your truck needs more Cowbell! Seriously, that is such a good looking ride!

[Red Foreman]

Thanks all for the comments Guy's its much appreciated!!!

[Ratpin]

Man I love this truck! It must get TONS of attention over there.

[Roadkill58]

I am blown away by this truck. It looks perfect. I love everything about it.

If mine turns out half as nice as yours I would be happy.



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[Red Foreman]

Thanks Guy's, I haven't done anymore to the GMC but clock up the miles, I am however going to ditch the crap chinese brake booster for somthing better, i'll update soon.

BTW Roadkill checked your thread out & yours is coming along just fine!

[Red Foreman]

I haven't updated for a while, not much to report really apart from the GMC getting some miles clocked up on it which has given me a chance to get picky about a couple of items starting with the brake booster that came with the firewall mount kit I purchased from POL, even though it saved me alot of work if I had my time again I would fabricate my own set up.

Out with the crap chinese & in with some locally made PBR quality. I had an 11" booster out of an early 80s GM Holden that I took apart to modifiy the mounting pattern from the existing one.

[Kim57]

That should work a little better.
Kim

[Nev68]

Is that a "WB" booster?
What master cylinder did you use?

[Red Foreman]

Its out of a HZ Statesman. Master cylinder is Delco style which has the same bolt pattern of any pre 80s Holden master cyl.

[Nev68]

Thanks.
Do you have an adjustable brake proportioning valve?

[Red Foreman]

Nev, the prop valve i'm running is a Delco style Disc/Drum which is non adjustable, if your starting from scratch I'd be going with a complete WB or even XC-XE set up. These Master cylinders have the Prop Valve intergrated.
Front two pipes are direct L & RH wheels, one rear pipe goes straight to rear braking system.

[Nev68]

Originally Posted by Red Foreman

Nev, the prop valve i'm running is a Delco style Disc/Drum which is non adjustable, if your starting from scratch I'd be going with a complete WB or even XC-XE set up. These Master cylinders have the Prop Valve intergrated.
Front two pipes are direct L & RH wheels, one rear pipe goes straight to rear braking system.

Thanks.
I am tossing up between Hydroboost setup and Commodore booster / master cylinder.
I've bought a used Commodore booster/ master cylinder to mockup firewall for pedal etc. but I am interested in what others have used successfully (might save me some pain )

[tpimuncie]

Badass!

[Red Foreman]

Originally Posted by tpimuncie

Badass!

Thanks Mate!

I drove the ol truck 140 miles to an annual hotrod camping weekend event just before Christmas. It went real nice however it struggled ride height wise with too much weight in the back.
I might have to look at some kind of leafspring air assist options??

[ChuckDriver]

Truck looks perfect as always, and nice fire pot!

[Kim57]

Truck looks real nice. Very cool fire pot.
Kim

[Indian113]

Red, I would just build a trailer to pull for the extra weight. You can pull more than you can haul anyway.



By the way Your Truck is Bad AZZZZZ !

[ChuckDriver]

A matching stepside trailer!!

[ptc]

Nice truck there Red.... always liked the GMC front bumpers, reminds me of the old 50's Cadillac front ends....

[Red Foreman]

Thanks Guys, here's a couple of pictures that were taken at car show last Saturday night, parked next to my freinds 64 C10.

[Indian113]

WOW! Those are some Awesome Pictures- Thanks for sharing

[ChuckDriver]

Nice!

[Kim57]

Nice pics.
Kim