Columbus..the 1957 IH 4x4..

[mongocanfly]

Thanks Doug!,,,but sadly no...the cab will have to come back off 100 more times...but only to finish the fab work on the crossmember...i just wanted it in place so i could triple check my measurements....

[mongocanfly]

Well I finally got around to test fitting the engine...nice to have LOTS of clearance....everywhere except the corner of my busted oil pan...so, i was gonna have to change it anyway...or modify it...I may can weld in a notch on the busted corner and see what I got...if it won't work one of the camaro pans should be just fine....I've got 3in or so clearance between the diff and oil pan where the engines hanging now...another couple inches would be even better...can also raise engine a little more if necessary...

[Advanced Design]

Lotta room there with engine and the fender looks good. Dan Shady is a fine gentleman we have known for years. If same gentleman, he has an incredibly clean shop coupled with great skill.

[mongocanfly]

Small world isn't it Doug...he was recommended by board members from all over...I've known of his shop for yrs but have never met him until recently...a great guy he is...the fender fix was a little more than I wanted to bite off...I may could have done it and it be ok but I think it'll be way better with Dan doing it ...it's got a lot of complex parts to it...

[72 tigger]

Looks like Dan did a great job on your fender- keep up the good work!

[mongocanfly]

Thanks tigger,...Dan is the man...

[Advanced Design]

We met Dan through Metalmeet and have been to his shop a few times. He did the wood in the door on my 35 Chevy and is an incredible craftsman. If you see him again, please pass on my and Cindy’s greetings from Oblong.

[mongocanfly]

Will do Doug...I'll be at his shop in the next day or so...

[mongocanfly]

Got my fender back from Dan...he had it all tack welded and he left the finsh welding for me to do...so i worked on finishing the fender...got it solid welded,ground,and dollied...still have a couple spots to shrink and itll be ready for filler...

[jjzepplin]

Fabulous!

[mongocanfly]

thanks zep!!!

[rgunlock]

Looks like you've been putting some of MP&C's metal bumping tutorials into practice. The battery tray turned out real nice - as well as the radio box.

[Russell Ashley]

Very nice work.

[mongocanfly]

Well my engine mounts finally showed up ...so today was all about getting the engine supported by something besides the cherry picker...
I boxed the frame in the section where the engine mounts are and further forward to the point where the steering box will mount...so I duplicated the same thing on the pass side..I used 1-3/4 dom tube for the main supports...this will later get gusseted and a cross frame brace when I get the steering done...in the 1st pic you can see where i had to bend the support on the driver side to clear the headers...
(wound up using a C6 oilpan)

[mongocanfly]

Also painted the new battery tray and temporarily hung it on to the firewall to check clearances...it's coming back off for new mounting bolts

[mongocanfly]

Thanks Doug!

[mongocanfly]

Started working on mounting the hydroboost for some shownuff stopping power...
Had several hurdles to jump to get there...in the 1st pic you can see the old single res master compared to the hydroboost...the hydro is for a early 80s c30...
The 1st issue was the longer snout where the pushrod is...the hydro was way to long ..
In the 2nd pic you can see I made a 3/4" aluminum spacer and a 1/4" steel nut plate..this extra inch is almost good....ill have to shorten the pushrod some but itll be real close...
In the 3rd pic you can see that the orig master also angled down...I'm not sure why they did that but both trucks are that way...so I had to straighten up the plate to get the hydro level...I cut out the old master mount from the firewall plate and welded in the new nut plate...

[PunishedC10]

This thread amazes me. Truly outstanding metal work. I am jealous that I don’t have the skills to do all of the work you have done. This is going to be a work of art when it is finished. It looks like you have tons and tons of time put towards this project.

[mongocanfly]

Well after taking a short break to work on some other projects (1/2mile 5 strand barb wire fence on creosote posts and rebuilt a 12ft disc so I could plant my greenfields)... I got back on the truck...i got the steering box mounted and crossover steering completed...i had to bend a offset in the crossover link to give some extra clearance for the oil pan...it also helped it line up better with the Pitman arm..
(wound up using a C6 oilpan)

[mongocanfly]

Also got the crossover for the motor mounts in as well as the kicker braces...
and got started on the trans crossmember..had to notch one of the tubes on the trans crossmember for bolt clearance.....
got it all fabbed up..and of course...I run out of argon...on a Fri night...it'll have to wait til next week when I get more welding gas..and I'll get it all welded and get some better pics of the crossmemebers with paint on em..

[mongocanfly]

Got me some welderup gas so I finished the trans crossmember....turned out purty good...also got a call today that one of the driveshafts was finished so I picked it up and stuck it in...they're still waiting on parts to fix the front and intermediate shaft..going with all brand new parts on the shafts...should have them next week....just like a puzzle ....one piece at a time..

[mongocanfly]

Had a couple of welds I needed to finsh on the engine crossmember...I couldn't get to them with the engine and steering box in place so i pulled those this morn,,,finished the welds and sprayed it down with some paint...

[mongocanfly]

Got the mid and front driveshaft back today..they look great...

[mongocanfly]

Also got my e-brake band back from the relining people...they did a great job...hopefully it'll hold now seeing as to how it wouldn't before..

[mongocanfly]

After alot of searching and bidding I finally scored a set of IH logo mirrors..theyre not perfect but they'll do...I may get em rechromed later on...