49 chevy 1433

[northern 49]

Maybe I will try the glass bead. I am after a more natural finish.

[NorCalGal]

Not to get off subject but what brand are your motor mount isolators?
and where can they be purchased?

[northern 49]

Originally Posted by NorCalGal

Not to get off subject but what brand are your motor mount isolators?
and where can they be purchased?

Its all from speedway motors, I got them with the motor mounts as a kit for $100 US. You can buy the isolators separately not sure how much they are alone though.

[northern 49]

Pulled the seat frame out of the cab among other things. The cab floor is very solid.
gotta love the passenger side window crank handle.

[northern 49]

I cleaned up the grille a while back. It's a pretty straight peice. I'm still trying to decide what direction I want to go with this thing. Its a nice solid truck its just too bad it has an old farm paint job. I wish it had a nice original patina.

[northern 49]

I was going to take photos of what I did to the stock transmission crossmember as I went along to make it work with the turbo 350, but I totally forgot. Pretty straight forward anyway as you can see in the photos. It just made more sense to modify this one than to buy one.

[Katrina/10]

Wow, I did exactly the same thing with the trans mount on my truck, about 25 years ago!

[northern 49]

Originally Posted by Katrina/10

Wow, I did exactly the same thing with the trans mount on my truck, about 25 years ago!

Great minds think alike
I thought about buying one or building one from scratch but once I realized how little it would take to mod this one it was a no brainer. It's also a nice strong cross member.

[Katrina/10]

Exactly! It is a good, strong piece, but it looks like a pain to remove. I mocked up the mount by bolting it to the transmission, and welded it up. Hasn't moved since.

I didn't want to cut the one under the front of the cab, but didn't have much choice.

[northern 49]

Originally Posted by Katrina/10

Exactly! It is a good, strong piece, but it looks like a pain to remove. I mocked up the mount by bolting it to the transmission, and welded it up. Hasn't moved since.

I didn't want to cut the one under the front of the cab, but didn't have much choice.

I did pretty much the same thing. I leveled up the engine and transmission then bolted in the cross member, bolted a plate to the trans mount and tacked it to the cross member then pulled the cross member out and added some gussets and welded all up. Hopefully it won't be too hard to remove later if necessary. It should be able to slide back far enough and drop out.

[Katrina/10]

I welded mine up in place, under the truck. I think I got a few burns from that. There are so many bolts in that thing I didn't want to remove it. Good point, since the frame tapers to the front, it should slide to the rear and come out.

I have a Turbo 350 in there, with a brake booster and master cylinder under floor. It was a tight fit, but got it all in.

[Homebuilt Hotrods]

Very nice project!

[northern 49]

Originally Posted by Homebuilt Hotrods

Very nice project!

Thanks!

[northern 49]

I haven't accomplished much lately because I have been doing renovations in my house. Since I had my mitre saw set up I figured i would quickly chop up some wood and build one of those nifty cab lift attachments I have seen on a few different build threads for my shop crane. So thanks to whom ever I borrowed the idea from, it worked a lot better than the Jimmy rigged chain deal I used to pull the cab off.

This is just a test fit to see if I will need a trans tunnel, and I will. The cab is actually sitting on 2x4 blocks for now because it doesn't quite clear the transmission.

[STOCKISH]

Looking great, any progress?

[northern 49]

Originally Posted by STOCKISH

Looking great, any progress?

Thanks. No not much progress lately, home renovations have been taking up all my spare time and space in the garage. I did pick up a steering column and ordered some exhaust manifolds though. Hope to get back to it soon, gotta figure out steering and exhaust and what I am going to use for brake pedal/booster set up. Any suggestions is always appreciated.

[northern 49]

After about six attempts I finally figured out the cable routing on my original seat. There seems to be very little information on these seats on the web. Got it figured nonetheless.

[northern 49]

Managed to straighten out the rear fenders a bit during my coffee breaks at work. Just kept forgetting to take some pictures.

[northern 49]

They were kinda ugly.

[northern 49]

Yeah they have been lying outside... you can see how the welds rusted faster.

[northern 49]

I also picked up a steering column and I am waiting on some steering u-joints and shaft etc from Summit. Of course I waited until the Canadian dollar hit a four month low

[NeoJuice]

Originally Posted by northern 49

After about six attempts I finally figured out the cable routing on my original seat. There seems to be very little information on these seats on the web. Got it figured nonetheless.

Looks like the project is coming around nicely. Havent seen you post in a while. You didn't see this video on YouTube?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-QweRbsX04

I bought a bench seat for my truck but its sitting in my mother in laws garage in Calgary. Should have it soon when I have a chance to go down and pick it up.

[NeoJuice]

Originally Posted by northern 49

I also picked up a steering column and I am waiting on some steering u-joints and shaft etc from Summit. Of course I waited until the Canadian dollar hit a four month low

What steering column did you order?

[STOCKISH]

Look forward to more progress!

[northern 49]

[QUOTE=NeoJuice;7928240]Looks like the project is coming around nicely. Havent seen you post in a while. You didn't see this video on YouTube?

I have been busy with home renovations and what not so the truck has been waiting. I did see that video but when I ran the cable the way they show, the right adjuster would move in the opposite direction of the left. Thanks though.