Dutch '59 Fleetside Longbed

[RockinKees]

Thanks PTC!
I live in the Netherlands..... no collectorwrap for me
Three quarters of the year it's cold here, better put airco in a dragracer in SAC

[ptc]

Originally Posted by RockinKees

Thanks PTC!
I live in the Netherlands..... no collectorwrap for me
Three quarters of the year it's cold here, better put airco in a dragracer in SAC

Ahhhh I see you guys NEED floor warmers!!!! lol .... well that should do the job nicely for you then! -

Oh I will be having having AC in the dragracer! no sense in being overheated at 150mph!!!! lol

[lower50's]

The stance is killer

[RockinKees]

Truck is moved over to his new vacation home, for four or five weeks.
Rolled on his own wheels

So now I'm off to Spain!!!

See you all in a few weeks!!

[oldman3]

Kees, have a great vacation, get plenty of rest, then get back home and back to work have a great time...Jim

[RockinKees]

Originally Posted by oldman3

Kees, have a great vacation, get plenty of rest, then get back home and back to work have a great time...Jim

Thanks Jim!!

I'm back in Holland, save and sound. Had a great holiday! RV cleaned and put in the garage for next time.

Ready to start wrenching again.
I can go back to the Hot Rod Shed next week, so I can unpack the truck and go on where I left

[Advanced Design]

Welcome back Kees! Hope you enjoyed the time off.

[oldman3]

Yeah, I agree, welcome back...Jim

[RockinKees]

Small update so you know I will get back to it

Last Saturday we pulled the truck out of it's vacation cave...





You see, i's a truck in a truck, that's why it's so heavy.
All the parts, tools and (sheet)metal are in the back.

Now it's in his little Hot Rod Shed again, I can unpack the truck and go working on it again



I'll try to get back on it this week, so look for the usual updates from good ol' Holland!!
If you're interested that is....

[YahamaR1]

I am ready for the New updates.
Good luck

[Advanced Design]

Yep, I always enjoy the updates. Good to see the hot rod garage again.

[Kim57]

Always ready for updates.
Kim

[lower50's]

Yay

[oldman3]

Kees, standing by an waiting...Jim

[ptc]

Always good to see things taking shape.... welcome home and back at it!

[ChuckDriver]

Updates please!

[RockinKees]

Good to see there's some interest in building these trucks, besides myself

So, slow starting this time, lot of other things on hands.
First I put some One Shot paint on the front emblems to see if it would look any better...I think so, yes.





So, now on to the truck.
I bolted the header on and looked what options I had to make a steering shaft.
After some trial and error I came up with this. This is the best routing for the shaft.
I set it up with some tools, so I could measure and see what I need.

I also think I have to use only one support bearing, just above the middle u-joint.
Please tell me if I need more!!
If you put it all in a drawing, you get this:





Between the column and the rack and pinion I have to use one double u-joint and two single u-joints. The double gives me an offset of 1" according to Borgeson. That 1" should be just enough.
When you look at the upper middle of the pic, you see where I need the double u-joint.



Frontview...



Ofcourse I will re-route the brakelines!

I also took the bedwood out.



The wood was in bad shape, but the main reason to get it out now, is that I now can put in the fuelline, make a new filler with new fillerdoor in the bedside, make new fuellines for the liquid gas (LPG) that I'm using as main fuel.
Also it's much easier now to make an exhaust, now that I see what space I have.
And to find out how the mount the towbar....

[Kim57]

Emblems look good with the paint.
Good luck on routing the steering.
Kim

[Nut Case]

Kees, Please teach me how to set front and rear ride height for your baby? Especially what could come out of the blue and take a huge bite out of my skinny arse. I've heard that the front irs should be moved forward in the wheel well to better hit center, 1" to 2" through your opinion in as well or what did you do? How does one set ride height, You are so very clever just hoping you will share. Many thanks in advance.

[RockinKees]

Nut Case, if I remember well, you want Corvette stuff, right?

It's not the same...
But I did move the front IFS 3/4 of an inch forward. This measured with the front fender on, so you see whats happening. Don't know what to do with Corvette IFS.
For rideheight I did go with the stock height for Jaguar, measured under the IFS. Then you have the lower A-arms where they supposed to be, at the right angle. Then I set this under the framerails and measured rideheight of the truck itself, at the front. Bolt on the wheels you're using!
When that's all good, then you set the framerails level, front to back (or at the desired rake you want) and measure the IRS in. Also went with stock Jag measurements.
That way you know how high the diff has to be, so the lower A-arms sit at the right angle.

Jaguar measures the rideheight from the floor to the underside of the IFS, or at the back, to the diff.
You want to know how Corvette measures its rideheight, and then do the same as I did: measure, measure, measure.
When your done with your measuring, measure again!!

Hope this helps a bit?
And read back from page 7, there the fun begins

[tpimuncie]

Nice paint work! And engineering on linkage! I tried one shot paint on mine looks like my 5 year old painted them

[reaper71]

Looking good Kees!!

[Nut Case]

Kees: thanks for the information. Looking at your new posts, what a great idea to use 3/8 drive extensions to lay out the steering shaft. My dad taught me to measure twice and cut once, he also said, if you don't want your tools to drop on the floor and get damaged, put them on the floor in the first place. Great ideas, keep on keeping on. Nut Case

[87Lowrider]

Nice build... good to see I'm not the only one putting a Jag IRS in... looks really nice! /Ken

[RockinKees]

Todays update: Steering column....

As I have a early Chevy Van column, that's way too long I have to shorten it.
At first I was a bit scared to cut this up, because they are hard to find overhere.
There are plenty with ignition key in the column, but not these without it.

So, after some measurements I took my buddy the Grinder and gave it a shot



Where the tape is, that's the amount that has to go....

First: Mark where you cut:



Think once, cut twice
Then cut through the lenght to get it out:



As you need space to weld the parts together again, I took another 3" out of the outer pipe. This is for welding the shifter pipe together again. That 3" is going to be welded back in, after welding the shifter pipe.





Now I have all the parts at the right length, just have to weld them together. I have marked all pipes to get them at the same position again.
As you see in the last pic, the steering shaft only needs shortening, no welding needed there!

The column needs to be secured at the floor, so I made this clamp out of a piece of an exhaust. I put it on the column before I weld everything.
When I bolt the column in the truck, I make a floorpiece that's going to be welded on the clamp and bolted to the floor. Easy does it






What the heck was I afraid of?? Didn't know it was that easy!!