1956 Chevy Pro-Street Build

[oldman3]

Sweeet...Jim

[mud.man.rj]

Well your plate does say KRZY, so bound to have a few challenges.
Sure looks good though.
Mudman.

[RockinKees]

Truck is looking great!!
You get it all to work right, you'll see

Much respect PTC, for helping out in Texas!!

[ptc]

Thanks for the comments all! ---- Still working it!


Kees -- you coming to America anytime soon???? Need some pinstriping done!

[RockinKees]

Originally Posted by ptc

Thanks for the comments all! ---- Still working it!


Kees -- you coming to America anytime soon???? Need some pinstriping done!

We thought about it....
Would love to come over, have to make a really big trip then. Visit Doug and Cindy, then on to Mark and Jim and then on to the west to you
We're just got back from friends in Curacao. We were there when the flooding in Texas began.
We flew just in time back, we just missed hurricane Irma....
Bad times for you folks overthere!

[idbeast]

Looking good!
Jim

[Black_Sheep]

I'm glad the failure didn't happen when you were driving on the street. On something that you absolutely want to stay tight and not rotate, I would consider a shaft with a keyway (think crankshaft and harmonic balancer).

It would be a fairly easy job for a competent machinist.

[RockinKees]

Yeah baby!!!
People will notice you'll be coming round the corner

[mud.man.rj]

Just plain nasty, love it.
Mudman.

[Nut Case]

ptc

The national earthquake center reported a disturbance in the force about the time you started that fire breather. MUUUUUMMMMMMM

Strong work

You have 6, 2" gauges, what are they? Fuel, oil pressure, volts, and gas---


Keep on keepin on

NC

[lower50's]

Oh sooo gooood!! I love the idle when you can count the 4 on each side.

[ptc]

Thanks all.... its been a long hard row to hoe.... but its very close now. The brake pedal system is becoming a head scratcher for me because that one system has to WORK BETTER THAN ALL THE OTHERS.... or theres gonna be trouble. Im gonna take the whole assembly down to a machine shop and see what they can design that can go back in easy enough. Would a slave cylinder have enough pressure to push that booster rod ? or would it be just full ON and full OFF?

The P/S psi line is also a problem, it has blown the -6AN line off the psi side of the pump twice now. I think its blowing under higher revs. These are good Earls type hose ends, and the second time I put the hose together I made sure it bit good and hard so I dont know quite what is happening there. Just wondering if the hydroboost is messed up or something.

NUTCASE --- the small gauges are 2 1/16" dia. and they are VOLT, WATER TEMP, OIL PSI, OIL TEMP, FUEL LEVEL and ---- BOOST!




anyway ---- still working it.... Thanks again!!

[oldman3]

Says I'm not in a group, so I can't see it...Jim

[ptc]

Originally Posted by oldman3

Says I'm not in a group, so I can't see it...Jim

Sorry Jim - -had to make it a PUBLIC post ---- try it now.

https://www.facebook.com/paul.christ...8155982304738/


thanks

[Black_Sheep]

Sounds good and rowdy Paul! Congrats...

[BAM55]

Great job it sounds really healthy.

[oldman3]

Got it now, and you are correct it sounds ANGRY...Jim

[Kim57]

Sounds great.
Kim

[Rickysnickers]

Marvelous!!!

[mongocanfly]

ABREED!!!!!!!!! sounds awsome!!!!!!

[Dan in Pasadena]

She's a mean sounding beast! Daily driver, huh?!

[MIKESAD50]

What type of hose and fittings?. I used a Detroit speed hose my and it's got different fitting and hose than a standard -6 hose
Truck is looking good and hope you can get a linkage for brakes worked out.

[MIKESAD50]

you need a fitting with a ferrell that goes on the outside of the hard line in the center.

[ptc]

Originally Posted by MIKESAD50

you need a fitting with a ferrell that goes on the outside of the hard line in the center.

Yep Im using the braided 'soft' lines that are black nylon braid with rubber internal. The fitting I found on there is a crappy Summit chinese thing... see photo below. I guess it wont hold, it just doesnt crimp the line on there tight enough I guess. Im gonna go down to Parker and have them crimp me a custom line in their hydraulic press hose maker.... done with this!


The brake pedal thingy is going to be a whole 'nother project. It was just to move it on the left side of the steering column where the clutch used to be. I should have left the clutch assembly in the frame!

Im thinking I may go with flanged bearings, like this:
and drill a hole in the frame rail and run a shaft right thru from pedal to lever, key it, bolt it. IDeas? Comments?

[idbeast]

Originally Posted by ptc

The brake pedal thingy is going to be a whole 'nother project. It was just to move it on the left side of the steering column where the clutch used to be. I should have left the clutch assembly in the frame!

Im thinking I may go with flanged bearings, like this:
and drill a hole in the frame rail and run a shaft right thru from pedal to lever, key it, bolt it. IDeas? Comments?

That should do the trick, in the industrial world it is a common practice to use the flanged bearing for support! It most likely will need a key to keep the arm in position.