Operation 1950 Burn Victim

[FarmerSid]

Nice pictures. LT4 would be nice. Ha.

[IronDougal]

Since the Camaro is done now I am back in full with the 50' Chevy.
Fitting new parts and making all the fine details look good.

We got the rearend brakes and such together.
A lot of cleaning and scraping. Thank you Oven Cleaner.









She's all new. Thanks Brett.

We are only awaiting the brake lines.

Next was bolting all the spring brackets on..




Rockstar:


Fitting the gas tank and brake lines.

[oldman3]

Looks real nice...Jim

[Advanced Design]

Very nice. That is a Camaro tank isn't it?

[IronDougal]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Very nice. That is a Camaro tank isn't it?

Yes Sir AD. Ordered from Summit Racing. It is from a 1969 Camaro. We have a love for the 69' at my shop so I thought it only natural to use parts from one. The rearend is also a 69' Camaro.

[IronDougal]

Originally Posted by oldman3

Looks real nice...Jim

Thanks again Oldman Jim. I am excited to get back at it.

[Advanced Design]

Originally Posted by IronDougal

Yes Sir AD. Ordered from Summit Racing. It is from a 1969 Camaro. We have a love for the 69' at my shop so I thought it only natural to use parts from one. The rearend is also a 69' Camaro.

Thanks Irondougal...Looking at the 69 Camaro tank to see if it would work in our Burb. Probably be sitting too low to the ground for the fill to be in the right place.

Oven cleaner is a great degreaser....just picked that idea up last year.

Looking forward to your next updates.

[IronDougal]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Thanks Irondougal...Looking at the 69 Camaro tank to see if it would work in our Burb. Probably be sitting too low to the ground for the fill to be in the right place.

Oven cleaner is a great degreaser....just picked that idea up last year.

Looking forward to your next updates.

AD,
I have worked for this company for almost 20 years now. We deal in a lot of classic cars. Chevy mostly. Vette's and Camaro's. Minor resto and engine detail has been a main function for me the whole time I have been here. Oven cleaner has been used for many of these past years. Back in the day it was much worse to the lungs but much better for cleaning. Take some and leave some I guess. HAHA.
This 50' Chevy is the owners truck he has owned since he was 12.

Thanks so much for checking her out.

[50 Chevy LS3]

Irondougal, I've been quietly reading along your build thread, and very interested. I'm only subscribed to four threads on this forum, one is this one. Very nice work. I'm curious, have you given up on a dropped front axle? Seems to me you will have a nose-high attitude to the truck if you go with TCI's dropped rear springs and factory original front springs. Quite a lot actually. Most guys go with a forward rake, or, as the case with my truck, low and level. One other thing, I found with TCI's kit, (I have it also) the rear axle needs moved rearward an additional 1.5" to 2" to center the wheels in the rear fenders.
I'm also curious, tire and wheel size? and back space?
Again, excellent work, keep it up!

[IronDougal]

Originally Posted by 50 Chevy LS3

Irondougal, I've been quietly reading along your build thread, and very interested. I'm only subscribed to four threads on this forum, one is this one. Very nice work. I'm curious, have you given up on a dropped front axle? Seems to me you will have a nose-high attitude to the truck if you go with TCI's dropped rear springs and factory original front springs. Quite a lot actually. Most guys go with a forward rake, or, as the case with my truck, low and level. One other thing, I found with TCI's kit, (I have it also) the rear axle needs moved rearward an additional 1.5" to 2" to center the wheels in the rear fenders.
I'm also curious, tire and wheel size? and back space?
Again, excellent work, keep it up!

Hey 50 Chevy.
Thanks for following.

It took a while to get a new built front drop axle. Speedway Motors finally got a small shipment in from their supplier and sent one my way. It is a 3" drop so I am hoping to be sitting even front to back.
The front springs are new. I purchased them from CPP along with the front disk brake kit. From what I found this should sit very evenly. If not I know a group of guys that can arch the springs to any drop I need.

I was under the impression that the TCI kit would align the rear axle to where it needed to be. I got the kit that was for this particular build. ie Stock frame and 2nd gen F-body rear diff. Let's hope it works eh'..

The wheels that are rolling around on it are not for this truck. They go on my 73' Trans Am build. I just needed them for this. They are however 17" wheels. 17" x 9.5" rear 275/40/17 with about 5.75 back spacing, and the fronts are 17" 8.0" with 4.5" back spacing and 245/45/17 tires.

Thanks again for following. Things are moving right along. The front axle is getting chromed right now and should be back next week. The rear axle will be going in later today.


Toby...

[IronDougal]

With the gas tank in place and mounted, it was time to get the diff in place to double check alignment.








On the ground. No more jack stands.









Setting the CPP master up.
I thought I had lost this little bracket. I couldn't find it for a few days. Luckily we don't throw everything away.


That dang undercoating.


BOOM!!!!






Next it was time to clean up some little engine parts and get the intake and exhaust mounted.

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In the process of building the rest of the brake and fuel lines.

More next week,
Stay tuned!!!!

[oldman3]

Very nice work, looks great...Jim

[IronDougal]

Originally Posted by oldman3

Very nice work, looks great...Jim

Hey Jim,
Thank you very much.

[IronDougal]

Updates big time this past week. There was a lot of time spent cleaning the "little" detail parts. Paint removal. Wire wheel and grinder. Clean and paint. More cleaning; more painting.

But first I will show off the rest of the rear diff and brakes.







Sure looks purdy to me.

Now for some details.

The Starter pivot thing. Still not sure that I will use this starting system, but for now I detailed it.


All cleaned up.




The clutch fork that I will be using.


Just some random this and that. Plus the bellhousing.


Brake and clutch.
( I think ) haha


This is ugly.



We still have the original horn so I figured I should restore it.






I will get this re-chromed.







It turns out that the 57' 235 water pump does not come with a pulley. Since we did not have a pump for this engine it has made it difficult to find something to fit.
So after much contemplation and searching, I found this original pulley on some website like ebay but not.



All cleaned up

(yes, that is a 1967 Vette Roadster 427 Tripower in the background. Side pipes and all)




You can tell its age.



Like a glove!!


Now for some bellhousing tricks.
A little base black.






Starter thing installed.
I need shorter bolts.




And with the clutch fork.


Mad props to my monkey boy for doing the steam cleaning for me.

[oldman3]

Very nice detail work, that takes a lot of time, looks great...Jim

[IronDougal]

Originally Posted by oldman3

Very nice detail work, that takes a lot of time, looks great...Jim

Thanks again Jim.
You are correct! Detail work is the most difficult, but has the best reward.

[IronDougal]

Don't have a lot, but I have a little.

I got the front axle back from the Chrome guys. It looks really nice.
So time to disassemble the front and detail parts.








Got the NEW springs cleaned up and coated.



And here she is.



Ugly Before



Short and sweet.
I will hopefully be back on her Monday morning, but I have been put in the mix to finish up the 67' Corvette resto we are doing. So if I have parts then that is 1st.

Enjoy all.

Toby...

[IronDougal]

Stayed late at the shop last night to get something done worth while.

The new drop axle has bigger ends on it than the stock one, so in-turn, the king pin bearings that came in the upgrade kit do not fit. Waiting for some new ones to show up. So for now I got the bulk of the front axle installed.

Enjoy:








Hope that wasn't too redundant.

Finished the horn last night too.
The factory horn that mounts to the intake manifold is dead. Not sure if I care enuff to rebuild that one.




Hopefully I get my bearings together today. I also need to find the front shock mounts.

Toby..

[Advanced Design]

All the detail parts are coming together nicely...looks really good all clean and painted! Love it.

[IronDougal]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

All the detail parts are coming together nicely...looks really good all clean and painted! Love it.

Thanks AD.
It sure is nice when we can see things take shape.

Toby...

[IronDougal]

Things are coming together quite nicely.
Still waiting for my spindle bearing, so I decided to drop the engine in and get her set up.
Clutch and flywheel in and set.










I also got the radiator so I checked its fitment.




Thumbs up:




This is next.

[iowaboynca]

Motor looks GORGEOUS!

[IronDougal]

It's been a while boys. I had to put this old girl on hold while I was doing the resto on our 1967 Vette. I will share a couple images of that just for fun. But first!!!! A couple images of the 1950/





Nothing too special to post today except the fact that I am back on her.


And now for something completely different:



Just a little bit of sugar.



And then my Boss got himself a toy that was just too good to pass up.



Until next time kids.

Thank you for keeping up.

Toby...

[Advanced Design]

Toby, chassis and engine is looking reall good. Nice looking Vette and new toy too. Staying tuned in for truck updates.

[IronDougal]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Toby, chassis and engine is looking reall good. Nice looking Vette and new toy too. Staying tuned in for truck updates.

Thanks AD.

As much as I enjoy the Vette, I really love building the 50' pu. It was a relief to be able to install some bolts and paint some stuff after this long.

Thanks again for checking her out.