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03-11-2016, 01:34 AM
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
Nice, such a good feeling to get it rolling. I agree with the running board almost level aired out, never looks intentional.
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03-11-2016, 11:08 AM
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
Just went through your build, very cool.
Mark...
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03-11-2016, 12:05 PM
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
Looking Good!
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03-11-2016, 12:13 PM
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
Oh my gosh....you are doing a great job on this truck...
Congrats on getting it rolling... MikeC |
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03-11-2016, 03:02 PM
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
Thanks guys!!
Pulled him out of the garage and am cleaning the shop now......... |
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03-11-2016, 11:33 PM
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
Looking good.....Its always nice to get it back to roller status.
Marc
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03-12-2016, 01:24 AM
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
Happy to get him rolled out of the garage and get it all cleaned up.
 I spun spun him around and put the 350/350 combo in to the rack and pinion mocked up.  
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03-14-2016, 11:41 AM
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
Still plugging away on this install.
Threw the motor in to mock up the rack and pinion set up.  The mounting on this rack was offset to the drivers side which makes mounting a bit more troublesome. I picked up some 4" x 4" x 3/16" tubing to make some mounts out of. Scott suggests a 3" notch to clear the rack. This WILL NOT work with a Ford rack. I had to open up my notch to almost 6" to clear the Ford rack. Frustrating to cut apart something that was finished.  I had to remove some material on the passenger side of the crossmember to clear the rack. I got a little overzealous with the skinny wheel and sawzall.  mock up  Making brackets   Tacked in  Fit test. I did end up opening up the notch after this. Both side welded in and the relief boxed in. I just need to rebox the bottom of the notch!! 
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03-14-2016, 12:15 PM
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
great job, I feel yah on cutting up finished stuff. but that's the name of the game. you handled it well.
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03-14-2016, 05:00 PM
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04-03-2016, 09:49 AM
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
Still pluggin away. Motor is now buttoned up. New set of reworked 601 heads installed.
 I threw a fresh coat of Chevy Orange on the motor and tossed it back in the chassis. First thing on the agenda is steering.   
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04-03-2016, 01:48 PM
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
coming along. steering is always a treat on these.
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04-03-2016, 07:46 PM
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
Saw on FB you sorted it out. Nice job.
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04-03-2016, 11:30 PM
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
Nice work....Getting closer to hitting the road.
Marc
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04-04-2016, 10:09 AM
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Plugging away as time allows. |
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04-04-2016, 10:08 AM
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04-04-2016, 01:12 AM
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
what a great look your truck has!
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04-04-2016, 10:06 AM
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
Busy weekend with family and kid obligations, but I did manage a couple hours in the garage.
I was pretty nervous about the steering set up before I even started. The input shaft of the rack was aimed right at my drivers side motor mount.  The headers I am running gave me a couple good sized openings to get through.  When it was all said and done it was not as big of a deal as I had dreaded in the first place. I modified the motor mount a bit so the bolt hole was closer to the block. This required extending the mount a couple inches and cutting the biscuit. Once I did this it allowed the clearance I needed.    I mocked it up with a piece of dowl rod and it works great. Now I am going to pull the motor and weld up the modified motor mount and paint the area. Once that is done hopefully the motor will go in to stay. New parts are arriving daily. New rear calipers for the Ford 8.8.  CPP Firewall mounted Brake Booster.
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04-04-2016, 10:14 AM
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04-04-2016, 05:02 PM
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
Below is a great thread on the HAMB about grinding your stock steering shaft to a DD.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/t...-tools.798515/ |
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04-04-2016, 06:42 PM
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
The pic from the front with it aired out looks so good. Steering check, nice new brake parts check.
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04-04-2016, 06:54 PM
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
UP next is front shock mounting.
The over the frame headers are taking up a bunch of room. Not sure if I can fit them behind the LCA. looking at in front of the LCA now. Amy suggestions? |
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04-04-2016, 07:00 PM
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
Steering might be in the way even more.
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04-04-2016, 09:52 PM
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
Looks great. It is always great when it is a roller again.
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04-04-2016, 10:02 PM
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
Like Lower, I think the tie rods will be in the way in front. Can you build a top mount that tucks in under the header? Might make the shock pretty short though. Alternative would be shock waves in the front.
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