'50 5 window.....s10 swap

[southbounddee]

58'' man that's what i need,...sure wish someone on here knew what that came out of...

[jeffs51chevy]

58 inches - that's funny. I just had mine shortened to 58 3/4, measuring from the seal to the back of the cup. It only ran $80 to shorten and balance. Thanks Jim in Garden City. We must be close on engine/transmission position.

[1952ssr]

My driveshaft is 56" and is from a mid '90's roadmaster. I'm running a LT1/4L60 and the shaft likes about 1 1/2 from being exactly where it was in the roadmaster which leave me still plenty of shaft in the tranny. I picked mine up at a local junkyard. I modified my stock S10 cross member by pie cutting the right side so it would fit the curve on the frame and on the left side frame cut it and bent it (hammered actually) inward to match the original mount base. Redrilled the holes and done.

[rhodog77]

hey Jeff,

good to hear from you. hope things are running smooth on your project. i got lucky with the driveshaft, price and length. It was nice to not have to have it cut and balanced. I had a guy quote me 200.00 to have one made with new u joints. I saved about 150.00. I found a guy in CL over in cincinnati who had a NOS chrome bumper for 100 bucks!! I just got home with it, its PURTY!!!

[estig70]

"I just got home with it, its PURTY!!!"

Contrary to your signature,

Eric

[rhodog77]

hey eric,

you know how it is in KY. pretty, purty, its all the same. How this, It looks gud, i mean good!!

[estig70]

Originally Posted by rhodog77

hey eric,

you know you its in KY. pretty, purty, its all the same. How this, It looks gud, i mean good!!

I know the lingo, just sayin' your remark about it being "purty" contradicts your signature, "it ain't purty but it will work".

keep up the gud wook, nice score on the kab by the way.

Eric

[Dan Bowles]

How far you boys from Ashland KY? I may be headed to that area (still in Ohellhole, er Ohio) to pick up a parts panel in the coming month. 250 miles for scrap...I think I'm stupid...

[rhodog77]

Im about 2 1/2 hours away. Im 10 minutes from cincinnati.

[Dan Bowles]

I'm 2 1/2 hours from Cincy! Or maybe a bit more...I'm just north of Toledo.

[estig70]

Originally Posted by Dan Bowles

How far you boys from Ashland KY? I may be headed to that area (still in Ohellhole, er Ohio) to pick up a parts panel in the coming month. 250 miles for scrap...I think I'm stupid...

Dan,

I'm about an hour west of Ashland.

Eric

[rhodog77]

Just got home from the Rod Run in Pigeon Forge TN, UNBELIEVABLE!!!! There were so many cars there. It was like a rolling car show for hours and hours. Its a must for car lovers, cars and trucks cruising the Smokey Mountains. Anyway, got my radiator home and couldnt wait to see how it fit. I have an extra core support that is butchered up. I used it to see how the fit is.

The radiator is from Summit 19 x 22. It fits perfect!!

[rhodog77]

Here are few pix from the Grand Rod Run in Pigeon Forge TN



This MIGHT BE the coolest car I have ever seen!!! Its a 3/4 scale 32 ford on a midget race car frame with a Harley 1200 sportster. The rims look like 20 rears/18 fronts but they were more like 15's/13's. The whole car is like 8 feet long. the owner said that HD was going to produce this with a partner but he passed away and no one took over. Apparently he only made 10 bodies, 9 are one the road. I have more pix of it if anyone is interested.

[nickp51chevy]

That HD engine in the duce makes it cool in my book. It seems that duce's are everywhere, but when you see something like that to make it unique, that makes it it's own entity. Very cool thanks for sharing.

I wanted to do something similar with a 1200 HD engine and a small car. I was going to use a 60's Fiat 500 station wagon, but they wanted to much for the car so I bought my '51 instead; a better choice in retrospect.

[rhodog77]

Finally got some work done, seems like a long time since I made progress. Got all the holes welded up on the dash, fiberglassed and primed up. Its only bolted in. I still have to push it forward and spot weld it to the windshield frame lip. The dash came out really nice. Hoping to have the steering back in and buttoned up this week.

[tray]

Looks great!! I gotta get started on mine.

[panelrodder81]

"What was the length of your driveshaft?"


heheeeheeeheee... wouldn't you like to know!

[rhodog77]

Got some good work done today. Got the dash supports back in, hung the steering column, connected the steering linkage and threw the stock seat in to see how much seat to steering wheel room I have. Everything lined up perfect. Still have to order my shifting linkage from Summit racing (Lokar ACA-1800). I hope to have it by next week. I do need to figure out how to cover the column/wiring. Any ideas would be appreciated. Here are few pix.

[OrrieG]

Love it when everything falls into place. I have seen column covers made from carpet to match the floor, fabric or leather to match the seats, half round metal or fiberglass. Do an internet image search for chevy truck interior, dozens of ideas will show up. If you are ambitious go take a look at some of the work at fiberglassforum.com. I am still trying to decide myself what to do on mine.

[rhodog77]

Picked up some more sheetmetal for my project this weekend. 150 bucks for the box, no fenders. Its got a few dings and needs a patch on the front pan but other than that very very solid. The tailgate is in really good shape. I have been looking for a 54/55 bed for quite a while. Its in Atlanta, 500 miles away from my house, stored at my in-laws house. Cant wait to get it home and start working it over.

[chevy49]

nice find at a nice price.truck is looking good.you are working hard to get the truck done.keep it up.

[Dan Bowles]

Looking good, all the way around!

[1952ssr]

I thought I had seen that bed.....I saw it on craigslist ATL. Lookin good, thanks for the pictures, I'll be doing my column the same way.

[nickp51chevy]

I'm diggin the dash, and nice fine on the bed. It's always awesome when you find a deal like that.

[rhodog77]

52ssr,

It was a craiglist find. I was on about 2-3 months ago. It was supposed to sold a few different times but no one ever showed up with the cash. Their lose my gain. The column came out really nice. I have about 5 bucks total in the column mount and the floor mount.

Hope to have my brake pedal in and the brakes buttoned up this weekend.