'60 GMC 4x4 Long Fenderside

[Corts60]

[QUOTE=chevy_man5;4977578]Does anyone know where I could get new parking light lenses, and or housings for new hood?QUOTE]

Those are not reproduced and probably a good chance they won't be anytime soon unfortunately. The GMC hood's are not very popular and there are relatively few around.

[chevy_man5]

Thanks Cort. That was not what I hoped to hear, but, was what I was expecting.

I hadn't thought about it before, but I just sent the guy I bought the better hood from a message, to see if he still happens to have the ones that should have been in there.

Something will turn up!

[chevy_man5]

Didn't get much done on the truck today so far. My son and I carved pumpkins and goofed off most of the day instead.

[pope]

looks like the rear axle had been switched out, and they bent all thread to make the u bolts. the axle has a set of shock mounts and rubber bump stops that dont belong...The lift blocks with the shock mounts on the bottom is correct for 60 through part of 63 production 4wd.
Nice pumpkin carving!

[Dub_X]

@ Pope - I do believe that it's definitely not the factory axle, actually I don't even think it's GM

Because - Jason, isn't there a pic on this thread of the rear differential, and if I'm right doesn't it say '74 or '73 Ford?

[chevy_man5]

Will, back on page 3 post #65 the diff cover says 74 F@rd.

I'll have to look and see if F@rds of that era ran the Dana 44's also.

If it is a F@rd, will that matter any if the front end is still GM, or will it only matter if they are the same gear ratio?

Pope, thanks for the information, and the pumpkin compliment. My son will be happy to hear it.

I'll look up some info on F@rd, and see if they ran the Dana 44's, and if so, if they looked like what I have.

Thanks for the help, I need all I can get!!!

[Dub_X]

I don't know much about axles and gear ratios, but you never know. Hopefully you won't have to go rear-end hunting.

Pumpkins are very creative, by the way. Wish we had carved pumpkins this year, but we didn't. Oh well, always next year.

[chevy_man5]

I think the ratio is the only thing that matters because they are actually made by Dana, it shouldn't (in theory) matter what they came on, I hope.

I don't know much about them either, that's why I am posting it on here, so people smarter them me can help out!! LOL

Thanks for the compliment on the pumpkins too Will. They turned out pretty good, and look cool lit up.

We didn't get much done on the truck this weekend. Mostly straightened up the garage, and put away tools. It was getting to a point where we couldn't find anything.

We cleaned out the cowl and the vents in the cab. We also added some heat in the garage for the upcoming colder months. We cut a hole in the side of the furnace ducting and put in a register. It seems to work pretty good!

[Dub_X]

We didn't get much done on the truck this weekend. Mostly straightened up the garage, and put away tools. It was getting to a point where we couldn't find anything.

I know how that is. Me and my dad can almost never find our tools. A few months ago we finally went through our mess of a tool shed [Our shed is a 48 foot semi trailer that had the front crunched, so it's missing about 10 feet, making it more 38.] We found sockets, wrenches, ratchets, and a bunch of other crap that we haven't been able to find in 3 years. We're still missing a lot, but at least we know where most things are when we need them...like 18mm wrenches that we've got at least a dozen of...and at this moment can only find three.

[pope]

The only thing to really worry about is keeping the ratios close. Within 1% for highway use and up to 2% if you are really only going to be off road with it in 4wd. I am pretty sure that Both the blue oval and GMC ran the Dana (spicer in the day) as rear axles while Chevy ran the Eaton and Corperate rear. The dana 44 was pretty well used by everyone as a front diff, with the blue oval running a driver side pumpkin while GM and Dodge ran pass side pumpkins. The nice thing about running a Dana axle is you can easily match the ratios and there are so many options for gear sets. The Eaton rears on the other hand were limited to 4.10 as a high for production gears with an aftermarket 3.90 that has been out of production for some time.

[chevy_man5]

Pope thank you for the info. I wanted to change out the fluid in the diffs anyway, so will count the teeth when I have them open, and see where they are at. I would hope that when they replaced the rear, they matched the front, but I better make sure!

The front and rear covers are the same, and according to someone earlier, they are Dana 44's.

I was meaning to get the numbers of of the axles, to see if I can translate them into some information, but didn't get that far tonight. Too many little munchkins ringing my doorbell tonight.



Will, what in the world are you doing with a dozen 18mm wrenches??? LOL

[Dub_X]

Originally Posted by chevy_man5

Pope thank you for the info. I wanted to change out the fluid in the diffs anyway, so will count the teeth when I have them open, and see where they are at. I would hope that when they replaced the rear, they matched the front, but I better make sure!

The front and rear covers are the same, and according to someone earlier, they are Dana 44's.

I was meaning to get the numbers of of the axles, to see if I can translate them into some information, but didn't get that far tonight. Too many little munchkins ringing my doorbell tonight.



Will, what in the world are you doing with a dozen 18mm wrenches??? LOL

Me and my dad have collected a lot of wrenches over the years. More than just 18mm. Lol. Just from collecting over the years, that's all.

[KroAutomotiveInc]

looking good man wanna trade trucks lol! ive been pulling bee hives out of my truck for 2 years lol found one just the other day never had a bird or mouse nest tho !

[chevy_man5]

Let me think about it...nope, I think I'll keep mine!! Thanks for asking though! LOL

Mine sat in a field for 9+ years, so I am surprised that the mouse/bird/wasp problem is not worse than it is.

I haven't gotten much done lately, life keeps getting in my way. Oh well, I'll get back to it soon!

[chevy_man5]

We haven't done much lately, but I have come up with a little update / question list.

I haven’t seen any mirrors that look like this one in other people’s trucks. Is this stock, or maybe old aftermarket?








We pulled off the trans hump, and found the gasket / seal underneath it looks like it has never been off of the truck. It had an OLD piece of masking tape on each of the corners, and holding in the ends.




Part of the groove the seal is in is pretty rusty, so we pulled the seal out. Under most of the seal, was what looked like brand new paint, and some kind of glue.




I have been meaning to ask if anyone knows what this tag might be for on the water pump.

[Dub_X]

LOL, Jason, that tape would be perfect for an old antique museum or something. "Yes, I have here 2 strips of 51-year-old tape...that came off my truck...and they're still intact." Lmao.

[Corts60]

Hey Jason,

That tag on the water pump is some kind of assembly line tag. Both of my v6's have had them. I can't find any info on what exactly they mean, but I think it is worth hanging onto just in case somewhere down the road we find out what their purpose was.

[chevy_man5]

Cort, are they the #035 also, or a different number? I was just wondering if maybe the water pump was part #35 to go on the engine, or something along those lines.

What kind of mirror was in your truck and your burb? Is it like the one in mine, or the 3 hole one?

[Corts60]

I want to say it is 039 but maybe it was 035. I don't have my truck here to go look unfortunately. Both my engines were 305A's.

Also, my truck had the three hole mirror and my suburban has this one:

[Corts60]

You meant the inside mirror didn't you? It was a three hole one in my truck and the suburan didn't have one at all. It didn't even have holes in the roof for one, but I took the one out of my truck and installed it.

[C@rnut001]

I really like your truck. Wish I had one like it up here in Alaska. I would keep the stepside style bed. Keep up the work and keep us updated.

[chevy_man5]

Thanks C@rnut001!! The 4wd would be handy up there! How far are you from North Pole? I have a friend that is a nurse there.

With the divorce pending, I haven't been doing much on the truck. She wants my truck in the divorce. She knows it is rare, and thinks it is worth a bunch. She is not taking into account that it needs A LOT of work to make it worth anything. So I am kind of waiting to see what the fallout is, and just messing with it a little here and there for now.

We did take apart the heater core, and cleaned it all out, but other than that, not much!

What truck(s) do you have?

[C@rnut001]

I am in rural southwestern Alaska, quite a ways from Fairbanks and North Pole. I currently don't have a truck of my own. I am driving a school owned '93 Chevy Suburban and have to fix it on a normal basis. I tried to buy an old '70 Chevy 1/2 ton 4X4 with an inline 6 in it. The family that owns it really don't want to sell it (actually, the guy did, but his wife said no...imagine that....). I had a '66 Chevy 1/2 ton longbed fleetside that only had 80,000 on it. Sold it to my brother and he still has it and plans to restore it (it sat for 15 years after the farmer's son whose estate I bought it from had died and he never drove it again). Anyway, I think I will try to convince this family to give up their '70 again. Hope you don't lose your truck in your big D... though I don't see how she is claiming it since you owned it before and her name was never on the title (if I remember everything you said about it). Good luck with it all.

[chevy_man5]

That sucks you weren't able to pick up that '70. Oh well, something will come along.

A few weeks ago, I looked back at the title, and was mistaken earlier, the truck was titled in my name 2 months after we got married. I thought it was before. OOPS. It has been in my name only the entire time though, so hopefully that will mean something. We'll see. It'll either work out, or it won't!

[McMurphy]

Hey there Jason,
I live in North Pole.... just sayin... LOL