1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver

[99 to Life]

that may work too, just have to make sure the Aarm isn't going to hit it.

[Elder Rogue]

Originally Posted by 99 to Life

I'd opt for some speedway tubular uppers ($100 can beat that),

I was looking at the speedway uppers until I read this on the speedway site;these a arms are a steel on steel pivot and you will notice that they are somewhat noisy and transfer a lot of vibration into the car as compared to a typical street tubular control arm. Also due to the fact that they are steel on steel they will wear out and need to be replaced fairly frequently.

Since I want a daily driver when finished, I am reconsidering these as a choice.

Just my 0.02 worth.

[99 to Life]

I have about 1k miles on mine and smooth as can be. You should grease them every few thousand miles. tons of s10 guys run them. They are a needle bearing design, nothing different from a wheel bearing really. If you have the money to spend 3-4's time as much right off the gate, I'd say yah go that route, get some poly bushed uppers.

[Coach529]

Super busy day.

We now have a roller. Such a great feeling.

My Knuckles showed up from IRS Machining today. They look great!! That allowed me to assemble the rear suspension.



I am about 1/2" to 3/4" higher in the rear than during mockup, which I found out to be the difference in the stock T-bird wheels and my Cragars and WW. Looks like I could easily take 3/4" out of my lower cups to get lower. Now sure if I will or not. The only part that really bothers me is the running boards are not parallel with the ground at air out. Kind of a pet peeve of mine. The back either needs to come down, or I need a bumpstop to raise the front 1/2" at air out.



The front is all loose mocked up. Just enough to roll.

[lower50's]

Nice, such a good feeling to get it rolling. I agree with the running board almost level aired out, never looks intentional.

[reaper71]

Just went through your build, very cool.

Mark...

[Elder Rogue]

Looking Good!

[mikec4193]

Oh my gosh....you are doing a great job on this truck...

Congrats on getting it rolling...

MikeC

[Coach529]

Thanks guys!!

Pulled him out of the garage and am cleaning the shop now.........

[youngrodder]

Looking good.....Its always nice to get it back to roller status.

Marc

[Coach529]

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.

[Coach529]

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!!

[99 to Life]

great job, I feel yah on cutting up finished stuff. but that's the name of the game. you handled it well.

[Coach529]

Originally Posted by 99 to Life

great job, I feel yah on cutting up finished stuff. but that's the name of the game. you handled it well.

Thanks!!

[Coach529]

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.

[99 to Life]

coming along. steering is always a treat on these.

[Advanced Design]

Saw on FB you sorted it out. Nice job.

[youngrodder]

Nice work....Getting closer to hitting the road.

Marc

[joedoh]

what a great look your truck has!

[Coach529]

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.

[Coach529]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Saw on FB you sorted it out. Nice job.

Thanks..........

[Coach529]

Originally Posted by youngrodder

Nice work....Getting closer to hitting the road.

Marc

I had a goal of driver by Memorial Day weekend, but I am not sure how realistic that is.

Plugging away as time allows.

[Coach529]

Originally Posted by joedoh

what a great look your truck has!

Thanks, I sure do love it!!

[Coach529]

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/

[lower50's]

The pic from the front with it aired out looks so good. Steering check, nice new brake parts check.