My 52 GMC Build

[lower50's]

Originally Posted by RockinKees

Yep, that's it!
I would keep it flat, just my opinion 😉

That's the front runner so far

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

I saw a 54 COE in Kansas a few years ago that had the safety tread plate. They painted the base body color and sanded the tops of the bars. (or masked them off) It looked really awesome.

Yup that's not a bad idea.

[lower50's]

I was going through some pictures and came across my first 1950 GMC. I bought it out of a field up north for $400 about 16 years ago. It was so rotten when I pulled the cab off the floor fell out. I kept some of the parts (like the front bumper is now my rear bumper) anything worth keeping and scrapped the rest. Now that I know more I wish I kept more of it, but live and learn.

[piratexpress1369a]

I like #5 also

[RockinKees]

I've seen worse on this this board....

[99 to Life]

I wish I woulda never seen this! I know you mentioned it but to get a visual hurts! woulda been a perfect repurposed desk candidate or some wall art. I'll save anything just for that reason.

[lower50's]

Originally Posted by RockinKees

I've seen worse on this this board....

Yes some people are very talented at saving old iorn.

Originally Posted by 99 to Life

I wish I woulda never seen this! I know you mentioned it but to get a visual hurts! woulda been a perfect repurposed desk candidate or some wall art. I'll save anything just for that reason.

Ya I agree!! I wish I kept it, but at the time I had no idea where to get parts or info on these trucks. I kick myself all the time about it.

[lower50's]

Found something interesting for the air ride world. Not cheap but would make for a real clean install.
http://endo.accuair.com/

[Advanced Design]

Originally Posted by lower50's

Found something interesting for the air ride world. Not cheap but would make for a real clean install.
http://endo.accuair.com/

That is an impressive concept. My obvious concern would be failure of the seal and a long term evaluation would be interesting.

[99 to Life]

I'v been seeing this and the Flo ride systems all over IG. its the new "mobwheels" of the industry. everyone is jumping on the bandwagon. It does make for some clean install. I like the concept and I'm sure it will hold up, if it doesn't I'm sure they can fix the problems. This design is just hitting the market and alot of folks are already jumping on them.

[RockinKees]

Just came across this picture of you on Facebook.
You probably have seen it, but it's a too nice pic not to share...

[lower50's]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

That is an impressive concept. My obvious concern would be failure of the seal and a long term evaluation would be interesting.

Yes I had the same thought

Originally Posted by 99 to Life

I'v been seeing this and the Flo ride systems all over IG. its the new "mobwheels" of the industry. everyone is jumping on the bandwagon. It does make for some clean install. I like the concept and I'm sure it will hold up, if it doesn't I'm sure they can fix the problems. This design is just hitting the market and alot of folks are already jumping on them.

It is modular so you just need to fix the broken part.

Originally Posted by crestronwizard

Yes, that! Looks great.

Originally Posted by RockinKees

Just came across this picture of you on Facebook.
You probably have seen it, but it's a too nice pic not to share...

Wow that picture is getting around. Thanks

[lower50's]

So I'm back from a vacation, we took my 2 boys to Varadero Cuba. They had never been anywhere before, They had a blast!! This is a great place to go, people are so friendly and the old cars driving around are amazing, most are diesel of some type. I'll just show you guys some of the cars and trucks. This was my 3rd time there and now have a good understanding that Cubans make Macgyver look like child's play. All the vehicles are used daily.

[lower50's]

1&2 This is the '55 Belair taxi we took to Havana it had a 5 cylinder Mercedes Diesel
3rd Portawalls any one?
4th Then I found my truck with an interesting tilt front end. Used everyday as a bus.
5th This last pick is a auto garage I saw in Havana.

[lower50's]

On our way to Havana the car lost most of it's power and idled like poop. Turns out it cracked an injection line 4 out of 5 got us there. I told my family you go look around I'm staying here to help fix it! After we walked around for a bit we took the owners other Belair. It had a diesel and 5 on the tree!! wtf cool. After lunch they had the 55 fixed with a piece of brake line for an injector line and we where off again. It was a amazing day.
1 showing me broken line
2 how to mount Mercedes diesel in Belair
3&4 lunch Belair
5 Any one know what rear end this car had?






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[RDrancher]

That sure looks like a Toyota non-USA floater. I had one from an Aussie FJ60 Land Cruiser in my FJ40 LC but those were 6 lug (offset differential.) All of the Toyota trucks/LC's and other variations are offered with full floaters pretty much everywhere other than North America and the 2wd versions would be 5 lug. From the early 80's to 90 (or so) the 2wd 1 ton was also available in the US as a SRW 5 lug and DRW 6 lug.

[lower50's]

Originally Posted by RDrancher

That sure looks like a Toyota non-USA floater. I had one from an Aussie FJ60 Land Cruiser in my FJ40 LC but those were 6 lug (offset differential.) All of the Toyota trucks/LC's and other variations are offered with full floaters pretty much everywhere other than North America and the 2wd versions would be 5 lug. From the early 80's to 90 (or so) the 2wd 1 ton was also available in the US as a SRW 5 lug and DRW 6 lug.

Sound quite possible as they get most of there parts from non USA country's.

[youngrodder]

Very cool pictures and memories for the family I bet. Thanks for sharing.

Marc

[RockinKees]

Can't tell you the rear end on that car.
But a great vacation story and nice pics!!!

[joedoh]

love the mercedes diesel, I love weirdo swaps like that. I bought a 300SD with that engine, 5 cylinder turbo diesel. it was a locomotive on the highway just pulled and pulled but the turbo lag meant when you were pulling from a side street to a busy street you better plan very carefully, 0-20 takes longer than 20-100!

[99 to Life]

very cool. I watched a few episodes of a tv show called cuban rides or something. it was basically a hotrod type show of the cubans getting their rides ready. insane what they got to deal with. like even welding gas there is hard to come by. I luv the time warp and I hope it stays that way to some degree. Would suck to see them get flooded with new cars and forget about the old ones.

[MIKESAD50]

99toLife,
I've seen some show Cuban chrome or something. It was awesome to see how they hunt down parts and make whatever they have work, MBZ in a chevy, whatever.

Very resourceful

[Dieselwrencher]

Very cool! I could definitely fit in down there I guess. Nice vacation. I saw the cuban chrome show too and had the same thoughts. They really have to be resourceful down there.

[shopteacher]

Great pictures and write up on your vacation! Thanks for sharing!

[Advanced Design]

Looks like a very cool trip! Were accommodations reasonably priced?

[piratexpress1369a]

Pretty awesome trip