"Albert" -- 1949 AD, S10 Chassis

[69CST-V]

Nice work....Sub'd

[IWanna49]

Very nice, clean work!!

[joedoh]

Originally Posted by HUSSEY

Not sure why I needed a separate bracket that bolted in-between the frame and bumper but that’s what I came up with.

maybe someday you want to run with no bumper, ADs look good like that. I had a 65 chevy and the front bumper mounts were part of the end of the framerail, so without a bumper it looked cool but had those bumper mounts sticking out. so it was run a bumper or cut the frame off.





anyway, your truck looks fantastic!

[WorkinWrenchs]

This is a lot of great information. I may be using some of your ideas here and there especially on the radiator mount. Keep the pics and info coming along. The truck at this rate will be done in no time.

[HUSSEY]

Originally Posted by joedoh

maybe someday you want to run with no bumper

Sounds like as good of an excuse as any. I have seen a couple without front bumpers and they have a cool look of their own if they're sitting nice and low like your truck above.

[HUSSEY]

Originally Posted by WorkinWrenchs

This is a lot of great information. I may be using some of your ideas here and there especially on the radiator mount. Keep the pics and info coming along. The truck at this rate will be done in no time.

Thanks man, this site has been a wealth of information for me!

[HUSSEY]

Just for the hell of it I set the truck on all four tires last night wanting to see where it sat. I had a couple folks asking how high I thought the running boards would be off the ground. The front bumper is about a 1/2 in. taller than a beer can. The back of the front fenders are sitting right at 6 in. off the ground. There may be some front coil trimming in the future but I think I’ll be leaving the front at this ride height until I get it on the road and see just how much lower I can go. I would like to get the back end dropped some more to get the truck sitting level, but I won’t mess with that until all the metal is in place.

[DeanTX]

Thanks for the update. I think it looks perfect where it sits now.

[iowaboynca]

I think the stance looks good as is but that's me but i see what you mean about the getting the bed on. keep it up!

[DeanTX]

Hussey, did you ever mention how many owners "Albert" has had? I'm curious because the fact the name stayed on the truck might mean you are only the 2nd owner.

For my 1951, I am the third owner. The second owner had it since 1960 or so.

[HUSSEY]

Originally Posted by DeanTX

Hussey, did you ever mention how many owners "Albert" has had? I'm curious because the fact the name stayed on the truck might mean you are only the 2nd owner.

For my 1951, I am the third owner. The second owner had it since 1960 or so.

I'm going to guess that I'm the third owner to make use of the truck, for me the sheet metal that is.

I know Albert Reeter wasn't the first owner because you can see a ghost image of painted door letters behind his. After Albert a guy bought it at the Reeter farm auction. He kept it for a while with hopes to get it going one day. After some time he then sold it to his son. Same story there. That's when I became the current owner.

If you look on the door it's from Chillicothe, MO which is also where I bought it from. They have a car show there every year and I hope to take it back when I'm done with it, I'm sure it'll get some attention just from the door letters.

[DeanTX]

Sounds like it stayed its whole life in Chillicothe until you found it.

[99 to Life]

always fun putting metal on. amazing how fast you can build a truck (moch up!) then amazing how long it takes to really build the truck.

[Coach529]

I love the stance.......looks great!!

[HUSSEY]

Running boards are mounted up. I saw a few different methods out there, I got this idea from chopit on 67-72chevytrucks. It worked out well for me. My boards had been patched by the previous owner which I think warped them. You can see I had to clamp the running boards down to my welding bench since they were warped so bad. Building this “frame” helped hold them straight making it easier to get them mocked up to the cab. I used 1x1.5 in. 11 GA for the frame and 1.5x3 in. 11 GA for the mount that bolts to the frame. My forward mount is mounted just behind the splice on the frame which is nice flat spot. The rearward mount is forward of the rear of the cab.

[99 to Life]

very nice, def one of the better designs I'v seen. its a PIA on the last mount because of the leaf perch. you handled that well. I also like how you bolt them on. thats how I do them.

[HUSSEY]

Originally Posted by 99 to Life

very nice, def one of the better designs I'v seen. its a PIA on the last mount because of the leaf perch. you handled that well. I also like how you bolt them on. thats how I do them.

Thanks! Yep, on mine both the front and rear mount would have interfered with the rear hitting the leaf spring shackle and the front hitting the body mount.

I chose to bolt them on so I could also tweak them up and down without shimming the running board. Right now I just have the running board frame tacked to the frame mounts. I lined the boards up with them touching the rubber flap thing, not sure what you call it, behind them under the cab. I wasn't sure of exactly where they would need to be until the bed was in position.

[joedoh]

nice work like always! very simple and clean

[HUSSEY]

After some adjusting and tweaking of my running boards I started getting the bed fitted up. So far I have the right side mocked. I had picked up some wheels a couple of weeks ago on CL and couldn’t resist bolting them on to see how they looked.

The wheels are American Racing Torq Thrust 2 18x8. The previous owner had them on an 88 Monte Carlo SS. The tires are 245/40-18 Brigestone Potenza.

The tires are a little thinner profile that what I would like but the wheels and tires were close to new and I paid $750 for the set with lug nuts so…I can live with it.

I’m looking forward to getting the bed finished, sitting it on the ground, and rolling it outside to see how it looks.

[84blaze]

Looks great dude.

Can you should some photos of how your mounting the bedsides to the bed floor?

[HUSSEY]

Originally Posted by 84blaze

Looks great dude.

Can you should some photos of how your mounting the bedsides to the bed floor?

Will do. Hope to have the bed supports finished up in a week or two.

[1952ssr]

Wheels and tires look good, my 18x8's run 225/40/18's. Great fab work, I like your running board mount idea. The way your front bumper mounts is exactly how I was planning on doing my new build, so much easier than the first one. I will be keeping up with your build.

[lsjrl07]

So many good ideas in this build! Good Work Hussey.

[HUSSEY]

Originally Posted by 1952ssr

Wheels and tires look good, my 18x8's run 225/40/18's. Great fab work, I like your running board mount idea. The way your front bumper mounts is exactly how I was planning on doing my new build, so much easier than the first one. I will be keeping up with your build.

Dude, I like the spinners on your wheels. What are yours? I'd like to get some for mine but from AR they are CRAZY expensive, something like $100 a piece.

I've seen the chromed plastic set for 99 and also a chrome aluminum set for 199 on eBay. I've been told to steer away from overseas chrome aluminum, it's just going to fail sooner or latter. The AR spinners are polished aluminum.

My center caps are engraved American Racing with an SS in the middle so they my be worth some money to someone.

Originally Posted by lsjrl07

So many good ideas in this build! Good Work Hussey.

Thanks bro!

[BigFrz]

[QUOTE=HUSSEY;7524629]Dude, I like the spinners on your wheels. What are yours? I'd like to get some for mine but from AR they are CRAZY expensive, something like $100 a piece.

I've seen the chromed plastic set for 99 and also a chrome aluminum set for 199 on eBay. I've been told to steer away from overseas chrome aluminum, it's just going to fail sooner or latter. The AR spinners are polished aluminum.

My center caps are engraved American Racing with an SS in the middle so they my be worth some money to someone.


Nice build man. I just couldn't find any pics of the font or the rear bed mounts. I am in the process of lining thy up on my frame and putting mounts on. 1