56 GMC Aussie Style

[Red Foreman]

It was quite a mission getting a p/s pump to fit as the pump was so close to the steering box, I almost considered running a manual box just to save me the headaches. 348/409 pump brackets hang the pump out way too far.

I re-worked an early sbc cradle & fabbed up a rear support/bracket along with early bbc remote style pump. With it all tucked up close & tight, I have 7/16" clearance between pulley & box. GM steel remote reservoir is bolted on the Radiator support.

[Kim57]

Looks slick.
Kim

[youngrodder]

Red-

I laugh everytime I see that picture of bubbles. I loved watching trailer park boys..
Nice truck. I really like the character your truck has.

keep it up
Marc

[Red Foreman]

Cheers Kim, Marc yeh I agree Bubbles is pretty cool!

Here's some close up pics of the patina, notice Rh rear fender has black undercoat as opposed to the Lh which is red/brown. Paint is original but not sure why GM mixed it up I guess it may have been a production thing??

[Chevette]

Damn fine truck! Love the motor, love the stance and even though I'm kinda partial to the old duct tape, I really like the new upholstery. Great work, Red.

[Kim57]

Patina looks good.
Kim

[Baldeagle SR]

Red I red your thread last night and it very similar to mine. You have done some really nice work. I came real close to putting a 348 with tri power in mine. A real good friend of mine has one that needs to be rebuilt. He didn't want to sell it but said if I wanted it I could have it for free. If the 430 Buick don't work out , that is what I will do.
Rich
my build
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=576185

[Flames97]

This is a cool truck!! I love the color and patina. It's perfect.
-Aaron

[Red Foreman]

Originally Posted by Chevette

Damn fine truck! Love the motor, love the stance and even though I'm kinda partial to the old duct tape, I really like the new upholstery. Great work, Red.

Thank you

Originally Posted by Kim57

Patina looks good.
Kim

Cheers Kim

Originally Posted by Baldeagle SR

Red I red your thread last night and it very similar to mine. You have done some really nice work. I came real close to putting a 348 with tri power in mine. A real good friend of mine has one that needs to be rebuilt. He didn't want to sell it but said if I wanted it I could have it for free. If the 430 Buick don't work out , that is what I will do.
Rich
my build
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=576185

Rich, hope the 430 works out for you, its different & it would probably save you alot of cost in the long run.

Originally Posted by Flames97

This is a cool truck!! I love the color and patina. It's perfect.
-Aaron

Aaron, thanks for the compliments, its turning out just as I envisioned it when I first purchased it.
Cheers George.

[Red Foreman]

I finally fired up the 348 for the first time, after sorting out a few teething issues, I realised that Tri Power= more pipes & fittings= more potential fuel leaks.
I managed to run the camshaft in, all good so far!
I decided to dump the bell style air cleaners, I was never really happy with them anyway, they barely look like they would breath on my lawn mower.

I opted to go for a set of reproduction GTO style, I figured if they work on a 389 Poncho they'll be plenty enough for the 348.

[OrrieG]

Great look, I love the 348 valve covers. I could not tell, are you running progressive linkage or do all three open together??

[Kim57]

The 348/409s are one of the best looking engines IMHO.
Kim

[dubie]

I'm such a huge fan of this build. This truck has the perfect natural patina, the perfect stance and it possesses such a mean attitude. Good on ya for keeping going on this Kobe bud. You've built yourself a real gem here.

[59stepside]

Really great looking truck! Love the patina.

[Red Foreman]

Originally Posted by OrrieG

Great look, I love the 348 valve covers. I could not tell, are you running progressive linkage or do all three open together??

Orrie, yes they are progressive but adjustable, the centre Carb has the idle circuits, front & rear don't, they work as secondaries & come on after half throttle.

[Red Foreman]

Originally Posted by dubie

I'm such a huge fan of this build. This truck has the perfect natural patina, the perfect stance and it possesses such a mean attitude. Good on ya for keeping going on this Kobe bud. You've built yourself a real gem here.

Ok Dubie you've twisted my arm my friend, with comments like that I couldn't help but drive it out of my shop today for more pics!

BTW Merry Christmas to all!

[dubie]

Thanks for the added pictures bud, this is one sweet ride. I expected there to be more patina on the hood, roof and fenders than there is. Where these parts repainted?

This makes me want to take the rally wheels off my 56 and go with my first pan of painted steel wheels and wide white walls

[Kim57]

Your truck looks great.
Kim

[Flames97]

Man that looks great....I love it!!!

[Red Foreman]

Originally Posted by Flames97

Man that looks great....I love it!!!

Originally Posted by Kim57

Your truck looks great.
Kim

Thanks Guy's

Originally Posted by dubie

Thanks for the added pictures bud, this is one sweet ride. I expected there to be more patina on the hood, roof and fenders than there is. Where these parts repainted?

This makes me want to take the rally wheels off my 56 and go with my first pan of painted steel wheels and wide white walls

I actually like the Rally combo on your Truck, wait & see how it looks when your finished.

Previous owner told me Fenders & hood were repainted back in the mid 60s due to sand storm damage. Firewall, front floor, dash top, roof (heavily crows feeted) were painted while the cab was off doing the Camaro clip.

[Red Foreman]

Finishing the cab.

[59stepside]

That looks really good.

[Kim57]

Very nice.
Kim

[ChuckDriver]

Wow, I dont know how I missed this one! Your truck is awesome, I love everything about it. Great job!!

[tpimuncie]

Originally Posted by Red Foreman

Mounted the truck 348 onto the engine stand, initial plans for it are to just re-gasket, paint, being only 22k mile, replace large truck waterpump with a passanger car pump, change out the rev limited distributor & carb to an MSD & Edlebrock 600 cfm.

Removed sparkplugs & loaded the cylinders up with WD40, went for the big rotate, started turning tightish but steady, got 3/4's around & then locked
Eventually with back & forward turning & a hole can of WD40 & sqirts of motor oil I freed it up I did notice that the sparkplugs in cylinder 3 & the adjacent cyl 4 had signs of rust, carb had signs of rust also, "so much for doing a VHT rebuild" After tearing the engine down it was evident it had eaten water through the carb & treacled into the intake & stained 3 & 4 cyl bores enough that a hone wont fix, it will need 030 to get it right.
Aside from that you could have eaten out it, the undamaged cylinders still had a nice cross H pattern & it would have been a nice runner for a long time.

So cool! I have a 348 in a 59 impala I have love them engines!