Badly needed! -frame radiator lower support- 1954 pickup truck - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

snoopy0775 · 04-08-2008, 07:23 PM

Hi from germany to all of you,
could you please tell me, where i can get a new or a used radiator lower support bracket, which i marked in this picture?

It´s a 1954 Chevrolet PickUp truck (1/2 ton) and i badly need this part. I think the brackets from the trucks before 1954 also do fit.

Please help!
Thanks a lot...greetings, Robin

mylow53 · 04-08-2008, 10:29 PM

i got a used one from jim carters.... i have one that broke if you want it. for some reason it's missing about 4 inches of the channel.
GT

snoopy0775 · 04-09-2008, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mylow53

i got a used one from jim carters.... i have one that broke if you want it. for some reason it's missing about 4 inches of the channel.
GT

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Could you please take a picture of it?
Thanks and regards
-Robin-

BBEEP · 04-10-2008, 09:43 PM

I may have one out of my 50 GMC Bus, I'll let you know in a week or so. You can have it for the cost of shipping if I don't use it.
John

BIG CHEVY 3600 · 04-11-2008, 03:16 AM

Shipping to Germany? That might be expensive. What's wrong with your old one? No way to straighten it out?

snoopy0775 · 04-11-2008, 06:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BIG CHEVY 3600

Shipping to Germany? That might be expensive. What's wrong with your old one? No way to straighten it out?

I don´t have this front crossmember / radiator support bracket ... picture is only for example. It isn´t my truck.
I think i would go to do it like shown in this picture

Regards Robin

Daniel U · 04-11-2008, 09:51 AM

Snoopy, I don't have any extras parts, but I'm glad to see another '54 being restored. Just so you know, my '54 is now sitting on an earlier chassis(47-53). The rear of the chassis/frame was different in '54 as the bed shape changed(so the rear portion of the current chassis was modified to accept the '54 bed). I think you're correct in that the 47-54/55 1st were all the same in the front. Are you trying to keep it all oringinal or could you fab up a piece to look and work like the OEM part? I've seen some handy guys do some nice fab work here. Good luck and keep us posted, Daniel U

snoopy0775 · 04-11-2008, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daniel U

Snoopy, I don't have any extras parts, but I'm glad to see another '54 being restored. Just so you know, my '54 is now sitting on an earlier chassis(47-53). The rear of the chassis/frame was different in '54 as the bed shape changed(so the rear portion of the current chassis was modified to accept the '54 bed). I think you're correct in that the 47-54/55 1st were all the same in the front. Are you trying to keep it all oringinal or could you fab up a piece to look and work like the OEM part? I've seen some handy guys do some nice fab work here. Good luck and keep us posted, Daniel U

With good help I have done a lot of frame-work until now...before restoring there was a MonteCarlo subframe swaped. I have begun a total frame-off-restauration and we built a new front frame section with the dimensions of the Original Chevy frame. Now i´m trying to find this front crossmember, but i think i do it like shown on the picture over this thread. See pictures below of our framework...at the moment the frame is at a powdercoating company

snoopy0775 · 04-20-2008, 01:37 PM

Hi everybody...
here are two new photos of my chassis. I attached the engine and all the other components yesterday...

Greetings from germany ;-)

-Robin-

Daniel U · 04-20-2008, 02:04 PM

Very nice!

BIG CHEVY 3600 · 04-20-2008, 06:15 PM

Tough Enough!
That's the way it is suppose to look! Good work! Bring it home and show it off!

04-08-2008, 07:23 PM	#1
snoopy0775 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Backnang / Germany Posts: 84	Badly needed! -frame radiator lower support- 1954 pickup truck Hi from germany to all of you, could you please tell me, where i can get a new or a used radiator lower support bracket, which i marked in this picture? It´s a 1954 Chevrolet PickUp truck (1/2 ton) and i badly need this part. I think the brackets from the trucks before 1954 also do fit. Please help! Thanks a lot...greetings, Robin Attached Images

04-08-2008, 10:29 PM	#2
mylow53 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: thousand oaks, California Posts: 732	Re: Badly needed! -frame radiator lower support- 1954 pickup truck i got a used one from jim carters.... i have one that broke if you want it. for some reason it's missing about 4 inches of the channel. GT __________________ Greg 1953 chevy 1/2 ton 5 window, chevy 350 330 horse 700r tranz, lowering spindels mustang 2 frount. ford 9", airbags on 4 corners . purchased in 1983 for $325 while in high school http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=215079&page=5 Last edited by mylow53; 04-08-2008 at 10:30 PM.

04-10-2008, 09:43 PM	#4
BBEEP Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: EUGENE, OREGON Posts: 504	Re: Badly needed! -frame radiator lower support- 1954 pickup truck I may have one out of my 50 GMC Bus, I'll let you know in a week or so. You can have it for the cost of shipping if I don't use it. John

04-11-2008, 03:16 AM	#5
BIG CHEVY 3600 BIG CHEVY 3600 LONGBOX Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 382	Re: Badly needed! -frame radiator lower support- 1954 pickup truck Shipping to Germany? That might be expensive. What's wrong with your old one? No way to straighten it out? __________________ If I were given 8 hours to chop down a large tree, I would spend the first 6 hours sharpening my ax. Abraham Lincoln http://s729.photobucket.com/albums/w...cpZZ3QQtppZZ20 Last edited by BIG CHEVY 3600; 04-11-2008 at 03:16 AM.

04-11-2008, 09:51 AM	#7
Daniel U Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Central Coast, CA. Posts: 1,202	Re: Badly needed! -frame radiator lower support- 1954 pickup truck Snoopy, I don't have any extras parts, but I'm glad to see another '54 being restored. Just so you know, my '54 is now sitting on an earlier chassis(47-53). The rear of the chassis/frame was different in '54 as the bed shape changed(so the rear portion of the current chassis was modified to accept the '54 bed). I think you're correct in that the 47-54/55 1st were all the same in the front. Are you trying to keep it all oringinal or could you fab up a piece to look and work like the OEM part? I've seen some handy guys do some nice fab work here. Good luck and keep us posted, Daniel U __________________ Mom's 1954 (TBI 5.7/700R4/14 bolt 4:10) 5 Chevrolet window 3/4 ton long bed Pick up build thread ->http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=228674 My 1954 (TPI 5.7/700R4/10 bolt 3:73) Chevrolet 5 window 1/2 ton short bed Pick up build thread->http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...3&goto=newpost 1960 (400/T350/?) Apache 10 short/fleet side-big window 1973 (TPI 5.7/700R4/14 bolt 4:10 w DANA 60 front) Chevrolet Cheyenne 4X4 2013 (Vortec 5.3/6-speed 6L90 automatic) Sierra LT CREW CAB Doing my part to warm the globe

04-20-2008, 01:37 PM	#9
snoopy0775 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Backnang / Germany Posts: 84	Re: Badly needed! -frame radiator lower support- 1954 pickup truck Hi everybody... here are two new photos of my chassis. I attached the engine and all the other components yesterday... Greetings from germany ;-) -Robin- Attached Images

04-20-2008, 02:04 PM	#10
Daniel U Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Central Coast, CA. Posts: 1,202	Re: Badly needed! -frame radiator lower support- 1954 pickup truck Very nice! __________________ Mom's 1954 (TBI 5.7/700R4/14 bolt 4:10) 5 Chevrolet window 3/4 ton long bed Pick up build thread ->http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=228674 My 1954 (TPI 5.7/700R4/10 bolt 3:73) Chevrolet 5 window 1/2 ton short bed Pick up build thread->http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...3&goto=newpost 1960 (400/T350/?) Apache 10 short/fleet side-big window 1973 (TPI 5.7/700R4/14 bolt 4:10 w DANA 60 front) Chevrolet Cheyenne 4X4 2013 (Vortec 5.3/6-speed 6L90 automatic) Sierra LT CREW CAB Doing my part to warm the globe

04-20-2008, 06:15 PM	#11
BIG CHEVY 3600 BIG CHEVY 3600 LONGBOX Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 382	Re: Badly needed! -frame radiator lower support- 1954 pickup truck Tough Enough! That's the way it is suppose to look! Good work! Bring it home and show it off! __________________ If I were given 8 hours to chop down a large tree, I would spend the first 6 hours sharpening my ax. Abraham Lincoln http://s729.photobucket.com/albums/w...cpZZ3QQtppZZ20



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