I sent this last friday but did not see it on the archives. Did anyone receive
it.?
This is one great forum for chevy trucks. I have a '49 panel truck that I have
been restoring for aalmost 2 years. I am about in the final stages and
everything seems to be comming together at once. I am putting a 350 in it with
a 74 Nova rear. Also using pwer steering kit and disk brake kit from Jim
Carter. All else is stock (not much left I quess). I have looking at the
archive list for about 2 months and just at the right time. It has saved me
many possible headaches.
One observation on rear ends. This may be unique to 74 Nova's, I'm not sure but
the stock nova mounting perch had a small hole in the front of the perch about 1
1/2" to 2 ". The hole was spaced the same on both sides from the spring
locater
hole so we just enlarged the small hole and used that for the spring locater
bolt. The wheels move back the requisite amount to center in the wheel well.
The 74 Nova is a little narrower than the old rear but the perches fit the
original springs
without any modification and I believe things will work out using wheels with a
little less offset.
I am using side motor mounts from jim carter and am concerned that the engine is
not going to line up properly with the radiator for cooling purposes. Any one
had that problem with those particular mounts? I did not see any thing in the
archives that addressed this.
Again, a great forum with, from what I see so far, a great bunch of people.
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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