Why not just replace the rear end with a later model, better highway gear.
The 58 will probably be a 3:90 rear and even with that most folks replace
it for a better ratio anyhow. --wayne
At 10:37 PM 10/13/02 -0500, John Howard wrote:
>Now here's the story, I though that (double headlight) 58 GMC 1/2 ton would
>be a good replacement
>for my motor and tranny and rearend in my 53 chevy truck someday..It's not
>that the motor in the 53
> is not good but I'm not sure how much longer I can take the rear
>end...man oh man does that thing
>whine at 40 or 50 miles per hour.....so I thought perhaps trading some of
>the power trane over.
> Providing I got the 58 at a reasonable price..Tell me what you guys think?
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
Wayne Osborne
1956 Chevy Pickup
LaGrange Ga.
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