I could not have said it better. If you are going to street rod "limited
budget "is not going to work. I have found this out first hand . I
thought I could get parts from the junk yard et. and build a nice truck
with a more hours of labor & elbow grease. Wrong answer!!! IT SOUNDS
LIKE A GOOD PLAN though .Like Gary said figure out what you want then
do it right. You will be much happy. This is supposed to be fun, don't
stress yourself out.
George
55 1/2 ton TF
Gary Perry wrote:
>Have to make your own plan. There is no "limited budget" plan if you are
>wanting a rod or restore. It ALL costs big bucks. In My opinion, Just put
>in a front disc brake swap, keep the straight axle, with new king-pins and
>spring bushings and shackles all around. It will steer fine then, and not
>wander around on ya. Tighten up the adjustments for play in steering box.
>Instructions are in the shop manual which you should have. Also get an
>Assembly manual for pix of body and everything else as to where it goes and
>how, etc. Go to www.stovebolt.com and explore, join for forums and use the
>"links" section for places for parts, some on'line with catalogs. You can
>use mono-leaf springs in front also, to soften ride and lower some, but
>they are not cheap either. A dual master cylinder is nice, power or not,
>newer rear-end from Nova or Camaro or later truck for better ratio and open
>drive shaft. If you keep the six, may need diff trans to go to open line. I
>like the truck 4spd myself.
>If going V-8, use an auto for less hassle. They have mounts and kits for
>them at most vendors. OR, if you are handy, you
>can make yourself. You'll need a garage of tools, torch and saws for doing
>that kinda stuff. If you just go stock, rebuild the brakes, clean-up things
>and get basic stuff working, you will be driving much sooner than rodding
>will take you. AND, if you get into it and have all apart and find you are
>unable to afford what you wish to do, it can spoil your ambition and makes
>it hard to resell truck all in pces if you give up. Just my .02 cents!
>
>G. L. Perry
>Huntington, IN 46750
>glperry@fwi.com
>Big AD trucks, COE
>MM tractors and 1 Oliver!
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Leslie Novis" <anovis@sympatico.ca>
>To: "ole trucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 2:20 PM
>Subject: [oletrucks] first timer
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>>Just purchased my first 1950 chev p/u,and everybody has a different idea
>>to upgrade the front suspension(camaro clip,mustang II if I could find
>>one,aftermarket units etc.) I"m on a limited budjet ,but want to do it
>>right the first time.Can somebody please help me out with a plan .
>>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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>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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