Doug sent this from an incorrect addr, it should have gone to the list.
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> From: "Hughes" <avdoug@csn.org>
> To: Ole Trucks <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:31:20 -0600
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> Subject: progress on '49
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> I sometimes get behind on the many emails that get posted here
> but also find that getting through the stuff that isn't interesting goes
> pretty quick. As another person who thinks we need to 'cleanse the
> palette' I'll give an update on my '49 chev (kinda stock).
>
> --- those not interested hit delete now ---
>
> Last year I replaced the 216 with a '53 235 from a powerglide car. I
> had some problems with a hacked up mount on the front, different
> linkage for the throttle, transmission stuck in crank by the pilot
> bushing but all in all it was on the road again.
> This year I rebuilt the carb, did a 6 to 12 volt swap, new wiring
> harness, radial tires, rear brake rebuild, partial bed wood
> replacement (in progress), rear spring/shackle rebuild with poly ride
> liners and the latest addition: air shocks.
> Since the mid 70's I used the build up of rust for shock absorbing
> and it worked reasonably well. With the addition of the polyride
> liners I was bouncing so much I thought I'd break a 50 year old set
> of springs. The air shocks are were from napa and I built shock
> mounts that would bolt in using the lever action bolt holes.
> Yesterday I hauled 1/2+ ton of landscape timbers (after adding
> about 60 pounds to the shocks). I was definitely overloaded but no
> more than dirt, rocks, or fertilizer we hauled 20 years ago on my
> Dads orchard. With the extra power and suspension changes it
> handled magnificently! Peppy starts, no bouncing but nice ride, no
> heating up or struggling up hills. I'm pretty darned happy!
> I've tried to keep it close enough to stock to restore it some day
> but I sure can see the draw for a 3 or 4 speed and overdrive. I had
> no shortage of power on the way home but even at 55 mph it was
> wound up pretty tight. I've got to decide on mono leaf front springs
> or rebuilding the ones I've got and getting the lever shocks rebuilt
> and put back on, maybe with a sway bar. But month by month it's
> getting better and I sure appreciate hearing about what others are
> doing out there- be it AD or TF, hot rod or stock. Because I have
> the opportunity to use what will work for me and archive the rest for
> the next project, maybe a 58 suburban...
>
> thanks all,
>
> Doug
>
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Tualatin, OR
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