I recently acquired a 1959 1/2 ton shortbed fleetside w/4 speed manual. The rear axle appears to be non-original. I'm guessing it might be from a 71 3/4 ton, but I really have no idea. At 60 miles pe
Jason, I drove my 58 short fleetside, with a 350 and granny 4 spd, with a59 gmc rear end out of a hydramatic truck, 2.47 (1 think) for about 50,000 mi. including from Calif to Florida, towing a small
<< oletrucks@autox.team.net >> mark If you cant find anything out from the rear-end #'s you can fid out the gearing by counting the # of teeth on the ring gear and divide that by the It sounds like y
Hi Jason, and congrats on getting such a nice oletruck (I'm partial to 59 fleetsides)! I don't know anything about the numbers, but I can usually tell what a rearend came out of by looking at it. If
The T5 Borg Warner Ford built 5 sp OD is almost a perfect bolt in. I have done this and is as easy as installing to stock trans. oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 195
The Mustang had a "World Class" option for the T5 5 sp. This option has better syncro's in it and a few other parts that can handle a little more abuse. To make the T5 Chevy style a "world class" typ