I just found a rattle in my 53 today. The PO installed a 235 a couple years ago and replaced the clutch and put it in backwards. It had ground down the heads of the flywheel bolts and I was darn lucky to be able to get them off. I've had the truck about a year and just started the resto, seems like everything the PO touched he screwed up, I'm finding.


1953 Chevrolet 3100
261 cu inch, sm420, 3.55 rear, torque tube still,omaha orange, still 6 volt, RPO green glass, side carrier spare, all done
In the DITY Gallery
Video of the 261 running

1964 GMC 1000
305 Big Block V6, sm420, the next cab off restoration