hello fellows and ladies,
Walt Here, I'm new to the forum. I've been cruising this forum for a few months and just figured out how to join. We're just an old mom and pop speed shop. Our shop is 80 miles east of Raleigh in ECU territory. We cater to Vets, Warriors and our service men and women. We figure if we can get the hands to work the mind will soon follow and we have success with that in mind. No gov funding so it's mostly out of pocket as to any funding. I'm a LBK amputee myself and identify with hardship and frustrations some of our brothers and sisters face.
Right now we have a few projects going on. 37 Ford 2 dr Coupe, 41 Ford business coupe, 2 miscellaneous 1/2ton trucks and this 54 dually 1-1/2 ton chevy. This is our first BigTruck project. I've skimmed through the 12 pages of rear-end postings. WHAT is the most economical way to move to a hi-speed rear-end|? Right now the 235 and 4 speed work wonderful. Thoughts of a 350 and 700 are under consideration but still need to get off of that gas guzzling granny rear-end. I don't expect we'll be hauling any weight and want to actually make this a 4 door truck if we can locate another cab reasonably priced. No thought or plans of lowering the truck at this time but we are having brake issues. Just found Universal 1 1/4" bore cast iron master cylinder for large brakes with dual cylinder on eBay since we've already had an incident with brakes. Tires, we will have to deal with later as money allows. Any and all info is greatly appreciated.
Last edited by oldmanwalt; 10/26/2015 8:43 PM.
