Wow great to hear there's so many 'local' people on here also! Can't wait to get out with the truck and see everyone's projects.
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that's a beautiful truck 49ratty
please don't make a monster out of it, or at the least if you do modify it, be tasteful and don't damage original metal
my philosophy is to keep all repairs or minor modifications period correct,
i don't have any silicon (transistors or diodes) in my trucks, and i use original style parts or i make home made one-off parts that could have been made in 1950
"they are only original once" - someone wiser than me
-s
Great advice and point! For us on this one, not sure if that is going to be the way it goes on. If it were more of a 'collector' vehicle, absolutely would be worth considering. that said, I have no plans to butcher it! I hope to keep it as original and vintage as possible within reason, with the goal still to be able to drive the thing around. That could mean a new front suspension, etc, but we will see!
Welcome 49ratty, love the pic of one of your kids hanging over the fender, is he (she) trying to install the fuel pump? Nice truck, nice to have the Canadian model. Your engine may have been made in St Catharines at the McKinnon foundry that GM owned. There's a bunch of us from Ontario here, I'm 45 minutes north of Oshawa.
Leo
Awesome!! My son Noah, he's spraying some WD40 into the cylinders I think in that photo. When we first got the truck the motor was seized up. A coctail of Diesel, ATF and some WD40 (mostly cause he wanted to spray it) helped free it up without any internal damage we've found so far!
