Hello,
Hats off to whomever developed and manages this site.
I have been reading over several of the threads and tech. tips on this site, I am following the post from “1949 Chevy 4400 Project” at the moment. The people in this community are geniune, have a great sense of humor and are filled with knowledge about these old truck. Thank you for sharing your experience and knoweledg so dreams can live on.
That all being said, I have a project:
1951 Chevy 6500 “Named Fred after original owner”
Fred is a “survivor” grain truck with original equipment : 2-Ton, 5-Window, 16’-0” Grainbed, 52,000 mi, 235 w/rochester carb, 4 speed flr., 2-speed rear axle, 8.5-20, 10-lug Dually, spit rims (4.5" Center Hole)
One of the primary concerns with fred is those large 20” split rims. The rims are in good shape but the reputation of the rims as widow makers has me concerned. (Any body still runnning with these rims, are they trully that dangerous?)
I have a friend who has a 1963 Chevy C60. The C60 frame is rotted out, so he has offered to donate parts from the truck as needed to support my pursuits.
Could a solution to my 4.5" Center / Split Rim issue be — Swap out front axle beam, humbs, breaks, rims, etc. from the 63’ and put it under the 51’?
I have seen the thread from Gigg’s that discusses the P-30 front axle swap but I do not know enough about these trucks to know if the 63' C60 is a viable option.
If the front axle from the 63 will work, then It would probably make sense to harvest the single speed rear axle also.
Is this overkill to get safer set of rims?
