Hey brothers, I haven't been active on the forum for several years, as life has kept me busy. I've had this NAPCO 2-ton for about a dozen years and haven't turned a wrench on it for about 8 or 9 years. The original truck is in the gallery as a 1954 6400. The bed and body were shot, so I looked for a donor in good shape. After a short period, Grigg found me a 1950 6100 dump truck that was a fire truck early in life.
I had an original NAPCO 2 ton installation manual, so after ditching the bed, the conversion began. It was very easy to do and only took a couple days. The only outside help was having the driveshafts resized. I completely rebuilt the front axle and began rebuilding the brakes before going into hibernation.
Years ago, this truck was a cruiser at the Tri-State show in Winchester. Sweet enjoyed driving his young kids around in it... with only a hand brake. It is not currently running, but I hope to remedy that soon with help from my ODSS brethren. Who knows, it may even show up at Homecoming this year. I need a lot of knowledge to get this thing roadworthy, so I'll be picking your collective brains.
