Removed the axles from the chassis today. Found that the rear springs were too worn to reuse. They had been patched together and one of the u-bolts had a coarse thread patch welded to the fine thread u-bolt.Held for probably 40+ years. So have a bigger pile of scrap metal. I'm going to offer the rear springs for knife making material in the freebie section of craigslist up here. Front springs are OK to reuse with new bushings and shackles. Getting the frame fixed up for the blaster. Last item is to patch the radiator support mount holes on the front crossmember.
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Kevin
1951 Chevy 3100 work truck
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1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car)
Busting rust since the mid-60's
If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.