Huge progress has been made on the T14 in that past week. The installation of the bear claw door latches that I purchased from Car's of the 40's went better than expected. I purchased what was described as "small", the catalog claimed they would fit a '36-48 Chevy truck. We had to use some Yankee Engineering, moving the new latch down about six inches on the door and jamb. We then removed the original latch bolt from the lock set, reinstalled the original modified assembly in the door, then used it for a transission assembly to connect 3/16' rods to operate the bear claw and original exterior/interior handles, etc. My fabricator is one cleaver guy, I told him I wanted bear claw latches for safety, however, I wanted to retain the stock look. The front end assembly was completed, springs, etc., and the steering, alternator, power steering pump was installed and hooked up. We used a Lokar rear brake cable set for a Chevy to hook up the parking brake to the GM 10 bolt rear end. When the Lokar parking brake assemble shows up the brakes on the truck will be done. In order to get proper positioning of the brake peddle we had to make our own brake assembly. We used parts from a Dodge and a Ford truck to come up with one assembly to mount to the firewall and hold the brake booster. When you review the attached pix you should note the transmission shift cross shaft that we harvested out of a mid 80's GM pickup. GM used this system for many years to properly position the shift rod from the column to the trans. GM was also concerned about the shift rod being under tension and thereby causing unwanted shifting of the trans if stress occurred due to chassis movement. Wm.
Last edited by Wm L; 02/13/20214:39 PM. Reason: spelling
