The other day I got around to cutting out the boxing plates and placed them in a vinegar bath to remove the mill scale. Today I was able to pull them out from soaking and cleaned them up. I then masked the edges and primered them so I could tack them in place. I'll have to final weld them and grind the welds when I take the body back off the frame. I then took a little time to prep the inside of the frame prior to installing them.
Earlier in the week I received the hanger bearing for the driveshaft that I had ordered. With the boxing plates tacked in I then started working on the fabbing the bearing support out of some square tubing I had laying around the shop. I will need to wait until I get the driveshaft ordered and in my hands before I can locate and tack it in place.
While I'm waiting and working on the driveshaft stuff I also want to start getting the exhaust routed and fabbed. So I temp bolted one side onto the collector and then supported a long straight run of exhaust pipe to see how it looked. I still don't know if I will be able to get the exhaust to go over the rear diff but going under the looks doable as a back-up plan.
Next up, finish the fab of the hanger bearing cross-member, order the fwd driveshaft, mufflers and exhaust hangers and start routing the exhaust.
1949 Chevy Panel Truck A Project Journal I'm old but I make up for it by being immature.
