I haven't done anything with my 1950, 3600 body yet. I'm planning a complete frame off restoration some where down the line. But I am making lots of notes, measurements etc in preparation.
One thing that I've noticed ever since I got the truck 18 months ago, is that she appears to have a little sag right in the midsection. Well it appears that I have developed a sag in the midsection also but after all, I am much older the she is! Anyway, I’m not talking about a bunch, but when you approach from a distance the cab and the bed looks a little out of plum just a tad mind you. Most people wouldn’t notice it, but being cursed with growing perfectionism in my old age, I do. By the way, that’s probably why I don’t seem to get anything done lately.
There is only about a 1/2” gap between the front of the box and the cab, this seems to small to me. And the gap between the cab corner and the aprons is not perfectly even, being closer at the bottom than the top on both sides.
When I look at the bed blocks they all appear to be in good condition, i.e., not, crushed, splintered or broken. The rear shackle bushings for the cab supports look ok but I’m sure they have never been changed and its possible that they could be dried out and compressed. I find it hard to believe that the cab could be sagging very much from that unless the rubber was completely missing.
The last thing on the list is something that I don’t even want to think about. Being a 3/4 ton truck rated at 5800lb gross weight it is just possible that at some time in her life, Buba looked at the ID tag and figured she could haul 2 1/2 tons and went ahead and loaded her up with hawgs and took her down the mud road to the slaughter house. In which case the frame may have been bent down slightly in the middle.
So wadd, there are probably lots of things that might have happened through out their lives that could account for them being tweaked just a little bit.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
