Hey all I am a new guy here-
I inherited the previous mentioned AD from my cousin who passed away recently-
He bought the truck 6 or seven years ago from the second owner.
It had been covered in primer before his purchase and the right fenders and door are not original- a 2 inch deep dent in the right rear cab corner show whats left of the bite that ended the life f the original pieces.
The engine is out of a 52 chevy-
It is orange for some reason-
I do not have any pics yet-
It is a 5 window cab by the way.
It has a lot of deluxe options.
the heavy duty vacuum pump on the bottowm of the fuel pump- a lot of extra chrome trim on the windows and the inside of the doors-
the deluxe cab heater/blower
the oil filter
an larger capacity oil bath oil filter
the original-
the dash and lower firewall had been spray painted black some time ago(starting to surface rust a little)
but the seat frame and rest of cab is the hammertone metallic color-
so lots of details-
I pick up the truck from his house in denver-
I am not sure of the overal mechanical condition- It ran when it was parked 6 years ago.
I decide to play it safe and I use a wench to get it on a trailer and haul it back with the 05 chevy
Truck is in Denver, I live outside KC
Every gas stop(lot of them when pulling a 3/4 ton with a 1/2 ton with a small gas engine)
Every time we stopped people would come up and say how great the truck looked and their dad had one and etc. felt great- so much work to do though.
So get it to the shop and get it unloaded-
my brother an I then sit in the cab windows down talking bout how great it will be when it is done. We will be right- when it is done.
So I pick up reproduction manuals began to tear the bodywork and loose parts off-
I get the doors- hood, original wiring that is all rotten and fallen apart-
the seat cushions and frame-
the dahs components all removed- basically strip all the parts except for the engine and the trans, bed and rear fenders, and bumpers-
then We have a record cold winter- so not much work gets done in the non heated metal barn-
I tried to with a propane jet heater- but just to cold-
So this weekend weather was great and I decided yesterday that I would get to the top of the mountain(workwise that is, and in my book- your ideas might be different)
So Saturday- started around 10- I cut the stuck bolts holding the bed on- get those all lose- then removed the small panels that are between teh bed and the running boards-
I also get the prop shaft removed from the ball joint back-
For some reason in teh cold of winter I did not want to lay on the floor and remove the bearing houseing bracket bolts-
So then I loosed all the engine and trans mounting bolts and moved the engine hoist into place- got it all chained up-
I still had not learned that with the four on the floor you have to split them on raise up the cab to remove everything in one piece-
no big deal-
So Sat afternoon I get my Dad to help me pick the bed up off of the chassis and we stand it up agains a stand and out of the way-
So Today I get up early and head over to the barn
I loosen all the cab mounts- I planned on raising up the cab-
Got everything loose- then just decided to split the trans right there- so Fabbed up some trans guide pines to protect the clutch-
Got the trans off-(removed the cover plate and the trans is very clean- the teeth of every gear inside is clean and not worn- no sign of problems- little bit of gear oil in the bottom- I put the cover back on and lower the trans out of the truck-
Then pull the engine-
what does it weight by the way?
I put it on and engine stand rated for 1000 lbs- and the stand kind of bows- so I use a saw horse on the opposite end to support the weight-
at the time the truck was wheels off up on jack stands-
I put the wheels back on and lowered it to the ground and pushed it out of the way- cleaned up the area and then reorganized for phase 2 of the restoration- actually cleaning and rehabbing the parts for eventual reinstallation
I will eventually post pics-
just though I would introduce myself and get you up to date.
Cab will need replacement rear lower corners- and the flanges on both lower fronts where the body work attaches are bad off as well and will need some fab work-
the right two replacement fenders that I mentioned before are in tough shape- I am thinking of just replacing them with new or good shape originals- the left side are all good for rehabbing- as is the hood- the bed will get welded where it has some cracks- and new wood-
I am planning to leave it 6 volt an 216 with the 4 speed-
for the most part I want it to look like it rolled off the line-
Except the bed metal work- where the cracks come out of the stake pockets I will weld those and clean a little- but it will be a truck bed- so as long as the rust is gone and the paint looks good-
Well I could talk for hours-
love the site-
Sam( or Yelostn78 (YELLOWSTONE as in the park, and born in 1978)
Last edited by Yelostn78; 04/28/2008 2:30 AM.
