Hello everyone! this is my first post on stovebolt and I have been searching for a site like this for too long! just recently tracked down my great grandfather's 1953 GMC 1/2 ton pick-up and bought it for $300...needless to say, it needs some work
the first order of business is finding out where i can find the yoke for the transmission on my truck? the previous owner removed it and doesnt remember where he put it..... I have been hard-pressed to find one in my area(Washington, Ga.)
the second is that I was trying to shift through some of the gears, but have only seemed to find two....not sure why I cannot shift into any other...
the third is that I have a slipped front leaf spring that just will not stay in place..any help would be wonderful
fourth and finally (for now anyway

) is that my hood latch has been closed and i cannot get it open...but i snatched a few ideas from another post in the forum..
Any help on any of these issues would be so very helpful! Thank you!
53GMC