Originally Posted by BIG CHEVY 3600
I finished mocking up my bedrails tonight. I got one picture snapped and then dropped my camera and it is now kaput.

Looks like I wasn't the only person had a bad day Jim,I look forward to your pics,assuming the boss will let you use her camera!

I pulled the truck out the garage yesterday with a view to going on it's first real shakedown run and to calibrate the electronic speedo.

Long story short the left rear brake caliper took a dump....it's marked it's territory all along my driveway.
On the plus side at least it happened in the driveway at 5mph rather than approaching a set of stop/traffic lights. eek

Ironically the rear calipers are two of the very few second hand parts on the whole truck,well apart from the body and chassis.
I had checked them before fitting and everything seemed to be A.O.K.....

Unsuprisingly the FLAPS here don't sell Firebird calipers or re-build kits. cry

Last edited by jockbolter50; 09/16/2012 4:46 AM.
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland
In the Stovebolt Gallery
More pix on Flickr.
I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings
"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.