You bet Greg, any pictures would help. The carb I can probability find but any stove that
I would find would be half rusted away. That could be fabricated also If I had a picture to
work from.
I have a “ran when I parked it” Transmission. Supposed to be a good one. It has an open
drive tail-housing, and that was what one of my questions was referring to. I was told that
the 55 1st , 3104 Hydra-Matic was an open drive shaft, but the ’54 was still an enclosed
drive shaft.
This is a Chevy I’m talking about Tim, not a GMC. Pete has loaned me his bell crank and
throttle linkage from his ’53 GMC ¾ ton and it is different than the Chevrolet bell crank
and linkage. His GMC was changed over to an SM420 many long years ago.
The starter push button isn’t all that important. Push buttons are available for many
applications and they could be fabricated or modified to look just like the original. My
guess would be that it was black also and the white ones that Tygert has pictured in his
online catalog are most likely for passenger cars.
I haven’t gotten the starter yet but it’s still supposed to be coming, along with the throttle
bell crank and up-rod. I haven’t seen it so I don’t know what condition it will be in or if it
well even be usable. If I get that then the trans cover is the only really big thing that I
would need to find or fab (hope to modify the 4speed).
Rerouting the brake lines is a no brainer, but what’s with the “special fitting?” Was it to
split the lines from the front to the back??? Someone gottum picture of one???
One of the most evasive and puzzling parts of this is whether there was a rear support
cross member used on the ¾ ton truck transmission tail-housing. I have yet to see a ¾ ton
equipped with an automatic even in person or in pictures.
Sure wish I knew some Bolters that lived around me.
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
