Gal of gas = 6.3 lbs. X # of gal. in tank = 6.3 x 17 = over 100# supported by those 2 straps.
~ Cosmo 1949 Chevy Half Ton Rocinante, like Don Quixote, he is awkward, past his prime, and engaged in a task beyond his capacities. "...my good horse Rocinante, mine eternal and inseparable companion in all my journeys and courses." ...Don Quixote, Cervantes "If you come to a fork in the road, take it."...Yogi Berra "Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." ...Eric Hoffer
What you showed looks right to me, small bracket that holds back side of tank and a little of the bottom, the rest covered by strap. No extra crossmembers and not supported by any. I don't have any pictures of my outside the frame 48 tank handy, other than what I already linked to.
Maybe I spoke to soon, the TF trucks have the frame mounted tanks supported via two crossmembers (strap goes under the tank and pulls it up tight to the crossmember.
Maybe it's different on the AD trucks...does your tank sit on an ell bracket of some sort that's connected to the frame with the strap going over the top?
Ok, maybe I'm not nuts then. There is 2 rigid metal brackets riveted/bolted to the frame that follow the contour of the side of the tank closest to the frame. Each has a strap that wraps around the bottom, outside side and top supporting the tank and pulling it into those rigid brackets.
I built mine by looking at pictures in catalogs and that have been provided earlier in this thread.
There's a thread going on in Panels and Burbs...same tank?
~ Cosmo 1949 Chevy Half Ton Rocinante, like Don Quixote, he is awkward, past his prime, and engaged in a task beyond his capacities. "...my good horse Rocinante, mine eternal and inseparable companion in all my journeys and courses." ...Don Quixote, Cervantes "If you come to a fork in the road, take it."...Yogi Berra "Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." ...Eric Hoffer
?! Four inches above your head in the Forums here on the stovebolt!
~ Cosmo 1949 Chevy Half Ton Rocinante, like Don Quixote, he is awkward, past his prime, and engaged in a task beyond his capacities. "...my good horse Rocinante, mine eternal and inseparable companion in all my journeys and courses." ...Don Quixote, Cervantes "If you come to a fork in the road, take it."...Yogi Berra "Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." ...Eric Hoffer
You look like a happy man in that "first ride" picture!
That's a good series of pictures. The gauges look great. Anything particular about how you did it? Did you use a kit similar to John "53John3100" Rooney' Tech Tip or did you did it all by hand?
It will be interesting to see your progress on the seat!! Roy "RoyV" Vaillancourt had a good Tech Tip for that. This was so long ago (2009), I was amazed you could bring a bunch of rusted metal tubing back to life and make a bench!
Good luck and look forward to the next update.
~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804 "Charlie" - The Stovebolt Flagship In the Gallery || In the Gallery Forum "I didn't see this one coming. I don't see much of anything coming. :-O"
Thanks for the reply and kudos Peggy M. Gauges were done just like that tech tip, yes and I will certainly be following the bench seat tech tip you linked to.
In the meantime, there has been more great progress on the pickup!
Completely re-wired:
Dome light works again!
Headlights work!!!
Gauge lights too!
I also installed new rear window rubber:
Next is carpet, headliner and new windshield rubber.
I was able to finish my rear lights over the weekend, complete with brackets and lenses (they look kind of weird in the photo for some reason but they are straight and even):
I also was able to wrangle up some bed strips and build my bed out of pine (forgive the last piece as I hadn't put it in yet)!
Putting in carpet later this week, and have headliner, door rubber, cab windlace and an exterior round mirror in the mail coming soon!
can you tell me where you bought your new hubcaps? I bought some from thefillingstation.com and they turned out to be wrong. I have a 52 Carryall in original condition. 16 inch wheels with six lugs.
Thanx!
Lisa
1952 Chevy Carryall in completely original condition Pulled out of a barn in Colorado high desert
I have not seen you reference the bed anywhere unless I missed it. I noticed the pictures on the flickr page is a 54 bed. I assume you had to do some modifications to get it to fit your 51? Doesn't the frame of the 51 dip behind the wheel more than the 54? Did you have to block it? I only noticed because I had to locate a replacement bed for my 54 and found out the 54 and first half 55 are the only advance design beds that have the embossed sides. Your bed is much nicer than the one I found. I had to take my sides to a fabricator and have the lower third, right below the embossed portion replaced with new sheet metal. Rusted through. The top two thirds was good. They did a great job of using the original as a pattern to duplicate the bad section and welding it to the original.
DRiggan - yes, it's a 54 bed and I did have to use blocks to level the mounting.
Scottss60 - thanks! I'm in Omaha and have used this forum and Facebook to locate lots of local support for gather parts for refurbishing. I've also used Brother's, Jim Carter and LMC.
We had an 80 degree day today and I took the pickup out for a short cruise in my neighborhood. Here's a video!
Looks nice. I also love the windshield shade screen (not sure if that is what it is called). I have been thinking about doing a hood ornament for mine.
Just a two cent input on your brakes. Years back when assisting my wife on her 5 window build, I had just finished a frame off restoration of a 1942 WWII Jeep. I noticed that her chevy's brake lines ran a whole lot different, don't know why but if I recall correctly one line ran from the MC straight to the drivers side front brake and the other ran to the passengers side frame where it teed off and ran forward to the passengers front brake and aft to the rear brakes. What I did was to run the line to the front and tee off to both front brakes and over to the right side of the frame and back to the rear brakes. It might not be pure but it sure made a difference in stopping!! I also moved the brake light switch down to the MC like on the 40's vintage Jeeps instead of the flipper switch on the firewall, this though again not pure but made for a more positive brake light illumination. Like I said just my two cent input, they were two simple mods. that made life a whole lot easier.
Fred and Gail Gordon 711 N. 12th st. Fredericks, Ok. 73542 gaillgordon@yahoo.com 51 3800 1 ton 96 Tahoe yso_48@yahoo.com 99 Yukon
I must say that this one of the most complete photos that I've seen. I know it took a lot of planning and work to do it. I really have enjoyed read through and looking at the pictures you posted. As they always said "a picture is worth a thousand words.". I believe when you finish you will have not only a dependable but a great looking truck. Keep on going! Oh I also love the visor. Wish I had the money to get one and put on my 49 truck. Again, great job.
This is impessive and thank you for photgraphing the whole process. I'm comparatively somewhere in the middle of your photo album and it's nice to see the path you took. It Gives me guidance and perspective.
