Nice protective coating on that coil to points wire.
'57 GMC 102, Original 347 V8, HydraMatic, 3.08 rear gear, added A/C, disk front brakes, HEI, AFB carb, '98 Honda Black Currant paint. T-boned and totaled 10/13 '52 GMC 152 Stake Bed, Original 228, SM420, added A/C, disk front brakes, '67 Chev 3.55 rear gear. Gets used as a real truck.
Installed the rebuilt carb today. Installed new plug wires, new 6v foot pedal starter. Filled the float bowl with fuel and gave it a crank! Fired on the second try, and idles like a dream! I guess this thing is gonna cost me some money, because that means this baby is a runner!!
Now to figure out what all the dang vacuum lines do on this thing…
Gearhead, Moderator for The Swap Meet and General Truck Talk
Workinginprogress,
FWIW, here are some links (none are mine nor do I have any connection to the sellers) for some essential books that you can buy to help you in your project!
All are great reference materials that you can use to help your project along, and should you decide to pass on your truck to family or whoever, would be great additions to whoever might become the next owner.
Dan
1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 (My Grandpa's hunting truck) 1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
Finally time to get to work on my Grandpa's (now mine) truck!
The last couple days I have pulled off the passenger side wheels, chiseled the 50 year old rubber (possibly stone?) off of them, cleaned, painted, and installed new tires. Left the patina on the outside, but the insides were in great shape, and the three piece wheels are super nice to work with!
This side looks tough now that it has tires! Makes you appreciate just how big these 1.5 ton trucks are, not a small truck you’re used to seeing when you think of a 50s truck.
Looks tough! Now for the other side… then it’ll be a roller and easier to move around to work on!
Removed the driver side wheels and tires today. Found out that all the wheels are Kelsey&Hayes 20x6” 3 piece wheels except for one inner dual… what is this wheel? There are no markings on it, and it seems to have a solid ring instead of a split ring… how does it come apart? I don’t think it’s an RH5… any help? Anyone know where I can find one or two matching wheels for this truck? It’d be nice to have the 3 piece wheels and all matching..
Here is some light reading for you. It looks like an RH5 to me, but I am NO EXPERT AT ALL. It would separate in the middle of the rim. I just know where some of this info is hiding.
1970 Chevrolet C10 - Grandpa’s- My first truck.—in progress to shiny 1972 Chevrolet C20- Rusty- the puzzle box lid for the C10. 1950 Chevrolet 1300- in progress to shiny. 1962 AMC Rambler American- my wife’s
Parts trucks- 1951 GMC 9300 1951-GMC 9430 1951- Chevrolet 1300
The article does not seem to discuss this wheel type. According to the picture it is NOT and RH5 wheel either… it does look like it could be similar to some of the Goodyear types though, but I still can’t figure out how to disassemble it!
I don't know the official designation for these, but I do know that they were made by a number of companies including Budd, Firestone and Motor Wheel. One of the wheels on my truck is actually made by Kronprinz, in Germany. It must have found its way on sometime during the truck's time in Europe.
This design was used on many different vehicles.
The wheel in your post looks very similar to these.
There is a write-up here that details the disassembly and reassembly procedure. (Note, there are several posts in this thread that outline the procedure)
Make sure to pay special attention to reassembly procedures - especially inflation. If done incorrectly, or without proper equipment, they can be extremely dangerous. If you are unsure about working on them, you may want to consider taking them to a shop that specializes in large truck tire repair.
I took the wheel apart last night. I finally found a YouTube video explaining that these are called CONTINUOUS RING wheels, not split wheels. It’s a two piece design, and you just use a pry bar to pry one side over the wheel, then the wheel slides towards the other side to release… the actual lip on the continuous ring that catches on the wheel lip has a section on opposing sides that is reduced to the size of the ring face diameter to allow this to slide over the wheel lip. Simple! you can see from these photos how it works! Cool design! I was merely afraid to damage this, not afraid to work on it. Now that it is apart, I am very confident on how to reassemble safely!
1970 Chevrolet C10 - Grandpa’s- My first truck.—in progress to shiny 1972 Chevrolet C20- Rusty- the puzzle box lid for the C10. 1950 Chevrolet 1300- in progress to shiny. 1962 AMC Rambler American- my wife’s
Parts trucks- 1951 GMC 9300 1951-GMC 9430 1951- Chevrolet 1300
