You have an amazing truck! Such a gift to have something so original with so much family history. I wish my '51 was that original. That brazing on the front pan is a pretty typical repair of sheet metal for the time period (prior to MIG). It certainly has a story to tell in its own right. I love the West Coast mirrors. I'm planning to install them on my truck, too.
Brian
'51 Chevy 3604 Project '28 Chevy LO basket case '83 GMC Sierra 4x4
Thanks for the info, great read. When i purchased mine the owner still had the factory mirror. I like the orginial look but I do like the looks of "junior" west coast mirrors.
You have an amazing truck! Such a gift to have something so original with so much family history. I wish my '51 was that original. That brazing on the front pan is a pretty typical repair of sheet metal for the time period (prior to MIG). It certainly has a story to tell in its own right. I love the West Coast mirrors. I'm planning to install them on my truck, too.
Thank you so much Brian! That is good information to know on the brazing. Originally, I wasn't a fan of the WCS mirrors and wanted original single mirror in the stock location. But I've come to appreciate them. They are quite spendy now.
Thanks for the info, great read. When i purchased mine the owner still had the factory mirror. I like the orginial look but I do like the looks of "junior" west coast mirrors.
Papas52, you're welcome! If anyone else has some additional info I'd love to see it.
Summer is here and starting to fix some things on the to-do list. New cowl vent rubber and need to fix the leaking rear differential leaking. My last attempt at changing the differential gasket didn’t fix it and it’s still leaking. I got started on the cowl vent cover. Scraped the gooey old stuff out with a flat blade screw driver. Ended up having to remove the vent completely to get to all of it. Used adhesive remover and a scrub brush to clean it off snd then put some black multi purpose adhesive and then the new part. Installed new bolts for the cowl vent.
More pictures of the Cowl Vent. Also purchased a set of original truck hubcaps that look to be close to the factory grey that originally came on the korean war 1952’s. The paint is old and pitted and has nice patina which matches the truck. I scrubbed them down with CLR and scotch-brite pad and hit the inside with a wire wheel and brought the shine back. They will look right at home. I might go with shiny stainless ones in the future. Off with the passenger car hubcaps and on with the truck ones.
