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Thanks for the info on installing the 3 point belt!

Very nice work on the seat, Crummy. I've got a '72 seat in my 66 that works OK & looks good, but is over padded & back does not flip forward like the '66 seat. The wife & I were just discussing digging the original 66 seat out of storage to see if it could be rebuilt & put back in service. Thanks for posting all the photos of the process. It helps.

Glad to help. It took me some time to find sources for foam and tools and glue. Need anything just PM me.

Tomorrow off to get custom exhaust installed. A little struggle getting the 51 on the trailer. Was easier with the front bumper removed.

So went to leave this morning and old man winter showed up! All cleared off by 10am. So got on the road to RT 6 Autoworks and arrived by 11:30. Jamie the owner was very accommodating and allow me help. Luckily he was shorthanded today. Ended up using 2 1/4 pipe off the manifolds to the crossmember. Then stepped it up to 2 1/2 inch back to mufflers and dumped it out in front of the left rear tire from under the running board. All aluminum coated pipe. Jamie mig welded the complete system. Painted all his welds with VHT Flame Proof paint. Took about 3 hrs start to finish. Sounds really good.
Might be the first time this Southern Cal. Truck ever seen the snow!

Jeff - Looks pretty cool. What did you use for vibration isolation on the exhaust. I couldn't see any intermediate or rear hangers supporting things so am curious to know what you used???

Hey all,
Dan, sorry i left you in suspense. No pun intended. I got side tracked with problems at my wife's businesses. Always happens when she is out of town. Then Saturday was youth trout season in PA. So had to take JT fishing.
Here is some pictures of the hangers that Jamie made. I believe it is just 3/8 round stock. Which he welded to the pipe as he went bending and cutting off the excess. He likes to put the hangers fore and aft of the mufflers. The square rubber mounts are readily available from your local FLAPS.

I've also been having a problem keeping the collar tight on the torque tube. It stays tight for 50 miles or so. Then I start to feel a vibration. So I check the slip collar and the retaining ring has loosened way up.
Wondering if this is an indication of the okie bushing going bad or having excessive wear?
So i took two hose clamps and strategically oriented them and ran a piece of safety wire around them to try and stop the collar from backing off. Will let you know if it works.

So yesterday I took the truck for a ride to pick up my son from baseball practice. It was a total of about 30 miles round trip. The clamps and safety wire were successful in keeping the collar from backing off. So in the future when I remove the rear differential and torque tube for a gear change, I may just weld tabs on the collar and trunion cover that attaches to the back of the transmission. Both will have a 3 /16 drilled in them so a can run a piece of safety wire between them. This would solve the problem and look less intrusive than the hose clamps

Yesterday I got my rear fenders and the tailgate back home.
Was able to get them installed today and took it for a test ride. Everything went together easily.
So I'm on the down hill side of this build. The only thing left at this point is to change the gears in the rear differential. And after talking to the Carb King a couple of days ago I'm going to switch over to a Carter YF. The Rochester on the truck has been flooding over on cold starts. He recommended to find a YF, rather than spend the money for a rebuild kit for the Rochester B. It was great talking with him and listening and learning. Anyone with a carburetor issue should definitely reach out to him.

So this past week I went in search of a Carter YF single barrel carburetor. And to my surprise on Ebay I discovered a new old stock ,new in box, YF789S. It was somewhat oxidized but looking at the multiple pictures and determining that it would work on my 261 I put in an opening bid of 88.50. The buy it now price listed was 169.50 with five days left on the auction. Well apparently not to many people in the market for a Carter single barrel as I was the only bidder on it. The brass tag is present on the carburetor and after receiving it today with all of the enclosed paperwork and gasket and fitting for the heat tube it appeared to be as listed as NOS AND NIB. I knew when I bid that it was intended for a truck with a powerglide automatic but I decided to go with it anyway.
Since I received it today all I did was clean the oxidation from it and remove the brass tag and clean it up.
After getting it in hand and double checking it against my intake and fuel lines and linkage and vacuum line it appears that it will bolt right on as a direct replacement for the rochester. With the exception of the manual choke. This Carter is equipped with the climatic control. The float is moving freely inside the bowl .
I have not disassembled it and part of me wants to just bolt it on and try it out. Most just to see if a 70 plus year old nos carburetor would stand the test of time and function as intended.
What's your guys thoughts? Should I go for it and see what happens , or get a rebuild kit from the Carb King?

When I was looking at carbs for my truck (1953 3100 with 235), I got a Carter YF 3211 to replace a Rochester BC. What I discovered immediately was that it did bolt directly onto the manifold. However, the fuel line port and the heat stove port were in different places. I also had to make a new accelerator rod to fit and actuate the carb. Those are not insurmountable obstacles, but they were surprises to me. I did all that and didn't like how the 3211 made the engine run. I ultimately switched back to the Rochester. I'll use that for now.

Thanks for your response Mike. The heat port is going to be a challenge for sure. Im not sure how it actually attaches to the manifold that i have. Do you have any pictures of how you did yours

You could also get the adapter that most flaps still sell that allows you to convert to Manuel choke.

Thanks Kevinski! I though i had seen something like that before. just couldnt recall where. I will check into it.

Looking at the pictures and you might have over spent since the list price was $17! Only $14 if you had an old one to exchange. 😊

UtahYork,
Did you see the 30% price increase listed on the edge of the page. January 1,1948. Money was worth something back then!

I know it was a few pages back, but I like your reupholstery job. Your seat looks great. I’ll have to check out your supplier

I have a “heat port” that attaches to the manifold from a ‘59 235. I’ll shoot you a PM.