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Tried to drive the truck again last Friday and another new problem popped up.
The offset rod which has a threaded end that goes through the clutch fork - it has two 3/4 inch nuts on it which you use to adjust the clutch - pulls the top end of the "L" rod over to the left so far that when the clutch pedal is depressed, it forces the entire clutch pedal off of the axis the clutch pedal travels on. It actually pushed the large hair pin off the end of the axis point on which it travels as you push the clutch in and out. The link between the bottom of the clutch pedal and the off set rod is linked together with a few links of chain and the chain does not ride in a straight line but is pushed over to the left as the pedal is depressed and as it moves, it pushes the clutch right off the end of pivot.
I finally moved the chain back from the factory spot on the "L" shaped rod, more to be right and in line with the bottom of the clutch pedal, where the chain hooks on, to get it to work. It works fine there, but, of course, that's not where it's supposed to be. Has anybody else had this problem? Does anyone know if the "L" rods vary in size or shape from year to year or model to model?
Any suggestions are appreciated!

Joe, I searched for an image of a '37 clutch system as you describe and came up empty. So, I'm wondering if you can upgrade that assembly to a '47 to '59 system using the parts on the attached Classic Parts page. That would be the offset rod and linkage rod.

http://www.classicparts.com/Clutch-Parts/products/429/2/0

I have three L shaped clutch offset release rods from various years and they are all the same.

I found nothing about any kind of link when I checked the parts book. Kind of odd - I'm not real sure what kind of clutch fork to clutch pedal a 37 had. I know what mine has, but apparently it's not correct.