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| | | | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 | Tory Webster [email protected]Temple, Texas 1.5 ton big bolt, 216 engine, 4 spd, purchased April 30, 2010. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,201 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,201 | Congrats on the new truck. what are your plans for it? | | | | | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 | New tires clean up the wheels ,removed the flatbed ,shorten the rear frame and put on a halfton bed with wider fenders . | | | | | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 | Tires and wheels done ! Flat bed removed frame shorten for a new bed.Converted to 12 volt .Been very busy.
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 | Added a album for everyone to see the progress . | | | | | Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 19 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 19 | When you shortened the frame, did you get the axle lined up just right to accept the half ton drive shaft or get a custom one made up? | | | | | Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 623 "MONGO" | | "MONGO" Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 623 | Shom, the 1/2 Ton would have had a Torque Tube, the Big truck would have been open drive line, I'm sure he just cut down the big truck axle to the length he needed.
My question is going that short Tory are you going to have to change the Pinion angle of the rear axle? And what happened to using the rounded rear fenders from the big truck place?
Mongo | | | | | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 | I shortened the forward drive shaft and moved the hanger bearing forward.The position of the hanger bearing is the same as the smaller trucks with the same open drive shafts.Used the factory assembly manual for the measurement reference .
The rounded rear fenders looked to modern the more I thought about it .I wanted it to look like it came from the 50's still .I hope to have the fenders finished this weekend to see how it will look ? | | | | | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 | Didn't get much done on the fenders this weekend.But I did get the GMC 302 finally ! Also added a few more pictures. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 17 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 17 | Nice frame sectioning, that looks wild. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 | Removed seat ,fuel tank and all fuel lines .A lot to clean and replace now . | | | | | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 | Added a few more pictures .Slow progress but still moving! | | | | | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 | I havent done much to the truck in a long time.Been working out at the farm clearing trees reshaping ponds and creeks.Working on a new shop 40x60 with a 12x60 overhang.Any money and time have been spent there and not on the truck.Last August I hit my head at work still recovering slowly from that trying to get back to my hobbies and life. http://s897.photobucket.com/user/webstershotrods/library/?view=recent&page=1
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