all i can say to you deve and your wife probaly has said it before is that your
a lucky bastard.
Bruce
1949 Chev 1/2 ton
Deve Krehbiel wrote:
> The whole reason for using DOT 5 (for me anyhow) is that it doesnt eat
> paint. The best paint stripper made is DOT 3 Brake fluid and with me
> spending a great part of my life trying to restore to perfectoin, it isnt in
> my plans for all the new frame and associated parts to get ruined. Thanks to
> everyone for the input. Seems as tho the DOT 5 will work nicely in a truck
> with brand new stainless steel brake lines, new hoses, new wheel cylinders
> and new master cylinder. I'm about 2-3 weeks away from testing it out so
> I'll tell all how it turns out.
>
> BTW, aquired a new toy this week. A 1949 3600. It was in a farmers shed
> (outta the rain) all these years and has no rust thru. Only body problems
> are a dented bed rail and a bent up right side rear fender both problems can
> be repaired relatively easily. I am not happy that the farmer got tired of
> the wooden bed and welded a metal floor in it, but then again, he also thew
> out his SPARE TIRE CARRIER!!! ;) Good news is, it is 12 volts, starts right
> up, runs great and has no mechanical problems at all. I paid 1800 for it,
> but felt it was pretty in line for such a good truck to start with. Now
> while I am running around gathering parts for the 50 frame up resto, I can
> be doing it in a 49!
>
> Thanks again everyone!
>
> Deve
>
> 50 3100
> 49 3600
>
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