It doesnt get any better.
R. Reul
1951 3604
rreul@cin.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Deve Krehbiel" <dkrehbiel@kscable.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] 1950 Crossmember
> Welp.... seeing how there was no takers to my original message, I
determined
> that the person who put the Hydramatic in my 50 also put the crossmember
> from the donor 54 in as well. Its totally wrong for a standard tranny and
> modifying it wouldnt be all that great an idea since measurements would be
> suspect at best. I will go salvaging next week for a crossmember and the
> clutch pedal assembly that is also missing. This is turning out to be
quite
> a project. Its been redneck engineered like I have never seen. For example
> the studs on the exhaust manifold broke so some genius decided to make a
> four sided metal bracket to clamp the exhaust pipe to the manifold. It was
> very elaborate! I was almost impressed with their use of bailing wire to
> hold the whole thing together. I mean jeeze!!... dont go out and spend
$1.75
> on a few new studs and replace them, lets engineer an entire rig that is
> bound to fail in the first few hundred miles! Some people should not be
> allowed to use bailing wire and welders. If you want a real hoot, go to a
> good salvage yard with a lot of these trucks and see what people have
> devised to get their trucks to run just a little farther. But to be
honest,
> once you get over the shock that the world is full of stupid people, it is
> rather amusing and then fun to go back and fix right. Problem is, the
shock
> is wearing off as I get older. I am concerned over what I will do to amuse
> myself once the final reality sets in! Anyone over 42 might tell me what
> there is to look forward to next! Haha!
>
> Deve Krehbiel
> Hesston, Kansas
> 1950 3100 * 1949 3600 * 1948 4400 * 50 3100
> www.speedprint.com/Deves50/index.html
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
|