Bill,
Thanks for the link. It was helpful. I thought maybe there was a standard
on replacement wheels which lent itself to maintaining an "original" type
look. I love my 3/4 ton but, sometimes I feel like the bastard step-son
when it comes to replacement parts. Makes the hunt that much more
interesting if not frustrating.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
To: "'Rocky Jones'" <rockyjones@prodigy.net>
Cc: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 2:14 PM
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] 302 engine
> Smokey did a real good job of describing how to put
> hub cap clips on wheels without them. Check out
> his work at
> http://sites.netscape.net/chrlscul/clipinstall
>
> You could replace the split rim wheels with something
> more modern, add the clips and very few people would
> know that the wheels were not stock. Keep the spilt
> rims in the garage in case you ever need to commit
> suicide.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rocky Jones [mailto:rockyjones@prodigy.net]
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 1:01 PM
> To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
> Subject: [oletrucks] 302 engine
>
>
> I have a '53 5 window GMC 3/4 ton with a fully restored body (original
> except
> I chromed the grill and bumpers). Now I have to tackle the engine. I
want
> to
> dress it up and lay in original- type speed equipment from the era. Not
> necessarily for speed but, in the words of a sainted truckmaster, "drop
your
> d--- in the dirt gorgeous."
>
> The original 228 has a warped cylinder. It was suggested to me to use a
302
> as a platform to give more power and still, to the naked eye, look
original.
> Ideas? Suggestions?
>
> One more thing, wheels and tires. I have the original 8 lug split rims.
> Dangerous but, I want to keep the original style hubcaps. Ideas for
> replacements?
> 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
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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