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--wayne
At 11:18 PM 8/8/02 -0700, Ryan Langford wrote:
>I was on this list when it first started, but got rid of my
>57' Chevy truck due to lack of funds to get the project
>in running condition, and dropped the list. But today,
>I bought a 55' Chevy Apachee, and decided it was
>time to reinstate myself into the money-sucking world
>of old trucks :) I'm in Seattle, WA, and my "new"
>truck definitely needs some love. A whole lot of love.
>
>I'm not in a hurry to get cracking on it, because
>I have other money-sucking projects going right
>now that have first priority. But....I would like
>to convert it over to 350 chevy V8 (I know, everyone
>does it, how boring, but it works well). And get
>the brakes updated, and get power steering
>and modern front suspension on it. I'm sure there's
>several people on here that have done such. I have
>heard that there is several donar cars that work
>well for "borrowing" the front end, but if I could be
>pointed at an archive, or web site for some good
>info on this subject, I'd appreciate it.
>
>I'll have a perfectly good running straight 6 up for
>grabs if anyone is interested when I finally convert
>over, but it will be a while. I don't think the tranny
>is stock, but I'm not sure. 3 on the tree. But
>that will be availible too.
>
>And I'm sure this next issue has been ran over to death....
>it has cancer, more than I'd like. I have a decent
>selection of fabrication tools and was planning
>on attempting some repairs with this. I'm not
>looking to get it exactly like stock, but adventaully
>I want to get the body looking nice. Any links to
>sites or archives on this would be great too.
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>Ryan
>rlangford@attbi.com
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Wayne Osborne
1956 Chevy Pickup
LaGrange Ga.
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