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41. Re: [Oletrucks] 55-1st IFS (score: 1): Author: Gale Gorman <gale_gorman@mac.com>; Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:52:05 -0500; I know it's a matter of personal preference but when I'm shopping for an old truck the first thing I look for is that it has the original front axle. But then I still use my '54 like a truck. A musta; /html/oletrucks/2010-04/msg00017.html (8,183 bytes)
42. Re: [Oletrucks] Frame Boxing (score: 1): Author: Gale Gorman <gale_gorman@mac.com>; Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:27:00 -0500; I boxed the frame on a '55-1 years ago and I just cut 10ga or 11ga steel to fit and welded it. I cut the steel to fit inside the frame but fit up the joint so the inside face of the new plate was flu; /html/oletrucks/2010-04/msg00021.html (9,398 bytes)
43. Re: [Oletrucks] Overheating 350 in my '58 Apache (score: 1): Author: Gale Gorman <gale_gorman@mac.com>; Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:29:46 -0500; I don't buy the hood shape idea either. That idea would take a lot of cars off the road, though. Have you tried a lower thermostat, or none? Is the block reasonably clean? Water pump pumping as it sh; /html/oletrucks/2010-04/msg00024.html (9,286 bytes)
44. Re: [Oletrucks] Overheating 350 in my '58 Apache (score: 1): Author: Gale Gorman <gale_gorman@mac.com>; Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:46:56 -0500; And there's always the collapsed spring in the lower hose but that only gives a problem with higher revs when the sucking collapses the hose. -- Gale Gorman Houston Smokey, Every car/truck out there; /html/oletrucks/2010-04/msg00025.html (11,679 bytes)
45. Re: [Oletrucks] Oletrucks Digest, Vol 2, Issue 40. FANS (score: 1): Author: Gale Gorman <gale_gorman@mac.com>; Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:06:17 -0500; So why not just run an old steel fan like these old trucks came with? Not the '74 but they screwed up a lot of things around that era. -- Gale Gorman Houston I learned a lot about fans a couple years; /html/oletrucks/2010-04/msg00033.html (11,468 bytes)
46. Re: [Oletrucks] 58-59 fleetside deluxe trim (score: 1): Author: Gale Gorman <gale_gorman@mac.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:44:48 -0500; You're nixing the dual headlights? It's not gonna look like a '59 anymore. -- Gale Gorman Houston Hey Guys! I've just acquired a 59 short fleetside bed for my project truck and would love to add the; /html/oletrucks/2010-04/msg00037.html (9,305 bytes)
47. Re: [Oletrucks] 58-59 fleetside deluxe trim (score: 1): Author: Gale Gorman <gale_gorman@mac.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:39:40 -0500; It's funny how one prefers this and one prefers that. I bought my first NEW Chevrolet truck in '63 and it was a stepside. Bought new stepsides through 2004 even though they no longer had a step anyon; /html/oletrucks/2010-04/msg00040.html (11,054 bytes)
48. Re: [Oletrucks] 58-59 fleetside deluxe trim (score: 1): Author: Gale Gorman <gale_gorman@mac.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:42:02 -0500; You might make a deal to swap front fenders with him<G>> -- Gale Gorman Houston We all have our own idea of the perfect truck. Ironically I almost converted my 57 to duel headlights... LOL I've been; /html/oletrucks/2010-04/msg00041.html (10,800 bytes)
49. Re: [Oletrucks] 58-59 fleetside deluxe trim (score: 1): Author: Gale Gorman <gale_gorman@mac.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:13:38 -0500; Fiance's and wives come and go. These old trucks last a long time. Gale Gorman Houston Too late now... In Jan I bought a 56 GMC truck for $1,500 just for the parts. Ironically enough it was actually; /html/oletrucks/2010-04/msg00043.html (11,274 bytes)
50. Re: [Oletrucks] 58-59 fleetside deluxe trim (score: 1): Author: Gale Gorman <gale_gorman@mac.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:18:06 -0500; I put that '04 truck on eBay the same day I found out that even the throttle linkage is another electronic module. If the battery is low the accelerator doesn't work. Absolute nonsense to do away wit; /html/oletrucks/2010-04/msg00047.html (9,445 bytes)
51. Re: [Oletrucks] A D Hood Pie Cut (score: 1): Author: Gale Gorman <gale_gorman@mac.com>; Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:55:51 -0500; What is pie cutting? -- Gale Gorman Houston Has anyone seen any instructions on pie cutting a 47 ~ 54 GM Truck hood? Jim 551st PU _______________________________________________ Oletrucks@autox.team.; /html/oletrucks/2010-04/msg00049.html (8,093 bytes)
52. Re: [Oletrucks] A D Hood Pie Cut (score: 1): Author: Gale Gorman <gale_gorman@mac.com>; Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:02:34 -0500; Yeah, lots of work and then I always have to ask "why?" Apparently you've heard of this being done. I'm not visualizing how "front to back" is going to result in anything but narrower and then you'll; /html/oletrucks/2010-04/msg00052.html (9,696 bytes)
53. Re: [Oletrucks] A D Hood Pie Cut (score: 1): Author: Gale Gorman <gale_gorman@mac.com>; Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:26:35 -0500; Lay out your cuts carefully and then cut with a die grinder using even more care. This will let you make the cut with minimal distortion. Plan to make some vertical cuts to make the transition smooth; /html/oletrucks/2010-04/msg00055.html (11,225 bytes)
54. Re: [Oletrucks] A D Hood Pie Cut (score: 1): Author: Gale Gorman <gale_gorman@mac.com>; Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:09:43 -0500; I looked up project shorty and he is using TIG to weld the joint. He also has pictures of the vertical cuts I mentioned to make the transition. Awful lot of work without much reward. He was using a t; /html/oletrucks/2010-04/msg00057.html (11,025 bytes)
55. Re: [Oletrucks] tonneau covers (score: 1): Author: Gale Gorman <gale_gorman@mac.com>; Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:30:20 -0500; I don't know what you plan to haul but my solution has always been a large lockable box. I've made some nice ones out of 14 gauge sheet metal with the lid flush with the bed sides. Usually left 3 or; /html/oletrucks/2010-04/msg00061.html (7,972 bytes)
56. Re: [Oletrucks] tonneau covers (score: 1): Author: Gale Gorman <gale_gorman@mac.com>; Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:35:01 -0500; Chevrolet got their money's worth from that tailgate; same part from '54 through '87. -- Gale Gorman Houston until this email from mark, i thought all beds were the same up to 55-2nd. i did not know; /html/oletrucks/2010-04/msg00065.html (10,100 bytes)
57. Re: [Oletrucks] tonneau covers (score: 1): Author: Gale Gorman <gale_gorman@mac.com>; Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:44:27 -0500; Sounds like a P.O. swapped beds and filled the holes. It's not difficult to fill a hole so there is no APPARENT evidence it was ever there. -- Gale Gorman Houston HHHHHHHHHHHHMMMMMMMMM, my 1952 3100; /html/oletrucks/2010-04/msg00067.html (11,386 bytes)
58. Re: [Oletrucks] under the frame gas tank on 53 (score: 1): Author: Gale Gorman <gale_gorman@mac.com>; Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:30:15 -0500; Are you just concerned about safety? Very few occasions of fire with the tank in the cab. Odor? Just replace the filler hose. More room behind the seat? Move the tank. -- Gale Gorman Houston I am wan; /html/oletrucks/2010-04/msg00070.html (7,355 bytes)
59. Re: [Oletrucks] dextron vs mercon (score: 1): Author: Gale Gorman <gale_gorman@mac.com>; Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:47:31 -0500; Any good reason not to just use Dextron? Gale Gorman Houston I developed a leak in my old 350 tranny. I know there is fluid for F@*#'s and fluid for Chevy's, but I am wondering what is the difference; /html/oletrucks/2010-04/msg00071.html (7,570 bytes)
60. Re: [Oletrucks] dextron vs mercon (score: 1): Author: Gale Gorman <gale_gorman@mac.com>; Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:25:27 -0500; so perhaps that guy who rebuilt it thought it needed a little grit?<g> Doesn't sound like a good thing to deliberately add. -- Gale Gorman Houston tom mercon has grit (for lack of a better term) in i; /html/oletrucks/2010-04/msg00080.html (8,417 bytes)

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