Progress on the Rocky 36 or: Rocky's ramblings

[Rocky]

I haven't posted much lately about the work going on with my 36 chevy pickup. I'm in the middle of the drugery part of the build-up. Still gathering parts, figuring out which parts I need to work with each other and cleaning parts..
I have 4 finned buick front drums and I've driven them to the brake shop to make sure they're worth using...they are.
Every day I wire brush them after soaking them in diesel fuel to dislodge the road tar on the fins. Got 3 of 'em done on my lunch hour time so far...
I was looking for 59-64 Olds axle shafts so I could use my big ol' 31 spline posi carrier in my skinny 57 Pontiac axle housing. Today, I scored the Olds axles from a 64 Olds 88. Got 'em all cleaned up to cut 5/8ths inch off the splined ends and run the splines up the shafts another 5/8ths inch.
I bought new carrier bearings for the rear axle too...about $37 through work.
Through this, I've got the daily driver cars ready for winter..all except for painting my new steelies mounted on radial snows for the Rocky goodtime van...got a new front door on the house and some other stuff...all stuff that cuts into my hot-rod time.
Scored a pair of stock '40 front hubs in exchange for the 40 front hubs I had with a chevy bolt pattern. I didnt' want no steenking chevy wheels on my buick drums [bolted to ford hubs, screwed to ford spindles, attached to an aftermarket axle, connected to a Chevy pickup..whew!]
Last week I bought a pickup-box trailer just for the early ford steelies it had on it..they'll go on the front of the 36. Now, I need a pair of 16" Pontiac/ Olds wheels from the late 30's, up to 1948 for the back. I may run 16" full moons or maybe just painted steelies.haven't decided yet.
All the little stuff takes time up the ass and there's damn little time in the fall of the year in the midwest. This winter should be a little easier to get "car time" in the garage and I finally got a good heater in there. Don't think I'm not doing anything on my pickup..
And I scored a $50 pedal car at the last swapmeet..just bailed it out of the molasses tank. It's gonna sit in my house's entry. Here's a photo of it after the bath.
Ok, I'm done

[Tim]

lookin good rocky

gona be intown around thanksgiving posibly, ill have to take a look at it all;)
tim

[TINGLER]

Wow, sounds like you been busy.
I like the pic....Nice FALCON. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

You gonna put a sneaky pete Rambler system on it?

JT. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[purple]

<font color="purple"> I have had 2 of those firetrucks. On when a little kid and one as an adult. The last one I paid $15 for at a yard sale, the a few years ago I sold it to my neighbor for $35. I didn't do anything to it. He stripped it and primered it, then hung it on the wall and hasn't done what he planned. </font>

[Plowboy]

Come on man...get on it! With all the model A's getting thrown together around here, we need a few more Chevy trucks! Pretty soon we will DOMINATE! Ha Ha Ha.
I am not a big fan of the accumulation stage because there isn't a whole lotta junk around here to pilfer. I take the easy way out and do the 1-800 route. It tends to be cheaper for me than driving 2 hours (or more) to find some junk that may or may not work.

I know where there is a 59 Desoto pretty cheap that would make a nifty "bed" for your truck...Hint Hint!

[carkiller]

Bout damn time ya done sumethin. Heh heh, Cal

[48_HEMI]

Hemi powered pedal car? if it can be done you can do it
Jim

[Rocky]

Noooooooo Jim. The Hemi is still reserved for the Chevy but it sure would look good in my 37 Willys pickup project too.
Cleaned up the new axles and brought 'em home to measure for spacer rings to have machined up. Center hole in the buick drums is too big for the early ford hubs and for the Olds rear axle center nub thingy.

[scarliner]

Rocky,what bolt pattern are you looking for on the 16" steel pontiac wheels?are you talking the 5 on 4 3/4" ? I have a decent collection of old 15" and some 16" wheels from the 40s and 50s.Dont really know what I have, but the other day I was looking for something in one of mile piles of automotive artifacts and stumbled over some wheels marked stude-16".I may have something you could use.Let me know exactly what you are wanting and I will check my inventory,aka-big piles of crap!Later.

[Rocky]

Scarliner...need 5 on 5" pattern but there are plenty of 'em around here, thanks anyway. I already have soome 15" late chevy pickup stuff too and a pair of lovely painted spoke 15X10 wagon wheels. I'd hafta run full moons to hide the "lovely-ness" of them but I'd rather use something a bit skinnier to show off the Buick drum fins....