Hi I have a near original truck but I would like to put a ps pdb front end in it, I know it would get driven more we’ve only put 4000 miles on it since dad and I restored it in 1980 Thanks for any help
I know this is not what you're wanting or asking but I would drive that truck just like it is. Probably different wheels, but that's a nice truck. I had a 53 Ford 1/2 ton, it drove great and steered very easily.
Looks good. I have a F1 and a M3, both with disc brakes and one with power steering. You will not regret the upgrades.
There must be kits available to add disc brakes to your truck I know fellow put dodge omni rack and pinion on other brand '40s pickup, fabbed his own brackets for disc brakes.
I've had a few Mercury M1s as well as F1s over the years. I agree, if you're going to drive these things with any regularity especially in today's traffic, you need disk brakes and power steering.
I'd have to think that everything thing that fits a 51 Ford F-1 will work on that truck so don't make it harder than it has to be. There are a ton of disk brake kits for them and several power steering kits. https://www.google.com/search?q=Pow...ome..69i57.11689j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=Pow...ome..69i57.22112j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 You just have to sort though and figure out what you want to use. With the good kits out there I am not a big fan of trying to cobble a steering unit from the junk yard onto one of these. Someone said Omni but I haven't seen a Dodge Omni on the roads here for maybe ten years that I can actually remember so that is obsolete tech. Some of this stuff guys did 20/30 years ago aren't viable today because you can't readily find the parts.
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