One thing thats not a secret is that it puked tranny fluid up all over my shop floor over the weekend, blahhhh Nice little present to come come and see it running out from under the garage door into my driveway, blahhhhh
so now that i have seen all these sweet pics... it looks like i might be able to land the 58 PU in the top of the thread... i definitely would like to lower it, but im wondering what options are out there... i can't seem to think i'll be putting a front clip on it... but any wisdom on dropped axles? or options for a 55-59... and while im asking... is it true that the front clip of any of those years is interchangeable? i heard the cabs were all the same? im guessing a 58 fender wouldn't work on a 55 etc... but would the WHOLE front clip of any year fit on the cab of them all? thanks for the wisdom.
Drop axles are out there. You can get down quite a ways with one of those and a monoleaf spring in front. The rear is standard operation like all over live axle rears. You can really make it happen with a clip though, real easy to do if you have a welder and patience. As for sheetmetal yeah front clips are interchangeable from 55-58. But the fenders are different on the front. Cabs are interchangeable as well.
You can swap the clips, but the '58/'59 have a longer front frame horn that can be trimmed to make the bumper fit right with the '55-'57 front clip.
Hey Ya'll, I hope you don't mind us posting these pics of our 57 GMC to your thread. It is not nice like some of the others Posted here on this thread, but maybe it will give you inspiration to keep working on yours! Keep up the Good Work! http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/rustee57gmc/dcp_3579.jpg http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/rustee57gmc/dcp_3578.jpg
My $500 turd hasn't come very far (I think), but I did build a Model A inbetween buying it a year ago. I might drive it within a week, gotta bunch of little stuff to do, besides installing the glass and taking it off non-op. It's got a 350 and a 5 speed.
Funny thing is I should have never sold it to you, and I should have bought it back when you were selling it...
I only paid $225 for this big window 2 years ago but I couldn't find a title for it...sold it to a buddy who still had the title from his 56 when it burned to the ground.....shoulda kept it.
I've noticed these are all short beds. Anybody ever do anthing with a long bed, and what kind of job is it to shorten a long bed, into a short bed truck?
does anybody know who makes drop axles with the most drop? and how dropped they can go before the steering linkage etc become an issue? i noticed the car and truck shop in orange lists a 3" drop but i was hoping for more...
Thanks man, I'm selling the El Chumino after I get the '57 on the road. It was a decent car, until I hit a Suburban with it. Still a decent car, but it was always just an S-10 to me.... Here's another HAMB thread of Task Force trucks: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8635 Here are some other stock-type, non-lowered Task Force truck pictures. A lot of the pictures are of 4x4s, because I've been thinking about putting a NAPCO 4x4 conversion on mine, so I can take my truck everywhere. NAPCO did factory installations in the 50's trucks, so yes, there are "traditional 4x4s". Two of my favorite pictures: Another nice NAPCO: Other stockity-stock trucks: They don't have to be lowered to look good, you know.
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