Plenty of fellas have old frames, have them cut one out at the rivets or
behind and in front of it on the whole frame sides and sell/send you that
part. You can bolt it back in your frame with 3/8" bolts if you just knocked
out the rivets on all peices. A lot easier with cab off and may NEED cab off
to get at the rivets to grind them off and knock out. Hope you didn't hack
up your orig frame rails with a torch or ??
G. L. Grumpy's
Old Iron Ranch
Huntington, IN 46750
AD trucks and MM tractors
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richards, Troy" <trichards@hrgreen.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 8:54 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] Engine mount question
> Can anyone tell me how wide the crossbrace is and how much of a drop there
> is in it? When I first started on my truck and friend and I got way over
> motivated. We stripped the front and rear suspensions and removed the
> crossmember with the 6 cyl motor mounts on it with the intention of
running
> a big block Chevy or a 472 Cadillac motor. I have since calmed down and
> realized I should have stuck with the original plan to just hop up the 6
cyl
> a little, lower it a little, and enjoy. It just wouldn't be the truck I
> learned to drive in without the 6 cyl
> I plan to put the motor in this summer, a 235, but no longer have the
> crossbrace. I assume an aftermarket V8 adaptor could be made to work but I
> need to know the width and how much of a drop there is in the original
> crossmember.
>
> Thanks
>
> Troy
>
> Troy Richards
> Network Administrator
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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