Sorry if this doesn't quite meet the requirements of the list. It is a good Chevy truck that I have used to pick up my '51 3100, '49 3600 wrecker and '50s GMC so it is sort of list related. If not I
Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:40:07 -0500
Does anybody in the Kansas City area have a steering column avail that would fit a '51 Chevy 3100 pickup. The guy that I sold the truck to would like to remove the later model tilt wheel and go back
Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:47:38 -0500
I just received an email from the guy that I sold the '51 3100 to (along with a '67 MGB) and he is planning on shipping both vehicles to Saigon for restoration after he has them pick up from me on th
Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 08:43:58 -0600
Hi all, I need to get rid of some projects if I have a hope of ever finishing anything. Right now I don't even have enough garage space for them all. Therefore I am selling my '51 3100 (I'm keeping t
Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 09:11:20 -0600
You are correct. I looked at the pictures on the Inliner's site and it is the same truck that is in the Feb '04 issue of Hot Rod. The inliner's site shows a picture of the engine that was in the tru
I would check the thermostat first - sounds like it is sticking open. You mix and add Dex-cool just like any other antifreeze - the only real difference between the two is that Dex-cool doesn't have
Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 18:40:15 -0600
In my latest issue of Hot Rod magazine that I received today there are some articles on the most recent lend speed runs at the Bonneville salt flats and in one there is a picture of a "Barn Fresh" AD
Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 19:04:51 -0500
Does anybody have any idea what this is? http://i8.ebayimg.com/03/i/00/b5/ee/80_0.JPG It is on the passenger side of the hood of a heavy duty, maybe 2 ton chevy that is on eBay. I have never seen any
Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:52:40 -0500
Does anyone know of a source for the PTO cable for a 2-way power takeoff on a '48 3600 with a stock transmission. I broke the cable on my wrecker yesterday (while towing a '48 Dodge 1/2 ton down to t
Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 19:50:25 -0500
Hi all, I need to get rid of some projects if I have a hope of ever finishing anything. Therefore I am selling my '51 3100 (I'm keeping the 3600 deluxe wrecker), Here is a link to pictures of it: htt
Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 17:56:10 -0500
Sorry that this isn't really list related but I figure somebody out there would know - besides I need to get this car running before I go back to work on my '51 3100. What is the cylinder layout on a
Author: Kevin and deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2003 17:21:11 -0500
I've got a spare Chevy AD hood that is in excellent condition that I don't need (three hoods and only two trucks!). Here is a link to it: http://home.sprintmail.com/~mgtrautoxr/_uimages/ADHood2.JPG M
Author: Kevin and deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 20:26:06 -0500
Sorry for the off topic email but as loyal GM owners I wanted to give the members of this list a chance to get the two certificates that I have that allow you to purchase any GM vehicle (except Humme
Author: Kevin and deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 16:49:44 -0500
Given all the discussion recently about the GM Futurliners I thought that some of you might be interested in this press release that GM put out today Kevin '49 Chevy wrecker '51 Chevy 3100 June 12, 2
Author: Kevin and deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 16:53:42 -0500
From our local shopper newspaper (Starr Advertiser) received yesterday: 1956 CHEVY PICKUP, stepside, 1/2 ton, V-8, new front fenders, aluminum slot wheels, very restorable, $2,000, obo. 660-429-0518
Author: Kevin and deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 20:04:17 -0500
If there is an amp guage, which wire would go to it? I would assume that it would be the single wire. This is timely since (after two weeks of trying) I finally got the hood open on my '70 Corvette a
Author: Kevin and deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 20:43:40 -0500
I just installed a Hurst shifter on the Saginaw 4-speed in my '51 3100 and I am wondering if the 1 - 2 shifter lever (the lever that is conected to the shift rod on the side of the transmission case)
Author: Kevin and deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 09:44:19 -0500
If you need the instructions I can copy the appropriate pages out of the '84 Camaro factory service manual, that I have laying around, that describe how to adjust the linkage on a Saginaw 4-speed. Th
You might try ChevyDuty. The parts that I have got from them so far are good (of course they are only 1/2 mile from where I work so it is easy just to pick up stuff on my way home!). They also have a
Author: Kevin and Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 17:12:03 -0500
I just got my latest issue of Hot Rod magazine today (May 2003) and there is an article about an outfit, Wheel to Wheel Powertrain that utilizes late model C4 and C5 Corvette suspension components to