Hi all, My (favorite) uncle bought a '52 GMC longbed 1/2 ton pickup this weekend. I was checking it out (good 5 window cab, bad bed), anyway, on the rear end was this small set of helper springs?!?!?
That is so that the many varried aftermarket and chevy heaters could be installed w/o cuttong any more holes in the firewall. You just punch a hole in the firewall pad and bingo another hole to run
Does any one know where that junkyard is????? I want one! Casey '47-2nd Thriftmaster oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
Just did mine on the '47.5 and it wasn't too painfull. had the leaves sand blasted, looked good, a nice dull grey ( I thought they had already primmered them!), i then ground off the 90 degree edge
Just looking around about the Opel GT's found a pretty good photo of a 1953 Opel AD truck. This question was ask by me a few mos. back...... any way check it out. http://www.nethotel.dk/private/wod/o
<< http://www.nethotel.dk/private/wod/o-home.htm >> Try this address for just a photo, He had his frames enabled so I copied the wrong adress..... http://www.nethotel.dk/private/wod/clascar/pr/dk/dkp
Hello all, Could someone please tell me the correct gappage for the points and plugs on my 1953 235 ci. (the one with hydrolic lifters)? I currently have the plugs at .040if an inch, and the points a
Jack and all, I appreciate the input, I have questions: What is a dwell meter? How does it work? Is it expensive? Where do I get a compression tester? Are they expensive? Thanks in AD vance, Casey ol
Hey Tom, I shared this with the list awhile back, but this is how I used to check speedo's at the Pick and Pay, Take a cordless drill and a broken chainsaw file, use the bottom square part, then remo
Are fuel pumps for the early full pressure and late 235's the same? Casey '47 Thriftmaster w/ 1953 235. (hyd lifters) oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
Hi all, I guess that you could use the original shifter with an auto, I've herd of it being done before, but with these problems: 1) not knowing what gear your in, 2) not keeping the trannie in the g
Okay, I'll bite also, My first ole' truck was a 1954 F#@D deluxe cab (pea soup green) that I restored with a retired mechanic, (He hated "those DA#N fords"). Any way I put a ton truck L6 in it that h
Hi all, I have finnaly given up on ever getting a rochester carb for my 1953 235 ci. (in the 1947), this is the 4th time I've had to take back the "quality remanufactured" carb back to the FLAPS. Can
Hi Bob and all, I haven't done a pressure test on the fuel pump. The truck ran just fine for 6 mos on the 20 year old rochester that was on it when I bought it. Then it started leaking and I could no
Hi Ed, Alain, and all.... My name is Casey Mathews and I live in Ringgold Ga. I used to live in Calhoun Ga. The photo that you posted is of one Mr. Forrest Shropshire's (770)382-3448. He has some nee
Also saw an AD in the Disney Film "Wild America" last Sunday. The whole movie is set with a '55 GMC (?NAPCO?) Burb. Casey. '47 3100 oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and
Hi all, A neighbor friend gave me a clamp on external oil filter. It is a WIX and is white with a red decal on the top. With all this talk about FRAM orange and AC colors, I just have to know is a WI
Hello all, The site is www.flex-a-lite.com Has a lookup for belt driven fans, under the chevy section it shows a 60's caprice with a 250 L6 is that the one we need??? (for an early('53) 235 in an AD
I got this question back from Flex-a-lite, does any one know the diameter of the H2O pump shaft? Thanks, Casey M. 47 thriftmaster --part1_0.c9a836eb.256bf07f_boundary Content-Disposition: inline Ret