- 41. Re: [oletrucks] welding question (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 16:38:27 -0800
- Michael, the regulator setting isn't that critical because the gas should only flow when you have the trigger pulled. Open up the valve a goodly way and then the gun will do the rest for you. Regard
- /html/oletrucks/2000-12/msg00696.html (7,896 bytes)
- 42. Re: [oletrucks] That radio hole in the dash (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 19:36:12 -0800
- Jim, I had this problem when I restored my 55 Buick some years ago. If you've ever seen one, you'll know that the dash is really a stunner. Great mid 50s design. I'd seen some older cars with radios
- /html/oletrucks/2000-12/msg00734.html (8,348 bytes)
- 43. Re: [oletrucks] Power steering using original AD steering column. (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 09:44:57 -0800
- I saw a how to article in a Lowrider Classics magazine (some very nice work, by the way, for those who scoff at lowriders) which was basically about installing a Chubby Chassis IFS. They showed a ve
- /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00009.html (8,162 bytes)
- 44. Re: [oletrucks] Oletrucks Introduction (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 20:18:21 -0800
- type I met a guy a while ago with a real nice AD panel that had a filled firewall. I asked him if he used plugs, and he said so, he just filled them with his mig welder, carefully, I assume, and gro
- /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00020.html (7,236 bytes)
- 45. Re: [oletrucks] Someone who doesn't quite understand?? (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 16:49:41 -0800
- Bill, I think he found that by flipping the bumper guard he could drive over his lawn and rake up all the leaves. Either that or he needed a squirrel catcher. Regards, Grant oletrucks is devoted to
- /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00043.html (8,877 bytes)
- 46. Re: [oletrucks] American Classic (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 16:53:21 -0800
- Bill, I don;t know how bad the ripples are, but are you accounting for the fact that a certain amount of body filler goes on over a patch panel? You're going to need a skim coat to smooth the weld se
- /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00045.html (8,694 bytes)
- 47. Re: [oletrucks] Re: updated search field info......Now we know.. (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 22:57:06 -0800
- good I don't disagree in principle, but it is also worth saying that I've bought a lot of stuff from perfect strangers on ebay, sent them my money with almost no remedy should they take advantage of
- /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00289.html (7,920 bytes)
- 48. Re: [oletrucks] Clutch Tip Screwdrivers (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 20:27:13 -0800
- Brian, Jim Carter http://63.241.173.88/cgi-bin/vshop has them, but not in one place. For example, for rear fender bolts you have to look in bed parts. I think Chevy Duty, American Classic etc. have
- /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00312.html (8,981 bytes)
- 49. Re: [oletrucks] '54 Chevy Truck (X-files) (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:14:18 -0800
- Don'tcha hate that? It's like the final scene in Thelma and Louise where they drive off the grand canyon in a '60s T Bird. If I'd written the screenplay, they'd have parked the car, signed the pink
- /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00504.html (8,007 bytes)
- 50. Re: [oletrucks] Turn signal kit (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 20:20:43 -0800
- On the subject of turn signals, I have recently been reading up on big improvements being made in LED trchnology. A lot of the tail lights you see on modern cars are actually LEDs. The red and green
- /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00516.html (8,530 bytes)
- 51. Re: [oletrucks] best battery trickle charger? (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 23:40:48 -0800
- Small solar panels, about 10 watts are perfect for maintaining charge. Get one from one of the auction places. Harbor F also has them. They put out just enough to keep your battery charged without bo
- /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00546.html (7,862 bytes)
- 52. Re: [oletrucks] oil air bath - keeping it original (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:11:59 -0800
- I stripped and repainted two of these air cleaners over the summer, and they both appeared to be stainless. There was not a spot of rust on either. They are somewhat magnetic, so perhaps they are ga
- /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00651.html (8,317 bytes)
- 53. Re: [oletrucks] Primer, paint, chrome and all that. (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 23:07:57 -0700
- other Hi Terry, Remember that you can affordably get replacements for door handles and wiper bezels from the good suppliers. But if you do want to paint them, just run them through the wire wheel on
- /html/oletrucks/2000-10/msg00074.html (7,836 bytes)
- 54. Re: [oletrucks] Disquised 235's (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 16:03:33 -0700
- Where does one get a hand crank? There've been times one would have been quite useful. Regards, Grant Los Angeles oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
- /html/oletrucks/2000-10/msg00093.html (8,339 bytes)
- 55. Re: [oletrucks] I'm back (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 09:21:05 -0700
- Hey Smokey, you missed the big vote! While you were gone, we all decided to change the focus of the group to cross breeding french poodles with doberman pinschers. I'm sure you'll find the change am
- /html/oletrucks/2000-10/msg00130.html (7,738 bytes)
- 56. Re: [oletrucks] Fw: Overhead Valve Engines (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 11:14:09 -0700
- Now, many of you know I have a Ford T bird, with a Y block, and I like it just fine, and feel no urge to badmouth Ford. Having said that, I think we should find this F**D loving frigger and boil him
- /html/oletrucks/2000-10/msg00225.html (7,785 bytes)
- 57. Re: [oletrucks] A few questions (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 21:14:46 -0700
- in a I actually spent some time tracking these folks down. The business had been run by two partners in Ohio. I spoke to the daughter in law of one partner, who said that one was dead and the other
- /html/oletrucks/2000-10/msg00279.html (7,229 bytes)
- 58. Re: [oletrucks] engine hoists (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 18:34:42 -0700
- store. I concur. There are great tools to have, but for long periods they sit unused, looking ugly and taking up too much space. If the folding leg models had been available when I bought mine, I'd h
- /html/oletrucks/2000-10/msg00296.html (7,392 bytes)
- 59. Re: [oletrucks] engine hoists (score: 1)
- Author: Simmons-Grant <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 18:36:52 -0700 (PDT)
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- /html/oletrucks/2000-10/msg00297.html (32,159 bytes)
- 60. Re: [oletrucks] Weight of a stripped down 1/2 ton cab (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 01:10:30 -0700
- One. Just tie a rope through the windows, hook up the shop crane and start pumping. Comes right off. Regards, Grant S. oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
- /html/oletrucks/2000-10/msg00500.html (8,259 bytes)
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