[Oletrucks] My 1951 project

[Smokey Culver]

Heck, I just gave ol' Jitterbug a paint job and an engine rebuild, and been
drivin' her every day for the past 11 years.

Smokey Culver
League City, Texas
1950 3600 5-window Jitterbug
1958 Apache The Chick Truck

-----Original Message-----
From: oletrucks-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:oletrucks-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jim krontz
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 9:09 AM
To: Gale Gorman; Bob Keeland
Cc: oletrucks at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Oletrucks] My 1951 project

Sounds like someone is getting pretty deep fast....

I am just now starting on
the sheetmetal of my 57 3100.

I too took the POR15 route, and used metal prep
from Eastwood before I put the POR15 on the frame.  Then I painted the frame
afterwards.  It looks GREAT!  Here is a short list of other things I did:
-
Replaced front axle with 3' drop axle
- Conversted to disc brakes in front
-
Had springs re-packed and added a leaf to hold the 383 stroker engine
-
Replace the 235 with the 383 (weiland 9' high rise, two 500cfm carbs) it
should be around 450 horse, 400 fpt
- Converted it to power steering
-
Converted it to power brakes
- Installed new leaf springs in the back which
dropped the back 4'
- Changed out rear end with posi-track 373 gears
-
Installed in gas tank in rear, and ran full lines with pro-comp
pump/regulator
- All new hardware everyone (literially EVERY bolt I touched was changed out
with grade 8)
- New shocks and shock towers

Not a bad list of work for the
past 6 months.  I had 10 days off for the holidays and worked on it daily
(10+
hours) to get this far along.  

It helps that one of my good friends owns a
hot rod shop.  Although he doesn't do the work, he is always helpful in
pointing out what needs done next (lol).

Jim





----- Original Message ----
From: Gale Gorman <gale_gorman at mac.com>
To: Bob Keeland <keelandb at yahoo.com>
Cc: oletrucks at autox.team.net
Sent: Thu, January 21, 2010 7:16:36 AM
Subject:
Re: [Oletrucks] My 1951 project

On Jan 20, 2010, at 5:48 PM, Bob Keeland
wrote:

> (I've had and been planning my 1951 restoration for 10 years without
any
> progress)
> 
> The truck 1951 1/2 ton 5-window.
> 
> The frame will be
1989 S-10 (sorry Mark, but this seems to be the direction I
> will go - the
kit includes all needed support structures - I do think that
> I'll paint the
frame with POR-15 to prevent rust).

Lots of choices for frame paint but the
key to rust prevention is the preparation. Bare metal, extremely clean,
self-etching primer, etc.

> I need to get a copy of the
> 2003 Classic Trucks
article on using the S-10 frame/running gear, suspension,
> etc. under an old
GM truck.

My '54 will still be a full-sized truck with the original front
axle. It will pull an old Airstream trailer and haul a load and still look
good.

> 
> The engine will be either a rebuilt mid-1960s 283 (if it is still
any good -
> not even started for over 10 years following the rebuild - it was
not me who
> did the rebuild). If the 283 is shot,

Why would the 283 be shot
if it hasn't even been started? Surely you assembled it with oil or STP.

>
then for the short-term I may use the
> 2.5 L 4 cylinder that is in the S-10.
What I would really like would be a
> diesel of about 350 ci, if I can find a
good one (not a gas engine reformed as
> a diesel engine).

What's available
in a 350ci diesel? Mercedes?

> 
> Wheels will probably look fairly original
(but not the split rims that were on
> the 3/4 tons)

Where did 3/4 ton come
from? The truck was 1/2 ton and morphed to a 1/4 ton S10.

Gale Gorman
Houston
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