getting my truck today

[pugs]

a few pics, started sanding and priming the cab down as im waiting for other parts to get here. was surprized it sanded easier then i thought.



have part of the firewall and parts of the drivers door started, will be done this week,i do have a few of the bigger holes on the firewall where wires cam thu iwant to close up

[pugs]

not much going on with the truck lately, been helping my brother do some renovation. i did cover up a few of the holes on the drivers side of the firewall,stripped the dash and primered it, and have most of the door jams cleaned and primered. i have some nasty rust at the top of the windsheild area im almost done repairing. going to go look at a 69-70 swb truck today, no title but looking at for the chassis and drive train, if its in decent shape i will keep what i need and just sell off the body parts. will get pics either today yet or tomorrow after i hit a small local swapmeet

[pugs]

well i looked at the 69-70 truck this afternoon and imust say it was junk, lots of rust and not a str8 piece of sheetmetal on the truck, eventhe frame under the box was rusted thu, so it doesnt do me any good,will have to see if i can find and goodies tomorrow at the local swapmeet

[pugs]

which way would you go, 1st off ihave a 260 olds m/t runs i drove the car home 5 months ago and worked great, today at the swap meet iguy iknow has a inline chevy 6 w/ a pg trans for a good price, what should i go with for my truck. like a said before its not going to be a show truck just a driver

[Daniel U]

Keep it and go with the 6. They go forever and it'll look more factory. Sometimes I wish I would've kept the 6 in mine. Just my .02

[pugs]

well i am sticking with the 6, but its a 250 and going with a 350 turbo behind it. also the guy that has the 6 is selling me a pr of hubs and drums from a 53-54 chevy car, $200 everything not a bad deal, now just need to get a 5 lug rear for the back. also made a deal with another guy for some bike parts i have, im getting a set of 15x7 ralley's and nice chunk of change for the bike stuff, overall was a good day

[pugs]

well i am sticking with the 6 its a 250 and going with a 350 turbo behind it. also the guy that has the m/t is selling me a pr of hubs and drums from a 53-54 chevy car, $200 everything not a bad deal, now just need to get a 5 lug rear for the back. also made a deal with another guy for some bike parts i have, im getting a set of 15x7 ralley's w/ caps/trimrings and nice chunk of change for the bike stuff, overall was a good day

[1-ton of fun]

unless you have the th350, i would go with a 700r4. overdrive will help with gas mileage and allow highway cruising at lower rpms

[pugs]

well im trading my buddy the PG for the 350 , even has a shift kit installed. he wants the PG for his 65 nova which was mine at one time. when i go for a rear im gonna look for something like 308's. plus i alreay have a couple of tilt columns here to work with so no need to have to buy another one

[Daniel U]

Originally Posted by pugs

well i am sticking with the 6 its a 250 and going with a 350 turbo behind it. .....

There are plenty of ways to get more hp out of your 6. The stovebolt site will help you out with that.

[pugs]

i seen a few things i seen online that im watching, 30 over pistons, cam, intake and headers. i will try to get all the parts saved up till next winter then really do up the engine

[hotrodsbyray]

go to webrodder.com - they have a large series (maybe 5 or 6) of detailed articles on chevy inline 6 engine rebuild and update for performance. really good articles.

[pugs]

its been ahwile since an update been busy with a few things around the house but did tinker alittle on the truck been working on the frame doing a couple things, tacked in a new crossmember for the upper shock mount, replacing the 9" of the frame cuz of a bunch of oblong holes and the ends are alittle bent, also removed the trans crossmember and clutch assembly,and did set the 250/auto trans in the frame and getting started on the mounts. went to a local swap meet again today and was talking to a guy that has a 58 fleetside for sale, he wants 2500.00 for it. comes with new cab corners, inside and outside door handles,new front park lenses, windsheild rubber and wiper bezels,hood emblem and fender spears. im going to go look at it tomorrow just for the heck of it even tho i can t afford it, i will snap some pics of the truck and my frame

[Daniel U]

Sweeet!

[pugs]

well i got to borrow the kids camera and snap a few pics. i put in a long nite lastnite and got the 250/auto all mounted up. the guy i got the motor from also had some used tubular m/t mounts out of a 53 pu which i bought for 60.00. i had tomake mounts tocome off the motor itself, i wanted togo with some kind of rubber mounts but went solid as i made the them up in about3 hours total both side ok now for some pics
drivers side




pass side

[pugs]

trans mount and general pic

[pugs]

last week and trade a guy some bike parts for a set of 15x7 rallys and a nice chunk of change, couple of pics of the look im going for.

[solidaxel]

Well with the side engine mount you can always upgrade to a V-8!!

[pugs]

i have an olds v8 engine sitting here i could of used but will keep it all chevy for now plus it will be good on fuel with the 6 banger

[Daniel U]

I like those wheels!

[pugs]

i like the rally's but rally feeling it with thos center caps, not sure what im going to do yet

[55dude]

cool project! i was surprised at your choice on front brakes, it's been 30 years since i did a swap like that using 53'-54' passenger car hardware. with all the reasonable disc kits why keep the drums? i realize it's your truck just curious. keep the pic's coming.

[pugs]

while tinkering around with the truck, just for the heck of it i messed with the brakes and they worked but figured i better ckeck them all out to see what everything looks like behind the drums and its all new so why change and spend the extra money at this time, only thing i am going to do is change to a duel master cylinder

[pugs]

i will try to get pics tomorrow,but been working on the truck a fair amount in the past week, i picked up a rear out of a chevelle. have it up on top of the springs which brings it down really nice. since i did the flip and will need shorter shocks, who has some suggestions on what i should or need to get. i will be pulling 2 springs out of the front to get it down alittle. also got the passenger side inner and outer cab corner in place along with some other areas of the rear floor section where the gas tank sits,and rear cab mounts. then sat the cab back on frame tonite, looks good to me. again hope to have some pics tomorrow nite

[pugs]

ok a few pics finally, tho not the best new camera and trying to figure out allthe settings on it





thinking about this color green that i sprayed onthe dash


need opinions on the shocks,will setup work or not, and need info on buying shorter shocks