1947 Chevrolet 3100

[PS1947/5W/1/2T]

Originally Posted by Gippetto

Does it have a single shackle assembly pivot supporting the rear of the cab? If so it is a '47 cab. That uses two rubber bumper pads out towards the cab corners. That was replaced a few years later with rear shackles at the cab corners.

I am going to check that out soon.. Not sure what to look for and where exactly but this single shackle assembly I should be able to find it behind the seat ??
47' was the only year that had the single shackle?
Thanks
Pete

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by PS1947/5W/1/2T

I am going to check that out soon.. Not sure what to look for and where exactly but this single shackle assembly I should be able to find it behind the seat ??
47' was the only year that had the single shackle?
Thanks
Pete

No, look under the cab right inside of the running boards at the rear of the cab to see how it's mounted to the frame.

The look like this.



Brian

[MARTINSR]

This is what it will look like under the cab.



Brian

[MARTINSR]

I couldn't find a picture of the inside of what your cab should should look like but the back corners under the windows should have a metal cover with a big oval hole in it, not like this without anything where you can see the inside of the outer sheetmetal.

Brian

[PS1947/5W/1/2T]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

I couldn't find a picture of the inside of what your cab should should look like but the back corners under the windows should have a metal cover with a big oval hole in it, not like this without anything where you can see the inside of the outer sheetmetal.

Brian

Ok, So that is good sign, corners are covered with sheet metal ,,plate'' with oval hole in them !! super happy
I won't be able to see the the shackles under the cab today. i will check that soon.

[PS1947/5W/1/2T]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

I couldn't find a picture of the inside of what your cab should should look like but the back corners under the windows should have a metal cover with a big oval hole in it, not like this without anything where you can see the inside of the outer sheetmetal.

Brian

Thank you for all the Info Brian!
Pete

[MARTINSR]

It's funny how different cars can be. On the peddle pressure, OMG my Rambler stops so damn fast it's crazy! I have had a few panic stops and was blown away at how well they worked, disc brake like, I am not kidding you! My son's daily driver, a 63 Ford Falcon, that is a different story, the stock brakes suck! I plan on helping him putting some discs on that car!

And honestly it's more about driving style than the car. I spent a bunch of time studying "hypermiling" for saving fuel, I then studied travel time and what a difference it makes if you drive fast and hard using those modern brakes and I found that we drive that way because all the cars around us are, we drive like fools BECAUSE cars drive so much better today than years ago. It has transformed the average driver into a very bad driver pushing the limits. I began driving leaving more room and avoiding putting my foot on the brake as this costs you fuel, and putting your foot on the gas peddle because that costs you fuel too! I was driving a very well handling fast and amazing braking car at the time (Ford SHO) and found that driving more conservatively got me there just as fast! I proved this with study. I drive cars today from $150K 400hp Mercedes to my 90hp Rambler in the same way! Unless I am going to be having fun out on a windy road with my Gran Sport (set up with discs, swaybars, urethane bushing, quick ratio box, etc.), then I am having fun. But to drive that Gran Sport across town or down the highway, I drive it the same as I do my Rambler.

The body shop were I work does about 3.5 million dollars in sales with a lot full of modern cars with abs brakes. People have adjusted themselves to driving to leave such a small amount of room. They honestly are rear ending cars as much as they did in 1960!

Brian

[MARTINSR]

No problem Pete. I wish I had that cab, my truck is a 48 but the cab has been changed twice. So it's a later cab now. I guess it doesn't matter much being it's so highly modified anyway.

Brian

[ADchevys]

The 47 cabs are stamped different aoround the steering column.

[PS1947/5W/1/2T]

Originally Posted by ADchevys

The 47 cabs are stamped different aoround the steering column.

Hey, Thanks, There is no Difference between GMC and Chevrolet Cabs in the same year, are they identical?

Pete

[ADchevys]

Originally Posted by PS1947/5W/1/2T

Hey, Thanks, There is no Difference between GMC and Chevrolet Cabs in the same year, are they identical?

Pete

The cabs are the same.

[ADchevys]

Scroll down to post 64 in this thread. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=481342&page=3 It will show you what it looks like around the steering colum.

[dwcsr]

Those are the shock absorbers back then the tube shock was used.

[MARTINSR]

Yes, those are Lever shocks which were used on these trucks through 1949, then in the 1950 model year they were replaced with modern tube shocks.

Brian