My new 57' stepside

[aintnoV8]

lockedup - do you know anything about the steering column. i got a 57 chevy pickup that has the original 3 on the tree and the new transmission is a floor shift, ive been looking for a basic steering column, yours looks pretty good. got any info on it? thanks

[Lockedup]

Originally Posted by zenchal26

What kind of heders are those??? looks like that eng crossmember was installed backwards????? l/h side on the r/h side?

I am not sure what headers they are they have no markings

Originally Posted by zenchal26

what size tires and rims on that

Front - 205-60-15
Rear - 255-60-15

Originally Posted by truckerbob56

great truck also do you know what rearend you have there

Its a 12 bolt out of a metric car

Originally Posted by aintnoV8

lockedup - do you know anything about the steering column. i got a 57 chevy pickup that has the original 3 on the tree and the new transmission is a floor shift, ive been looking for a basic steering column, yours looks pretty good. got any info on it? thanks

I do not know what steering column it is, i can take some more pics for you if that would help at all.

[aintnoV8]

Originally Posted by Lockedup

I do not know what steering column it is, i can take some more pics for you if that would help at all.

cool anything will help. in the engine compartment does it go right to the steering box or is the a universal in between?

[Lockedup]

Heres the pictures of the colum, hope they help.







I havent got much done on the truck but here is a few pics of the C-notch i have finished and the fuel cell.

[ambryatim]

Nice 57!!! Look at your rear shocks....those babies are pretty much useless. Looks like they are pretty much laying down on the "job"

You need to move the mounting point on the crossmember (top of the shock) more toward the tire or outside of the frame. With the shock being laid down like that it does not have much damping effect...if any at all. I will have to look it up but IIRC I think the max they should lay over is around 30* (degrees) or so. I will double check...but, they are definitely not doing there job.

For every degree of angle the shock leans, it loses effectiveness-there are 2 reasons for this. Take your beer bottle and lean it to the side and look at the level of the liquid inside it-it (duh) stays level with the earth. the "plunger"( which is actually a valved piston) will either A- have some air between it and the top of the fluid level, or B-be fully submerged in the fluid.

If the scenario is A) you "shock" the plunger when ever you hit a bump, meaning that regardless of how great your shocks are, you get harshness over bumps, and wear the piston out faster. If the scenario is B) you aerate (tiny bubbles...)the top half of the fluid and again...bad ride.

The closer you can get them to vertical the better...that is where they are most effective.

[Russell Ashley]

Originally Posted by aintnoV8

lockedup - do you know anything about the steering column. i got a 57 chevy pickup that has the original 3 on the tree and the new transmission is a floor shift, ive been looking for a basic steering column, yours looks pretty good. got any info on it? thanks

That white column in the pics is the original column with the shifter parts removed. You can see the holes in the top where the shifter pivot was screwed to it, and the slot in the lower end where the shifter box locating pin went.

Lockedup: I have the bell from the top of the column that I'm not going to be using because I switched to factory style turn signals. You can have it if you want it if you would pay shipping from 30044.