Mr.Crown
Well-known member
Been getting burnt out on the bike I've been building lately, and I'm not heading east to see my folks and to check out all the piles upon piles of Model A stuff for another week and a half...
And rather than sit around and do sweet f.a., I decided that now was as good a time as any to FINALLY do the things I have been wanting to address on the old girl.
Quick recap for you guys...
This is how I bought Rosie:
which then turned into this:
Which now, after spending a few hours each night this week has become this ( so far )...
This had quite the stack of springs on the rear. Typical farmer stuff I guess. The u-bolt nuts were seized on, so I just cut the u-bolts instead. To be expected after 60+ years of road grime...
Out of the 14 leafs and the 1 1/2" block of steel, I'm down to 7 and no block. In the end, I achieved about almost 4" of drop in the rear. I am pleased, and will now disassemble the rear end, and swap it out for a better geared Dana 60.
I found a guy who sells 2 or 3" inch dropped axles for this truck, so that will be my xmas present to myself this year I suppose. Some new shocks, and I'll be good to go.
But, the short(long) list of things to do doesn't stop here. I figured I might as well start to tackle the bed too.
This is what I have that once lived a life as a wood bed.
I've been painstakingly taking the square nuts off of the stove bolts on the steel strips one by one, because I want to re-use them and keep with the rustic appearance. My neighbour across the alley has piles of fir, that he's donating some for the bed. I'll hit it with some dutch oil and clearcoat it once it's been cut and fitted.
I also am trying to figure out what to do about this awful hole in the tailgate.
I was told that this truck served as a tow truck of sorts, and that's why the hole is there...
So, if anyone has an old tailgate with the same letters, and wants to sell just the center section with the letters...let me know.
I also got a new carb in the mail the other day, and I'm not sure if it was gastrick or donsrods, but one of them drilled some holes in their a/c for better airflow...so, I did too.
I decided(finally) to also convert to 12v. So, while I'm doing that, I can finally fix the f-up's that I apparently inherited from someone a long time ago...oh yeah, and find some new tail lights...(long story).
I didn't think this should go in the builds thread section, since I'm not really building this truck...and obviously, I decided against chopping this one, since it's pretty well complete and solid in it's current state...just some minor tlc, some weld repairs, some interior work and some fine tuning, and I think I'll have to focus on a potential new project...
Thanks for looking, and comments and concern are always appreciated.
And rather than sit around and do sweet f.a., I decided that now was as good a time as any to FINALLY do the things I have been wanting to address on the old girl.
Quick recap for you guys...
This is how I bought Rosie:
which then turned into this:
Which now, after spending a few hours each night this week has become this ( so far )...
This had quite the stack of springs on the rear. Typical farmer stuff I guess. The u-bolt nuts were seized on, so I just cut the u-bolts instead. To be expected after 60+ years of road grime...
Out of the 14 leafs and the 1 1/2" block of steel, I'm down to 7 and no block. In the end, I achieved about almost 4" of drop in the rear. I am pleased, and will now disassemble the rear end, and swap it out for a better geared Dana 60.
I found a guy who sells 2 or 3" inch dropped axles for this truck, so that will be my xmas present to myself this year I suppose. Some new shocks, and I'll be good to go.
But, the short(long) list of things to do doesn't stop here. I figured I might as well start to tackle the bed too.
This is what I have that once lived a life as a wood bed.
I've been painstakingly taking the square nuts off of the stove bolts on the steel strips one by one, because I want to re-use them and keep with the rustic appearance. My neighbour across the alley has piles of fir, that he's donating some for the bed. I'll hit it with some dutch oil and clearcoat it once it's been cut and fitted.
I also am trying to figure out what to do about this awful hole in the tailgate.
I was told that this truck served as a tow truck of sorts, and that's why the hole is there...
So, if anyone has an old tailgate with the same letters, and wants to sell just the center section with the letters...let me know.
I also got a new carb in the mail the other day, and I'm not sure if it was gastrick or donsrods, but one of them drilled some holes in their a/c for better airflow...so, I did too.
I decided(finally) to also convert to 12v. So, while I'm doing that, I can finally fix the f-up's that I apparently inherited from someone a long time ago...oh yeah, and find some new tail lights...(long story).
I didn't think this should go in the builds thread section, since I'm not really building this truck...and obviously, I decided against chopping this one, since it's pretty well complete and solid in it's current state...just some minor tlc, some weld repairs, some interior work and some fine tuning, and I think I'll have to focus on a potential new project...
Thanks for looking, and comments and concern are always appreciated.
