hey rusty, it's just a dbl. barrel stove i bilt a few years ago, i did add a 30 gal. barrel in the top, works like a kidney on the older coal furnaces and yeah this littlle stove kicks. i burn locust,oak,cherry then bank it with coal at night cut the air way down,it's a good slow burn allnight,i did line bottom barrel with fire brick about 1/3 of the way up and stuck a fireplace grate in longways prior to bolting the door on. the 57 is sittin on a strecthed 79 bronco 460, c-6 i'll give ya some details about it later,thanks for asking.

 

Thanks guys. Yea that shot w the plane was a one in a million. In the 21 years I've lived here I could count on one hand the number of planes I've seen use that airport. I drove by, he messed up the landing and had to pull up so I pulled over, whipped out the camera and waited for him to try again.

 

F250; Kind of gutsy parking spot knowing he just blew the first go-round.

 

Thought I'd post up on the official thread.

ser# F3519R39237

Wheelbase 130

color U

Date F35J 05F

Trans F

Axle 08 ( changed to Sterling Ford 10 1/4 from a 92 dually pickup)

Max GVW lbs 09800

Net HP 126

RPM 4000

DSO 5700

Bed came from Spokane Wa. and the cab and chassis from Marysville Wa. both are craigslist finds.

 

That bed looks like new! That's gonna be a great truck.

 

I imagine that tailgate by itself is worth a bit of cash... And is it just me or did you luck out and find a bed the same color as the truck? And it was a nine foot? That can't be easy! I like what you've done to it, especially that back axle, I like the looks of it with just single wheels on it. What do you have in mind for the front axle?

Sam

 

I already did the front axle. It is the original axle, but I cut off the 6 bolt flange by motorizing the brake drum with a v belt to my bandsaw. Then I took an angle grinder and while the drum was spinning (my lathe) I engaged it with a large angle grinder with a 10" cut off wheel. I measured it and made a guage to see where to cut it. The remainder of the hub was then 'turned down' on my hillbilly lathe til it was a good fit into a dual wheel hub adapter which I bought at wheeladapters.com. These are even common on stock dually trucks. I bolted it to the 8 lug flange that holds the brake drum and made sure it was a perfect fit inside the adapter so the weight of the truck would bear on the hub bearings, not cantilevered off the brake drum flange. All along, I tested it for true and was very careful. In the end I welded the outer rim of the remaining flange to the inside of the adapter. They are both steel and I tested them for weld beforehand. Some may find it too 'third world' or not conventional, but I do a lot of large freehand lathe work in my woodworking business and love doing this kind of stuff. I wrote about all this a couple of weeks ago in the 47-66 forum. Maybe it was called 6 lug to 8 lug f350 or something similar. As far as I'm concerned it came out really well. I'm running 255 85 16s which are tall and narrow, about 33" dia for the old school look. The axle ratio is 4:10 and though the speedo error is way off, I know I was doing 60 and it rolls smooth and steers great.

 

Oh and yes it's a 9' bed, not exactly same color. I'm a slow typist so you should read my thread here 'info needed 9' flareside'.

 

Looking for driver side wiper motor linkage for 59 Custom cab--not sure how to post picture yet Thanks

 

Looking for Driver side wiper motor linkage

 

It is ingenuity like that, that helped make this country great! Awsome! I love folks thinking for themselves.

 

Just wanted to post this for those who haven't seen this.

Steve's Auto Restorations - Completed Projects

 

Just dragged home this 59 m100 also have a 59 m600 dump truck with a good cab and straight doors that I will use. Might have a donor car for engine trans and some other goodies. Been wanting a fridge forever and this one has been under my nose for too long, Finally had to have it.





Cant wait to get started on it

Scott

 

If you're like me you won't be able to stop......

 

After the spring thaw, I'd imagine!Man, I guess I shouldn't be complaining about our rain.