widow makers
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From: SE Wisc. (the Rust Belt)
Originally Posted by truckdog62563
An F-6 rat rod!? That'd be quite a site.
http://www.truckblog.com/trucktube/n...sized_rat_rod/
Now that's scary!!
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From: Connecticut
You can have my solid rims, they are 22.5" five-bolt SOLID rims with brand new 9R 22.5 radials. All six rims and tires, but you have to buy my completly-rebuilt '48 F-5
All new everything. for 10G.
All new everything. for 10G.
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From: Connecticut
Frame up re-build, (Frame and liners both POR-15ed then reassembled) The following list are new parts; all 4 corner leaf springs, all brake lines (including the rubber ones) all wheel cylinders, master cylinder, Brake booster, 5-core super cool radiator, both water pumps, NOS style wire harness, high beam switch, interior cab light, tie rod ends, drag link, pitman arm, all cab glass, cab mounts, all rubber glass seals, stainless grill, fuel pump, gas lines. Electric wipers with two wiper arms.
Rebuilt list: carb, steering box, horn, hydrolic(sp) dump cylinder, PTO driven pump, instrument cluster, window regulators, diaphragm for the two speed rear,
7000 miles on 239 8BA flattie, no burn, no leak, T-98 SYNCORNIZED tranny (no double clutching here) Eaton 2 sp with 5:83 ratio, 5-lug Solid 22.5" rims with six 9R 22.5 radials.
Mimimal body rot was cut out, new patch panels welded in, Painted Original Glade Green, and Tuscon tan grill.
also have a NOS brush guard!
See my gallery.
Rebuilt list: carb, steering box, horn, hydrolic(sp) dump cylinder, PTO driven pump, instrument cluster, window regulators, diaphragm for the two speed rear,
7000 miles on 239 8BA flattie, no burn, no leak, T-98 SYNCORNIZED tranny (no double clutching here) Eaton 2 sp with 5:83 ratio, 5-lug Solid 22.5" rims with six 9R 22.5 radials.
Mimimal body rot was cut out, new patch panels welded in, Painted Original Glade Green, and Tuscon tan grill.
also have a NOS brush guard!
See my gallery.
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From: SE Wisc. (the Rust Belt)
Reamer,
You mentioned inside dome light, I would like to see a picture of it. My F-2 had a dome light in it when I tore it apart, 20+ year ago. I lost it but found another just like it. I'm just wondering if yours is like the one I have. I have never seen one in another '48-50. I've seen them in '51-52s.
You mentioned inside dome light, I would like to see a picture of it. My F-2 had a dome light in it when I tore it apart, 20+ year ago. I lost it but found another just like it. I'm just wondering if yours is like the one I have. I have never seen one in another '48-50. I've seen them in '51-52s.
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Welding Widow Makers
OK so I actually really like the nostalgic look of these widow maker wheel and I am kind of cheap and don't wand to spend a lot of money and time looking for replacement wheels but is it possible to just weld the two piece wheel together. I would think with equipment now days it should be easy to install a tire on them or am i missing something. I would think any shop that does semi tires probably has some really good machines for changing them.
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No such luck. You could weld the halves together, but you'd destroy a new tire trying to get it over the rim's lip. The old wheels used what was called a 5° lip design that held the bead firmly in place. Hence the name of the "widow maker" is a Firestone RH-5°. Modern wheels use tubeless tires that have a 15° lip and a drop center that lets modern tubeless tires fit into the drop center when mounting. Here's a comparative pic of the 5° and 15° designs. Stu
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