Welcome. And congrats on the purchase.
You have some work to do now. It never gets boring.

That's pretty neat.
Don't worry about off-roading, the truck has plenty of clearance.
Thanks for sharing. A lot will get this one useful.

Those are for the jack. It has a spud that fits the casting in the spring plate. M37_ExpView_REAR SPRING AND SHOCK ABSORBER.jpg M37_ExpView_FRONT SPRING AND SHOCK ABSORBER.jpg I agree that those jacks are completely unavailable. Guys, sometimes you don't need to resize, just crop the image like I d...

Mine is a '52 (June) and I was wondering once about this metal cover. Could it be?
Haven't taken a newer photo of it.

The fixing of the rad's upper chamber(*). Actually it's a new chamber. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53270231900_1d703c3e66_z.jpg We will need to cut the cover that acts as support for the hood. Just for information, the cap reads 10 Lbs. It was decided by the radiator shop. I currently don't ...

I am restoring the original as the internal mechanism fails a bit (also the needle wobbles a bit too much for my taste).
Thought about procuring a “new” one but didn’t find anything at the time and I don’t see mine as a lost cause.
And I don’t think it crazy at all.

Well done.
Why don’t you open an entry in the builder’s blog section? You can show there your progress.

Update on the engine: We did a CO2 leak detection test and in a matter of seconds the reactive changed color :( No need to also mention that it started making bubbles but, well,...the problem is there. For sure we have pressure transmitted to the cooling system. This means A) the head gasket is bad;...

ashyers wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:04 pmDo you have a leak down tester?

Haven't see it in the shop to be honest. I am returning when the radiator is arriving to test again and see.

1952, I don't think too much changes are there.

Never thought in a bad way about your comment. No worries. :) We just ran it in very short time spans to check for the starter, do a simple compression test, check for the water pump, etc. Yeah, the idea is, once the "new radiator" is installed, to verify properly for the water pressure (p...

Never said it was right, John. I am putting all the info for you guys to see. Indeed it's wrong....., the engine sounds great tho. :P I cannot re-test until getting the radiator back. And this is the engine AFTER rebuilding it. We're losing it. NOTE: we just ran the engine three times, no more than ...

1st compression test (a few days before the rad blowup)... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53215485593_771344af13_w.jpg The new pump installed. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53215735640_1ff6586295_w.jpg Still awaiting for the carb from Midwest, so the project is in hiatus in terms of the e...

No thread inserts. We spent a couple of minutes there looking, checking, analyzing LOL!, trying to "feel" the steel and nothing. And this side of the truck was not replaced.
Anyways, per Andy's photo we measured and will align next for drilling.

What?? There are two holes there?
I need to check this out.
Thanks, I will take a look and update here.