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Post by tucky29 on Nov 28, 2012 21:59:09 GMT 10
bugger, went for drive running on all 8 cylinders and came home running on 7 cylinders about 10 days ago.  spent the next 5 days fitting a new chevy crate motor 350/330hp, finnished 11am sat, spent the rest of sat. with my son cutting and polishing to be ready for armadale auto parts open day,car show on sunday to promote the v/v movement.now time for a rest. tucky |
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Post by cruisindoug on Nov 29, 2012 6:31:16 GMT 10
Ouch! Thats never a good look  Glad you have it sorted now and have ime to put the feet up  Really nice truck by the way  |
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Post by firefighter on Nov 29, 2012 6:38:00 GMT 10
  G'day Tucky Is this the motor that was using oil on the web tour.....or had you changed that one ? Lets hope with the new crate motor in....... the chevy should be motoring along at full power now cheers Geof ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by humpyboy on Nov 29, 2012 16:47:52 GMT 10
I'm no mechanic but I'm pretty sure those bits don't belong there, saw this happen to a friends Grey in his racing humpy but fortunatly for him after driving it back to the pits he only needed to bolt it back in place, don't you hate it when s**t happens  |
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Post by cobber on Nov 29, 2012 18:08:36 GMT 10
G'day Tucky, As you know I'm pretty clued up on hot rods so I don't reckon those push rod were the cause of your oil consumption when on the tour.... But just as well to dice the old motor and drop a new one in  Thanks for sticking with the tour in spite of the oil cloud  and thanks for showing us how to tame stingrays at Hamelin Bay...( we went back there after the tour because we thought it was a top spot, trouble is..... It was raining, so we sat in the van and had lunch, still a nice spot.  Cobber. |
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Post by tucky29 on Nov 29, 2012 21:59:51 GMT 10
hi everyone,
geof this was the motor using oil, so when it snapped the rocker stud that was the end. i could not rebuild this motor for what i paid for a new crate long motor. the truck is now running a lot better.
tucky
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Post by tucky29 on Nov 29, 2012 22:39:13 GMT 10
hi everyone Cobber this is what i wanted to show all of you in Hamlin Bay.   next time you are over here we might be able to put on a better show. tucky |
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Post by rupper on Dec 20, 2012 22:23:09 GMT 10
Hi Tucky,
ahh this is my first post here, cool maybe that my first post is a compliment...saw your pickup and van at Armadale Auto Parts Open Day. They both looked absolutely stunning and a credit to your skill and talent.
Cheers :-)
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Post by tucky29 on Dec 21, 2012 1:00:11 GMT 10
thanks for the kind words rupper.the rig a got a lot interest, my son and his partner turned up to say hi and had to wait in line to talk to me  tucky |
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Post by rupper on Dec 21, 2012 13:07:18 GMT 10
Pickup is a class act too, make a great pair. You use an engineer for rego or is the one tonner chassis ok on TAC type street rod rego?
I'm building a pickup the same, but it'll end up a lot different, tons lower and made originally from a truck. Still chasing up a vintage van. Found a coupla late 70s ones which are still pretty cool but hoping to go back a little further in the time warp. Gotta love those awesome compound curves of your van. I do like airstreams too but painted compund curves like that just pretty the road up perfectly! Ahh odd question, where do I post a question about cost of caravan storage? Testing the waters to see what usual/normal or fair :-)
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Post by shaunconnor on Apr 13, 2013 16:47:58 GMT 10
Hi Tuck,
I hope you don’t mind me emailing, but I am intending to do up a Chev Pick Up, it’s on a truck chassis, but i want to do it as a pick up. Can you tell me if the pickup guards, bolt straight on to the truck, or not. What is the actual difference in the Guards, is it the actual size of the wheel arch? Would you have any photos of your chassis you could send me, to give me an idea.
I haven’t attempted this before, & it seems everyone has different views on my questions. Are there any other problems you could tell me about before I actually get to them?
Any help on this, would be much appreciated. Yours is Awesome. My wife & I love it.
Regards
Shaun Connor
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Post by fabspickup on Jul 7, 2017 18:05:13 GMT 10
hi everyone, im now the proud owner of a 1948 chev pickup project, i swapped my 1976 pontiac firebird for it.my son Ben started the project.im going to mount the body onto a HQ one tonner chassis with 350chev & t400.  the first photo shows the cab with truck front sheet metal just sitting on the chassis  this photo was taken after i have finished all rust repairs on cab & with ute front sheet metal, mocked up on the chassis.  the brand new ww radials & rims i picked up of gumtree for $1000.very happy. hope to get it into my shed in the next few days so i can get some serious work started on body mounts & radiator & making new pickup back tucky |
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Post by fabspickup on Jul 7, 2017 18:05:54 GMT 10
hi everyone Cobber this is what i wanted to show all of you in Hamlin Bay. next time you are over here we might be able to put on a better show. tucky I'm trying to do the same project |
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and thanks for showing us how to tame stingrays at Hamelin Bay...( we went back there after the tour because we thought it was a top spot, trouble is..... It was raining, so we sat in the van and had lunch, still a nice spot.