37 IH

72corv3tt3 · Jan 7, 2009

Well I finally got around to picking up some steel yesterday and after a bit of running around found a chopsaw that I like. So I will finally be starting to do some work on my truck.

mock up.

Frame design.

Gastrick · Jan 7, 2009

Looks like a plan. You're garage is going to get messy

Ratcrazy · Jan 7, 2009

Gastrick said:
Looks like a plan. You're garage is going to get messy

LOL yeah, really fast...........LOL

Good luck on your build and God bless

LordMaximo · Jan 7, 2009

Thats a nice looking cab you have there, lots of possibilities.

Maximo

rockb1 · Jan 7, 2009

Man that is going to make a sweet looking truck. What are you running for a bed?

50Ford · Jan 7, 2009

Looks awesome , cant wait to follow your progress!

powerplant · Jan 7, 2009

Nice start you have there.

I don't think it's a 37 though.... 34-36 they made that style. I could be wrong but I spent a lot of time looking at them when I picked up mine. Was there wood door innards? Is the back of the cab made of 3 pieces? If so it's probably 34 or 35. I believe mine is a 1936 since it had 1 piece all steel doors and a one piece rear cab + I somewhat deciphered the chassis ID tag. I have known of some folks that refer to some as 36.5's.

I will watch this build... we are going to have to change the name of this site to IH rods rule!

oliver bros garage · Jan 7, 2009

Looking good so far. A little high tech for most of us.

72corv3tt3 · Jan 8, 2009

rockb1 said:
Man that is going to make a sweet looking truck. What are you running for a bed?

I have an original bed, minus the tailgate.

72corv3tt3 · Jan 8, 2009

powerplant said:
Nice start you have there.

I don't think it's a 37 though.... 34-36 they made that style. I could be wrong but I spent a lot of time looking at them when I picked up mine. Was there wood door innards? Is the back of the cab made of 3 pieces? If so it's probably 34 or 35. I believe mine is a 1936 since it had 1 piece all steel doors and a one piece rear cab + I somewhat deciphered the chassis ID tag. I have known of some folks that refer to some as 36.5's.

I will watch this build... we are going to have to change the name of this site to IH rods rule!

I agree with you. I don't think it is a 37. But seeing as that is what the bill of sale calls it, I am planning on calling it a 37.

Yes their is wood in the cab, though not for long.

The rear of the cab is one piece, with the roof bolted, or rusted on.

The guy that I bought it from had bought three of them and then built a full fendered street rod out of the good parts. As I understand it, I bought the leftovers.

Bonehead · Jan 8, 2009

Gonna be good!

back yard bobbers · Jan 8, 2009

I cant wait to follow this, cus I have my eye one one of these trucks and cait wait to start building it.

72corv3tt3 · Jan 9, 2009

Well I finished cutting out all of my pieces for the frame. Tomorrow I will start chamfering the pieces and tacking it together.

Pile of pieces

72corv3tt3 · Jan 10, 2009

Well today I started to tack things together. Then I started looking at it and decided to rip it all apart. I wish I would have used fewer/smaller tacks

.

I was going to run a 10 inch z, but I decided that I need to rethink that. I am thinking of changing that to a 13 or 14 inch z. Luckily I still have about 8 feet of steel left.

What do people normally do for a z? I just kind of picked the 10 inches randomly without any real thought into tire size, ride height, or suspension travel.

powerplant · Jan 10, 2009

72corv3tt3 said:
Yes their is wood in the cab, though not for long.

The rear of the cab is one piece, with the roof bolted, or rusted on.

I was talking about the doors... the 34's and 35's had all kinds of wood inside the doors and a flimsy piece of sheet metal to cover up the inside where most 36's have doors that are made completely of steel with no wood support. The one piece cab back points towards 36.... no big deal though... whatever a guy can do to get it titled.

72corv3tt3 · Jan 11, 2009

Well I settled on a 14 inch z, so I cut a couple of new pieces and started fitting everything up again.

Trying to make sure I hit the dimensions that I want.

Well seeing as how I don't have a chassis table this is the best way that I came up with to square everything up.

I took a wedge out of the front frame rails, so tomorrow I will weld those up and hopefully start to fully weld the frame.

72corv3tt3 · Jan 23, 2009

Well I picked up a 9" out of an eighty's Bronco, 3.50:1.

I managed to get the front end assembled. The adapters for the chevy rotors where kind of interesting to get on. The instructions said to put them in the oven for 20 min. at 400. I tried that and only got them on far enough to get them stuck. So they went back into the oven at 550 for about an hour, until they turned blue, and I sprayed the spindle with an upside down can of dust off. Then they slid right on.

Then I finished it up and put it under the frame.

rockb1 · Jan 23, 2009

Thats starting to look nice.

hotrod preacher · Jan 23, 2009

looks like a great start, love to see that frame work-me, i'm just not brave enuf to tackle that! keep up the good work, and remember those progress reports

busman · Jan 23, 2009

Frame is looking great!

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