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Welcome back, ZZ.

I've always liked late fifties Mopars. Drive it like it is. My outlook is; fix a vehicle up to whatever goal you have, don't fix it down.

I agree, Bob. Today, I finished up the bushings in the pedals and mounting pedestal, but slowed down on building an arm to drive the pushrod to the clutch master cylinder. You know how sometimes you make some complicated do-hickey and then realize that that won't work so you have to throw it...

There's at least one narrowing of an axle in my future, so I watched with interest. Thank you.

I like building new things but there's almost as much engineering that goes into making things look like they are only a few months old when they are really really old and really worn out or broken or both. Anyhow, I was put out that the pedals were pretty sloppy, side to side, so today when I...

I hope the issues go away, LB. Today, I installed the new brake master cylinder, and painted it to look like the old one. I left the old MC in the picture so you guys would believe me this time. You'll also notice the rubber pads on the pedal shafts to stop the dust and noise from coming to the...

In light of the acetylene debacle, I had to dream up something else to do. No heating or cutting. So, I went out to the big shed to my parts car and robbed the toe board and the angle piece from the firewall to the frame that the toeboard bolts to. Then I took my powersaw and cut some fallen...

I've had grief with tie rod ends too close to the wheel, but I live a way out in the country so there's mud to deal with and that builds up on the inside of the wheel. That gritty dried mud 'sands' off anything within a quarter of an inch or more. Someone else, who drives only on pavement should...

Welcome to RatRodsRule, from northern Alberta. Did you take any pictures along the way of your build? Dang fine truck.

I went to town today and picked up my master cylinder, cool. But, over at the welding supply store I didn't fare so well. I had run out of acetylene yesterday, so I went to trade my bottle in, and was turned away. There was no gas delivered last week and the acetylene factory has shut down for...

Yep Snopro, I'll bet it is the same master cylinder. I have a '33 Plymouth out in a shed that I've been robbing parts off of and the MC looks the same. The parts house phoned today to say it was in and I could pick it up, so tomorrow is town day. [pic one] is a shot of the clutch/brake mounting...

I don't have an exit strategy, so haven't sold any old cars yet. I'm here to build things.

On another town day, today, I had some time to kill before an appointment, so I went to a parts store and asked for a master cylinder for my truck. Well, the partsman asked 'what year and make?', so I had to say 1934 Dodge. He stared at me stonefaced, so I suggested maybe try for a mid fifties...

Woooh, carry on.

Today was a town day, so not much was accomplished. Also, the guys who push me to start another tractor project, [by starting it and doing quite a bit on it] showed up to look over my next project. The project was too big to start this late in the winter, so my dreams were dashed. Anyhow, I test...

Some of my workmates changed their tail/brake lights over to LEDs on their trailers and their trucks. They lasted well and were very bright, but they didn't get very warm, so when the snow was swirling around the back of the rigs it would stick to everything, and the new lights would not melt...

Yes, I agree, putting bolts in the system is sometimes harder, but necessary. Sometimes there are bolts in the darnedest places, but after you've built a few things, you realize that's where they have to go. Anyhow, I made quite a bit of my clutch/brake pedal mounting bracket today. It has to...

The hard side is partly done now. The hard part is trying to fit the clutch/brake pedal mounting bracket in there along side the drivers side trans mount. I think I've left enough room. In the pictures you'll see [pic 1] the drivers side slanty bracket and then the passengers side [ pic 2] with...

LB, I have learned from looking at your trans mounts, and some of my mistakes in my younger days, that I should have removable bolts holding the mount to the frame brackets. Keep up the good work.

Yes, I work on different parts of the project vehicle or go to a whole different half finished project to kill the time.