Sir Tools, garage building, lift etc.....100k 53 Chevy truck, parts etc.....50k THE most patient wife in existence.......priceless! I never miss a video, Great job!
I think I subscribe to somewhere around a couple hundred youtube channels and this is the ONLY one I have turned on the notifications for new videos. Love the craftsmanship. I just bought a 49 Chevy truck that needs some love and all the inspiration a person will ever need is right here.
Thanks Andy that’s a good way to do your projects, each winter do something on Fargo when there’s nothing else to do with the snow on the ground. Hope your wife is doing better. Take care
Good job. I hope to do that to my Fargo in the future. I plan on doing one upgrade each winter to get it running like a new truck, but still have the 1954 look. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for your tips , I have a 51 , 53 , Chevy truck, and now a 54 GMC -5 window with stock 326 Pontiac V-8 with auto transmission , This truck was built for the Atlantic Georgia state fair
Ok. I'm back in Miami. Getting ready to tow my old Beater up to south central Tennessee. But in the mean time. Here in Muggy Miami. I'm working on the Old Beater. I bought a donor truck. The booster and master from the 93 are getting re purposed on this. I'm using your information. I'm making the plate bbn tomorrow. More or less. Git'er done
Great Job ,very clean .Would it have been easier to drill the hole before you slotted and wielded ,the fire wall , you had to make the plate you mounted to the firewall you didn't say, or did I miss that part. But, very clean job. Thanks for posting.
Hi. Just ran across your video for the master cylinder bracket. Did you fab your own support plate or did you get it from another source? Great videos, you provide the step by step applications a lot of builders look for. Thank you! -Leroy
I did box the frame in, it wasn’t difficult just take some time. Use 3/16 plate steel I ordered what’s called pickled and oiled so it comes in without any mill scale on it easier to weld and looks better.I alsothat I filled all the holes that I wasn’t going to use in the frame
Hi, building a '48 GMC and have loved your videos. For the life of me I can't find a video of yours I watched (and thought I saved) where you were installing the full pedal assembly. Can you point me to that?
Hi i love watching all your videos. I have the same pedal setup as you do,but my firewall dose not have the ribs like yours,mine is completely flat. So would you say to just measure it out like it says in those directions? Thank you very much.
I have a 49 3600 and have tossing around the idea of a new sport frame which would run a crazy 18k (idea out the window) just wondering if you boxed your frame and is that a mustang 2 front end
I enjoy watching your video's, excellent instruction. I just now starting to look at options for my 47, 3600 truck. What size engine are you using in this project.
I originally bought the power brake kit from summit the one that bolts to the frame rail but I am just not happy with it. It has a 6:1 pedal ratio which should be 4:1 for power brakes. The brake pedal pad ends up ridiculously high and away from the firewall. It's downright dangerous to drive the truck since you have to pull your leg back and raises up high just to brake. The pedal ends up about 6" away from the throttle pedal which should be more like 1.5" to feel right. I am currently fabricating my own pedal to keep it as close as I can to firewall and low to the floor. How high up is your brake pedal from the floor to the center of the pedal pad and how far is it from the center of the pedal pad hole perpendicular to the angled firewall? Thanks
That was a great video on how to. Can,you post where you bought the booster and pedal bracket.Is, that setup for 4 wheel disc brakes . Also, the plate you made for firewall where you get the steel from to make it.
Here’s the part # booster clip-7DSRB, pedal assembly CLP-4753FBB got them at Summit. The plate steel was 3/16 thick I got pickled and oil which is clean without mill scale the pedal assembly has a two piece plate I use that to make my one piece plate.
Thanks for the question Anthony originally I had the master cylinder mounted on the frame rail and the brake pedal came through the floor about 8 inches, also I needed a pretty good size hole for the brake lever arm to go through its arc so if you go that route you’re gonna need to figure out how to seal that hole I think and that’s because the arm was longer and so there was more brake lever travel. The hanging panel just seems more natural to me
The only thing I can think of is it’s a lot drier here in Northern Idaho. Not as much humidity. My shop is fully insulated and I have a furnace which I only use in the winter. I just haven’t had an issue with rust on the bare sheet-metal. When I first sand blasted the frame I epoxy primed it, but then I had to sand it off when I boxed in the frame and added the suspension. It hasn’t rusted at all.
Nice! I'm in Washington and had to prime mine right away. just bought my master cylinder bracket, accelerator pedal, and ididit steering yesterday. Might even have this thing in the paint shop next month!
If I had a choice I’d go with the 5.3 they make great horsepower with a mild camshaft, they are super plentiful in the boneyard, the LM7 is the cast iron version and the LM4 has an aluminum block, as far as the motor mounts go I got mine from a company called tin man fabrication they fit super nice and come with everything you need to install your motor.
I fabricated the plate. The kit does come with a spacer plate but it’s cut in pieces designed to go around the ribs on the firewall. I used that plate as a template to make a one piece plate. That way I could get the bolt hole spacing correct. I made it out of some 3/16 plate, and used a holesaw to cut the large hole in the center of the plate.
My front brakes are metric GM hubs and rotors came in Malibu‘s and Camaros all kinds of GM cars the rear drums are Ford with a Chevrolet bolt pattern on the axles
