Out with the new, in with the old?

With the ’50 Chevy 1/2 ton back from the body shop with its frame successfully pulled and prodded back into proper shape we set about undoing some previous work. First to come out was the rack and pinion unit bolted to the frame. In our last post we discussed how this configuration just doesn’t work…

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Tale of an Orphaned Classic Truck

What happens when the proprietor of a restoration shop decides to retire in the middle of a project? Just ask the owner of this 1950 Chevy 3100 pickup. He got the truck back partially assembled, but no one system complete, and boxes of miscellaneous parts. Plenty of parts (as we would learn) were missing. The…

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