Thread: 27 chevy p/u

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here are some before and after pics of the tranny.

i used industrial oven and grill cleaner on it.

we got the engine and tranny in for good today.

Looks good Billy. I too use oven cleaner. The stuff works great.

I've been following your build and I have to say I like what I am seeing. Keep going, its coming together nicely.

Larry

thanks larry.
it wont be done this summer but i got plans for next year!

Great cleanup on the transmission, Billy!!!! Good old oven cleaner is still the best I've found for removing the crud stuff---

Hi Billy, awesome job on your pickup and I admire your attitude on prepared to learn from a skilled friend (no not the dog) on how to do things. Good on you to putting a Ford into a Chev, that will certainly get the knowledge police going!!! Ha I like that early Ford panel van in the photo, I would like that taking up space in my workshop.

the bed is in for good.
now the cab needs to be squared away and have a floor fabricated .
this project is taking months and it is purely the money shortage that is holding us back.
if i would have started with about 7000 bucks.
this would be done already.

Originally Posted by Cape Cod Bob

what have i gotten myself into THIS time?!?

A big mess !

You are doing a great job.
A Ford in a Chevy ?

everything is ford except about 40 lbs. of barely useable sheetmetal.

Hi Billy zz - I found your thread while reading Itoldyouso's thread "Project 3K is Underway". It's lookin' good so far and I like the fact that you are putting a Ford in a Chevy. Lord knows there have been enough Chevys put in Fords (my cars included). Also, it's good to see new people getting involved; a lot of us here are old-timers and we need some new blood to whom we can "pass the torch".

One quick piece of advice - strap your rear radius rods to your rear axle housing. That is, wrap a piece of flat steel around the rear axle housing and weld it to the radius rods and all the way around the rear axle. Those things are subjected to constant flexing and vibration and they will eventually break at or near the welds. I have seen this happen twice, once was on my son's sedan! He backed out of the drive way, put the car in drive and heard a rapid clunking sound as he was leaving. The rear axle had partly broken loose, rotated upward about 20 degrees and it destroyed the rear u-joint. Thankfully, he wasn't doing one of his usual smokey burnouts or it would have thrown the rear end out from under the car. The other one I saw this happen to did exactly that; it spun the rear axle right out from under the car and did considerable damage. I have attached a pic of one of the straps I put on my roadster when I was building the rear suspension. If you've already done this, disregard this post...

Me also great thread .

Originally Posted by J. Robinson

One quick piece of advice - strap your rear radius rods to your rear axle housing. That is, wrap a piece of flat steel around the rear axle housing and weld it to the radius rods and all the way around the rear axle. ..

i will certainly show this to the man that is doing almost everything.
(i just follow him around and hand him stuff)

floor is in and i got headlight cowls installed.
basically the front and rear ends are finished.

and
(this is the good part)
i scared up $1000 to give to the hotrod guru as incentive!

floor is done as well as the roof and bed.
front and rear ends done.

my old kelly full cab top off my willys jeep got transmogrified into the lid for my 27 chevrolet pick em up .
it took a lot of fancy cutting.

update:
last fall i put the 27 chevy in mothballs.
i have an extremely limited budget for this build.
i was having to wait till payday (i get paid once a month)
buy a part
install it
wait another 29 days
buy a part
install it
repeat.
it was tying up the shop by just sitting there all the time.
well i had a minor brainstorm.
i borrowed $1500 from a dear friend.
and i am renting my extra bedroom for 4 months for $1000
that will give me enough to finish this rod so i can drive it by late summer.
i need to plumb the brakes
new drums/cylinders/shoes
wireing
radiator
el cheapo seats
and glass in the front and back.

i am pretty excited about this.

woot!
i got seats from a subaru brat and they fit perfectly $5
two 10.5 x31 tires $10
i love yard sales!