mknittle

I spent some time figuring out how to square up and trim the sides of my transmission tunnel. Then wire wheeled the rusty spots and treated them with metal conditioner.
After that I went on a hunting expedition for my rear driveline.

mknittle

last night I started a list of the order that I need do things. This is rare for me (the list) but I have been working up to this swap too long and had too many changes in plans to keep it all straight Or maybe I am just getting old.


I don't want do this

mknittle

here is where most of the running gear for my swap came from the frame is a1990 dodge W250 the cab is a mid 1940s Peterbilt.

Alec

So the Pete is going four wheel drive now? That would be super sweet.

mknittle

No it went 2wd and the 4wd parts are going under my dodge.

This is my dads project.We call it the wanna be but it is going to be a Peterbilt "pickup".
the cab came from a frame at a long abandoned lumber mill. I would have been hauled off for scrap.
We figure it to be mid 1940s Peterbilt.

The log truck is a 1952 and is a working truck. the only part that it 52 is the sheet metal and frame.

mknittle

This is the log truck this isn't the greatist picture but i like the angle.

thrashingcows

That is a neat project...I likey!!

mknittle

I thought you would like that.

Alec

Thanks for posting a pic of the '52. I had forgotten how good looking those trucks were -- little things like the lack of crown on the front fenders & the shape of the fender skirt . . . I could keep going.

Boy, a 4x4 1 ton Pete with a 6bt would be one sweet truck, in my opinion!

Back to your truck, though. . .

mknittle

Not something you see every day for sure.






I am hoping to start pulling my ol Dodge apart next week. I have some things to do with it this weekend
hopefully my wife's Cherokee passes the smog check Saturday. If not she may have to get used to riding to work in the 42 ****** jeep. yes all my stuff is oldOr at least it looks that way

MrFusion

That's a pretty cool project! Don't sweat making lists. I have a touch of ADD and I get so many different things about the truck rattling around in my head that I end up staring into space in a wholly unproductive manner. That is when I start making lists. It helps me to organize my thoughts and prioritize what is important so the project moves ahead.

mknittle

My memory isn't as good as it once was. after a battle with brain cancer I miss things I wouldn't have before.
What I do is sit in my chair in the evening and think of something. But by the time I get to it I forget some of the details.

It would be easier if I were doing it in the shop but It isn't going
to work out this time. So the order that I do things changes some.
The advantages are that there is better light and it will be cooler.

thrashingcows

Since I was doing the 4wd conversion on the crewcab in the driveway....I too had to plan things accordingly. I would spend hours thinking about what had to be done, and how it had to get done...given the work conditions etc.

I would write down a list of things I "planned" on getting done that day. Don't think I ever got the "plan" done on any given day. But it gives you direction, and a goal to move towards.

mknittle

Every time I make a list of to do today. If I have three things on the list, I am happy to get one done. Anything else is a bonus. Then there are the days I get ten things done that I hadn't planed on.

mknittle

Yesterday I made a "lift kit" for our transmission jack. In the past I just used blocks but there never seems to be enough of the right size.


I am going to weld a couple chain links to it for a ratchet strap. I think if I leave it flat It will work for the 727. And for the Getrag/transfercase I can screw blocks to the wood deck.