[99 to Life]

May 21st weekend.

YouTube - ‪1951 Chevy truck...

Been super busy. Took the truck out for a test drive all weekend. It drives pretty good but my tranny def is low geared. It likes 4th gear alot. 5th gear has some noise so I think. It is real hard to hear in the cab, so I have to do some more sound deadening. Gas mileage right now isn't looking so hot. I am still trying to figure it out and have to do some more straight shot tests. But I am between 12-15mpg. .030 over sbc, 3.42 rear end and a 5 speed. I have some adjustments to make still with the carb and I am really soon hooking up and air/fuel gauge so I can see what else is going on. Seems like I should atleast be between 15-20 mpg.

I came up on some parts in the same town that I work on my truck. In the pic I got vent windows which will be going in my truck now, eventually. I got an original radio, might fix up and sell, more gauges, brand new tail gate and some nice running boards. Going to get the bed next weekend, maybe will be picking up a 235 inline and some odds and ends. Price was really hard to pass up. I will be using these on the next project.

also spent some time tearing down a metal garage that someone is giving me, so once I set it all back up, that might be my new shop until I build a bigger garage.

Lastly, I thought the pic of the tow dolly was kind of ironic because the very fist pic of my thread is me towing my 51' and now finally I am returning the tow dolly with the truck I originally towed. That was Jan 10-May 11